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Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association Remembers Nasdaq Founder, Gordon Macklin

Date 31/01/2007

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today issued the following statement regarding the passing of Mr. Gordon Macklin, a founder of the Nasdaq, on Tuesday at age 79: “We lost a great leader today,” said Marc Lackritz, co-CEO of SIFMA. “Gordon was instrumental in steering the Nasdaq to become the major market that it is today. The people of our industry, as well as investors, are still benefiting from the innovations he set in motion.”
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Raises Quarterly Dividend 37 Percent

Date 31/01/2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) today declared a first-quarter dividend of 86 cents per share, representing a 37 percent increase over the prior-year quarterly dividend of 63 cents per share, payable March 26, 2007 to shareholders of record as of March 9, 2007.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 31/01/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, January 31, 2007:
CME Executive Chairman And Chief Executive Officer To Present At Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum

Date 31/01/2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) announced today that CME Executive Chairman Terrence Duffy and Chief Executive Officer Craig Donohue will present at the Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum in Naples, Florida on Wednesday, February 7, at 1:15 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 And Dow Jones Turkey Equal Weighted 15 Indexes

Date 31/01/2007

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes to the Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 Index and the Dow Jones Turkey Equal Weighted 15 Index.

Logitech International SA To Join The NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning February 1, 2007

Date 31/01/2007

Logitech International SA (Nasdaq:LOGI) of Switzerland, will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index(r) (Nasdaq:NDX) and the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq:NDXE) prior to market open on February 1, 2007. Logitech International SA will replace Comverse Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMVT). Logitech International SA will also be included in the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock(sm) (Nasdaq:QQQQ).
Statement Of NASD Chairman And CEO Mary Schapiro Regarding The Passing Of Gordon S. Macklin, Former NASD President And NASDAQ Founder

Date 31/01/2007

"All of us at NASD are greatly saddened by the passing of Gordon S. Macklin, who served as President of NASD for 17 years (1970-1987) and who founded NASDAQ in 1971 and served as its first President (1975-1987). Gordon was a man of great ability and energy whose years of leadership were characterized by tremendous innovation and a creative vision of the future of financial markets. NASD honored Gordon in 1987, dedicating its Rockville, MD, operations center to him and naming it the Gordon S.
CESR Chairs Elect The Chair And Vice Chair Of CESR To Lead Them For The Next Two Years

Date 31/01/2007

CESR Chairs elected today Eddy Wymeersch, Chairman of the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA) as Chairman of CESR and Carlos Tavares, Chairman of the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (the CMVM), as Vice Chair of CESR to lead them for the next two years from 1 February 2007.
NASDAQ Mourns The Passing Of Its Founder Gordon S. Macklin

Date 31/01/2007

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. mourns the passing of its founder and past President Gordon S. Macklin.
CME Reduces Class A Share Requirement For Clearing Members - Designed To Attract New Market Participants, Plan Enables Current Clearing Members To Reduce Shareholdings And Transaction Costs

Date 31/01/2007

To reduce transaction costs for existing clearing members and attract new participants to its markets, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: CME) today announced it will reduce the requisite number of CME Class A Shares its clearing members must acquire and hold as part of their capital investment requirement. Effective February 1, 2007, new firms applying for clearing member status will be required to acquire 8,000 shares of CME Class A stock, down from the previous requ