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KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date July 18, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 17/07/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date July 18, 2008 (effective with the July 17 evening session).
Futures Industry Association Statement Regarding S. 3268, The "Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act"

Date 17/07/2008

The Futures Industry Association today released the following statement expressing its opposition to S. 3268, the bill titled “Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act” that is now pending in the U.S. Senate.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones STOXX 50 And Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 Indexes

Date 17/07/2008

STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, and Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced changes in several Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX indexes. All changes will be effective as of the opening of trading on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
Credit Suisse’s CrossFinder Executes Record Volume

Date 17/07/2008

Credit Suisse announced today that its CrossFinder(®) ATS achieved record volume, with 210.1 million shares matched on July 16. The volume has been growing by an average of 30 percent a month throughout 2008, allowing CrossFinder to rapidly eclipse many of the traditional agency crossing systems on the Street. This achievement accompanies the record setting volumes in Advanced Execution Services (AES(®)), Credit Suisse’s award-winning algorithmic trading platform.
Program Trading Averaged 21.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 7-11

Date 17/07/2008

The New York Stock Exchange 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 July 7-11.

Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan 500 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices

Date 17/07/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan 500 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices effective after the close of trading Thursday, July 31st, 2008:
Frankfurt Stock Exchange To Maintain Established Start Of Trading - Start Of Trading To Remain Unchanged At 9:00 A.M. - However, Executive Council Of The Frankfurt Stock Exchange Makes Trading Hours More Flexible

Date 17/07/2008

The Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange resolved a new version of the Exchange Regulations, which includes relaxing the trading hours and would allow trading to start earlier. At the same time, the Exchange Council and the Management Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange support keeping the start of trading unchanged with the opening auction at 9:00 a.m. However, the new Exchange Regulations allow the Management Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange to adapt the start of trading
Liffe’s 100Mbps Connectivity And Co-Location Goes Live - Technology Upgrade Provides Even Faster Trading

Date 17/07/2008

Liffe announced that the Exchange’s dual 100Mbps connectivity, and purpose-built Co-Location facility went live successfully on Monday 14 July. Together these two enhancements offer customers faster access to Liffe’s markets.
CESR Launches A Call For Evidence On A Request From The European Commission For Advice On The UCITS Asset Management Company Passport

Date 17/07/2008

In its 2006 White Paper on enhancing the Single Market framework for investment firms, the Commission undertook to examine the possibility of establishing an effective management company passport as part of its package of targeted legislative amendments to the UCITS Directive.
Japan’s Financial Services Agency Publishes An English Translation Of The Financial Inspection Rating System (Financial Inspection Rating System For Deposit-Taking Financial Institutions)

Date 17/07/2008

The Financial Services Agency today published an English translation of the Financial Inspection Rating System (Financial Inspection Rating System for Deposit-taking Financial Institutions).