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Nasdaq Reports Record-Matching Third Quarter 2014 Non-GAAP Net Income And Non-GAAP EPS

Date 24/10/2014

• Generated third quarter 2014 non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.72, matching the prior record, a 9% increase year-over-year. Third quarter 2014 GAAP diluted EPS was $0.71.
• Third quarter 2014 net revenues¹ were $497 million, down 2% year-over-year. Non-transaction based revenues were 74% of our total third quarter 2014 net revenues.
• Non-GAAP operating expenses were $284 million in the third quarter of 2014, down 7% year-over-year.
• Non-GAAP operating margin was 43% in the third quarter of 2014, up from 40% in the third quarter of 2013.
• Reduced non-GAAP operating expense guidance for 2014, to $1,205 - $1,225 million.
• The company repurchased $62 million of stock since the beginning of the third quarter of 2014, bringing total repurchases to $156 million since the repurchase program was restarted in the second quarter of 2014.
• A new $500 million stock repurchase authorization has been approved by the Board of Directors, bringing the total available authorization to approximately $560 million.

SGX To Launch Iron Ore 58% FE Fines Derivatives

Date 24/10/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) will introduce two SGX Iron Ore CFR China (58% FE Fines) derivatives that will be separately cash settled against (1) an aggregate of the Metal Bulletin MBIOI 58% and 58% Premium indices; and (2) the TSI Iron Ore 58% index, in early 2015, subject to regulatory approval. In consultation with the industry and in-depth market research, the new swaps and futures contracts aim to provide a more effective hedging instrument for iron ore and steel participants in the global seaborne iron ore 58% FE fines market which has grown to an estimated 300 million tonnes a year.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report For Week Ending 24th October, 2014

Date 24/10/2014

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Frankfurt Stock Exchange: TLG Immobilien IPO In The Prime Standard

Date 24/10/2014

Special Division Price Enquiry Into NZX Limited ("NZX")

Date 24/10/2014

Please see attached documentation relating to a share price enquiry in NZX Limited ("NZX") by the Special Division

FTSE Bursa Malaysia Asian Palm Oil Indices

Date 24/10/2014

Pursuant to FTSE's Global Distribution Service Announcement dated 23/10/2014, informing of a special Diwali trading session between 13:00 GMT and 14:00 GMT for the Indian Exchanges, Bursa Malaysia would like to advise that the closing values for the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Asian Palm Oil Plantation Index MYR and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Asian Palm Oil Plantation Index USD on 23/10/2014 is 18,515.58 and 16,280.92‎ respectively.

ASIC Statement On Government Response To Senate Economics Committee

Date 24/10/2014

ASIC welcomes the Government’s response to the Senate Economics Reference Committee’s report into the performance of ASIC.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 20 October, 2014, Issue 33

Date 24/10/2014

Last week, Shenzhen Component Index stood at 8151.5 points after adding 1.0%. SME Index closed at 5479.3 points after losing 0.6%. ChiNext Index was down 0.0% to 1511.1 points. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$341.7 billion, or a 121.7% increase from the week before.

Rengan Rajaratnam Agrees to Settle Insider Trading Charges

Date 23/10/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that former hedge fund manager Rajarengan “Rengan” Rajaratnam has agreed to pay more than $840,000 and accept securities industry bars in order to settle the agency’s insider trading case against him.

OCC Releases Dodd-Frank Stress Test Scenarios For 2015

Date 23/10/2014

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released economic and financial market scenarios that will be used in the next round of stress tests for large financial institutions.  The scenarios include baseline, adverse, and severely adverse scenarios, as described in the OCC’s final rules that implement stress test requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.