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Opening Statement, Meeting Of: The Agricultural Advisory Committee - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 05/08/2010

Good morning. Thank you Commissioner Dunn for chairing today’s meeting of the Agricultural Advisory Committee and for your leadership. I also join Commissioner Dunn in thanking my fellow Commissioners and the expert panelists and staff that have joined us this morning.

Shira Pavis Minton Named SEC Ethics Counsel

Date 05/08/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Shira Pavis Minton has been named as the Commission’s Ethics Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel.

Virginia-Based Financial Investments, Inc. Ordered To Pay $130,000 Fine To Settle CFTC Charges Of Repeatedly Failing To File Commodity Pool Annual Reports On Time

Date 05/08/2010

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Financial Investments, Inc. (FII) was ordered to pay a $130,000 civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges that it repeatedly failed to file its commodity pool’s annual reports in a timely manner. FII, based in Herndon, Va., operated the commodity pool, Financial Investments, L.P., from 2004 until December 2008.

SEC Charges Two Individuals For Roles In Innospec FCPA Scheme

Date 05/08/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former business director at Innospec, Inc., and the company's third-party agent in Iraq with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by engaging in widespread bribery of Iraqi government officials to land contracts under the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program and continue selling a fuel additive to Iraq after the program ended. Bribes also were paid to Indonesian officials to enable Innospec to sell the fuel additive to Indonesia

Endace Builds On High Performance Trading Technology Success And Strengthens Its Management Team With The Hire Of Kevin Formby As VP Business Development - Proven Expert In High Frequency Trading Will Fuel Company’s Financial Services Business Growth

Date 05/08/2010

Endace (LSE: EDA), world leaders in latency measurement and monitoring solutions, today announced the appointment of Kevin Formby as VP Business Development, reporting directly to Mike Riley, Endace Chief Executive Officer.

Nomura Appoints Mark Schuermann To Washington D.C. Office

Date 05/08/2010

Nomura Holding America Inc., today appointed Mark J. Schuermann as Executive Director, Public Affairs, in the company’s Washington, D.C. office.

TSX Block List Leaders - July 2010

Date 05/08/2010

Block Trade Summaries TSX Block List LeadersTM Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. The leaders are measured by volume and value of blocks traded.

ICE Announces Labor Day And U.K. Summer Bank Holiday Trading Schedules

Date 05/08/2010

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced the 2010 Labor Day and bank

SunGard Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results

Date 05/08/2010

SunGard, one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies, today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. For the quarter, revenue was $1.30 billion, down 5% year over year, and income from operations was $126 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $354 million, down 1% year over year, and adjusted income from operations was $269 million, down 3% year over year. Excluding the results of one of our trading systems businesses, a broker/dealer, revenue was up 4% an

Al Rajhi Registered As CTP On Bursa Suq Al-Sila'

Date 05/08/2010

Al Rajhi Investment and Banking Corporation Malaysia Berhad (Al Rajhi) has been registered as a Commodity Trading Participant (CTP) with Bursa Malaysia Islamic Services (BMIS), a subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, to trade on the Bursa Suq Al-Sila’. Bursa Suq Al-Sila’ is the world’s first end-to-end Shariah-compliant commodity trading platform that facilitates commodity based Islamic financing and investment transactions.