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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. Removes September As A Delivery Month For Canola

Date 08/09/2005

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. De-Activates Flaxseed Futures And Options Contracts

Date 08/09/2005

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (“WCE”) announced today that the flaxseed futures and options contracts have been de-activated from trading on the Exchange’s electronic trading platform effective immediately.

U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs - Reauthorization Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Statement Of John M. Damgard, President, Futures Industry Association

Date 08/09/2005

Click here to download John Damgard's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee on the subject of CFTC reauthorization. The hearing is scheduled to start Thursday at 10:00 EST.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Donates To Relief And Recovery Efforts For Victims Of Hurricane Katrina Disaster

Date 08/09/2005

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will contribute 5 million yen to the Japanese Red Cross Society to support relief and recovery efforts for the victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. TSE's donation will be made to the Red Cross via Japanese economic organization, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).

TOCOM Changes Warning Points In Oil Market

Date 08/09/2005

The decision was made at the Oil Market Management Committee held on September 7, 2005 to change the warning points for the oil market on and after September 12 as follows.

TOCOM Changes Rules On Reference Price And Warning Points

Date 08/09/2005

The decisions were made to change rules on reference price and warning points at each Market Management Committee for Rubber, Precious Metals, Oil and Aluminum held on September 6 and 7 as follows.

SWX Swiss Exchange: Speedel Holding Ltd. Opens At CHF 125.00

Date 08/09/2005

Today, the shares of Speedel Holding Ltd., a Swiss biotech company, were traded in the main segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange for the first time. The opening price on the SWX was CHF 125.00. This corresponds to a market capitalisation of CHF 847.9 million. Speedel Holding Ltd. belongs to the SPI® and SPI EXTRA® and is also part of the novel sector specific indices SXI LIFE SCIENCES® and SXI Bio+Medtech®, which cover one of Switzerland's most prominent industries.

StreamBase Strengthens Global Profile And Market Position - Company Announces New London Office And Availability Of Report From Leading Industry Analyst Firm

Date 08/09/2005

StreamBase Systems, Inc., provider of the leading stream processing engine (SPE) and source for software to process, analyze and act on real-time data within milliseconds of its arrival, yesterday announced international expansion through the opening of an office in London as well as the availability of a Gartner, Inc. report on StreamBase on the company’s Web site.

Securities Industry Association Calls For Caution In Addressing Portfolio Margining And Foreign Exchange Issues

Date 08/09/2005

Marc Lackritz, President of the Securities Industry Association (SIA), today testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs where he supported the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), but urged extreme caution in considering provisions in S. 1566 addressing portfolio margining that might create competitive disparities.

S&P/TSX Canadian Bond Index Data Now Offered By TSX Datalinx, Says S&P - Canada's First Independent, Multi-Priced Fixed Income Index Available From TSX

Date 08/09/2005

Standard & Poor's today announced that market data for the S&P/TSX Canadian Bond Index, Canada's first independent, multi-dealer priced fixed income index, is now offered by TSX Datalinx.