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BM&FBOVESPA SA Announces Its First Semester 2008 Results

Date 14/08/2008

BM&FBOVESPA SA announces today the results obtained in the second quarter of 2008.
SIFMA Designates Pools Containing Higher Balance Loans As TBA-Eligible - Pools May Contain Up To 10% Of Higher Balance Loans - Strikes Balance And Preserves Overall Liquidity In Market

Date 14/08/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) announced today that newly originated loans to borrowers in high cost areas as defined in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221) will qualify for incorporation into To-Be-Announced (TBA) eligible mortgage-backed securities (MBS). To preserve the homogeneity and minimize liquidity disruption in this important market, SIFMA recommends that higher balance loans may comprise up to 10 percent of the total balance of
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 14/08/2008

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The Non-Cumulative First Preferred Shares, Series N, of Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY.PR.K) have been called for redemption on Friday, August 22, 2008, at $25.00 per share. The shares will be removed from the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index after the close of Thursday, August 21, 2008.
TMX Group Inc. Normal Course Issuer Bid Approved

Date 14/08/2008

TMX Group Inc. ("TMX Group") announced today that a normal course issuer bid ("NCIB") has been accepted by Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX").
Ibovespa Options Traded BRL 3.25 Billion In August

Date 14/08/2008

BOVESPA Index options exercise turned over BRL 3.251.091.200,00 on August 13, exclusively on put options, representing 51,960 contracts. Such result raised BOVESPA´s total traded value to BRL 13.026.218.040,43. Ibovespa closed the day up 0.13% at 54,573 points.

New York Attorney General Cuomo Announces Settlements With JP Morgan And Morgan Stanley To Recover Billions For Investors In Auction Rate Securities

Date 14/08/2008

Agreements will Return $7 Billion to Investors by Year’s End Morgan Stanley to Pay $35 Million Penalty and JP Morgan to Pay $25 Million Penalty Total Auction Rate Securities Settlements to Date: Approximately 30 Billion Dollars to More than One Hundred Thousand Investors
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date August 15, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 14/08/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date August 15, 2008 (effective with the August 14 evening session).
Program Trading Averaged 21.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Aug. 4-8

Date 14/08/2008

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Aug. 4-8.
CME Group Distributes Letter To NYMEX Class A Members

Date 14/08/2008

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today sent the following letter to the Class A Members of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.: Dear NYMEX Class A Members: We have enjoyed the opportunity to meet with a number of NYMEX members and clearing members over the past two weeks to discuss the enhancements included in our revised merger agreement. You should have received proxy materials explaining these changes.
Tokyo Grain Exchange: Expansion Of Daily Price Limits For Aug. 15, 2008

Date 14/08/2008

Expanded daily price limits of the following contracts: Corn 1,500 yen, Soybeans 2,700 yen, Non-GMO Soybeans 4,500 yen and Raw Sugar 1,500 yen.