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  • Inclusion Of Telstra 3 To The S&P/ASX 50 Index

    Date 20/11/2006

    On October 9, 2006, the Australian Government formally announced the public sale of 2.15 billion shares in Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Telstra). The widely anticipated sale has been formally detailed in the Telstra 3 share offer prospectus, allowing Standard & Poor’s and the Australian Index Committee to formally detail the treatment of Telstra 3 installment receipts within the S&P/ASX indices, including the S&P/ASX 50.

  • COMEX Seat Owners Vote In Favor Of NYMEX/COMEX Transaction

    Date 20/11/2006

    At a special meeting held today, COMEX seat owners voted to approve a NYMEX/COMEX transaction, which among other things, will expand the ability of NYMEX to provide COMEX electronic trading privileges to third parties, as well as to list all COMEX contracts for side by side trading in exchange for 8,400 shares of NYMEX Holdings common stock. More than 98% of the shares voted in connection with this meeting were voted in favor of the deal.

  • Indices Continue To Outperform Canadian Active Funds in Q3 - Latest SPIVA Report Shows Only 26.7% Of Canadian Equity Funds Beat The S&P/TSX Composite

    Date 20/11/2006

    Actively managed mutual funds in the Canadian equity and U.S. equity fund categories lagged indices in the nine months ended September 2006, Standard & Poor's, the leading provider of independent investment research, indices, and ratings, said today. According to the Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard (SPIVA) for Canada, only 26.7% of Canadian equity funds outperformed the S&P/TSX Composite Index, while just 21.6% of U.S. equity funds beat the S&P 500 Index. Actively man

  • IntercontinentalExchange Registration Statement Declared Effective - New York Board Of Trade Sets December 11 Vote On Proposed Acquisition

    Date 20/11/2006

    IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective the ICE Registration Statement on Form S-4 with respect to the proposed merger with the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®). Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, NYBOT has scheduled a special meeting of its members for December 11, 2006, to approve the transaction. NYBOT will begin mailing the prospectus/proxy statement to its members today, Monday, November

  • CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Friday, November 17

    Date 20/11/2006

    Total Exchange Open Interest Record New Record: 17,403,053 Date: November 17, 2006 Old Record: 17,380,641 Date: November 16, 2006 Soybean Oil Futures Volume Record (Electronic) New Record: 17,436 Date: November 17, 2006 Old Record:  16,147 Date: November 15, 2006 Corn Futures Open Interest Record New Record: 1,425,233 Date: November 17, 2006 Old