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Chief Economist Chester Spatt To Leave SEC

Date 19/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Chester Spatt, Chief Economist and Director of the Office of Economic Analysis (OEA), will leave the agency to return to academia at the end of July.
Program Trading Averaged 36.3 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 9-13

Date 19/07/2007

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for July 9-13.
CFTC Staff Allows Eurex Deutschland’s Futures Contracts Based On The Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index And The Dow Jones STOXX Mid 200 Index To Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 19/07/2007

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on July 18, 2007, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Eurex Deutschland’s (Eurex’s) futures contracts based on the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index (DJS 600) and the Dow Jones STOXX Mid 200 Index (DJ
Former SmartForce Executives, Auditors Settle Accounting Violation Charges - Executives To Pay $2.3 Million; Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants Of Ireland To Pay $725,000

Date 19/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought settled enforcement actions against four former executives at SmartForce PLC, the company's former outside auditor, and its former audit engagement partner in connection with the software company's overstatement of revenue by $113.6 million and net income by $127 million during a 3½-year period ending in mid-2002.
Japan's Securities And Exchange Surveillance Commission - Recommendation Based Upon The Result Of The Inspection Of Banque AIG

Date 19/07/2007

1. Recommendation Issued Pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 20 of the FSA Establishment Act, the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (the ''SESC'') today issued a recommendation that the Prime Minister and the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency take administrative disciplinary action and any other appropriate measures on Banque AIG (Tokyo Branch located in Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Nigel Pentland as a Japanese Represent

MF Global Ltd., Leading Broker Of Options And Futures, Celebrates IPO On The NYSE - Second Largest IPO On NYSE Year-To-Date

Date 19/07/2007

MF Global Ltd, formerly Man Financial and the world's largest broker of exchange-listed futures and options, opened the NYSE market and began trading today under the ticker symbol "MF" following its successful initial public offering. All of the shares were offered by Man Group plc, which separated its brokerage division through the IPO. It is the second-largest IPO year-to-date on the NYSE. MF Global CEO Kevin Davis, joined by senior executives from the company, commemorated the IPO by ringing
Euronext Amsterdam Welcomes Pan-European Hotel Acquisition Company N.V. - First Special Purpose Acquisition Company Floated In Continental Europe Raises €115 Million

Date 19/07/2007

Pan-European Hotel Acquisition Company N.V. (PEHAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that invests in European hotel companies, was successfully listed today on the Amsterdam market of NYSE Euronext.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange Launches Mobile Information Portal For Investors - Website Now Accessible For Mobile Devices At mobil.boerse-frankfurt.com

Date 19/07/2007

Since Thursday, Deutsche Börse has been offering the information it publishes on its private investor portal, boerse-frankfurt.com, in a version optimized for mobile devices. Detailed information on the approximately 8,500 shares traded in Frankfurt and all important indices are accessible via the new mobile portal at mobil.boerse-frankfurt.com. In addition to detailed price information with the common performance indicators and charts, the mobile portal also supplies the latest news, informatio
NASDAQ Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results - Highest Ever Reported Operating Income - Matched Market Share Reaches Record Levels

Date 19/07/2007

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ(r)") (Nasdaq:NDAQ), today reported second quarter 2007 net income of $56.1 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, an increase of $39.5 million from $16.6 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2006, and an increase of $37.8 million from $18.3 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, in the first quarter 2007.
HKEx Publishes Consultation Conclusions On The Proposed Introduction Of A Closing Auction Session For Its Securities Market

Date 19/07/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) published today (Thursday) its consultation conclusions on the proposed introduction of a closing auction session for its securities market and said there were tentative plans to implement the session in February 2008.