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NASD Cautions Investors About Cell Phone Spam Touting Hot Stock Tips

Date 13/12/2005

NASD today issued an Investor Alert, Beware of "Hot" Stock Tips on Your Cell Phone, warning investors of a new version of a "pump-and-dump" scheme that has made its way into investors' cell phones. NASD is issuing this Alert because it is aware of instances in which stocks are hyped through cell phone text messaging.
London Stock Exchange Statement Re. Press Comment

Date 13/12/2005

London Stock Exchange plc notes the article in this morning's Daily Telegraph under the heading "LSE hits at 'asset stripper' predator". The Exchange wishes to clarify that it has not authorised any of its spokesmen to use the phrase "financial asset stripper" and, to the best of its knowledge and belief, none of their spokesmen have done so. The Exchange continues to reject outright last week's Macquarie proposal which fundamentally undervalues the Company.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Trading hours For Christmas and New Years holidays set

Date 13/12/2005

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observice the following Christmas and Thanksgiving holiday schedules:
Emirates Technologies Signs Up As A Market Data Vendor On Dubai International Financial Exchange

Date 13/12/2005

The Dubai International Financial Exchange has signed Emirates Technologies LLC, a UAE company, as a market data vendor. The agreement was signed by Mr. Nasser Al Shaali, Chief Operating Officer of DIFX and Mr. Abdul Rahim Sultan, General Manager of Emirates Technologies. Emirates Technologies aims to be the first company to introduce online trading for brokers on the DIFX market through mobile phones. The company will also distribute DIFX market data through mobile phones as well as other chann
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Global Exchange Index - Changes Are The Result Of The Regular Quarterly Review

Date 13/12/2005

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that CBOT Holdings Inc. (symbol: BOT, Class A shares) and Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (symbol: NDAQ), will be added to the Dow Jones Global Exchange Index effective as of the opening of trading on Monday, December 19, 2005.

CME FX Volumes Continue To Grow With New Overall And CME(R) Globex(R) Records On December 12

Date 13/12/2005

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX) trading, set several FX volume records yesterday, including a new total FX volume record of 872,271 futures and options on futures contracts, representing $96 billion in notional value. This surpassed the previous record of 748,050 futures and options on futures contracts traded achieved on June 8, 2005. In addition, record volume of 622,329 futures and options on futures
CESR’s Announces Dialogue With Credit Rating Agencies To Review How The IOSCO Code Of Conduct Is Being Implemented. Following CESR Advice To The EU Commission, CESR Proposed Not To Regulate At An EU Level, But Review How CRAs Will Implement The IOSCO Code

Date 13/12/2005

The announcement can be found in the section Credit Rating Agencies, or via the following link.
CBOT Metals Complex Volume Surpasses 20,000 Contracts

Date 13/12/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that volume in its Metals Complex climbed to a new record on Monday, December 12, reaching 22,384 contracts and eclipsing the prior record of 16,954 contracts set on December 9. Additionally, individual contract volume within the Metals Complex continued to climb, with several contracts setting new records on the same day.
Borsa Italiana's S&P/MIB Index Reached New All-Time High - New High For The techSTAR Index

Date 13/12/2005

Today, the S&P/MIB index reached a new all-time high (since its introduction in June 2003) of 34,972 points.
Borsa Italiana: On January 2nd 2006, The Continuous Trading Phase To Start At 9:05 AM

Date 13/12/2005

Starting from January 2, 2006, for the Blue Chip and STAR segments of the MTA and MTAX markets and for the SeDex Market there will be an increase of 5 minutes in the continuous trading phase, beginning at 9.05 instead of 9.10.