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CFTC Orders Texas-Based Passthrough Investments, LLC, And Its Principals, Stephen Brantley And Dwayne Bryant Dawson, To Pay Over $1.1 Million In Sanctions To Settle CFTC Charges Of Fraud In Operating A Forex Trading Pool - Respondents Fraudulently Solicited And Accepted At Least $2.6 Million From Members Of The Public To Participate In The Pool

Date 26/04/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order settling charges that PassThrough Investments, LLC (PTI) (aka PassThrough Investments Group, LLC), and its principals, Stephen Brantley and Dwayne Bryant Dawson, all of Spring, Texas, fraudulently solicited and accepted at least $2.6 million from at least 60 members of the public to participate in an off-exchange foreign currency (forex) pool that traded on a leveraged or margined basis.

ESMA Submites A Comment Letter To EFRAG On Business Combinations Under Common Control

Date 26/04/2012

To view the letter, please click here.

Equinix To Build Third Data Center In Greater Miami Area - New Data Center Will Improve Access To Commercial Centers Of Latin America

Date 26/04/2012

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced plans to build a third International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Florida. The new facility in Boca Raton (MI3) will support strong demand for Equinix data center services in the greater Miami metropolitan area and provide critical overseas connectivity.  Scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2012, MI3 will provide 31,300 square feet of floor space, with additional space available for future expansion. The capital investment in MI3 of $18 million is already reflected in Equinix’s guidance for 2012.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Promotes Foreign Issuers Among Investors - The 2nd WSE International Companies’ Forum Was Held On 26 April 2012 - The Goal Of The Event Was To Promote Foreign Companies Listed On The WSE Among Institutional Investors

Date 26/04/2012

The 2nd WSE International Companies’ Forum organised by the Warsaw Stock Exchange took place at the Hyatt Regency Warsaw on 26 April 2012. The partners of the event were Bank Zachodni WBK, Dom Maklerski Citi Handlowy, Ipopema Securities SA, and Wood & Company. The event media partners were TVN CNBC, Parkiet, and TOK FM.

ESMA Chair Steven Maijoor Speaks At The ECB High Level Conference

Date 26/04/2012

Steven Maijoor today gave the speech "The sovereign debt crisis and the EU single market: where is further work needed from a securities markets perspective?" at the ECB high level conference on Financial Integration and Stability.

CFTC Settles Action Against Florida Resident Ghassan Tawachi For Fraud And Misappropriation - CFTC Orders Tawachi To Pay $140,000 Monetary Penalty And Over $140,800 In Restitution To Settle CFTC Anti-Fraud Action And Permanently Bans Him From The Commodities Industry

Date 26/04/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and simultaneously settled charges that Ghassan Tawachi of Coral Gables, Fla., defrauded customers through sales of his software trading systems by falsely claiming expertise as a successful professional trader and by misappropriating $40,000 from one customer.  Tawachi is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor.

Equinix Reports First Quarter 2012 Results - Reported Revenues Of $452.2 Million, A 5% Increase Over The Previous Quarter And A 25% Increase Over The Same Quarter Last Year - Increased Full Year 2012 Revenue Guidance To Greater Than $1,890.0 Million And Increased 2012 Adjusted EBITDA Guidance To Greater Than $860.0 Million

Date 26/04/2012

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, yesterday reported quarterly results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.  The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, which are described further below and reconciled to the most comparable GAAP financial measures after the presentation of our GAAP financial statements.

Large Trader Requirements For GreenX ERU Futures And Option Contracts

Date 26/04/2012

In connection with the launch of the GreenX Emission Reduction Unit (ERU) Futures and Option contracts on trade date April 30, 2012 (see GreenX Participant Notice # NP-2012-06 dated March 28, 2012), please note below the corresponding all month/any one month accountability levels, expiration month position limits, reportable levels and aggregation allocation (GreenX Rule 535) for the new contracts.  These contracts will be added to the Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level Table in Chapter 5 of the GreenX Rulebook.  The commodity codes are provided for the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to GreenX Rule 534 in a machine-readable format.

BME Approves The Distribution Of €81 Million In Dividends

Date 26/04/2012

83% Of The NASDAQ-100 Utilize NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions Products

Date 26/04/2012

NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions announced today that in the first quarter of 2012, 363 new clients were driving their IR, PR and governance efforts with NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions' leading suite of services.