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BOX Beats Previous Daily Contract Volume Record In Three Of Last Four Trading Sessions

Date 26/07/2007

On July 20, 2007, BOX traded 960,470 contracts, breaking by far its previous volume record of 775,858 contracts. In addition, BOX has traded over 800,000 contracts in two of the subsequent three trading sessions, reaching market shares over 6% of all OCC equity options volume.
Dalian Commodity Exchange: The China Securities Regulatory Commission Approved The Trading Of LLDPE

Date 26/07/2007

China approved the trading of Linear Low density Polyethylene (a raw material in plastics) futures in Dalian Commodity Exchange, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said on its Web site today. This would be the third futures product launched in China's commodity market this year after zinc and rapeseed oil. The Dalian exchange has finished the preparation work related to the futures contract, and may begin trading the product at the end of this month, the commission said.
Osaka Securities Exchange 1st Quarter Results Of Fiscal Year 2007 - Apr. 1 - Jun. 30, 2007

Date 26/07/2007

Brief Summary of Financial Statements [1st Quarter, FY2007]
SEC Charges Former Chairman And CEO Of Brooks Automation In Stock Option Fraud

Date 26/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil fraud action against Robert J. Therrien, former President and CEO of Brooks Automation, Inc., a Massachusetts software company, alleging that he received millions of dollars in undisclosed compensation by fraudulently backdating his exercise of an option to purchase company stock.
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. Reports Record Revenues, Strong Second Quarter 2007 Results

Date 26/07/2007

Record Revenues of $136.7 MM, Up 86%; Net Income Rises 73% to $53.7 MM; Excluding Non-recurring CBOT Merger Proposal Costs, Net Income of $60.7 MM Diluted EPS of $0.75; Excluding Non-recurring CBOT Merger Proposal Costs, Diluted EPS of $0.85 NYBOT to Become ICE Futures US

ETF License To Use FTSE Latibex Indices Issued To BBVA

Date 26/07/2007

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index provider, licensed BBVA, the leading multinational Spanish banking group, to use the FTSE LATIBEX Brasil Index and the FTSE LATIBEX TOP Index to create two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), which listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange this morning.
CESR Publishes Today Its Work Programme For Further Work In The Area Of The Market Abuse Directive

Date 26/07/2007

This work programme (Ref. CESR/07-416)encompasses issues where CESR identifies a need for further consideration and, therefore, further guidance may be provided to CESR Members and/or to the market, to the extent possible.
Lehman Brothers Goes Live With Dark Pool Algos And Integrated Pre-Trade TCA Via Portware - Portware's Flexible Trading Solution Enables Lehman Brothers To Offer The Latest Algorithms And Best Execution Tools To Its Buy-Side Clients

Date 26/07/2007

Portware, an independent provider of global, multi-asset trading solutions, today announced that it has integrated, global investment bank, Lehman Brothers' latest dark liquidity seeking algorithms and pre-trade Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) into the Portware trading platform. The integration has extended the bank's capabilities to provide access to innovative liquidity-seeking algorithms and offer comprehensive best execution tools to buy-side clients on the Portware execution platform.
Deutsche Börse:Avox Chosen By SWIFT To Maintain Financial Industry BIC Database

Date 26/07/2007

Avox, the leading counterparty data verification network, announced today that it was chosen by SWIFT, the global financial cooperative, for the cleansing and maintenance of data records in its BIC (Bank Identification Code) database. Under the 3-year agreement, Avox will be instrumental in empowering SWIFT’s business entity reference data quality and universal identification for the benefit of the financial community.
SWX Swiss Exchange Issues Reprimand Against AIG Private Equity Ltd

Date 26/07/2007

The SWX Swiss Exchange has issued and published a reprimand against AIG Private Equity Ltd, Zug, for violating the provisions of the Listing Rules and the Directive on Ad hoc publicity. The SWX reprimand relates to AIG Private Equity's failure to publish its 2005 annual report in accordance with the relevant regulations.