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Amer Sports To Join The OMX Helsinki 25 Index As A Result Of The Semi-Annual Review

Date 12/01/2012

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announced today the result of the semi-annual review of the OMX Helsinki 25 Index (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki: OMXH25). Amer Sports (AMEAS) will become a component of the OMXH25 Index prior to market open on Monday, February 1, 2012. Amer Sports will replace Talvivaara Mining Company (TLV1V).

Japan's Financial Services Agency And Bank Of Japan: Comments On Volcker Rule Proposal

Date 12/01/2012

The Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan sent a comment letter on December 28, 2011 to the US regulators regarding the so-called Volcker Rule proposal issued for public comment.

Shanghai Stock Exchange High And New Technology Enterprises Index To Be Launched

Date 12/01/2012

Designed to serve as new investable benchmarks for investors, SSE and CSI today announced the upcoming launch of SSE High and New Technology Enterprises Index on Feb 10th 2012. Regarding the methodology and more details of the above index, please refer to the official website of SSE (www.sse.com.cn) and CSI (www.csindex.com.cn).

KVH Joined As A Solution Provider For Amazon Web Services In Japan - Offering Low Latency And Highly Reliable Network Services For AWS Direct Connect

Date 12/01/2012

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 11/01/2012

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

The shareholders of Emerge Oil & Gas Inc. (TSX:EME) and Twin Butte Energy (TSX:TBE) have approved the business combination between the two companies. Emerge Oil & Gas will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap and the S&P/TSX Equity SmallCap Indices after the close of Friday, January 13, 2012.

SIFMA Statement On CFTC's Volcker Rule Proposal

Date 11/01/2012

SIFMA today released the following statement from Tim Ryan, president and CEO after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's adoption of a proposal implementing the Volcker Rule. 

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 11/01/2012

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 30, 2011.

NASDAQ Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date December 30, 2011

Date 11/01/2012

At the end of the settlement date of December 30, 2011, short interest in 2,271 NASDAQ Global Market^SM securities totaled 6,433,379,539 shares compared with 6,558,926,307 shares in 2,267 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of December 15, 2011. The end-of-December short interest represents 3.60 days average daily NASDAQ Global Marketshare volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.05 days for the prior reporting period.

"That It Was All Very Complicated." - Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O'Malia, Open Meeting On Three Final Rules, One Proposed Rule, And One Delegation Of Authority Order

Date 11/01/2012

Introduction

“That it was all very complicated¹,” writes Michael Lewis in his 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. He was writing about how customers were sold publicly-traded credit default swaps (CDOs) by Wall Street firms and were kept in the dark about the nature and value of these investments. It was complicated because who would want to believe that customers were being duped into paying to essentially take out the trash generated by the housing bubble’s magnificent burst? Fortunately, today’s rulemaking slate seeks to require dealers to be more accountable to their customers and offer improved protection of segregated funds held by futures commission merchants.

NYSE Amex Issues Short Interest Report

Date 11/01/2012

NYSE Amex (formerly known as NYSE Alternext US) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 30, 2011.