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Liffe Trades One Billionth Contract In 2008 - Milestone Marks A Record Year For Liffe

Date 04/12/2008

For the first time in a single year, more than one billion contracts have been traded on Liffe, the international derivatives business of NYSE Euronext (NYX). The billionth contract was traded by noon on 4 December.
Program Trading Averaged 31.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 24-28

Date 04/12/2008

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Nov. 24-28.
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - Financial Market Controversies And The Outlook For Next Year - ICAEW (Institute Of Chartered Accountants In England And Wales) - Debate On Financial Markets London, 4 December 20

Date 04/12/2008

[Ian (Smart – Chairman)] Thank you for your kind remarks and let me wish you and everyone else in the room all the compliments of the season. I am happy to be back.
London Stock Exchange: Minmet Plc Publicly Censured

Date 04/12/2008

Minmet plc (“Minmet” or the “Company”), has today been publicly censured for breaches of the AIM Rules between October 2006 and January 2008 (“the Relevant Period”).
UK's Financial Services Authority Consults On Liquidity Rules For Banks, Building Societies And Investment Firms

Date 04/12/2008

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published a consultation paper (CP) which proposes a far-reaching overhaul of the liquidity requirements for banks, building societies and investment firms.

Admission To Trading Of Luxembourg’s Largest Sovereign Bond Issue

Date 04/12/2008

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange commenced secondary trading on 4 December 2008 of a bond issue of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for an amount of EUR 2,000,000,000.
Interim Assistant US Treasury Secretary For Financial Stability Neel Kashkari Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On Financial Services And General Government

Date 04/12/2008

Chairman Durbin, Members of the Subcommittee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. I would like to provide an update on the Treasury Department's actions to work through the financial crisis and restore the flow of credit to the economy. We have taken multiple actions with the following three critical objectives: one, to provide stability to financial markets; two, to support the housing market by preventing avoidable forec
Speech By Chairman Bernanke On Housing, Mortgage Markets, And foreclosures

Date 04/12/2008

The U.S. financial system has been in turmoil during the past 16 months. Credit conditions have tightened and asset values have declined, contributing substantially, in turn, to the weakening of economic activity. As the participants in this conference are keenly aware, I am sure, housing and housing finance played a central role in precipitating the current crisis. As the crisis has persisted, however, the relationships between housing and other parts of the economy have become more complex.
Equiduct OrangeVBBO Sheds Light On Market Fragmentation

Date 04/12/2008

Equiduct, the pan-European platform, today announces the launch of a major marketing initiative for the OrangeVBBO, a European real-time consolidated tape for liquid equities. The OrangeVBBO consolidates all the relevant market data (including currently the London Stock Exchange, Chi-X, Turquoise, BATS, Nasdaq OMX, Xetra and NYSE Euronext markets) into a single virtual book. Thus it presents not only an unbiased price benchmark for Exchange and MTF traded liquid stocks, but also the true best
CFTC Facilitates The Filing Of Public Comments

Date 04/12/2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has created a new web page on CFTC.gov to facilitate the filing of public comments. This new page continues the CFTC’s efforts to make CFTC.gov more user-friendly and improve its service to the public.