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Share Changes For ABB Ltd And Next Plc In The S&P European Indices.

Date 08/08/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P United Kingdom indices, effective after the close of trading on Thursday 10 August 2006: ABB Ltd (Switzerland, SEDOL: 7108899, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20104020), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus indices, shares will increase to 2,182,009,703 following the issue of new shares for convertible bonds. Next Plc (United Kingdom, SEDOL: 3208986, GICS: Consumer Discretiona
SGX Engages New Investors Through Online Investment Challenge

Date 08/08/2006

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) announced today that it will be launching its first online securities investment challenge, StockWhiz, to engage new investors to learn how to invest in the Singapore stock market.
NYSE Signs Cooperation Agreement With China’s Jiangsu Province - Home Of Leading Chinese Companies To Partner With NYSE As Preferred U.S. Exchange

Date 08/08/2006

NYSE Group Inc. today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Jiangsu Province’s Economic & Trade Commission to enhance cooperation between the two organizations.
NYSE Regulation Approves Proposal To Allow Single Public Arbitrator To Decide Cases Up To $200,000

Date 08/08/2006

NYSE Regulation, Inc. announced today that the Board of Directors of NYSE Regulation approved a proposal which provides that all arbitration claims up to $200,000 be decided by a single public arbitrator. The rule proposal will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for final approval.
London Stock Exchange: 2006 Already A Record Year For IPO Money Raising - July SETS trades up 33 per cent

Date 08/08/2006

2006 has already become a record year for money raising through IPOs on the London Stock Exchange. So far this year, IPOs on the Exchange's markets have raised £17.8 billion, exceeding the £17.4 billion raised by IPOs during the whole of 2000.

ICE Futures Sets Exchange-Wide And ICE WTI Crude Futures Volume And Open Interest Records - Total Contract Volume Exceeds Half Million For First Time

Date 08/08/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that ICE Futures, its regulated futures subsidiary, established new records in trading volume both exchange-wide and in its WTI Crude futures contracts on August 7. Total volume for ICE Futures reached 567,361 contracts, surpassing the July 19, 2006 record of 497,692 contracts by 14.0%. For the first time in the exchange’s 25-year history, total volume exceeded a half million contracts.
Goldman Sachs International Licensed To Establish An Office At Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 08/08/2006

Goldman Sachs International is pleased to announce that it has been granted a license by the Dubai Financial Services Authority to operate as an authorised firm in the Dubai International Finance Centre (“DIFC”).
Eurex Connects First Member From Singapore - Transmarket Group To Be First Eurex Member To Trade Directly From Singapore

Date 08/08/2006

Eurex, the world's leading derivatives exchange, announced on Tuesday that it has connected its first member firm directly to its Singapore telecommunications hub: Transmarket Group Pte Limited began trading from the telecommunications hub on August 4. Two additional firms are currently in the connection process.
Discontinuation Of SGX-ASX Trading Link Service

Date 08/08/2006

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) announced today that the SGX-ASX trading link service will be discontinued at the close of business day on Friday, 29 September 2006.
CBOT Fed Binary Options – August 2006 Expiration

Date 08/08/2006

CBOT Binary Options on the Target Federal Funds Rate expiring in August 2006 will be cash settled today (in accord with CBOT Regulation 2036.01) with reference to a Contract Grade Index value of 94.75. The Contract Grade Index value is based upon a target federal funds rate of 5.25 percent, as determined and published by the Federal Open Market Committee today, Tuesday, 8 August 2006.