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NASDAQ OMX Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ OMX Stocks As Of Settlement Date March 14, 2008

Date 26/03/2008

At the end of the settlement date of March 14, 2008, short interest in 2,694 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 9,595,273,811 shares compared with 9,067,158,294 shares in 2,692 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of February 29, 2008. The mid-March short interest represents 4.20 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.17 days for the prior reporting period.
Share Change For Philips Electronics NV In The S&P Global 100 Index

Date 26/03/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P Global 100 indices, effective after the close of trading on Wednesday 02 April 2008: Philips Electronics NV (Netherlands, SEDOL: 5986622, GICS: Consumer Durables and Apparel, GICS Code: 25201010), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P Global 100 indices, shares will decrease to 1,082,920,000, following the buy back and cancellation of shares being part of
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Global Titans 50 And Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Indexes

Date 26/03/2008

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index and Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index.
Share Changes For Portugal Telecom And Philips Electronics In The S&P European Indices

Date 26/03/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Global 100 indices, effective after the close of trading on Wednesday 02 April 2008: Portugal Telecom SA (Portugal, SEDOL: 5817186, GICS: Telecommunication Services, GICS Code: 50101020), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, shares will decrease to 942,595,000, following the buy back and cancellation of shares being part of the share capital reduct
BM&F And BOVESPA Holding To Integrate Their Activities - Creating The World’s Third Largest Exchange And A Leading Latin American Player

Date 26/03/2008

The BOVESPA Holding SA (“BOVESPA Holding”) and the Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange-BM&F SA (“BM&F”) announced today that they have agreed to integrate their activities to create one of the world’s leading fully-integrated, multi-asset class exchange groups (the “New Exchange”).

KCBT Announces New Margins For Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures - New Minimum Margins For HRW Wheat Futures Contracts

Date 26/03/2008

The Kansas City Board of Trade has lowered its minimum margins for the hard red winter wheat futures contract.
NYMEX To Change Margins For Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Date 26/03/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its natural gas; Henry Hub swap, swing swap and penultimate swap; natural gas penultimate and last day financial; and NYMEX miNYTM natural gas futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
Removal Of Alitalia From The S&P/MIB Index

Date 26/03/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/MIB Index, effective using closing prices, after the close of trading on Friday 28 March 2008: Geox (Italy, ISIN: IT0003697080) will replace Alitalia (Italy, ISIN: IT0003918577), in the S&P/MIB Index. The number of shares outstanding will be 258,844,000 and the pre-capped Investable Weight Factor will be 0.290. Following the application of the Capping Factor, the Capped IWF used in the index calculation will be 0.307966
CME Group: Non-Farm Payroll Futures And Options On Futures

Date 26/03/2008

Futures and Options on futures that provide a risk management tool for exposure to Non-Farm Payroll’s effect on the economy and the potential for Federal Reserve actions resulting from its impact on the economy.
Rep. Fossella Statement On Secretary Paulson Speech At The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

Date 26/03/2008

Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY13) today released the following statement on Treasury Secretary Paulson’s remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Fossella, who serves as Chairman of the “Capital Markets, Economic and Information Security” Task Force under the House Republican Policy Committee, is expected to unveil regulatory reform legislation in the next several weeks.