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Dow Jones Industrial Average Celebrates Its 115th Anniversary - In Recognition, New York City Proclaims May 26, 2011 ‘Dow Jones Industrial Average Day’ - ‘Talking About The Stock Market Without Mentioning The Dow … … Is Like Talking About The Weather Without Mentioning The Temperature’

Date 11/05/2011

The year 1896 was notable for many things: the X-ray was discovered and the world’s first movie theater opened.  Utah was admitted as America’s 45^th state and the first modern Olympic Games were staged in Athens. It was also the year the first Tootsie Roll was produced.

Hedge Fund Billionaire Raj Rajaratnam Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court Of Insider Trading Charges - Rajaratnam Convicted On 14 Counts For Illegal Stock Trades In Companies Including Goldman Sachs, Clearwire, Akamai, AMD, Intel, Polycom, And PeopleSupport

Date 11/05/2011

PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RAJ RAJARATNAM was found guilty today by a jury in Manhattan federal court of conspiracy and securities fraud crimes stemming from his involvement in the largest hedge fund insider trading scheme in history. RAJARATNAM was the Managing Member of Galleon Management, LLC ("Galleon"), the General Partner of Galleon Management, L.P., and a portfolio manager for Galleon Technology Offshore, Ltd., and certain accounts of Galleon Diversified Fund, Ltd. He was convicted after an eight-week trial before U.S. District Judge RICHARD J. HOLWELL.

NYSE Euronext Lisbon Lists Commerzbank Factor Certificates On Commodities - Bank Lists 44 Certificates On 11 Different Commodities And Reinforces Available Product Offer

Date 11/05/2011

NYSE Euronext today has listed new Factor Certificates issued by Commerzbank. With this issue, Commerzbank reinforces the current offering of this type of financial products on NYSE Euronext in Lisbon. Commerzbank adds  a new range of 44 new certificates with 11 different commodities as underlying - gold, silver, copper, corn, wheat, oil (Brent and WTI), natural gas, cocoa, coffee and sugar.

SEC Charges Two Businessmen With Securities Fraud In New York-Based Beverage And Food Carrier Company

Date 11/05/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the co-founders of a New York-based beverage and food carrier company with orchestrating an $8 million securities fraud and spending at least half of investor money for their personal use.

Galleon's Raj Rajaratnam Guilty On All Counts Of Insider Trading

Date 11/05/2011

Raj Rajaratnam, co-founder of Galleon Group LLC, has been found guilty of all counts against him.

Corporate Legal Leaders Honored During Annual Recognition Dinner - Corporate Board Member And FTI Consulting Highlight Top Performers In Legal Field at Awards Dinner In New York City

Date 11/05/2011

Corporate Board Member, publisher of Corporate Board Member magazine, and global business advisory firm FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN ) hosted the fourth annual Legal Recognition Dinner last night at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, honoring distinguished general counsel (GC) and the top 25 national corporate law firms. The winners were selected by directors and general counsel of publicly traded companies as a part of the 11^th annual America’s Best Corporate Law Firms study.

Remarks, Bringing Oversight To The Swaps Market, International Finance Corporation’s 13th Annual Global Private Equity Conference, Washington, DC - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 11/05/2011

Good morning.  I thank the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation for inviting me to speak today at the 13^th annual Global Private Equity Conference.  I also thank Roger Leeds for that introduction.

Jonathan W. Hitchon Of Deutsche Bank Named To DTCC Board

Date 11/05/2011

Jonathan W. Hitchon, co-head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Prime Finance business, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).

Speech By The U.K. Chancellor Of The Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, At The Institute Of Directors Annual Convention

Date 11/05/2011

Good afternoon.

Thank you Miles for the very kind words of introduction.

AltaCorp Capital Inc. Goes Live With Fidessa’s Canadian Trading Platform - Fidessa Provides Ground-Up Technology Infrastructure For Company Growth

Date 11/05/2011

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, today announced that AltaCorp Capital Inc. (AltaCorp), Canada’s newest institutional financial advisory firm, has gone live with its Canadian trading platform on a Software as a Service (SaaS) basis. Operating since January 2011, Calgary-based AltaCorp, which also has offices in Toronto, has selected Fidessa in part to support its growth ambitions.