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CFTC Charges Illinois Resident And One Of His Companies With Fraud In $6 Million Commodity Pool

Date 04/09/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it sued Schaumburg, Illinois-based Maize Capital Management, LLC (Maize Capital) and its chief operating officer Scott M. Ross, for solicitation fraud and issuing false statements involving a $6 million commodity pool. Another of Ross’ companies, Maize Asset Management, LLC (Maize Asset), along with Maize Capital and Ross, was charged with improper handling of customer funds.

TSX Block List Leaders - August 2009

Date 04/09/2009

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.

Statement By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: Statement On he Inspector General's Report Regarding The Bernard Madoff Fraud

Date 04/09/2009

p>Today we are releasing the Inspector General's 450-page report regarding the Bernard Madoff fraud and the many missed opportunities to discover it.

TSX Venture Exchange Market Statistics For The Month Of August 2009

Date 04/09/2009

To view a summary of market statistics for August 2009 for TSX Venture Exchange, please click on the "Related Documents" link below to access the PDF file.

OneChicago Reports August Volume

Date 04/09/2009

OneChicago, LLC today reported that 266,891 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in August 2009. YTD volume stands at 1,576,124.

Federal Court Freezes The Assets Of Florida Resident Beau Diamond And Diamond Ventures LLC, Charged By The CFTC With Operating A $37 Million Dollar Forex Fraud - Defendants Charged With Defrauding At Least 200 Investors In Ponzi Scheme

Date 04/09/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained an emergency federal court order freezing the assets of defendants Beau Diamond and his company, Diamond Ventures LLC, both of Sarasota, Fla. The court?s order also prohibits the destruction of documents and grants the CFTC immediate access to defendants? documents.

Sanction Commission Of SIX Swiss Exchange Fines CI Com SA

Date 04/09/2009

The Sanction Commission of SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd has fined CI Com SA owing to a violation of the requirements laid down in the Listing Rules. CI Com SA's internal organisation was found to be inadequate in the preparation of its semi-annual IFRS financial statements for 2008.

NYSE Euronext: The Expert Indices Committee

Date 04/09/2009

The Expert Commission, Indices Committee, meeting today, took the following decisions:CAC 40 index:AddedTECHNIP RemovedAIR FRANCE-KLMCAC Next20 index:Added AIR FRANCE-KLM RemovedTECHNIPSBF 120 index:No modification in the compositi

Central Japan Commodity Exchange Gold Market To Be Launched

Date 04/09/2009

C-COM received today an approval for launching a Precious Metal (Gold) Market from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). Trading is planned to start on Tuesday October 13, but the starting date will be officially determined at the Board Meeting to be held on September 11.

PLUS Markets Group plc (“PLUS”) - Middle East Initiative, Board Changes, Update and Subscription

Date 04/09/2009

As the owner of a stock exchange based in London, one of the world’s most international centres of equity finance, PLUS has announced a number of initiatives to internationalise its markets and has started to promote itself abroad, especially in the Far East. Around a quarter of the issuers quoted on PLUS are either overseas companies or operate mainly overseas, including some recent joiners with a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focus. PLUS is seeking to continue its expansion overseas a