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MICEX Stock Exchange And Interfax To Disclose Information On Russian Issuers

Date 25/07/2007

The MICEX Stock Exchange and Interfax Group are starting a joint project aimed at widening the range of information services provided to participants in trading on the Exchange, creating effective channels of distribution of issuers’ information and improving investors’ awareness in the course of IPOs.
Strong 2007 First Half Result For NZX – EBITDA Up Over 100%

Date 25/07/2007

I. NZX Group Performance Summary EBITDA: 102% increase to $7.15 million versus $3.53 million in the first half of 2006. Operating revenue: $15.05 million, versus $10.44 million in the first half of 2006, an increase of 44%. Operating Expenses: $7.89 million, versus $6.61 million in the first half of 2006, an increase of 19%. Earnings after tax: 95% increase to $4.21 million versus $2.16 million in the first half of 2006. N
SGX to Admit Banks as Clearing Members for its Derivatives Market

Date 25/07/2007

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is pleased to announce that it will admit banks as Clearing Members for its derivatives market with effect from 10 August 2007.
Dubai Financial Market Meets With Dubai Courts To Discuss Streamlining Legal Procedures -Team Of Judges From Dubai Courts To Present Comprehensive Mechanism To Facilitate Legal Procedures With DFM And Brokerage Firms - DFM, Dubai Courts And Brokerage Firm

Date 25/07/2007

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has held a meeting with a committee of judges from the Dubai Court of First Instance to discuss facilitating legal procedures among the DFM, brokerage firms and Dubai Courts.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 24/07/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, July 24, 2007:

CalPERS Asks Companies To Report Safeguards Against Iran Investment Risk

Date 24/07/2007

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today urged four companies in its public equity portfolio to report policies and steps to minimize the risk of investment in Iran.
SEC Charges Operators Of Phoenixsurf.com Web Site With Conducting A Massive Internet Ponzi Scheme

Date 24/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed securities fraud charges against the operators of an Internet-based Ponzi scheme that raised $41.9 million in just four months from more than 20,000 investors worldwide.
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For July 2007

Date 24/07/2007

As of mid-July, short interest in 2,737 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 9,137,735,499 shares compared with 8,966,592,245 shares in 2,745 Global Market issues for the month of June. The July short interest represents 4.54 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.36 days in June.
Autorité Des Marchés Financiers: Extra-Financial Criteria For Securities Selection - Funds Declaring Themselves Compliant With Islamic Law

Date 24/07/2007

Collective investment schemes (CISs) may rely on criteria other than financial ones when choosing the securities in which they invest. They can also set special rules on income distribution. In such cases, the AMF examines authorisation applications from CISs under its jurisdiction on the basis of rules that it has so far applied – in a conventional manner – both to CISs using strategies with extrafinancial criteria, such as socially responsible investing or sustainable development
NASDAQ Recommends Further Refinement Of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's Auditing Standard No. 5

Date 24/07/2007

On the eve of the five-year anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the benefits of the legislation have been proven - among them greater transparency, accountability and improved corporate governance. Almost all of the complaints regarding Sarbanes-Oxley have their genesis in two short paragraphs -- 20 lines of text -- contained in Section 404.