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Tokyo Grain Exchange: The Daily Price Limits For Oct. 23, 2008

Date 22/10/2008

The daily price limits for Oct. 23, 2008 are the following: Corn 1,500 yen, Arabica Coffee 1,500 yen and Raw Sugar 1,500 yen.
Tokyo Grain Exchange: Update Of Rules And Regs

Date 22/10/2008

The English translation for TGE's Rules and Regulations have been updated. Please follow this link to download.
BATS European Markets Division, Chi-X Europe And NASDAQ OMX Europe Collaborate To Form Single Symbology For European Stock Trading

Date 22/10/2008

BATS European Markets Division, Chi-X® Europe Limited and NASDAQ OMX Europe today announced the formation of an open, industry working group to develop a uniform symbology framework for trading European stocks. Participation is open to all European execution venues. With a common symbology in place, European trading participants will be able to easily consolidate market data from any trading venue – either MTF or exchange – and more effectively smart route orders.
Eurex: GC Pooling Market And Collateral Management Services Extend Collateral Basket - Eligible Assets For Collateral Management Extended To French Bonds

Date 22/10/2008

Eurex Repo and Clearstream announced today that the eligible collateral for the GC Pooling market and the Eurosystem Collateral Management Services was extended to French bonds as of yesterday. This means that customers have now access to a wider range of securities to pledge as collateral to the European Central Bank (ECB) allowing them to access liquidity in an efficient and secured way.
NASDAQ OMX Announces Third Quarter And Year-To-Date Global Index Group Report

Date 22/10/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the third quarter and year-to-date activities report for the NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group. The Global Index Group creates and licenses indexes, which are the basis of financial instruments, and provides full-service index support to financial product issuers, sponsors and investors.

DTCC And LCH.Clearnet Announce Plans To Merge And Create World’s Leading Clearing House

Date 22/10/2008

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and LCH.Clearnet Group (LCH.Clearnet) today jointly announce that they have signed non-binding heads of terms regarding the proposed merger of the two companies. The merger proposal aims to create the world’s leading clearing house, which would operate a user-owned, user-governed model, with LCH.Clearnet moving to an at-cost based structure comparable to DTCC’s within three years. As a result of the transaction, LCH.Clearnet shareholders wou
NASDAQ OMX Completes Acquisition Of Nord Pool International - Creates NASDAQ OMX Commodities - A Leading Offer For Energy Related Derivatives

Date 22/10/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced the completion of its acquisition of Nord Pool's clearing, international derivatives and consulting subsidiaries. The combined companies will launch a new offering, 'NASDAQ OMX Commodities,' based on Nord Pool's energy and carbon derivatives products. The regulated exchange, Nord Pool ASA, will remain a separate entity while clearing operations and all internat
US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Remarks On China And The Global Economy To The National Committee On U.S.-China Relations

Date 22/10/2008

Good evening. Thank you, Carla, and thanks to all of you at the National Committee for the exceptional work that you do for U.S. – China relations. As we approach the 30-year anniversary of a turning point in U.S. and Chinese history, we also recall the strategic vision of the National Committee and its role in the historic 1971 ping-pong exchange that helped make resumption of normalized relations possible. Through visions such as yours, the American and Chinese people began to understand on
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Lifting Of Extraordinary Clearing Margin For Kerosene (Imposed On 10/8)

Date 22/10/2008

Based on Item 3.3.2 of the Regulations Governing Management of the Oil Market, since the final contract prices for all contract months (excluding contract months with no applicable price limit) have not reached the price limit for three consecutive business days, the Extraordinary Clearing Margin for new positions in the Kerosene market, imposed on and after October 8, will be lifted on and after October 22.
US Treasury Hires Accounting Firms Under The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

Date 21/10/2008

The U.S. Treasury Department today announced that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young will assist the Department in the implementation of the Troubled Asset Relief Program authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. Treasury hired PricewaterhouseCoopers on Thursday and hired Ernst & Young on Saturday.