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CBOT Binary Options On Target Fed Funds Rate Set Daily Volume Record - Total Surpasses 1,000 Contract Milestone

Date 10/08/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that its Binary options on the Target Federal Funds Rate contract set a record on Wednesday, as volume rose to 1,426 contracts at the close of trading. The new high mark topped the previous record of 769 contracts – set Tuesday, August 8 – by 85 percent.
CBOE Announces Purchase Of CBOE Membership Owned By Former Vice Chairman Edward Tilly

Date 10/08/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange announced its purchase today of the CBOE membership owned by former Vice Chairman Edward Tilly for a price of $1,360,000.00. This price equaled the previous last sale, on August 4, 2006. This price fell between the next highest bid and next lowest offer that had been submitted immediately before this sale.
ASX Letter To Shareholders - Merger Update And Final Dividend Advice

Date 10/08/2006

Click here to download ASX's letter to shareholders regarding the merger update and final dividend advice.
TSX Venture Exchange - July Statistics Report

Date 09/08/2006

Click here to download TSX Venture Exchange's July statistics report.
TOPIX And CRB Commodities Index For The First Time Available In Germany - Start Of Trading In Deutsche Börse´s XTF Segment - Lyxor AM Continues To Expand Investment Universe

Date 09/08/2006

Lyxor Asset Management is now offering the first Exchange Traded Funds in Germany based on the Japanese TOPIX share index and the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Total Return commodities index. "By doing so we continue to increase our product range in the German market and give both institutional and private investors the opportunity to diversify their portfolios even more broadly", says Thomas Meyer zu Drewer, head of Lyxor ETF in Germany. The two funds are listed on Deutsche Börse’s XTF se

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 09/08/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, August 9, 2006: Augusta Resource Corporation (TSXVN:ARS) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol AZC. Mexgold Resources Inc. (TSXVN:MGR) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange as a result of a business combination with Gammon Lake Resources
SEC Charges Former Comverse Technology, Inc. CEO, CFO, And General Counsel In Stock Option Backdating Scheme - U.S. Attorney's Office For The Eastern District Of New York Files Separate Criminal Complaint

Date 09/08/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil charges against three former senior executives of Comverse Technology, Inc. (Comverse), alleging that they engaged in a decade-long fraudulent scheme to grant undisclosed, in-the-money options to themselves and to others by backdating stock option grants to coincide with historically low closing prices of Comverse common stock. Two of the executives, Comverse's founder and former Chairman and CEO Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, and David Kreinberg
Saxo Bank New Member Of The Nordic Exchange In Copenhagen

Date 09/08/2006

Saxo Bank has been approved as a member of the Nordic Exchange in Copenhagen. As of Monday August 14, Saxo Bank will have access to trade on the equity market on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Sarbanes-Oxley - SEC Offers Further Relief From Section 404 Compliance For Smaller Public Companies And Many Foreign Private Issuers

Date 09/08/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued two releases to grant smaller public companies and many foreign private issuers further relief from compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The relief is in furtherance of the "next steps for Sarbanes-Oxley implementation" (SEC Press Release 2006-75) announced on May 17, 2006, and includes some new initiatives not previously announced.
Record Quarter For Euronext - Revenues: €289.6m, Up 21.4% YOY - Half Year 2006 Revenues Improve Strongly YOY: +20.9%, To €557.7m

Date 09/08/2006

Revenues for the second quarter of 2006 reached a record of €289.6m, representing a progress of 21.4% compared to the €238.6m achieved during the same period in 2005. For the first six months of 2006, revenues amounted to €557.7m, up 20.9% on H1, 2005 revenues. This strong performance has been achieved in spite of the impact of changes in the scope of consolidation.