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Outside Directors Of Mercury Interactive Settle SEC Charges Of Stock Option Backdating
Date 17/09/2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against Igal Kohavi, Yair Shamir, and Giora Yaron, three former outside directors of California-based software maker Mercury Interactive, LLC. The SEC's complaint alleges that the outside directors recklessly approved backdated stock option grants, and reviewed and signed public filings that contained materially false and misleading disclosures about the company's stock option grants and company expenses.
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Greg Kuserk Appointed Deputy Director Of The CFTC’s Market Surveillance Section In The Division Of Market Oversight
Date 17/09/2008
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today the appointment of Greg Kuserk as Deputy Director for Market Surveillance in the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight. Kuserk succeeds John Fenton, who recently retired after a long and distinguished career at the CFTC.
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Minneapolis Grain Exchange: Settlement Process Enhanced For Hard Red Spring Wheat Contract
Date 17/09/2008
New enhancements have been made to the MGEX (Minneapolis Grain Exchange or Exchange) Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) futures contract settlement process. As of Monday, September 15, the HRSW futures contract settles to a volume weighted average settlement price for each individual HRSW futures contract month.
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SEC: Statement On Proposed Lehman Brothers, Inc. Acquisition By Barclays
Date 17/09/2008
Since the decision by Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. to file for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission has moved swiftly to protect investors' securities and cash. Since Sunday, the SEC has worked closely with lawyers and representatives of Lehman, Barclays, and other interested parties, as well as other U.S. and international regulators, including the U.K. Financial Services Authority, to arrange for the orderly transfer of customer accounts.
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SEC Issues Clarification On Accounting Issues Relating To Bank Support For Money Market Mutual Funds
Date 17/09/2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant clarified that bank support of money market mutual funds generally does not result in a requirement to present the fund on-balance sheet. As a result of recent market events, it is possible that some money market funds could become exposed to declines in the credit worthiness of troubled assets. To protect investors’ principal investment in these funds, sponsoring financial institutions can provide various types of financ
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Chi-X Canada Surpasses Five Million Shares in Trading
Date 17/09/2008
Chi-X™ Canada ATS Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Instinet Incorporated and operator of Chi-X Canada, today announced it traded a record 5.5 million shares on September 16, and over the last week has averaged over 4.5 million shares per day in trading volume. Additionally, the ATS recently added its 37th member participant, a group which includes 27 of Canada’s 30 largest brokers, and has also partnered with Canada’s largest connectivity (BT Radianz, Savvis, TNS), market data (Bloomberg,
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SEC Issues New Rules to Protect Investors Against Naked Short Selling Abuses
Date 17/09/2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission today took several coordinated actions to strengthen investor protections against “naked” short selling. The Commission’s actions will apply to the securities of all public companies, including all companies in the financial sector. The actions are effective at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008.
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ICE Futures U.S. Sets Exchange-Wide And Mini Russell 2000 Index Volume Records
Date 17/09/2008
Open Interest at Record Levels Approaching ICE Exclusive Listing Friday ICE Futures Europe Surpasses 2 Million Milestone in Open Interest
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Link Up Markets Chooses SWIFT As Its Connectivity Provider
Date 17/09/2008
Link Up Markets, the joint venture between seven CSDs to improve efficiency and reduce costs of post-trade processing of cross-border securities transactions in Europe, has chosen SWIFT as its connectivity provider. The solution will be based on SWIFT's interactive messaging service InterAct.
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Deletion For The S&P Japan Emerging Stock 100 Index
Date 17/09/2008
Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes for S&P Japan Emerging Stock 100 Index effective after the close of trading Monday, September 22nd, 2008.
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