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TSX Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - July 31, 2011

Date 04/08/2011

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending July 31, 2011.

BM&FBOVESPA Posts DMA Via Co-Location Records In The Equities Market

Date 04/08/2011

BM&FBOVESPA obtained yesterday (August 3) record figures of 115,776 trades and financial volume of BRL 736,633,000.00 though Direct Market Access (DMA) via co-location in the equities market. The previous records were 88,011 trades and volume of BRL 589,733,000.00, on March 16, 2011.

Opening Statement, Third Open Meeting To Consider Final Rules Pursuant To The Dodd-Frank Act - CFTC Commissioner Jill E. Sommers

Date 04/08/2011

Good Morning. Thank you Mr. Chairman and thank you to the three teams that have final rules before us today. I want to again acknowledge the excellent staff work that has gone into getting these final documents ready for Commission consideration and let all the team members know how much we appreciate your commitment to the enormous challenge the Commission has in implementing Dodd-Frank.

Letter From President Barroso To The Heads of State Or Government Of The Euro Area

Date 04/08/2011

"Euro-area financial stability must be safeguarded, with all EU institutions playing their part with the full backing of euro area Member States”.

Ends And Means: Opening Statement By CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Date 04/08/2011

Public Hearing:

Consideration of Final Rules: Swap Data Repositories: Registration Standards, Duties and Core Principles; Implementing the Whistleblower Provisions of Section 23 of the Commodity Exchange Act; Agricultural Swaps

CalPERS Board Member Priya Mathur Elected To UN-Backed PRI Advisory Council

Date 04/08/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that Board Member Priya Sara Mathur will join the 16-member Advisory Council of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (PRI), an investors’ network formed in 2006 to advance sound environmental, social and governance practices.

Opening Statement, Meeting Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 04/08/2011

Good morning. This meeting will come to order. This is a public meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to consider final rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). I’d like to welcome members of the public, market participants and members of the media to today’s meeting, as well as those listening to the meeting on the phone or watching the webcast.

Program Trading Averaged 30.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 25-29

Date 04/08/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for July 25-29.

“Can’t Get It Outta My Head”: Statement Before The CFTC Open Meeting On Dodd-Frank Rulemaking - CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton

Date 04/08/2011

I’m pleased to support all three of these final rulemakings today.  Perhaps the most talked about of the three is the whistleblower rule.  This new provision will be an important tool in the Commissions’ enforcement arsenal.  It can give needed incentives for folks—precisely the people we want to hear from, those who have an eye “from the inside” on essential information about nefarious schemes—to come forward, with needed protections.

CBOE Holdings, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results - Diluted EPS Of $0.36, Up 33 Percent

Date 04/08/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today reported second quarter 2011 net income allocated to common stockholders of $32.6 million, an increase of 32 percent compared with $24.8 million in the second quarter of 2010.  Diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $0.36, up 33 percent from 2010's second quarter EPS of $0.27.  Operating revenues for the second quarter were $120.3 million, up 7 percent from $112.6 million in the second quarter of 2010.