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NYSE Group Employees To Partner With Operation HOPE To Promote Financial Literacy To Inner-City Youths

Date 18/04/2006

NYSE Group, Inc. employees will volunteer time to teach financial literacy to economically disadvantaged youths, in partnership with Operation HOPE’s ongoing programs to bring economic education to the inner city.
NYMEX, COMEX Become First Futures Exchanges Approved By Dubai Financial Services Authority

Date 18/04/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today (NYMEX) announced today that NYMEX and its subsidiary, Commodity Exchange Inc. (COMEX), have been approved as Recognised Bodies by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
NYMEX To Change Margins On Gasoline Futures Contracts

Date 18/04/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced margin changes for its unleaded gasoline, NYMEX miNYTM gasoline, New York Harbor gasoline calendar swap, and New York Harbor gasoline blendstock futures contracts, as of the close of business on April 19.
New York Mercantile Exchange To Change Margins For Silver And Copper Futures Contracts

Date 18/04/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its silver and copper futures contracts, beginning at the close of business on Wednesday.
New York Mercantile Exchange Sets Daily Volume Record In NYMEX miNY(tm) Natural Gas Futures Contracts

Date 18/04/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced that its NYMEX miNYTM natural gas futures contracts set a daily volume record of 20,523 on April 13, exceeding the of 20,314 contracts traded on February 1.

New Daily Volume Record At NYBOT

Date 18/04/2006

Thursday, April 13, 2006, went into the record books as the highest trading volume day in the 136-year history of the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®). The world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange had 315,390 combined futures and options contracts change hands during the day, overtaking the previous daily volume record of 315,256 contracts, established on January 27, 2006.
Nasdaq Begins Roll-Out For Options Routing Business

Date 18/04/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ®: NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced that it has begun to offer options routing. Customers will be offered connectivity and routing to the major options exchanges through its BRUT broker-dealer. These exchanges include: American Stock Exchange (AMEX), Boston Stock Exchange (BOX), International Securities Exchange (ISE), Pacific Stock Exchange, The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX), and The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). NASDAQ will not match option orde
NASD Hearing Panel Suspends, Fines Former GunnAllen Broker For Threatening Public Company - Broker Intimidated Company By Threatening To Drive Down Stock Price

Date 18/04/2006

An NASD hearing panel has suspended former stockbroker Shawn Aaron for two years and fined him $50,000 for threatening and intimidating Optelecom-NKF, Inc. (OPTC), a Nasdaq SmallCap company, while he was registered with GunnAllen Financial, Inc., of Tampa, FL. NASD had charged that Aaron engaged in a scheme to defraud and extort OPTC by threatening to drive down the price of its stock from $13 to $6 per share unless it provided him with confidential business information.
KCBT Wheat Futures Margin Change - Margins Increased Due To Increased Volatility

Date 18/04/2006

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. The changes, effective today, come as a result of increased market volatility and are as follows: Hard Red Winter Wheat Initial Maintenance
International Securities Exchange Announces Conference Call

Date 18/04/2006

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) announced today that it will host a conference call tomorrow, Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. ISE Management will discuss in more detail a press release to be distributed prior to the call concerning a new product line introduction. All interested parties can listen to a live audio webcast that will be hosted on the Investor Relations section of the Company's web site at www.iseoptions.com. An investor presentation that will