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CHX Sets Second Consecutive Month Of Share And Trade Count Highs

Date 04/11/2008

CHX today announced that during October the Exchange established several new post Regulation NMS implementation volume records. The Exchange established a new daily trade high on October 8th with 138,395 trades while processing over two million transactions for the month, also an Exchange record. New daily share records were also reached as over 80 million shares traded on October 28th and over 1.2 billion shares were cleared through the Exchange facilities over the course of the month.

SIFMA: South Dakota Citizens Wisely Reject Short Selling Initiative

Date 04/11/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today congratulated the citizens of South Dakota for rejecting initiated measure #9, which was clearly an attempt by non-state residents to manipulate the local political process for purposes largely unrelated to the state.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 04/11/2008

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, November 4, 2008:

KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit At 60 Cents - Daily Price Limit For Trade Date November 5, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 04/11/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date November 5, 2008 (effective with the November 4 evening session).

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange’s U.S. Carbon Emissions Complex Sets New Record

Date 04/11/2008

Chicago Climate Futures Exchange® (CCFE®), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX®), announced today that open interest in its futures and options complex for U.S. carbon emissions, which includes Carbon Financial Instrument® (“CFI®”) futures and options and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (‘RGGI”) futures and options contracts reached a new record level.

BATS Reports Record October Volume - Sets Records For Matched Market Share, Daily Average Volume - Surpasses One-Day Record With 2.72 Billion Shares Traded

Date 04/11/2008

BATS Holdings, an innovative and technology leading U.S. market center, reported another month of new records in October, including a monthly matched market share record of 11.44%. BATS set new highs in daily average volume of 1.64 billion shares and daily matched volume of 1.41 billion shares.

Deutsche Börse Achieved Second Strongest Quarter Ever In Q3/2008 - Management Confirms Outlook For Record Year 2008 - 10 Percent Increase In Sales Revenue To €616.1 Million - 5 Percent Rise In EBITA To €385.0 Million - Earnings Per Share Up 10 Percent To

Date 04/11/2008

Deutsche Börse AG achieved its second strongest quarter ever in terms of sales revenue and EBITA in Q3/2008. Sales revenue rose by 10 percent to €616.1 million (Q3/2007: €561.9 million), reflecting both stable revenue performance in the third quarter in the Group’s two largest business areas, Eurex and Clearstream, and the consolidation of the International Securities Exchange (ISE). The Company accrued a further €55.7 million (Q3/2007: €59.2 million) in net interest income from banking business

Block Trade Summaries: TSX Block List Leaders

Date 04/11/2008

SIFMA Notes Launch Of DTCC Credit Derivatives Reporting Program

Date 04/11/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) commented on today’s launch of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) program which will publish aggregate market data on credit derivatives from its Trade Information Warehouse.

Martin J. Murphy Named Associate Regional Director For Examinations In SEC's Los Angeles Regional Office

Date 04/11/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the promotion of Martin J. Murphy to Associate Regional Director for Examinations in the agency's Los Angeles Regional Office. Mr. Murphy will lead a staff of 65 examiners, accountants, attorneys and other professionals who conduct examinations and oversee the agency's bankruptcy program in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. Mr. Murphy succeeds Rosalind Tyson, who was recently named Regional Director of the Los Angeles Office.