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Swedbank New Member At ICEX

Date 09/02/2006

Swedbank will start trading on the ICEX equity market on 14 February 2006. Swedbank ID in the Saxess trading system will be SWB.
Share Change For Macquarie Goodman Group In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 09/02/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006: Macquarie Goodman Group (Australia, SEDOL: B03FYZ4, GICS Code: 40401010), a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index, will increase its shares to 1,454,070,314. This change is the result of a distribution reinvestment plan.
Program Trading Averaged 56.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 30-Feb. 3

Date 09/02/2006

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 Jan. 30-Feb. 3.
Office Of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: AIG Settles Fraud, Bid-Rigging And Improper Accounting Charges

Date 09/02/2006

State and federal regulators today announced agreements that resolve pending litigation and investigations of fraud, bid-rigging and improper accounting by the nation's largest insurance company.
NYSE Regulation Fines Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. $1.5 Million - Firm Disciplined For Trading Violations, Failure To Supervise Suspicious Accounts, And Improper Communications During An Internet Road Show

Date 09/02/2006

NYSE Regulation (“NYSE”) announced today that it has censured and fined Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. of New York, New York (“Bear Stearns”), a member firm, $1.5 million for trading violations in connection with index arbitrage trading; failure to supervise suspicious brokerage accounts; and improper communications by a research analyst

NYSE Lists Morton’s Restaurant Group And Exco Resources To Mark 10 IPOs In 2006 13 New Listings On NYSE In 2006 Year-To-Date

Date 09/02/2006

The NYSE today added its ninth and tenth initial public offering for the year, when Morton’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (NYSE: MRT) and Exco Resources, Inc. (NYSE: XCO) began trading on the NYSE. Chicago, Ill.-based Morton’s raised $160.9 million in its IPO today, while Dallas, Texas-based Exco Resources raised $650 million at the Exchange.
NYSE Listing Reduces Volatility, Execution Costs And Intermediary Profitability – Study Companies Moving Their Stock To The NYSE from Nasdaq Trade More Efficiently

Date 09/02/2006

Volatility, execution costs, intermediary profitability and average quoted spreads are dramatically lower on the New York Stock Exchange than at Nasdaq, according to an updated NYSE study that examined 67 companies that transferred to the NYSE from Nasdaq between 2002-2005.
NYMEX Europe Names Chief Executive Officer

Date 09/02/2006

NYMEX Europe Limited (NEL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Gooch as its chief executive officer. As planned, he will replace Samuel H. Gaer, NYMEX chief information officer, who served as interim chief executive officer of NEL, which successfully launched in September 2005.
Nymex Announces Expansion Of Trading Months For Heating Oil Calendar Spread Options

Date 09/02/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced today that it will list an additional expiration month on its heating oil calendar spread options contract, beginning on Friday, February 10.
NYBOT Board Approves Delivery Of New Pulp Brand

Date 09/02/2006

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that its Board of Governors approved a new brand of pulp available for delivery against its Pulp contract. The new brand, Mondi Packaging’s Bohemia Kraft Pulp SW ECF, begins with the February 2006 contract delivery, which expires February 19, 2006.