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Tokyo Grain Exchange Maximum Rate For Additional Discharging Ports Charges

Date 05/05/2006

We refer to (2) (c) of 11. In Detailed Rules for Delivery of Raw Sugar and inform you that the maximum rate to be applied to delivery of Raw Sugar of the contract month of July 2006 is US$3.74 per metric ton for each additional discharging port. The Tokyo Grain Exchange
The Committee Of European Securities Regulators (CESR) Welcomes ECOFIN Conclusions Adopted Today By Europe’s Finance Ministers, And Accepts The Reconfirmed Mandate Given To CESR To Take Forward Supervisory Convergence Amongst Europe’s Securities Regulator

Date 05/05/2006

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) welcomes and accepts the reconfirmed mandate on supervisory convergence amongst Europe’s securities regulators, given to CESR by the ECOFIN conclusions adopted today by Europe’s Finance Ministers. Today’s explicit support for the work of CESR, and the key list of recommendations for
SWX Group And Deutsche Börse Plan European Exchange For Securitised Derivatives - Partners Sign Letter Of Intent With Goal Of Combining Activities In Warrants And Certificates - Two Market Models: Fully Automated, And Intermediary-Based Trading

Date 05/05/2006

Deutsche Börse AG and the SWX Group intend to combine their warrant and certificate trading activities in a jointly operated securities exchange organisation. Both parties announced the plan on Friday. The collaborative undertaking will be conducted via a co-owned holding company domiciled in Zurich, which will operate nationally regulated exchanges of Switzerland and Germany. The goal of the new joint venture is to create a European exchange for warrants and certificates. With this new exchange
Share Changes For Yell Group Plc, Tomkins Plc & Scottish & Newcastle In The S&P European Indices.

Date 05/05/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices, effective after the close of trading on Tuesday 9 May 2006:
SGX Listing Strategy For China Yields Success

Date 05/05/2006

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) today announced that it has listed its 100th mainland China company.

Santander de Negócios Portugal Issues The First Certificate On The FTSEurofirst 80 Index

Date 05/05/2006

Banco Santander de Negócios Portugal (BSN Portugal) has chosen FTSEurofirst 80 as the basis for its first certificate on a euro zone index. It becomes the first financial institution to list a FTSEurofirst product in Portugal. The FTSEurofirst 80 certificate, which matures on 16 January 2009, is listed on Euronext Lisbon.
NYSE Lists 10 New iShares® Dow Jones Subsector Index Funds - Tracking Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Aerospace & Defense, Construction And Other Sectors

Date 05/05/2006

The New York Stock Exchange announced 10 new iShares® products based on customized Dow Jones Subsector indexes began trading today. Designed to provide investment results that correspond generally to the performance of the underlying specialty indexes as defined by the Industry Classification System (ICB), the iShares Dow Jones Subsector index funds are free-float adjusted market capitalization-weighted indexes.
NYMEX To Launch 16 New Natural Gas Basis Swap Futures Contracts

Date 05/05/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced that it will launch 16 new natural gas swap futures contracts that will begin trading on NYMEX ClearPort® on May 7 for trade date May 8.
NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records In NYMEX Miny(TM) Futures Contracts

Date 05/05/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced that it set daily volume records yesterday on total NYMEX miNY(TM), NYMEX miNY(TM) crude oil, natural gas, heating oil, and gasoline futures contracts.
NYMEX Announces Margins For The New Natural Gas Basis Index Swap And Swing Swap Futures Contracts

Date 05/05/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced margins for the 16 new natural gas swap futures contracts that will launch on May 7 for trade date May 8.