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IMF Says European Economic Recovery To Be Fragile And Calls For Policy Action To Secure A Solid Rebound

Date 03/10/2009

The current European economic recession is showing signs of bottoming out, but the recovery is likely to be slow and fragile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today in its October 2009 Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Europe. Helped by rebounding confidence and a tentative pick up in global trade, the contraction in Europe appears to have ended at mid-2009 and is expected to give way to a moderate recovery in 2010 and more solid growth returning only afterwards, the report said.
Speech By SEC Commissioner Elisse B. Walter: "SEC Rulemaking — 'Advancing The Law' To Protect Investors"

Date 02/10/2009

48th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute Northwestern University School of Law Chicago, Illinois October 2, 2009 Thank you, David, for such a kind, and overly generous, introduction. Although I know the folk here at Northwestern call you Professor, you will always be Mr. Chairman to me. For those of you who may not know, Chairman Ruder has an extremely loyal coterie of SEC staffers and ex-staffers who continue to relish hearing his views on all subjects; I'm very pr
Carter McDowell Joins SIFMA Legal And Advocacy Team

Date 02/10/2009

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today announced the hiring of Carter McDowell as Managing Director and Associate General Counsel. Mr. McDowell joins SIFMA from the American Bankers Association (ABA).
Statement Of SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar Regarding His Commitment To Implementation Of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b)

Date 02/10/2009

Today the Securities and Exchange Commission announced another deferral of the obligation of non-accelerated filers to comply with Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes

Date 02/10/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Italy Select Dividend 20 indexes.

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

Date 02/10/2009

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of TriStar Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:TOG) have approved the plan of arrangement with Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (TSX:PBG) whereby TriStar will be combined with Petrobank's Canadian business unit. The combined entity, called PetroBakken Energy Ltd. (TSX:PBN), will remain in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Completion and Eq
Statement From FINRA Chairman And CEO Richard G. Ketchum On The Report Of The Special Review Committee Of The FINRA Board Of Governors

Date 02/10/2009

Today's report by a Special Review Committee of the FINRA Board of Governors is one of a number of significant initiatives undertaken by FINRA in the wake of the Madoff and Stanford scandals to better understand and correct shortcomings in our examination program. As regulators, we owe it to investors — especially those harmed by recent scandals — to develop a better, more comprehensive response to fraud, and I am com
SEC: Small Public Companies To Begin Providing Audited Assessment Of Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting In Nine Months - Final Stage Of Section 404 Of Sarbanes-Oxley To Begin In June

Date 02/10/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the smallest publicly reporting companies will begin complying in nine months with the final portion of a key provision of a 2002 corporate governance law that requires companies to report to the public about the effectiveness of their internal control over financial reporting.
Direct Edge: Modified Rules To Clearly Erroneous Filings

Date 02/10/2009

Beginning Monday, October 5, 2009, Direct Edge will modify its procedures for requesting a review of clearly erroneous trades to conform to the uniform policy established by other exchanges.
Progress On Wide Range Of Issues At Informal ECOFIN In Göteborg

Date 02/10/2009

At the informal ECOFIN meeting in Göteborg on 1-2 October, EU finance ministers had useful discussions on a number of topics: fiscal exit strategies, financial stability and supervision, measures against climate change, and the employment situation in Europe.