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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi To Resign After Economic Reforms Have Been Approved - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano

Date 08/11/2011

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has said that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign after key economic reforms have been approved.

OCC Statement On Transfer And Liquidation Of MF Global Customer

Date 08/11/2011

Since last Tuesday, OCC has been liquidating standardized options positions and transferring futures positions held in MF Global customer accounts pursuant to its rules and, where applicable, SIPC Trustee approval. This process is now essentially complete with only a few small positions awaiting transfer or liquidation.

Acceptance Rate Of The Exchange Offer By Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V. As Part Of The Planned Business Combination Of Deutsche Börse AG And NYSE Euronext Increases To Over 97 Percent

Date 08/11/2011

Pursuant to Section 39c of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz – WpÜG), shareholders of Deutsche Börse AG who had not accepted the exchange offer by Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V. during the initial acceptance period ending on 13 July 2011 or during the additional acceptance period ending on 1 August 2011 were still able to tender their shares during a three-month period until 4 November 2011. During this period, 3,169,942 Deutsche Börse shares were tendered, which corresponds to 1.63 percent of the total number of Deutsche Börse shares.

Regulators Elect Martin Wheatley To ESMA’s Management Board

Date 08/11/2011

The Board of Supervisors (BoS) of ESMA today elected Martin Wheatley to the Management Board (MB) of ESMA. The BoS is the main decision-taking body of ESMA, consisting of the heads of the 27 national supervisors chaired by the Chair of the Authority. The MB comprises of six members and deals with organisational issues of ESMA. Martin who is the UK FSA’s Managing Director of Conduct Business and who will become the CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority, replaces Alexander Justham who was first elected to ESMA’s MB in January 2011 but recently left the UK FSA. Martin’s term lasts until July 2013. 

Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner For Taxation And Customs Union, Audit And Anti-Fraud Post-ECOFIN Statement On Financial Transactions Tax ECOFIN Press Conference Brussels, 8 November 2011

Date 08/11/2011

Today I had the chance to personally present the Commission's proposal for a Financial Transactions Tax to the EU's Finance Ministers.

Statement By IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde At The Conclusion Of Her Visit To Russia

Date 08/11/2011

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today in Moscow:

“I would like to express my profound appreciation to the Russian authorities for welcoming me during my visit to Moscow over these last few days. Russia and the IMF enjoy an excellent partnership and I am very pleased that we had the opportunity to discuss how we can strengthen our relationship even further in the period ahead."

European Council Adopts Directive To Strengthen Supervision Of Financial Conglomerates

Date 08/11/2011

The Council today adopted a directive amending the financial conglomerate directive in order to close loopholes and ensure appropriate supplementary supervision of financial entities in a financial conglomerate (PE-CONS 39/11 + 15670/11 ADD 1). The new directive also adapts the supervision of financial conglomerates to the EU's new supervisory structure.

Silvio Berlusconi Wins Budget Vote With 308 Votes In Favour And 321 Abstentions

Date 08/11/2011

The result of the budget vote in the Italian lower house was 308 votes in favour with 321 abstentions. 

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite And Select Indices

Date 08/11/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite and Select Indices:

Shareholders of Donnybrook Energy. (TSXVN:DEI) approved on November 4, 2011, the Plan of Arrangement whereby the company will spin out certain non-core oil & gas assets to shareholders. For every share of Donnybrook Energy held, shareholders will receive 0.025 shares of a new company named Donnycreek Energy Inc. Donnycreek Energy will trade on TSX Venture for the first time (the ex-date of the spin-off) on November 9, 2011, under the ticker symbol "DCK". The spun out shares of Donnycreek Energy will be added at zero price to the S&P/TSX Venture Composite and Venture Select Indices after the close of trading on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. Effective after the close of Wednesday, November 9, 2011, the shares of Donnycreek Energy will be removed from the same two indices.

TMX Group Inc. Declares Dividend Of $0.40 Per Common Share

Date 08/11/2011

The Board of Directors of TMX Group Inc. declared adividend of $0.40 on each common share outstanding, payable on December 9, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 25, 2011.