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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 21/06/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the followingchanges in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading onWednesday, June 21, 2006:
Standard & Poor’s European Dividend Scorecard - Italy Takes Lead For Second Consecutive Quarter

Date 21/06/2006

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading index provider, announced today Italy as Europe’s highest dividend-paying stock basket as measured by the S&P European Dividend Scorecard. Italian companies, and the S&P/MIB Index, were identified as Europe’s dividend engines and top of the league for the second consecutive quarter.
Share Quantities In BALTIX For Q3 2006

Date 21/06/2006

According to BALTIX index calculation methodology the indexed share quantities are determined on a quarterly basis on March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 and applied respectively on April 1, July 1, October 1, and January 1 each year.
SGX Offers Global Depository Receipt Listing Facility

Date 21/06/2006

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to announce the offering of its Global Depository Receipt (GDR) listing facility. The listing of GDRs, which represent equity securities of corporations listed on other foreign stock exchanges, serves as an alternative avenue for international companies to access the Singapore capital market for global funds, broaden investor base and enhance their international profile.
SEC Adopts New Rules And Amendments For Fund Of Funds Investments And Disclosure

Date 21/06/2006

On June 20, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted three new rules and amendments to several forms under the Investment Company Act that address "fund of funds arrangements." The new rules will codify several exemptions from the Act that the Commission has issued over the years, and will provide greater transparency of expenses investors in these arrangements pay.

S&P Launches BRIC 40 Index; Provides Exposure To Brazil, Russia, India & China

Date 21/06/2006

Designed to provide exposure to 40 leading companies from the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, Standard & Poor’s today launched the S&P BRIC 40 Index. The constituents of the index are large, well-traded, liquid companies currently trading on the following developed market exchanges: Hong Kong Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and NYSE.
Remarks by NASD Chairman And CEO, Robert Glauber At The Harvard Business School, Global Leadership Forum

Date 21/06/2006

Good afternoon and thank you, Jay, for the kind introduction. Jay and I served on the HBS faculty together longer ago than either of us cares to admit. Jay stayed at HBS and rose to the top. He will be a great leader of the School. I moved on but have a wealth of fond memories from those days. That is one of the reasons that I so look forward to going back to Harvard after my tenure at NASD ends later this year. As some of you may know, I'll be teaching at the Law School this time around.
NYMEX Energy Contracts, NYMEX miNY™ Crude Oil Futures Set Daily Volume Records on CME Globex®

Date 21/06/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced daily volume records for energy futures contracts and NYMEX miNY™ crude oil futures contracts that are traded electronically on CME Globex today.
New York Stock Exchange Issues Monthly Short Interest Report

Date 21/06/2006

The New York Stock Exchange today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of June 15, 2006 reflecting transactions through June 12, 2006.
MICEX Stock Exchange Decides To Put Rosneft Shares On Quotation List “B”

Date 21/06/2006

The Board of Directors of the MICEX Stock Exchange decided on 16 June 2006 to put common shares in Rosneft (state registration number 1-02-00122-A of 29.09.2005) on the MICEX SE’s Quotation List “B”.