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NYMEX To Change Margins For RBOB Gasoline Futures Contracts

Date 30/04/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will change margins for the RBOB gasoline, RBOB financial, RBOB calendar swap, and NYMEX miNYTM RBOB futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
SEC Charges Birmingham Mayor And Friends For Undisclosed Payment Scheme In Municipal Bond Deals

Date 30/04/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and two of his friends in connection with undisclosed payments to Langford related to municipal bond offerings and swap agreement transactions Langford directed on behalf of Jefferson County, Ala. Also charged was the Alabama broker-dealer firm that reaped millions of dollars in fees from the deals.
TSX Group Inc. Declares Dividend Of $0.38 Per Common Share

Date 30/04/2008

The Board of Directors of TSX Group Inc. [TSX:X] today declared a dividend of $0.38 on each common share outstanding, payable on May 30, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2008.
FINRA's National Adjudicatory Council Affirms $5 Million Fine Against American Funds Distributors For Violating FINRA's Anti-Reciprocal Rule

Date 30/04/2008

A $5 million fine imposed against American Fund Distributors (AFD) for directed brokerage in 2006 will stand, according to a ruling issued today by the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC), the appeals body of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
SEC Charges Two Former Monster Worldwide Executives For Backdating Options

Date 30/04/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former senior executives at Monster Worldwide, Inc., for their alleged participation in a multi-year scheme to secretly backdate stock options granted to thousands of Monster officers, directors and employees.

TSX Group Inc. Reports Results for First Quarter 2008

Date 30/04/2008

Revenue of $112.4 million for Q1/08, up 11% over Q1/07 Diluted earnings per share of 49 cents for Q1/08, after a reduction of 23 cents per share related to termination of joint venture, versus 53 cents in Q1/07 Adjusted earnings per share prior to loss on termination of joint venture* was 72 cents (on a basic and diluted basis), an increase of 36% over Q1/ Expenses of $45.0 million for Q1/08, down 4% over Q1/07 Intends to resume purchases of common shares under N
Bolsas y Mercados Españoles: Extraordinary Dividend Of 47.6 Million Euros

Date 30/04/2008

The General Meeting also agrees to pay a €84.9 million final dividend. Both dividends, which represent a combined €132.5 million, will be distributed in May. The Company’s pay-out stands at 82%, among the highest in the industry worldwide. BME has distributed over €700 million since its creation, five years ago. Bolsas y Mercados Españoles posted a net profit of €201.13 million in 2007, a year-over-year increase of 54.1%.
CFTC: Lake Shore Group Of Companies Inc., Ltd., Prohibited From Trading Commodity Futures, As Illinois Federal Court Puts The Brakes On Multi-Million Dollar International Fraud - Court Finds That Defendants Defrauded Pool Participants By Misappropriating

Date 30/04/2008

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it obtained a default judgment order against the Lake Shore Group of Companies Inc., Ltd., 12 commodity pools operating under variations of the name Lake Shore Alternative Financial Asset Account (or Fund), and Hanford Investments Ltd. (collectively the default defendants), which permanently prohibits them from further fraudulent conduct and from trading commodity futures.
Wombat And Gissing Software Bring Low Latency Market Data To The Desktop With Wombat RealtimeXL™

Date 30/04/2008

Wombat, a global leader in high-performance market data management solutions and newest addition to NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Solutions, today announced it has signed an OEM agreement with Gissing Software that enables the delivery of market data to desktops via Microsoft Excel™.
Press Conference By Yoshimi Watanabe, Japan's Minister For Financial Services

Date 30/04/2008

(Excerpt) April 22, 2008 [Opening Remarks by Minister Watanabe] Good morning. At a ministerial conference after today’s cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister talked about an “inventory review” of policy measures. He said that to achieve a “zero-waste government,” “I would like you to conduct an ‘inventory review,’ that is, drastically review policy measures that have been continued for a long time, and complete the revie