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CBOE Announces 2006 Full Year And Fourth Quarter Earnings

Date 12/02/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that its unaudited pre-tax profit for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $72.5 million compared to 2005's pre-tax profit of $19.9 million. Net income for the year was $42.3 million compared to $10.9 million the previous year. CBOE's average daily volume during the 12-month period was 2.7 million contracts, compared to 1.8 million contracts during 2005.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 12/02/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, February 12, 2007: Cannon Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSXVN:COO) will be removed from the index. The company has been acquired by G2 Resources Inc. pursuant to an Offer to Purchase.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Electronic Trading System Scheduled Maintenance

Date 12/02/2007

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. and WCE Clearing Corporation will be closed for trading and clearing operations on Monday, February 19, 2007. The Exchange offices will be open for administrative matters only.
Company Share Change In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 12/02/2007

S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following change in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading on Tuesday February 13, 2007. Shanghai Airlines Company Limited (Exchange Ticker: SH600591, GICS code: 20302010), a member of S&P/CITIC 300 Index, will increase its index shares from 390,000,001 to 519,498,923. This change is pursuant to a resumption of trading in 129,498,922 shares that are considered available float shares. As a result, the
NASD Fines Scudder Distributors, Putnam Retail Management, AllianceBernstein For Improper Training And Education Expenditures - Firms Improperly Entertained Brokers, Reimbursed Guest Expenses

Date 12/02/2007

NASD announced today that it has fined three distributors - Scudder Distributors, Inc. of Chicago, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership of Boston and AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. of New York - a total of $700,000 for violations of NASD's non-cash compensation rules, including improperly providing entertainment and paying for guest expenses at training and education meetings.

Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association Commends G-7 Push To Eliminate Regulatory Duplication, Foster Local Bond Market Development

Date 12/02/2007

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today issued the following statement applauding the Group of Seven for their position on global regulation of financial services and bond market development, which resulted from their talks at the G-7 Finance Ministers' meetings on February 10th in Essen, Germany.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records for Friday, February 9

Date 12/02/2007

Daily: Soybean Complex - Futures and Options Electronic Volume Record New Record: 146,362 Feb 9, 2007 Old Record: 105,058 Jan 16, 2007 Daily: Soybean Complex - Futures Electronic Volume Record New Record: 146,304 Feb 9, 2007 Old Record: 104,906 Jan 16, 2007 Daily: Soybeans - Futures and Options Total Volume Record New Record: 245,460 Feb 9, 2007 Old Record: 242,654 Apr 28, 2006
Ryanair Holdings plc To Join The NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning February 14, 2007

Date 12/02/2007

Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) of Ireland, will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index® (NASDAQ:NDX) and the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (NASDAQ: NDXE) prior to market open on February 14, 2007. Ryanair Holdings plc will replace American Power Conversion Corporation (NASDAQ: APCC). Ryanair Holdings plc will also be included in the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking StockSM (NASDAQ:QQQQ).
NYSE Approves FlexTrade Link For Options Trading

Date 12/02/2007

FlexTrade Systems, a leader in multi-asset algorithmic execution management systems, today announced that its clients now have direct access to NYSE Arca Options through FlexOPT, its state-of-the-art algorithmic options trading and risk management solution that enables users to minimize market impact, transaction costs, and risk exposure.
American Stock Exchange Completes AEMI Rollout - Amex’s Electronic Trading Platform Will Be Ready To Comply With Regulation NMS

Date 12/02/2007

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today announced that as of February 5 it has successfully completed the migration of all its equity products, structured products and exchange traded funds onto AEMISM, its new state-of-the-art trading platform, which launched November 6. With all of Amex’s equity products on the new AEMI platform, Amex will be ready to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation NMS rules.