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BM&F BOVESPA SA: Law Excluding Exchanges From The CSLL Rate Increase Is Ratified

Date 24/06/2008

BM&F BOVESPA SA – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros hereby informs that on June 23, 2008, the President of the Republic, Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ratified Law No. 11727, confirming that the entities responsible for the organized over-the-counter markets; stock, commodities and futures exchanges; and entities that provide clearing and settlement services will not be subject to the increase of the social contribution tax (CSLL) rate from 9% to 15%.
GICS Change For Bayer AG In The S&P Global 100 Index

Date 24/06/2008

Standard & Poor’s will revise the GICS sector classification for the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P Global 100 index constituent listed below: Company Name Country SEDOL
NASDAQ OMX Announces Mid-month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ OMX Stocks As Of Settlement Date June 13, 2008

Date 24/06/2008

At the end of the settlement date of June 13, 2008, short interest in 2,635 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 10,268,077,980 shares, compared with 9,687,044,281 shares in 2,643 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of May 30, 2008. The mid-June short interest represents 5.05 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.94 days for the prior reporting period.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Ten New Options On Wednesday, June 25

Date 24/06/2008

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade ten new options on June 25, 2008. The first six options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products LLC: Castle A M & Co. (option/stock symbol: CAS) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares. CVR
GICS Change For Bayer AG In The S&P European Indices

Date 24/06/2008

Standard & Poor’s will revise the GICS sector classification for the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro index constituent listed below: Company Name Country SEDOL Current GICS

Written Testimony Of CFTC Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, House Committee On Agriculture

Date 24/06/2008

Click here to download the written testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, House Committee on Agriculture.
TMX Group Returns To Minneapolis To Help Finance Local Companies - TMX Group And Canada Offer Financing Opportunities For American Micro To Mid-Cap Companies

Date 24/06/2008

TMX Group Inc. (TSX:X), operator of Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange, will hold an information session today in Minneapolis at The Marquette Hotel.
SIFMA’s Economic Advisory Roundtable Unveils Predictions For 2008 - Predicts ‘Subpar’ Growth For Full-Year 2008, Pick Up In 2009

Date 24/06/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Economic Advisory Roundtable today unveiled its outlook for the balance of 2008 and 2009, forecasting subdued U.S. economic growth for full-year 2008, but beginning to pick up in 2009, especially in the second half of the year. In the mid-year survey, the median forecast is for GDP growth of 1.6 percent for full-year 2008 and 1.9 percent in 2009. Housing sector weakness, tight financing conditions, rising commodity prices, aggre
SEC Announces '21st Century Disclosure' Initiative To Fundamentally Rethink The Way Companies Report And Investors Acquire Information - William Lutz, Disclosure And Transparency Expert, Tapped To Lead Effort

Date 24/06/2008

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced the kickoff of an ambitious effort to examine fundamental questions about the way the SEC acquires information from public companies, mutual funds, brokers, and other regulated entities, and the way it makes that information available to investors and the markets.
Written Testimony Of CFTC Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, Senate Committee On Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Date 24/06/2008

Click here to download the written testimony of Acting Chairman Walter Lukken, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.