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Tsipras Calls For A 'European Solution' To The Greek Crisis

Date 08/07/2015

"This is not exclusively a Greek problem, this is a European problem and European problems require European solutions,” Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday in Strasbourg. 

Statement On NYSE, SEC Chair Mary Jo White, July 8, 2015

Date 08/07/2015

"We are in contact with NYSE and are closely monitoring the situation and trading in NYSE-listed stocks. While NYSE is working to resolve the situation, NYSE and NYSE MKT stocks continue to trade normally through other trading venues."

New S&P 500 Bond Index Powered By Thomson Reuters - Thomson Reuters To Power S&P Dow Jones Indices’ Real Time-Index That Tracks The Debt Of S&P 500 Companies

Date 08/07/2015

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced its appointment by S&P Dow Jones Indices, one of the world’s leading index providers, to provide end-of-day as well as terms and conditions data for the market’s first ever index that tracks debt of the S&P 500 companies. Thomson Reuters Pricing Service (TRPS), an independent pricing service covering over 2.5 million global fixed income securities, derivatives and bank loans, will work closely with S&P DJ

Prime Minister Of The Hellenic Republic Alexis Tsipras’ Speech To The European Parliament

Date 08/07/2015

Thank you very much Mr. President.

Honorable Members of Parliament, it is an honor for me to speak in this veritable temple of European democracy. Thank you very much for the invitation. I am honored to address the elected representatives of the peoples of Europe, at a critical time both for my country–for Greece–and for the Eurozone and the European Union as a whole, as well.

MIAX Options - Trading Status In NYSE Primary Names

Date 08/07/2015

Please be advised the MIAX Options Exchange will continue to trade all NYSE underlying names during the NYSE trading suspension. 

EBA Publishes Technical Standards And Guidelines On Simplified Obligations

Date 08/07/2015

The EBA published today its final Guidelines and final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) relating to the eligibility of institutions for simplified obligations in the context of recovery planning, resolution planning and resolvability assessments under the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The EBA also issued final draft ITS on the procedures, forms and templates for submitting information on resolution plans under the BRRD. The work of the EBA aims at promoting a common EU framework for the application of simplified obligations, in line with the principle of proportionality, and to facilitate cooperation among EU authorities.

NYSE/NYSE MKT Has Temporarily Suspended Trading In All Symbols

Date 08/07/2015

NYSE/NYSE MKT has temporarily suspended trading in all symbols. 

All open orders will be cancelled.  Additional information will follow as soon as possible.

Greece: A New Request For ESM Support

Date 08/07/2015

The Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers will hold a conference call today to discuss an expected Greek request for financial assistance through the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said, after the meeting of Eurozone finance ministers of the Eurozone yesterday. At the meeting, the new Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos’ assessed the situation in the wake of last Sunday’s Greek referendum results.

Greek PM Seeking To End Crisis

Date 08/07/2015

Following an emergency summit of euro zone leaders in Brussels yesterday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that Athens was seeking a 'final exit' from the crisis with a reform-for-aid proposal to be submitted by the end of the week. Adding that he was working for a socially just and economically viable agreement for Greece and the Eurozone, he underlined that the Greek plan included credible reforms, a pledge for sufficient coverage of the country’s funding needs, a strong investment package to deal with problems like unemployment and a start to talks on debt restructuring. "I’m happy to say that in the statements of my counterparts, I saw that they all understood we don’t have a Greek problem but a European problem which we’re all called to provide a solution for," he concluded.

European Parliament - TTIP: Ease Access To US Market, Protect EU Standards, Reform Dispute Settlement

Date 08/07/2015

An EU-US trade deal must open up US market access for EU firms, but must not undermine EU standards, say MEPs in recommendations, voted Wednesday, to EU trade negotiators. To settle trade-related investor-state disputes, a new justice system, run by publicly-appointed judges and subject to scrutiny and transparency rules, should replace private arbitration under the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system, they add.