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SEC: Office Of The Chief Accountant Names Academic Fellows

Date 15/05/2008

Conrad W. Hewitt, the Commission's Chief Accountant, announced today the selection of Donal Byard, Susan Krische, and Roger Martin as Academic Accounting Fellows for fixed terms beginning this summer. "Academic fellows have been very valuable to the Office of the Chief Accountant, and I look forward to working with the incoming academic fellows," said Mr. Hewitt.
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date May 16, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 15/05/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures remain at 60 cents for trade date May 16, 2008 (effective with the May 15 evening session).
Program Trading Averaged 23.6 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 5-9

Date 15/05/2008

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 May 5-9.
Update On TSX Quantum

Date 15/05/2008

TSX Group is pleased to announce that more than 1400 issues are now trading on its new trading engine, TSX Quantum™. "We launched these symbols over the weekend and are already seeing greatly improved processing times," said Brenda Hoffman, Chief Information Officer, TSX Group Inc.
CME Group Announces Memorial Day Holiday Hours

Date 15/05/2008

CME Group, the world's largest derivatives exchange, will close its trading floor on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. Abbreviated electronic trading hours will be held for certain products on both Friday, May 23, and Tuesday, May 27.

CESR And CEBS Launch A Joint Consultation On Their Advice To The European Commission On Commodities Business

Date 15/05/2008

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) consult jointly on the Joint Call for Technical Advice related to the review under Articles 65(3)(a), (b) and (d) of MiFID and Article 48(2) of the Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD III) issued by the European Commission in December 2007.
UK's Financial Services Authority Fines Thinc Group £900,000 For Sub-Prime Record Keeping Failings

Date 15/05/2008

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Thinc Group Limited and two of its group companies (the firm) £900,000 for not having adequate risk management and compliance systems for its sub prime mortgage business and for failing to take reasonable care to ensure that it had records to prove that advice it gave to customers in relation to the sale of sub prime mortgages was suitable.
Liffe To Launch One Month Futures Contracts On Eonia And Sonia And Three Month Swap Index Futures On Eonia, In June 2008

Date 15/05/2008

Liffe announced that the Exchange will launch one month futures contracts on the “Eonia” (Euro Overnight Indexed Average) and the “Sonia” (Sterling Overnight Indexed Average), and a three month “Eonia” Swap Index futures contract in June 2008.
Terms Of Statutory Buy-Out Procedure For Remaining Euronext N.V. Shares Re Announced As Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber Renders Final Judgment

Date 15/05/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Euronext N.V. (NXT) announced today that the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals has rendered its final judgment on the matter of the statutory buy-out of the remaining Euronext shareholders holding a minority of approximately 2% of the shares of Euronext N.V.
HKEx Resignation Of Director

Date 15/05/2008

The board of directors (“Board”) of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) announces that Mr David Michael Webb (“Mr Webb”) resigned as an independent non-executive director of HKEx effective 15 May 2008.