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SEC Settles With Former Raytheon Officers For Improper Disclosure And Accounting Practices - Former CFO, Controller, And Subsidiary CFO Agree To Pay Over $1.5 Million In Disgorgement And Penalties

Date 15/03/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has instituted settled enforcement proceedings against three former financial officers of Raytheon Company and one of its subsidiaries. The SEC charged that they were each involved in or aware of certain improper accounting practices that operated as a fraud by failing to adequately and accurately disclose the deteriorating financial results and business of Raytheon's commercial aircraft manufacturing subsidiary. The SEC also charged
CBOT® Mini-Sized Dow Futures<SUP>SM</SUP>set Daily Volume Record As Total Surpasses 329,000 - Exchange Also Sets Volume Record Across Entire Equity Index Complex

Date 15/03/2007

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that trading of its $5 mini-sized Dow JonesSM futures contract set a record on Wednesday, as volume climbed to 329,848 contracts. The previous record, 321,616 contracts, was set on February 27, 2007.
Speech By SEC Chairman: Remarks To The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce's First Annual Capital Markets Summit: Securing America's Competitiveness

Date 15/03/2007

It is a pleasure to join a star-studded lineup that includes Chairman Dodd, Chairman Frank, Chairman Olson, and Chairman Schapiro today. (It is beginning to appear that no one has been invited who is not a Chairman.)
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Eleven New Options On Friday, March 16

Date 15/03/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade eleven new options on March 16, 2007.
Program Trading Averaged 31.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 5-9

Date 15/03/2007

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Mar. 5-9.

Borsa Italiana New Board Director

Date 15/03/2007

The Board of Directors of Borsa Italiana, held today, coopted Nicola D’Anselmo as Member of the Board in place of resigning Riccardo Lupi and invited the CEO, Massimo Capuano, to continue the analysis regarding the stake owned by Borsa Italiana in MBE Holding, that owns 60,37% of MTS, updating the Board.
S&P/MIB Methodology

Date 15/03/2007

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Paul Saltzman, COO Of eSpeed, Inc., Appointed Secretary And Treasurer Of The Institute For Financial Markets

Date 15/03/2007

Paul Saltzman, Chief Operating Officer of eSpeed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPD), a leading developer of electronic marketplaces and trading technology for the global capital markets, has been appointed Secretary and Treasurer for The Institute for Financial Markets (IFM) where he already sits on the board of trustees.
CME Issues Statement On Proposed CME/CBOT Merger

Date 15/03/2007

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, issued the following statement today in regard to its proposed merger with The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT): We are confident that the CME/CBOT merger will create a strong combination and provide significant and unique benefits for shareholders and customers of both companies. We are working toward the successful completion of our transaction.
Reprimand Against Schmolz + Bickenbach AG By The SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 15/03/2007

The SWX Swiss Exchange has issued a reprimand with related publication against Schmolz + Bickenbach AG (formerly Swiss Steel AG), Emmenbrücke, for violation of the provisions of the Listing Rules and the Corporate Governance Directive. The SWX reprimand relates to the company’s 2005 annual report, which lacked information on shareholdings, areas of responsibility and place of publication, content and method of determining compensation as well as shareholding programmes, composition of all com