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Doral Financial Settles Financial Fraud Charges With SEC And Agrees To Pay $25 Million Penalty

Date 19/09/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed financial fraud charges against Doral Financial Corporation, alleging that the NYSE-listed Puerto Rican bank holding company overstated income by 100 percent on a pre-tax, cumulative basis between 2000 and 2004. The Commission further alleges that by overstating its income by $921 million over the period, the company reported an apparent 28-quarter streak of “record earnings” that facilitated the placement of over $1 billion of debt and equit
Corporate Sustainability Index - BOVESPA’s ISE Board Starting Public Hearing On Questionnaire To Assess Companies - Consultation Period To End By September 22 And New Updated Portfolio Due December 1

Date 19/09/2006

BOVESPA´s Corporate Sustainability Index (local acronym ISE) is due for updating on December 1, and the draft questionnaire to be used in assessing the sustainability level of public companies wishing to join the new portfolio is now available for public hearing. The document also contains a brief history of socially responsible investment in Brazil, as well as the methodology used by the index in the 2005 portfolio and new developments for 2006.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Monday, September 18, 2006

Date 19/09/2006

A list of some of the Chicago Board of Trade's top daily volume and open interest records from the previous business day. Binary Options Open Interest Record New Record: 15,870 Date: September 18, 2006 Old Record: 15,715 Date: September 15, 2006
CBOT Fed Watch - September 19 Market Close

Date 19/09/2006

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 20, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
BT Radianz Provides Euronext.liffe With Low Latency Trade Access

Date 19/09/2006

BT Radianz, a leading global provider of financial services connectivity, has announced that Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext and the world's second largest derivatives exchange by value, is utilizing the Radianz Proximity Solution in London to provide low-latency access to the LIFFE CONNECT® trading platform.

Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 143, 19 September 2006

Date 19/09/2006

a2a e-newsletter is a the fortnightly bulletin compiled by Axiss Australia. a2a provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services industry and their implications for Australia's position as a global financial services centre. Axiss Australia is a division of Invest Australia, the national inward investment agency.
Wiener Börse And Austrian Companies On Tour: Roadshows In London & Edinburgh

Date 18/09/2006

The interest shown in the two roadshows in London and Edinburgh on 20 and 21 September 2006 is overwhelming. A number of 25 companies will take part in the investor conference in London organized by Wiener Börse and CA IB, and in Edinburgh (jointly with Raiffeisen Centrobank) the number will even be 23 companies. In comparison, attendance last year was 18 companies in London and 17 in Edinburgh.
The Spanish Exchange Trades 9 New Warrants Issued By Société Générale

Date 18/09/2006

The Spanish Exchange today began to trade 9 new warrants by Societé Générale.
STOXX Ltd. Launches Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 Buywrite Index

Date 18/09/2006

STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today launched the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 BuyWrite Index. This new measurement tool is the first pan-European buy-write index, which measures the performance of a hypothetical portfolio of a long position of the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index and a sold call option based on the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 18/09/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, September 18, 2006: Peerless Energy Inc. (TSXVN:PRY.A) will be removed from the index. The company will merge with Valiant Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE) and will trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol PRY.A.