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SEC Charges Seattle-Based Fund Manager For Secretly Diverting Client Funds To His Own Start-Up Companies

Date 17/05/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Seattle-based investment adviser and his firm with defrauding clients by secretly investing their money in two risky start-up companies he co-founded.

E.MEFF 27 - Launch Of The Bono 10 Futures Contract - Spanish 10-Year Government Bond

Date 17/05/2012

On Tuesday, 29 May, MEFF will launch a new futures contract on a Spanish 10-year Notional Bond based on long-term Spanish Government bonds.

Fitch Takes Negative Rating Actions On Greece

Date 17/05/2012

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Greece's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to 'CCC' from 'B-'. The Short-term foreign currency IDR has also been downgraded to 'C' from 'B'. At the same time, the agency has revised the Country Ceiling to 'B-'.

Athens And Korea Exchanges Commit To Dual-Listing Of Companies

Date 17/05/2012

The Athens Exchange (ATHEX) and the Korea Exchange (KRX) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today in which they committed to cooperate in facilitating the dual-listing of companies on both exchanges.

Program Trading Averaged 25.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 7-11

Date 17/05/2012

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database.  The report includes trading on the NYSE for May 7-11.

SEC Charges New Jersey Man In Real Estate Investment Scam

Date 17/05/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New Jersey man with operating a Ponzi-like scheme involving a series of investment vehicles formed for the purported purpose of purchasing and managing rental apartment buildings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

KCBT Revises Modifications To HRW Wheat Futures & Options Electronic Trading Hours

Date 17/05/2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade announces a modification to the previously announced expansion of electronic trading hours for the KCBT's flagship hard red winter wheat futures and options contracts.

NYSE Euronext Announces Date For Second Quarter 2012 Earnings Release And Conference Call

Date 17/05/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) will announce earnings for the second quarter 2012 before the market opens on Friday, August 3, 2012. A news release will be issued at approximately 2:30 a.m. (New York) / 8:30 a.m. (Paris) and a conference call with remarks by NYSE Euronext senior management will begin at 8:00 a.m. (New York)/ 2:00 p.m. (Paris). A presentation will be referenced during the call and available on our website at http://www.nyseeuronext.com/ir.

Olli Rehn, Vice-President Of The European Commission And Member Responsible For Economic And Monetary Affairs And The Euro - Overcoming Europe's Sovereign Debt Crisis – The Road To Stability And Growth Speech At St. Antony's College Oxford, 17 May 2012

Date 17/05/2012

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am very honoured to return to my alma mater. I spent many memorable moments here, at a time when the Cold War was coming to an end. As one chapter of history closed – another one opened with the optimistic beginning of the great European transformation, bringing with it both a deepening and a widening of the European Union.

Thomas Thees To Join Bonds.com As Chief Executive Officer

Date 17/05/2012

Bonds.com Group, Inc. (OTC.BB:BDCGE) announced today that Thomas M. (Tom) Thees has been appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Bonds.com Group, Inc. effective June 1, 2012, and is now a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. This is the latest in a series of announcements by the firm reflecting its importance to the marketplace, and signaling a move toward the delivery of significant strategic initiatives for 2012.