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NASD Fines Jefferies & Company $5.5 Million For Providing Improper Gifts And Excessive Entertainment To Fidelity Traders - Former Jefferies Trader Kevin Quinn Barred, Supervisor Suspended And Fined

Date 04/12/2006

Washington, D.C. - NASD announced today that it has fined Jefferies & Company, Inc., of New York, $5.5 million for providing more than $1.6 million in improper gifts and entertainment to equity traders employed by FMR Co., Inc., an investment advisor to the Fidelity family of mutual funds, between Sept. 3, 2002, and Oct. 11, 2004. The improper gifts to those Fidelity traders exceeded $600,000 and included private chartered air travel, non-promotional sports-related merchandise and expensive
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Canola Futures Contract Sets Open Interest Record

Date 04/12/2006

The total open interest in canola futures contracts traded on Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. ("WCE") set a record level of 99,488 contracts as at the close of business on Friday, December 1, 2006.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Main Indices Set New Closing High

Date 04/12/2006

The Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG, all share index, closed at a new high of 51680,97 points. The previous closing high was 50601,74 on December 1, 2006.
Share Change For Origin Energy Limited In S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 04/12/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006:
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Volume Surges More Than 30 Percent

Date 04/12/2006

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. ("WCE") total volume of trade for November 2006 was 216,794 contracts, representing an increase of 31.6% from November 2005. This is the 18th consecutive month of increased total volume when compared to the same month of the previous year.

CME Achieves New Total And CME Globex Volume Records - Record Open Interest In Interest Rates And Foreign Exchange Also Reached

Date 04/12/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today announced record trading activity at the exchange on Friday, December 1, 2006, with a total of 10,997,315 futures and options on futures contracts traded*. This eclipsed the previous record of 10,675,578 set on September 1, 2005, and was more than double the exchange's average daily volume of 5.3 million contracts for November. Record high electronic trading activity drove much of Friday's volume with 8,035,059 contracts, 73
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces November Volume - PHLX Has Record Monthly Volume For Equity Options

Date 04/12/2006

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity option volume in November increased 28.15% when 26,941,072 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 21,022,937 contracts traded. Equity option volume in November increased 1.63% compared to the previous month when 26,510,197 contracts traded. Volume year-to-date was up 72.21% compared to the previous year.
Key Figures SWX Swiss Exchange And virt-x For November 2006

Date 04/12/2006

In November 2006, SWX and virt-x recorded a total of CHF 161.1 billion in turnover. This corresponds to a 9.2 % increase over October 2006 and is attributable to a modest pick-up in share and derivatives trading. Versus the comparable prior-year month, total turnover rose by 21 %.
Deutsche Börse: Supervisory Board Unanimously Approves Decision To End Efforts For Combination With Euronext - Acknowledgement Of Exceptional Commitment Shown

Date 04/12/2006

On Monday, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG, Frankfurt, unanimously approved the decision made by the company’s Executive Board on 15 November not to pursue a merger with Euronext any further. At the last scheduled meeting in 2006, the members of the Board agreed that the move “made sense, was necessary and could not be avoided” in light of share price developments and the assessment that a transaction supported by both sides would not be achievable.
NASDAQ Hosts 18th Investor Program In London In Association With Morgan Stanley

Date 04/12/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ(r)) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) will host its 18th Investor Program in association with Morgan Stanley in London on December 5-7, 2006. Presentations will be made by the senior management of 49 companies, including 15 NASDAQ-100 Index(r) companies. These presentations will be webcast live at http://investors.nasdaq.com.