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NASDAQ OMX Appoints Nelson Griggs As Senior Vice President And Head Of Asia Pacific For The Global Corporate Client Group

Date 21/12/2010

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) appointed Nelson Griggs as Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific for the Global Corporate Client Group. Mr. Griggs will head Asia Pacific listing efforts for NASDAQ OMX effective immediately. He will be based in Hong Kong and he will report to Bruce Aust, Executive Vice President of Global Corporate Client Group.
IMF Concludes Gold Sales

Date 21/12/2010

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced today the conclusion of the limited sales program covering 403.3 metric tons of gold that was approved by the Executive Board in September 2009 (see Press Release No. 09/310).
BM&F BOVESPA S.A. - Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros - The Brazilian Stock, Commodities and Futures Exchange - Notice to Shareholders - Interest On Capital On 01.19.2011 - Brazilian Federal Taxpayer (CNPJ) No.09.346.601/0001-25 Commercial Registry

Date 21/12/2010

BM&F BOVESPA S.A. ? Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (“Company”) announces toVshareholders that, as a result of the exercise of certain vested options related to the Company Stock Option Plan, as well as the buyback of Company’s shares pursuant to the Buyback Program approved at the Board of Director’s Meeting held on December 16, 2010, the amount per share of interest on shareholders’ equity distributed to shareholders pursuant to a decision of the Meeting of the Board of Directors
Emissions Trading: Statement By European Commissioner For Climate Action Connie Hedegaard On Regulatory Oversight Of The EU Carbon Market

Date 21/12/2010

"The European carbon market is a relatively young market which has grown rapidly during its first six years of operation, both in size and sophistication. With a climate crisis and an economic crisis, the world more than ever before needs cost-effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is therefore important that the market can continue to expand and safely be relied upon to give an undistorted carbon price signal to investors and decision-makers in
NASDAQ OMX Announces Closing Of $370 Million Senior Notes Offering

Date 21/12/2010

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it closed an underwritten public offering of $370 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Notes due 2018.

New York Attorney General Cuomo Sues Ernst & Young For Assisting Lehman Brothers In Financial Fraud - Ernst & Young Gave Clean Audit Opinions As Auditor Of Lehman Brothers Despite Knowing That Lehman Fraudulently Concealed “Repo 105” Transactions

Date 21/12/2010

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today filed a Martin Act lawsuit against Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”), charging the accounting firm with helping Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. (“Lehman”) engage in an accounting fraud involving the surreptitious removal of tens of billions of dollars of fixed income securities from Lehman’s balance sheet in order to deceive the public about Lehman’s true liquidity condition.
SEC Charges San Francisco Managers Of Subprime Loan Hedge Fund With Fraudulent Misuse Of Fund Assets

Date 21/12/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two San Francisco-based investment adviser firms along with their former CEO, former general counsel, and former portfolio manager with defrauding investors in a $100 million hedge fund that invested in subprime automobile loans.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange To Establish Backup Center Within Osaka Securities Exchange's Emergency Backup Facility

Date 21/12/2010

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc. (“TOCOM” hereafter) and Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (‘OSE” hereafter) announced today that the two Exchanges agreed to TOCOM’s use of a part of the backup facility which OSE has established for its next generation derivatives trading system named J-GATE in case of emergencies.
Dow Jones Indexes To Introduce A New Country Classification System

Date 21/12/2010

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, announced today a new country classification system that will apply to all countries covered in its major index families. The implementation of the new system will begin in March of 2011.
FOMC statement: Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank Of Japan, Bank Of Canada, Bank Of England, And Swiss National Bank Announce Extension Of Temporary U.S. Dollar Liquidity Swap Facilities

Date 21/12/2010

The Federal Open Market Committee has authorized an extension through August 1, 2011, of its temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangements with the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank. The swap arrangements, established in May 2010, had been authorized through January 2011.