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New York Mercantile Exchange To Change Margins For Silver Futures Contracts

Date 08/05/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its silver futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.

New York Mercantile Exchange To Change Margins For Gold Futures Contracts

Date 08/05/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its gold futures contracts, effective as of the close of business today.

Nasdaq Provides Listed Companies With Access To Executive And Board Member Compensation Data And Information - Forms Strategic Alliance With Equilar, Leader In Compensation Analysis

Date 08/05/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced it has formed a strategic alliance with Equilar to provide its listed companies with information, products and tools to analyze, benchmark and disclose executive and board member compensation. Equilar is the leading independent provider of executive and board compensation analysis.

IOSCO Joint Forum Issues Paper On Funding Liquidity Risk Management

Date 08/05/2006

The Joint Forum has released a paper on funding liquidity risk management practices in use by conglomerates engaged in banking, securities and insurance activities. The paper, The management of liquidity risk in financial groups, is the result of a comprehensive study of liquidity risk management practices among 40 of the largest firms in the financial services industry.

IntercontinentalExchange Opens Singapore Telecommunications Hub To Serve Energy Market Participants

Date 08/05/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that it has opened its new Singapore telecommunications hub. The hub is located at the 1-Net telecommunications center in Singapore and is designed to improve access and reduce connectivity costs to ICE’s electronic trading platform for ICE market participants in the Asian region.

IntercontinentalExchange Chairman And CEO To Appear At May 9 Morgan Stanley Conference

Date 08/05/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey C. Sprecher will appear on a panel at the 2006 Morgan Stanley Under the Hood Conference on Tuesday, May 9, at 9:30 AM ET. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the company’s web site at www.theice.com, or:

ICEX News & Views Volume 6, Issue 12: Nominations For The IR Magazine Nordic Awards 2006 In Stockholm

Date 08/05/2006

In this issue: Icelandic companies that are shortlisted for the Nordic IR Magazine Awards 2006, an infomercial on ICEX on Sky News tonight, the issue of small exchanges vs. large exchanges, new membership to ICEX, and a SAXESS course.

DGCX Xchange Newswire - May 8, 2006

Date 08/05/2006

Click here to download DGCX's Xchange newswire for May 8, 2006.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange CEO To Participate In Morgan Stanley Conference

Date 08/05/2006

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) announced today that Chief Executive Officer Craig Donohue will participate in a futures exchange panel at the Morgan Stanley Capital Markets Financial Conference in New York City on Tuesday, May 9, at approximately 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time).

CBOT Fed Watch - May 8 Market Close

Date 08/05/2006

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 10, 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.