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Office Of The Chief Accountant Of The Securities And Exchange Commission Issues Letter Expressing Its Views On The Appropriate Application Of The Stock Option Accounting Literature

Date 19/09/2006

The Office of the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a letter summarizing the staff’s views regarding the accounting for stock options in the historical financial statements of public companies. “The views expressed in this letter will assist in the resolution of accounting issues that have been raised during reviews of past stock option grants in a way that benefits investors and the capital markets,” said SEC Chief Accountant Conrad Hewitt.
NYSE Welcomes H.E. Hamid Karzai, President Of Afghanistan

Date 19/09/2006

e New York Stock Exchange today opened its doors to the Afghanistan delegation of government officials led by His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan.
NYSE Honored To Welcome H.E. Elias Antonio Saca, President Of El Salvador

Date 19/09/2006

The New York Stock Exchange today opened its doors to the delegation of government officials led by His Excellany Elias Antonio Saca, President of El Salvador.
NYSE Group, Inc. To Issue Third-Quarter 2006 Financial Results And Conduct Conference Call On October 26

Date 19/09/2006

NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE:NYX) will announce earnings for the 2006 third-quarter, ended Sept. 30, 2006, before the market open on Thurs., Oct. 26. A news release will be issued at approximately 8:00 a.m. and a conference call with remarks by NYSE Group senior management will begin at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
New Lyxor ETF Launched In The XTF Segment On Xetra - Lyxor ETF Russia Offers Exposure In Russian Stocks - Deutsche Börse Is Europe's Largest ETF Platform

Date 19/09/2006

Deutsche Börse has further expanded its XTF segment for international exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) on the electronic trading platform Xetra. Since Tuesday 19 September, one more exchange-traded fund issued by Lyxor Asset Management has been tradable in XTF. The new index fund offers investors a low-cost and flexible way to participate in the performance of the Russian equity markets.

New listing On Euronext: ARCHIMEDE & Cie S.A.

Date 19/09/2006

ARCHIMEDE & Cie S.A. was listed today on the Free Market of Euronext Brussels. <
NASD Fines Three MetLife Securities Firms $5 Million For Providing Inaccurate, Misleading Information In Late Trading Inquiry - Firms Allowed Late Trading, Failed To Produce Emails In Timely Manner

Date 19/09/2006

NASD today announced that it has imposed a $5 million fine against MetLife Securities, Inc. (MSI) of New York, New England Securities, Inc. (NES) of Boston and Walnut Street Securities, Inc. (WSS) of St. Louis - all owned by MetLife, Inc. - for providing inaccurate and misleading information to NASD, allowing late trading of mutual funds, failing to produce e-mails in a timely fashion and other conduct that violates NASD's rules.
Mother Dairy Selects Financial Technologies And MCX To Set Up SAFAL National Exchange Of India (SNX) - First Nation-Wide Spot Exchange For Perishable Commodities In India

Date 19/09/2006

Mother Dairy Foods Processing Limited, a group company of NDDB (National Dairy Development Board) and the owner of brands like ’Mother Dairy’, ’Safal’ and ’Dhara’, has signed a joint venture agreement with Financial Technologies (India) Ltd and MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.) to establish the SAFAL National Exchange of India Ltd (SNX).
MiFID: Investment Banks Sign Letter Of Intent To Pool Trading Information

Date 19/09/2006

Members of a consortium of leading investment banks have signed a Letter of Intent and Term Sheet to pool trade transparency information across Europe to create a trade data and market data dissemination platform. The members of the consortium are: ABN AMRO, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS.
LIFFE CONNECT® Platform Wins Customer Acclaim For Dramatic Performance Uplift

Date 19/09/2006

Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext, completed the latest upgrade of its LIFFE CONNECT® trading platform this summer, as part of an on-going investment programme, giving the system significantly improved performance. Customers will see the further benefits of increased capacity with this week’s launch of the successful “full-screen” market model into the Paris equity derivatives market.