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NY Tech Meetup And NASDAQ OMX Announce Media Partnership

Date 09/02/2012

NY Tech Meetup (NYTM) and NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced a partnership focused on engaging, educating and promoting New York City's technology community in unique and relevant ways. The partnership will include the collaborative production of a series of videos featuring New York-based tech companies and their founders; an event series focused on women in technology, held at the NASDAQ MarketSite in the heart of Times Square; and a public service announcement highlighting New York as the ideal place to build and nurture a technology company.

BATS Exchange Announces Innovative Primary Listings Pricing, Including Free Listings - No Annual Listing Fee For Companies With ADV Exceeding 2M Shares Per Day; Competitive Liquidity Provider Program Launches Today

Date 09/02/2012

BATS Global Markets, a global operator of stock and options markets, today unveiled a unique flat pricing model for its primary listings business, including free listings for companies whose stock or exchange traded product (ETP) trades more than 2 million shares per day.

Thomson Reuters Reports Full-Year And Fourth-Quarter 2011 Results - Revenues Grew 5% For Full Year And Fourth Quarter, Before Currency - Adjusted EBITDA And Underlying Operating Profit Margins Expanded For Full Year And Fourth Quarter - Full-Year Adjusted EPS Was $1.98 And $0.54 In Fourth Quarter - $3.0 Billion Non-Cash Goodwill Impairment Charge Incurred - Board Approved $0.04 Annual Dividend Increase To $1.28 Per Share - 2012 Outlook Provided

Date 09/02/2012

Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI), the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today reported results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. Results include a $50 million charge primarily related to a reorganization of the former Markets division incurred in the fourth quarter. The company also announced it had taken a $3.0 billion non-cash goodwill impairment charge related to its financial services business. This charge is excluded from adjusted earnings, adjusted EBITDA and underlying operating profit.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces January 2012 Market Performance - Second-Largest Number Of Total Trades In BOVESPA Segment’s History - Agribusiness Derivatives Registered With BM&FBOVESPA Total BRL 9.85 Billion, Of Which R$ 8.40 Billion In LCAs

Date 09/02/2012

BOVESPA Segment

In January 2012, the equities market’s (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL 132.26 billion in 14,674,699 trades (the second-highest number of trades in a month) with daily averages of BRL 6.29 billion and 698,795 trades.

MICEX-RTS Indices Annual Review

Date 09/02/2012

European Central Bank Monetary Policy Decisions

Date 09/02/2012

At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 1.00%, 1.75% and 0.25% respectively.

Politics Of Envy Is Taking Over The Bonus Debate, Says Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI, Chief Executive, CISI

Date 09/02/2012

Rewarding people for doing a good job is part of running a successful and competitive business and every firm needs a structure that allows it to recognise and reward its best people. Paying an individual a bonus is one tangible way of showing recognition and we should not allow the politics of envy to derail this important principle, says Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-Month Euroyen Futures (Effective From 8 February 2012)

Date 09/02/2012

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for  Euroyen futures from the current September 2012 contracts to the December 2012  contracts, effective from 8 February 2012.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Released The "Improvements To Listing Rules Pertaining To Amendments To The Financial Instruments And Exchange Act And Consolidation Of Trading Units"

Date 09/02/2012

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) released the "Improvements to Listing Rules pertaining to Amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and Consolidation of Trading Units".
The TSE will be accepting public comments regarding these improvements from January 31, 2012 until March 1, 2012.

Bursa Malaysia Announces 29% Increase In 2011 Patami On Strong Securities And Derivatives Trading Performance

Date 09/02/2012

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) recorded a profit after tax and  minority interest (PATAMI) of RM146.2 million for the financial year ended 31  December 2011, an increase of 29% from RM113 million reported in 2010. The Board  of Directors will propose a final dividend of 13 sen per share for the year  under review, which is a distribution of 95% of its net profit, subject to  shareholders’ approval at an Annual General Meeting to be held on 29 March  2012.