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KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date April 24, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 23/04/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures remain at 60 cents for trade date April 24, 2008 (effective with the April 23 evening session).
Share Change For Wesfarmers Limited In The S&P/ASX All Australian 50 Index

Date 23/04/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX All Australian 50 Index effective after the close of trading on Thursday, Apr. 24, 2008: Wesfarmers Limited (Australia, SEDOL: 6948836, GICS Code: 30101040), a member of the S&P/ASX All Australian 50 Index, will increase its shares to 784,584,417. This change is the result of a pro-rata renounceable entitlement offer.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones SWX Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 And Dow Jones Food & Beverage Titans 30 Indexes

Date 23/04/2008

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones SWX Select Dividend 20 Index, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Index and Dow Jones Food & Beverage Titans 30 Index.
Bovespa Holding And BM&F Integration

Date 23/04/2008

The boards of directors of Bovespa Holding S/A and of BM&F S/A on April 17 approved the integration of the two exchanges into a new corporation to be named BM&F BOVESPA S/A. - Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros.The boards also decided to convene their respective shareholder meetings to vote on the matter.
TSX Group Heading Out On China Road Show

Date 23/04/2008

Richard Nadeau, Senior Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange, leads a business development delegation to China May 13-19, 2008. “We continue to see great opportunities in China,” said Mr. Nadeau. “These visits put us face to face with many potential issuers. We have more than 50 Chinese and Chinese related companies listed on our exchanges and trips like this will help us grow that list with quality companies that see the benefit of listing on Canadian markets. We will also take advantage of ou

BOVESPA Stock Options Turn Over BRL 4.4 Billion In April

Date 23/04/2008

The exercise of stock options on BOVESPA added up to BRL 4,407,943,341.60 on April 22. Call options totaled BRL 4,377,711,806.10 while put options amounted to BRL 30,231,535.50.
CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Russell Read To Step Down

Date 23/04/2008

Russell Read, Chief Investment Officer for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), announced today that he intends to step down from his post on June 30, 2008, to pursue his long-standing interest in environmental and cleantech investing.
SIFMA Government Survey Projects Total Net Issuance Increasing In Q2 08 Compared To Q2 07

Date 23/04/2008

Total net Treasury bill, note and bond issuance will be higher in the second quarter of 2008 than in the second quarter of 2007 due to a larger budget deficit projection, according to a quarterly survey issued by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Government Securities Research, Analysis and Strategy Committee, which includes leading strategists and research analysts at SIFMA member firms who
TABB Group Says Options Market Makers Face Considerable Challenges As Evolving Market Structure Highlights The Need For Sophisticated Technology

Date 23/04/2008

According to TABB Group in a new research report published today, “Trying to Make Change: Market Makers and the Evolving Options Market,” the changes sweeping through the options markets are resulting in considerable challenges for options market makers. “With daily volume regularly exceeding 15 million contracts and volatility in the underlying U.S. cash equity markets making 300- and 400-point intra-day swings commonplace, market makers lacking sophisticated technological capabilities are at
ROFEX Hits New Daily Volume Record - Previous Mark Was Established Last Week

Date 23/04/2008

US dollar futures trading registered a new record by surpassing twice this month the daily volume record. ROFEX´s Financial Derivatives Division thus closed a day of strong activity.