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Montgomery College Secures $200,000 Grant For Business Student Scholarships - NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation's Gift To Support Students In College's Macklin Business Institute Honors Program

Date 20/08/2010

Montgomery College recently secured a two-year grant totaling $200,000 from The NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation to support an existing endowed scholarship fund for students participating in the Gordon and Marilyn Macklin Business Institute Honors Program (MBI) at Montgomery College. This is the foundation's second grant to Montgomery College, a multi-campus community college in Montgomery County, Maryland. A photo accompanying this release is available at

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 20/08/2010

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MCX Weekly Market Report - August 13 To August 19, 2010

Date 20/08/2010

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Questionnaire On TSE's Listing Rules And Systems For Investors

Date 20/08/2010

TSE has decided to conduct a survey to gather opinions from investors as below. Through the survey, TSE aims to (1) evaluate the measures that have been taken so far in order to improve conditions to enhance the corporate governance of listed companies and (2) identify issues and problems to further enhance the overall listing rules and systems. The purpose of the questionnaire is to collect investors' honest opinions, which will form the foundation for the ma

Platts Report: China's July Oil Demand Pulls Back From June’s Record High - July Demand Up 2.7% Year On Year - Crude Throughput Rise Offsets Net Product Imports Drop

Date 20/08/2010

China's apparent* oil demand slowed in July, dropping from June’s record high of 36.74 million metric tons (mt) to 35.82 million mt or about 8.47 million barrels per day (b/d), according to the just released Platts analysis of official data from the People’s Republic of China. The July demand figure is down 5.6% from June and is up only 2.7% from a year ago, a sharp drop off from the double-digit year-on-year gain reported for the prior month. *Platts calculates China's ap

Roll-Out Of Eurex’s Training & Education Initiative In Asia - Cooperation With The Chinese University Of Hong Kong -“Trader Training Program” In Taiwan Started

Date 20/08/2010

The international derivatives exchange Eurex today announced its plans to cooperate with The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to set up the world’s first real-time finance trading laboratory on campus as a major part of its new Training & Education Initiative in Asia. Through this initiative, Eurex will become a founding member of CUHK’s trading laboratory and support the lab with historical and real-time market data for research and analysis. Additio

Burgundy Monthly Report July 2010: Declining Nordic Market Turnover

Date 20/08/2010

The average daily turnover was EUR 81.6 (97.7) million, a decrease of 16.5 percent. The average number of trades per day was 11,536 (11,154), an increase of 3.4 percent. The trading participant with the highest turnover was Handelsbanken with a turnover of EUR 774.4 (729.7) million. The most traded instrument was Volvo B, with a turnover of EUR 129.6 (195.2) million, an decrease of 33.6 percent.

CFTC-SEC Announce Panelists For August 20, 2010, Public Roundtable To Discuss Governance And Conflicts Of Interest In The Clearing And Listing Of Swaps

Date 19/08/2010

The staffs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced the panelists for their August 20, 2010, public roundtable to discuss Governance and Conflicts of Interest in the Clearing and Listing of Swaps. Note: the Roundtable’s agenda may be found in Commission press release #5870-10 (see related documents).

SIFMA Market Close Recommendations For The UK Summer Bank And US Labor Day Holidays In The US, The UK And The Japanese Markets

Date 19/08/2010

In observance of the UK Summer Bank and US Labor Day holidays, SIFMA made holiday recommendations in U.S., U.K., and Japan.

Federal Court Freezes Assets Of Oklahoma Man Jeremiah C. Yancy And His Company, Longbranch Group International LLC - Yancy And Longbranch Charged With Operating A Million Dollar forex Ponzi Scheme And Misappropriating Customer Funds

Date 19/08/2010

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained an emergency court order freezing assets held by defendants Jeremiah C. Yancy (a/k/a Jeremiah C. Glaub) of Atoka, Okla. and his company, Longbranch Group International LLC (a/k/a Longbranch LLC) (Longbranch) of Houston, Texas. The court’s order also prohibits the destruction of books and records and grants the CFTC immediate access to such documents.