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Securities Firms Elect Seven Industry Governors To FINRA Board of Governors

Date 29/10/2007

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced the results of elections to fill seven industry seats on its 23-member Board of Governors. The elections were conducted at FINRA's first-ever Annual Meeting on October 26. The newly elected Governors will serve three-year terms.
NYMEX to Change Margins For Crude Oil, Related Futures Contracts

Date 29/10/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its crude oil and related futures contracts, beginning at the close of business tomorrow.
Bovespa Holding Enters The FTSE/Mondo Visione Exchanges Index

Date 29/10/2007

Bovespa Holding has today become the twentieth member of the FTSE/Mondo Visione Exchanges Index.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Closed On November 12

Date 29/10/2007

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. and WCE Clearing Corporation will be closed for trading and clearing operations on Monday, November 12, 2007. Overnight trading will also be closed on Sunday evening, November 11, 2007.
virt-x Appoints New Non-Executive Chairman - Michael Blair QC To Become Non-Executive Chairman From 1 July 2008

Date 29/10/2007

virt-x, the London-based securities exchange and subsidiary of SWX Group, is pleased to announce that Michael Blair QC will become Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of virt-x from 1 July 2008. He will succeed Jim Gollan who will become CFO of the new Swiss Financial Market Services Group (SFMS) from the start of 2008.

Platts And IntercontinentalExchange Announce Comprehensive Forward Curve Products For North American Natural Gas And Power Markets

Date 29/10/2007

Platts, a leading energy and commodities information provider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), and IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global commodity exchange operator, have agreed to integrate market data generated by trading in ICE's over-the-counter (OTC) markets into Platts forward curve data products available to the North American natural gas and electricity markets. These forward-pricing data products will provide risk managers, planners, tr
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces World Currency Option Open Interest Record - Volume Surge Fuels Half-Million Benchmark

Date 29/10/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that open interest for dollar-settled World Currency Options (WCO) on the Euro (XDE), British Pound (XDB), Australian Dollar (XDA), Canadian Dollar (XDC), Swiss Franc (XDS) and Japanese Yen (XDN) surpassed 500,000 contracts for the first time (503,773 as of October 26, 2007). Virgin Mobile USA Inc. (option/stock symbol: VM) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of November, December, March and June. Po
Stavros Dimas, Member Of The European Commission, Responsible For Environment - The International Carbon Action Partnership: A Group Of Carbon Market Pioneers Launch Of ICAP, Lisbon, 29 October 2007

Date 29/10/2007

Prime Minister Socrates, Minister Nunes Correia, President Barroso, Governor Corzine, Governor Spitzer, Minister Gabriel, Minister Halvorsen and other distinguished guests from the political and business world. It is a great pleasure to be with all of you today to lay the foundation for ICAP, an initiative of pioneers from around the world who share the vision that we need a global carbon market.
October 2007 Monthly Preliminary Performance Report Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Indexes

Date 29/10/2007

The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was up 1.32% for the month of October. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Crude Oil, Unleaded Gas and Heating Oil had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 13.03%, 10.92%, and 9.17%, respectively. The worst three performing single commodity indexes were Wheat, Lean Hogs, and Livestock, which were down 14.80%, 12.41%, and 7.17% respectively, in October.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 29/10/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, October 29, 2007: