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NYSE Euronext To Purchase CME Group Metals Complex

Date 14/03/2008

NYSE Euronext, the world's leading and most liquid exchange group, and CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that NYSE Euronext will purchase the CME Group's Metals Complex. Trading of full and e-mini gold and silver futures and options on futures contracts will begin later this year on LIFFE CONNECT(R), NYSE Euronext's derivatives trading system, pending regulatory approvals.
Prime Minister Of Iceland H.E. Geir H. Haarde Visits The NASDAQ Marketsite In Times Square, New York Today

Date 14/03/2008

Prime Minister of Iceland H.E. Geir H. Haarde visits the NASDAQ MarketSite inTimes Square, New York on March 14, 2008. He is joined by Mr. Bolli Bollason,Permanent Secretary; Mrs. Greta Ingthorsdottir, Political Advisor; Mr. HlynurGudjonsson, Trade Commissioner for Iceland; H.E. Geir H. Haarde, Prime Ministerof Iceland; Mr. Bob Greifeld, CEO of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., and AmbassadorSturla Sigurjonsson, Foreign Policy Advisor.
KCBT Announces Side-by-Side Options Trading

Date 14/03/2008

The Kansas City Board of Trade Board of Directors has approved the addition of side-by-side trading in the hard red winter wheat options contract. A second daily electronic trading session will be added to mirror the open outcry trading hours of 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. This new daytime electronic session is in addition to the current after-hours trading session from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday through Friday.
ICE Futures Canada And ICE Clear Canada Good Friday Holiday

Date 14/03/2008

ICE Futures Canada, Inc. and ICE Clear Canada, Inc. will be closed for trading and clearing operations on Trade Date Friday, March 21, 2008.
NYMEX To Change Margins For Heating Oil, Related Futures Contracts

Date 14/03/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will change margins for the heating oil, New York Harbor heating oil calendar swap, heating oil financial, and NYMEX miNYTM heating oil futures contracts, beginning at the close of business on March 17.

Freshfields Welcomes European Council Co-Ordinated Approach To Clearer Guidelines On Sovereign Wealth Funds

Date 14/03/2008

Following today’s communication from the European Council on Sovereign Wealth Funds, international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer welcomed the constructive approach taken by the European Council in supporting a co-ordinated international approach to future guidelines.
Montreal Climate Exchange Announces May 30 As Date For Launch Of Trading In MCeX Carbon Futures

Date 14/03/2008

The Montréal Climate Exchange (MCeX), a joint venture of the Montréal Exchange (MX) (TSX: MXX) and the Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX), announced today that it plans to launch trading of futures contracts on Canada carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) units on May 30, 2008, subject to regulatory approval.
Statement Of Securities And Exchange Commission Regarding The Bear Stearns Companies

Date 14/03/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued the following statement regarding The Bear Stearns Companies:
NYMEX Reports February 2008 Volume Averaged a Record 1.846 Million Contracts Per Day - NYMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 30% - COMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 99%

Date 14/03/2008

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., the world's largest physical commodities futures and options exchange, today announced average daily volume for February 2008 of 1.846 million contracts, a 20% increase from 1.542 million contracts per day in February 2007.
U.S. Dollar Index Futures Establish Daily Volume Record At ICE Futures U.S.

Date 14/03/2008

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global derivatives exchanges and over-the- counter markets, announced a new daily trading volume record in the U.S. Dollar Index(R) futures contract. Electronic futures volume on Thursday, March 13, totaled 46,382 contracts, surpassing by 63% the previous record of 28,536 contracts set on March 7.