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  • CBOT Provides Update On Merger

    Date 12/07/2007

    CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOT) today announced that it expects to complete its merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. later today. The combined company, CME Group Inc., a CME/Chicago Board of Trade Company, will be the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, with all major benchmark asset classes ultimately available on a single trading platform and floor. CBOT Holdings' stock will continue to trade on the NYSE until the close of trading today, July 12, 2007,

  • CBOE Seat Traded Today At A New High Of $2.6 Million - VIX Options Set New Volume Record Yesterday

    Date 12/07/2007

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that a CBOE seat, or membership, traded for a new all-time high today.This morning, a seat traded for a price of $2,600,000, surpassing the previous high of $2,550,000 for a CBOE seat, which was set June 5, 2007. This was the third seat sale this week. On Tuesday, July 10, a seat sold for $2,525,000 and on Wednesday, July 11, a seat sold for $2,550,000, which tied the previous record price.

  • SEC Charges Former CEO And Former Board Member Of Engineered Support Systems, Inc. In Options Backdating Scheme

    Date 12/07/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil injunctive action against Michael F. Shanahan, Sr. (Shanahan), the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Engineered Support Systems, Inc., and his son, Michael F. Shanahan, Jr. (Shanahan Jr.), a former member of Engineered Support's Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors, alleging that they participated in a fraudulent scheme in which they granted undisclosed, in-the-money stock options to themselves an

  • National Stock Exchange Receives SEC Approval Of Rule Change Increasing Rebate To 100 Percent Of Market Data Revenue Earned From Trades On NSX BLADE - NSX Is First Exchange To Receive Approval For 100-Percent Rebate On Exchange-Matched Trades

    Date 12/07/2007

    National Stock Exchange(R), Inc. (NSX(SM)) has received accelerated approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase its transaction credit to 100 percent from 50 percent of revenues generated by trades on NSX BLADE(SM) for Tape A (NYSE-listed), Tape B (Amex and Regional-listed) and Tape C (Nasdaq-listed) securities.

  • SEC Expands Interactive Data Voluntary Program To Include Mutual Fund Information

    Date 12/07/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission has published final rule amendments to enable mutual funds to submit risk/return summary information from their prospectuses using interactive data under the Commission's voluntary program. The risk/return summary at the front of every mutual fund prospectus includes information about a fund's investment objectives and strategies, risks, costs, and historical performance. The Commission voted unanimously on June 20, 2007, to adopt the rule amendments.