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The Important Role Of Immigrants In Our Economy By SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar Remarks At The 2013 Annual Gala Georgia Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce, Atlanta, Georgia
Date 21/05/2013
Thank you for that kind introduction. I am glad to be back in Atlanta, and I am delighted to be at the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s (“GHCC”) 2013 Annual Awards Gala. Before I begin my remarks, let me issue the standard disclaimer that the views I express today are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”), my fellow Commissioners, or members of the staff.
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Testimony Of U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew Before The Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs On The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Annual Report To Congress
Date 21/05/2013
Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (Council) 2013 annual report.
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Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-19: Introducing EdgeRisk Ports
Date 21/05/2013
Direct Edge® announces EdgeRisk PortsSM, a new risk mitigation service offering Members and non-Members dedicated logical test ports to evaluate the readiness of their systems that connect to EDGA Exchange (EDGA®) and EDGX Exchange (EDGX®). Pending filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the new service will be available in June 2013.
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MEPs To Debate Banking Supervision
Date 21/05/2013
At 15.00 MEPs will discuss draft legislation on the EU single banking supervision mechanism with Commissioner Michel Barnier and Irish finance minister Brian Hayes. MEPs are expected to use this plenary debate to stress that accountability rules must match the supervisory powers created or transferred to EU level.
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Thai Alternative Bourse’s Firms Record Profit Growth At 54 Pct In Q1 - Q1 Net Profits Of Market For Alternative Investment (Mai)-Listed Firms Up 54.34 Pct Y-O-Y To THB 1.98 Billion (Approx.USD 68.27 Million) - Gross Profit Margins Increased 23.01 Pct Y-O-Y
Date 21/05/2013
Companies listed on the Market for Alternative Investment (mai), in The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, reported net profits of THB 1.98 billion (approx. USD 68.27 million), a 54.34 percent year-on-year increase, in the first quarter of 2013, mainly due to effective cost control that helped boost gross profit margin to 23.01 percent.
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FIA Testifies At House Agriculture Committee Hearing On CFTC
Date 21/05/2013
Walt Lukken, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Futures Industry Association, is scheduled to testify today before the House Agriculture Committee at a hearing titled "The Future of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Market Perspectives." The hearing, which starts at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, is the first of several planned by Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), the committee's chairman, that will inform the committee as it begins drafting legislation to reauthorize the CFTC.
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Tehran Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin April 2013
Date 21/05/2013
Click here to download Tehran Stock Exchange's monthly bulletin for April 2013.
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Stefan Hoppe Joins b-next To Expand International Sales
Date 21/05/2013
b-next, a specialist provider of Market Abuse Surveillance, Insider Dealing and Compliance software solutions, is expanding its sales division to build further successful sales channels that will contribute to future growth. Stefan Hoppe joins as Sales Manager.
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HKEx: Arrangements For Adjustment Of PICC Futures And Options
Date 21/05/2013
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced the arrangements for the adjustment to the contract terms of all open PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd. (PICC) futures and option contracts in existence after the market close on 27 May 2013, the business day immediately before the ex-rights day, which is 28 May 2013, to account for PICC’s 1.1 H rights shares for every 10 existing H shares.
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Azul Systems Teams-Up With Rapid Addition To Deliver Low Latency, Jitter-Free Trading Engines
Date 21/05/2013
Rapid Addition, a leading provider of trading technology to buy- and sell-side financial institutions, has joined forces with Azul Systems, the award-winning supplier of high-performance and elastic Java Virtual Machines (JVMs). Rapid Addition’s Cheetah FIX engine will support Azul’s flagship Java runtime, Zing™, to offer clients low latency, jitter-free Java trading engines.