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• S&P upgrades outlook on exchange operator CME Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 4:26 PM ET

  NEW YORK-- Standard& Poor's Ratings Services on Wednesday upgraded its outlook on CME Group Inc., saying it expects profitability will stabilize after a recent decline. CME runs commodity and derivative exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. CME shares increased 33 cents to close at $64.04.

• CBOE Keeps S&P and Dow Jones Options Exclusivity Monday, 13 May 2013 | 12:34 PM ET

  

  CBOE won a long-running court battle to prevent rival International Securities Exchange from listing options on two key stock market indexes.

• UPDATE 2-CBOE keeps index franchise as US justices stay out of dispute Monday, 13 May 2013 | 11:26 AM ET

  * "We are vindicated": CBOE CEO William Brodsky. WASHINGTON, May 13- CBOE Holdings Inc won a long-running legal battle to prevent rival International Securities Exchange from listing options on two key U.S. stock-market indexes, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider their dispute.

• UPDATE 1-U.S. justices stay out of stock market indexes copyright fight Monday, 13 May 2013 | 10:07 AM ET

  WASHINGTON, May 13- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a dispute over CBOE Holdings Inc's long-running legal battle to prevent rival International Securities Exchange from listing options on the Standard& Poor's 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

• U.S. justices stay out of stock market indexes copyright fight Monday, 13 May 2013 | 9:40 AM ET

  International Securities Exchange LLC, a national securities exchange that specializes in the trading of options contracts, is fighting an injunction that prevented it from listing S&P 500 and Dow Jones options, which are licensed exclusively to CBOE by McGraw-Hill Financial Inc and CME Group Inc's index services.

• RPT-UPDATE 2-TMX Group profit tops estimates Friday, 10 May 2013 | 9:01 AM ET

  *Adj EPS C $0.78 vs est C $0.73. TORONTO, May 10- TMX Group Ltd, the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, reported a better-than-expected profit for the first quarter and said revenue rose 6 percent despite a tough economic backdrop that weighed on trading volumes and issuance.

• XxUPDATE 2-TMX Group profit tops estimates Friday, 10 May 2013 | 8:32 AM ET

  *Adj EPS C $0.78 vs est C $0.73. TORONTO, May 10- TMX Group Ltd, the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, reported a better-than-expected profit for the first quarter and said revenue rose 6 percent despite a tough economic backdrop that weighed on trading volumes and issuance.

• UPDATE 1-CBOE expects to be fined by U.S. SEC for shortcomings Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 4:58 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO, May 8- CBOE Holdings Inc expects to be fined as much as $10 million to resolve a probe by federal authorities into its duties as a self-policing organization.

• CBOE expects to be fined by U.S. SEC for regulatory shortcomings Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 3:28 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO, May 8- CBOE Holdings Inc expects to be fined as much as $10 million to resolve a probe by federal authorities into its duties as a self-policing organization. It also expects any settlement to require it to beef up its compliance and regulatory programs, CBOE said in its quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

• UPDATE 2-Turkey in talks with LSE, Nasdaq on bourse partnership Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 8:41 AM ET

  *Turkey promoting Istanbul as financial hub. ISTANBUL, May 8- Turkey is in talks with the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq about a partnership deal that could see it sell a stake in the Istanbul bourse as part of a drive to promote the city as a financial hub, its deputy prime minister said.

• UPDATE 1-Turkey in talks with LSE, Nasdaq on bourse partnerships Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 7:05 AM ET

  ISTANBUL, May 8- Turkey is in talks with the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq about possible strategic partnerships for its stock exchange in Istanbul, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said on Wednesday.

• LSE agrees to buy trading platform Eurotlx for 40 mln euros - sources Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 11:56 AM ET

  MILAN, May 7- London Stock Exchange Group has inked a deal to buy Italian trading platform Eurotlx from Banca IMI and UniCredit for about 40 million euros, sources close to the matter said. "The agreement has been signed but not finalised," one of the sources told Reuters, noting that the deal needed to be approved by the Bank of Italy.

• BRIEF-NYSE Euronext announces trading volumes for April 2013 Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 2:34 AM ET

  *Announces trading volumes for April 2013. *Says global derivatives adv up 3% year-over-year. *Says European derivatives adv declined 6% year-over-year in April.

• INTERVIEW-CME eyes new U.S. Gulf Coast crude futures launch by year-end Monday, 6 May 2013 | 4:48 PM ET

  NEW YORK, May 6- The CME Group intends to launch at least two new U.S. crude oil futures contracts before the end of this year, as the rapid growth in U.S. oil production and infrastructure boosts liquidity in Gulf Coast spot markets.

• BRIEF-NASDAQ OMX and World Steel Exchange Marketing announce strategic partnership Monday, 6 May 2013 | 8:50 AM ET

  May 6- Nasdaq Omx Group Inc:. *Nasdaq Omx and world steel exchange marketing announce strategic partnership. products to be traded on Nasdaq Omx futures exchange.

• RESEARCH ALERT-CBOE : Compass Point raises price target Monday, 6 May 2013 | 8:17 AM ET

  May 6- CBOE Holdings Inc:. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.

• BRIEF-NASDAQ OMX launches cloud-based platform Monday, 6 May 2013 | 8:14 AM ET

  May 6- Nasdaq Omx Group Inc:. *Says workspace is fully hosted, cloud-based solution that safeguards all. sensitive and proprietary information in real-time.

• RESEARCH ALERT-CBOE : BMO raises price target Monday, 6 May 2013 | 7:45 AM ET

  May 6- CBOE Holdings Inc:. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.

• RESEARCH ALERT-CBOE: KBW raises price target Monday, 6 May 2013 | 1:24 AM ET

  May 6- CBOE Holdings Inc:. *KBW raises price target to $41 from $38; rating market perform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.

• BRIEF-NASDAQ OMX April equity options volume 93 mln contracts Friday, 3 May 2013 | 5:18 PM ET

  May 3- Nasdaq Omx Group Inc:. *U.S. matched equity volume in April 27,677 million shares. *U.S. equity options volume in April 93 million contracts.