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BM&FBOVESPA Releases Monthly Financial Statement For September

Date 08/10/2008

In September, the total number of trades in BM&FBOVESPA’s variable and fixed income markets reached 6.46 million, with a financial volume of BRL120.96 billion, compared to 4.5 million trades and a financial volume of BRL101.04 billion in August. The Company’s derivatives markets (both financial and agricultural) ended September with a total trading volume of 35.39 million contracts, and a notional financial volume of BRL2.55 trillion, compared to 28.77 million trades and BR1.9
Statement By IMF Managing Director Strauss-Kahn On Coordinated Interest Rate Cuts And Further Policy Action

Date 08/10/2008

Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today: "We welcome the coordinated reduction of interest rates undertaken today by major central banks, as well as the unprecedented joint actions they have taken to reduce strains in the financial markets. This is the right course of action in the face of the deflationary impact of the major financial shock in mature markets and against a background of declining
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend, Dow Jones Select Dividend And Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 Indexes

Date 08/10/2008

STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, and Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced several changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend, Dow Jones Select Dividend and Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 indexes.
IMF Sees Major Slowdown For Global Economy, Calls For Strong And Coordinated Policies To Support A Turnaround

Date 08/10/2008

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today warned that the world economy is experiencing a major downturn in the face of the most dangerous financial shock in mature markets since the 1930s, and called for strong and coordinated actions to avoid worse-case scenarios. The IMF's latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) projects global growth to slow substantially in the latter part of 2008, before beginning a modest recovery in the second half of 2009. Growth in advanced countries will be close to zer
CME Group Announces Columbus Day Holiday Hours

Date 08/10/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, will close only the Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate open outcry trading floors on Monday, October 13, in observance of Columbus Day. On Friday, October 10, the Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate trading floors will cease trading at noon.

Speech By SEC Chairman Christopher Cox: Opening Remarks At SEC Roundtable On Modernizing the Securities And Exchange Commission’s Disclosure System

Date 08/10/2008

Good morning. It is a pleasure to welcome you to the SEC. And it is a particular honor to have such distinguished panelists and guests joining us today.
New York Attorney General Cuomo Announces Settlements With Bank Of America And Royal Bank Of Canada To Recover Billions For Investors In Auction-Rate Securities - Bank Of America To Return Over $4.5 Billion To Investors, - Royal Bank Of Canada To Return O

Date 08/10/2008

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced two more agreements to provide liquidity to consumers who purchased auction-rate securities. Banc of America Securities LLC and Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. (“Bank of America”) will return over $4.5 billion to investors across New York State and the nation. RBC Capital Markets Corporation (“RBC”) will return over $850 million to investors across New York State and the nation. These agreements settle allegations that Bank of America an
Bank Of America Agrees In Principle To ARS Settlement

Date 08/10/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement today announced a preliminary settlement in principle with Banc of America Securities LLC and Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. (collectively, Bank of America) that would provide 5,500 individual investors, small businesses, and small charities the opportunity to sell back to Bank of America up to $4.7 billion in auction rate securities (ARS) they purchased before the ARS market collapsed in February 2008.
Statement From Bob Greifeld, Chief Executive Officer, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., Regarding Lifting SEC Short Sale Ban

Date 08/10/2008

"NASDAQ OMX supports the SEC action today to lift the temporary ban placed on short selling in financial stocks. We will continue to closely monitor market conditions with regard to short selling. NASDAQ OMX remains engaged in active dialogue with regulators and the industry to improve conditions for investors and companies related to short selling activity. We believe the new in-place rules deliver strong and necessary investor protections related to naked short selling. The strengthened regula
Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System Authorizes Federal Reserve Bank Of New York To Borrow Securities From Certain Regulated U.S. Insurance Subsidiaries Of AIG

Date 08/10/2008

The Federal Reserve Board has authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to borrow securities from certain regulated U.S. insurance subsidiaries of the American International Group (AIG), under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act.