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Qatar Holding Withdraws Its Application For Ownership Assessment For OMX

Date 04/12/2007

A representative for Qatar Holding notified FI this morning that the company was withdrawing its application for ownership assessment that was submitted on 2 October.
BOX Sets Trading Volume Records In November 2007

Date 04/12/2007

The month of November 2007 proved to be the best month in Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) history, witnessing new daily, weekly, and monthly volume records as follows: Best single day in BOX history: November 8, with 1,225,186 contracts executed. Best week in BOX history: November 5 through 9, with an average daily volume of 886,642 contracts executed. Best month in BOX history: November, with an average daily volume of 751,127 contracts executed, which represents a 106% i
BOX Makes Trading Even Easier - Expansion Of Make Or Take And Elimination Of The MAC

Date 04/12/2007

The Boston Options Exchange (BOX) announced today a fee filing with the SEC to expand the “Make or Take” model to include the 25 most liquid non-penny pilot names, and to eliminate the minimum activity charge (MAC). The enhancements and changes are effective today.
CBOE S&P 500 Putwrite Index (PUT) Wins Award For Most Innovative Benchmark Index - Fourth Award In Four Years At The Super Bowl Of Indexing Conference

Date 04/12/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that its CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (ticker symbol PUT) won the award for the Most Innovative Benchmark Index at the Twelfth Annual Super Bowl of Indexing Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Sets Record For November Volume

Date 04/12/2007

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. ("WCE") total volume of trade for November 2007 was 281,961 contracts, setting a record volume for the month of November. This level of trade is 30.1% higher than a year ago. The previous record for November volume was set in 2000 when a total of 231,224 futures and options contracts were traded.

SEC Sues Maxim Integrated Products And Former Senior Officers In Stock Option Backdating Scheme - Former CEO Agrees To Pay $800,000

Date 04/12/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil charges against Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., a Silicon Valley semiconductor company, and the company's former CEO and CFO, alleging that they reported false financial information to investors by improperly backdating stock option grants to Maxim employees and directors.
OneChicago Reports November Volume

Date 04/12/2007

OneChicago, LLC today reported that 369,492 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in November. YTD volume stands at 7,724,891 - a 13% increase from the same period in 2006.
NYMEX Announces Per Share Details Of Special Dividend

Date 04/12/2007

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., the world's largest physical commodities exchange, announced today that the previously declared $100 million special dividend payable to shareholders of record as of December 3, will be $1.055559 per share and payable on December 28. The previously announced regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share also payable to shareholders of record as of December 3, will also be paid on December 28. As o
UK’s Financial Services Authority Announces RDR Timetable

Date 04/12/2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today announced a change to the timetable for publishing feedback on the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) Discussion Paper. An interim paper will be delivered ahead of schedule in April 2008, with full implementation plans in October.
Key Figures SWX Swiss Exchange, virt-x And Scoach Switzerland Ltd.: November 2007

Date 04/12/2007

In November 2007, total turnover on SWX, virt-x and Scoach Switzerland Ltd. amounted to CHF 244 billion, which represents a 16.3 % increase versus the previous month and a 51 % gain compared to November of 2006. In terms of the total number of trades, a new record was set: 4,008,079. The stock indices were generally on the downswing for the month, with the blue chip SMI® closing out November at 8,828.4. That corresponds to a 2.12 % decline from the level recorded at the end of October 2007, w