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KVH To Offer 10G And 100G Backhaul Service From Chikura And Toyohashi Cable Landing Stations In Japan - Connecting Chikura And Toyohashi Cable Landing Stations To 60 Plus Data Centers And POPs In Japan Through KVH’s 100Gbps Carrier Ethernet Network

Date 01/10/2014

KVH Co. Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, today announced new Backhaul Service solutions in Japan that connect the Chikura Cable Landing Station (Chikura City, Chiba Prefecture) and the Toyohashi Cable Landing Station (Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture) with central Tokyo and Osaka through KVH’s Ethernet backbone network. The Chikura CLS and Toyohashi CLS will be commercially available from October 1, 2014.

NZX Launches Step-Change In Dairy Forecasting - NZX Launches Step-Change In Dairy Forecasting

Date 01/10/2014

Two online tools designed to provide better insights into New Zealand milk production and farmgate milk prices have been launched by NZX Agri.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Competition Between Providers For Customers’ KiwiSaver Funds Increases Rapidly

Date 01/10/2014

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is calling on KiwiSaver providers to put the interests of customers first, as the amount of money transferred, by customers changing their KiwiSaver scheme, has almost doubled in a year.

ASIC And U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sign Memorandum Of Understanding To Enhance Supervision Of Cross-Border Regulated Entities

Date 01/10/2014

ASIC and The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on a cross-border basis in the United States and in Australia.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For September 2014 Contract

Date 01/10/2014

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for September 2014 contract is 65,200 yen.

S&P Dow Jones Indices: DJIA 2014 Q3 Report Card

Date 01/10/2014

At the End of the Quarter - The Dow Jones Industrial Average ends Q3 at 17,042.90 - up 466.24 or 2.81% for the year.  This level is slightly off the DJIA’s historical record close of 17,279.74, which was set on September 19 of this year.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: U.S. Index Dashboard

Date 01/10/2014

CFTC Seeks To Deny Registrations Of Ronald E. Fisher And Zero Chaos Advisors LLC

Date 30/09/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed a Notice of Intent (Notice) to deny the application of Zero Chaos Advisors LLC(Zero Chaos) to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and the application of Ronald E. Fisher to register with the CFTC as an Associated Person of Zero Chaos. Zero Chaos and Fisher filed these applications for registration on March 2, 2014 (March 2, 2014 registration applications).

SIFMA Statement On FINRA CARDS Regulatory Notice

Date 30/09/2014

SIFMA today issued the following statement from Ira Hammerman, executive vice president & general counsel, after FINRA issued a Regulatory Notice regarding a proposed rule for the development of a Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System (CARDS):

 "SIFMA appreciates that FINRA is soliciting member firm feedback by issuing another Regulatory Notice on FINRA's CARDS proposal.  As SIFMA noted in its two previous comment letters, CARDS raises a number of important concerns, including investor privacy, data security, duplication of regulatory data collection with the pending CAT system, and other cost-benefit concerns that remain outstanding and must be fully vetted with all interested parties.  SIFMA looks forward to providing further comment on these important matters, which should be resolved before consideration of any formal proposal."

Remarks At The National Association Of Plan Advisors D.C. Fly-In Forum, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar Washington, DC, Sept. 30, 2014

Date 30/09/2014

Thank you, Steve [Dimitriou], for that kind introduction.  I am delighted to be here.  The National Association of Plan Advisors’ leadership in the retirement industry deserves praise.  Preparing for retirement is an issue that affects every American, so you provide an essential service.