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ASX Limited Full-Year Result To 30 June 2014

Date 21/08/2014

Highlights relative to the prior corresponding period (FY13 pcp):

Profit after tax $383.2 million, up 10.0%

• Revenues $658.3 million, up 6.6%
• Interest and dividend income $70.7 million, up 32.3%
• Operating expenses $153.6 million, up 5.1%
• Depreciation and amortisation $33.8 million, up 11.2%

ASIC Publishes Eighth Market Supervision Report

Date 21/08/2014

ASIC today published its eighth report on the supervision and surveillance of Australian financial markets and market participants. 

Dalian Commodity Exchange: “Three-step Delivery” Tested In Practice

Date 21/08/2014

To further address the problem of uncertain place of receipt for the buyer in futures delivery, on July 11 Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) revised and improved the one-step delivery process by introducing the new system of “three-step delivery”, which is implemented from the contracts of August. On August 19, DCE’s four products of blockboard, fiberboard, coke, and LLDPE reported successful physical delivery of 252 contracts for August, marking the first physical delivery in the form of “three-step delivery” after DCE’s recent revision to the delivery system with the effectiveness of the new system tested.

ASIC Consults On Red Tape Reduction Proposals For ASIC Market Integrity Rules

Date 21/08/2014

ASIC has identified obligations under the ASIC market integrity rules that could be repealed or refined to reduce the compliance burden on market participants.

MNI India Business Indicator Falls To 68.4 In August - Business Confidence Remains Firm

Date 21/08/2014

Business confidence fell slightly in August, however itwas almost 7% above the level seen a year ago.
The MNI India Business Indicator eased to 68.4 in August from 70.0 in July, led mainly by construction and service sector companies. Manufacturing companies were more optimistic not least because they are a key focus area in the new government’s plan for turning the economy around.

Algo-Logic Systems Joins OpenPOWER Foundation - Algo-Logic Systems To Collaborate With OpenPOWER Foundation To Deliver Innovative Industry Leading GDN® Solutions For The Enterprise Datacenters

Date 21/08/2014

Algo-Logic Systems, Inc., a recognized leader in providing Gateware Defined Networking (GDN)®, announced today they have joined the OpenPOWER Foundation.  This open development community leverages the IBM POWER architecture to serve the needs of the Enterprise datacenter customers.  By mapping algorithms into FPGA logic for heterogeneous POWER computing platforms, Algo-Logic’s products and solutions drastically lower latency and energy usage while increasing throughput for financial trading networks, datacenter networks, and in-memory databases.

SEC: The Case for User Fees, Rick A. Fleming, Investor Advocate, 38th Annual Southwest Securities Conference, Dallas, Texas, Aug. 19, 2014

Date 21/08/2014

Thank you, David [Woodcock] and Marshall [Gandy] and the other conference hosts, for the invitation to speak today.  It is good to be back in what feels like home turf, as I have attended this conference numerous times over the years while working for the State of Kansas and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), and I have developed many friendships here.

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Minutes

Date 21/08/2014

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on July 29-30, 2014.

TSX Markets Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report - August 15, 2014

Date 21/08/2014

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending August 15, 2014.

Berkshire Hathaway To Pay $896,000 Civil Penalty For Violating Antitrust Premerger Notification Requirements - Violation Occurred When Berkshire Hathaway Acquired Voting Securities Of USG Corporation

Date 20/08/2014

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has agreed to pay an $896,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it violated premerger reporting and waiting requirements when it acquired voting securities of USG Corp., the Department of Justice announced today.