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BM&FBOVESPA Cotton Classification Laboratories Begin Activities For The Next Harvest Season

Date 23/07/2009

With the next harvest of Brazilian cotton coming up in the second semester of 2009, the BM&FBOVESPA Cotton Classification Laboratories have begun another cycle of activities. Located in São Paulo (SP), Sorriso (MT) and Rondonópolis (MT), in Brazil, these laboratories conduct both visual classification and High Volume Instrument testing to determine the fineness, maturity, strength and elongation of the cotton fibers through the use of HVI machines
FINRA Fines Bank Broker-Dealers $1.65 Million For Supervisory Failures In Variable Annuity, Mutual Fund And UIT Transactions - Five Firms Sanctioned, One Charged With Unsuitable VA Sales To The Elderly

Date 23/07/2009

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it fined five bank broker-dealers a total of $1.65 million for deficient supervision and procedures related to variable annuity (VA), mutual fund or unit investment trust (UIT) transactions.
Program Trading Averaged 32.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 13-17

Date 23/07/2009

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 13-17.
LME Passes 2 Million Tonnes Of Steel Billet Trading

Date 23/07/2009

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has traded a total of over 2 million tonnes of steel billet 15 months after the contract was introduced on the LME Ring.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-month Euroyen Futures - Effective From 22 July 2009

Date 23/07/2009

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current September 2009 contracts to the December 2009 contracts, effective from 22 July 2009.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Margin For August 2009

Date 23/07/2009

Margins to be applied for the trades in August 2009 are as follows (Unit: JPY): Commodity Contract Month Initial*1 Spot Month*2 <
Interxion Appoints Eddy Van Den Broeck As MD Switzerland

Date 23/07/2009

Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, has appointed Eddy Van den Broeck as Managing Director, Interxion Switzerland. He will be responsible for driving the continued growth of Interxion Switzerland and extending the capacity of its Zurich carrier-neutral data centre, the largest of its type in Switzerland, to meet growing customer demand.
CESR To Hold Open Hearing On Draft Advice On UCITS IV Directive

Date 23/07/2009

CESR announced today to hold a public hearing on CESR's draft advice on the UCITS IV Directive. The hearing is part of consultations CESR helds to seek stakeholder's views on its draft advice. The hearing will take place the 1 September 2009 at CESR's premises in Paris. It is open to the public.
Bursa Malaysia's Reduction Of Tick Size Poised To Boost Liquidity In Equities Market

Date 23/07/2009

Bursa Malaysia today announced the revised tick size structure, which will see a smaller tick size, and is planned for implementation on Monday, 3 August 2009. The tick size is the minimum price variation between the buy and sell price for a stock. The tick size is reduced in line with the current practice by global developed markets and more importantly, to create market depth, enable price discovery and boost liquidity in the local equities market.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Circuit Breakers For August 2009

Date 23/07/2009

1. CB Trigger Levels (in JPY) Commodity (Mini & Options Included) Initial CB Trigger Levels (also CB Expansion Amounts) Gold