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  • Federal Banking Agencies Evaluating FASB's Accounting Proposals

    Date 15/09/2008

    The federal banking agencies are evaluating the amendments to generally accepted accounting principles proposed today by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

  • Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To The S&P Global 100 Index

    Date 15/09/2008

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Global 100 Index effective after the close of trading on September 19, 2008. Xstrata PLC (Great Britain, SEDOL: 3141100, GICS Code: 15104020) will replace Nortel Networks Corp (Canada, SEDOL: B1H4Y76, GICS Code: 45201020) in the S&P Global 100. As of September 8, 2008, Nortel Networks Corp had a float-adjusted market capitalization of US$2,839,842,576, ranking it the smallest company in the index, and falling well below th

  • FTSEurofirst Index Review - September 2008 (Updated Release)

    Date 15/09/2008

    FTSE Group, the global index provider, and Euronext, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext, today announce the results of the FTSEurofirst Index Series annual review.

  • Home Builder's Former CEO To Pay More Than $7 Million For Stock Options Backdating

    Date 15/09/2008

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former chairman and CEO of Los Angeles-based home builder KB Home, Inc., for his participation in a multi-year scheme to backdate stock options to himself and other company officers and employees, depriving investors of accurate information about executive compensation at the company.

  • First Coverage Signs GSA Capital As 50th Buy-Side Firm - First Coverage Users Now Represent Over USD $2 Trillion AUM

    Date 15/09/2008

    First Coverage Inc., a leading provider of financial information management solutions, announced today that it has signed London and Hong Kong-based $2.7 billion hedge fund GSA Capital Partners LLP as its 50th investment management customer. Developed by the founders of First Call and Street Events, First Coverage now serves a client base that manages more than USD $2 trillion in assets and includes three of the top 10 institutions worldwide.

  • NSX Comment Letter On Proposed Order Approving Market Data Fee Proposal

    Date 15/09/2008

    NSX filed a comment letter on September 9, 2008, in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed order that would approve a proposal by NYSEArca to establish fees for certain market data that NYSEArca previously made available without charge.

  • SEC Charges Pasta Executives With Accounting Fraud

    Date 15/09/2008

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Kansas City-based American Italian Pasta Company (AIPC) and its former senior executives for engaging in a fraudulent accounting scheme to artificially increase the company's stock price and mislead investors about the company's earnings.

  • BM&FBOVESPA Releases Monthly Financial Statement For August

    Date 15/09/2008

    In August, the total number of trades in BM&FBOVESPA’s variable and fixed income markets reached 4.5 million, with a financial volume of BRL101.04 billion. The Company’s derivatives markets (both financial and agricultural) ended the month of August with a total trading volume of 28.77 million contracts, and a notional financial volume of US$1.18 trillion.

  • Statement Of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Regarding Lehman Brothers, Inc. And Neuberger Berman, LLC

    Date 15/09/2008

    Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LBHI) has announced its decision to file for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. None of the U.S. broker-dealer subsidiaries of LBHI will be included in the Chapter 11 filing and will continue to operate. The company anticipates that this action will likely lead to the orderly winding down outside of bankruptcy of the company's U.S. broker-dealer firm subsidiaries, including Lehman Brothers, Inc. and Neuberger Berman, LLC.

  • SEC Launches Voluntary Online Filing System For Form D To Reduce Burden On Smaller Companies

    Date 15/09/2008

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today began accepting filings of Form D through the Internet as part of the agency's overall efforts to reduce unnecessary paper filings and regulatory burdens, particularly for smaller companies.