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October 22, 2007

Speeches and Public Statements

• Trading Places: Mobility and the New International Financial Regulation by Ethiopis Tafara, Director, Office of International Affairs, Montreal, Quebec (October 15, 2007)
   

Administrative Proceedings

• Ameriserve Food Distribution, Inc., Appalachian Oil & Gas Company, Inc., Harvey's Great Things, Inc., Northport Industries, Inc. (Release No. 34-56681); see also Order
   

Office of the Chief Accountant — Staff Letters to Industry

• Letter from SEC Chief Accountant to Zions Bancorporation concerning the use of Employee Stock Option Appreciation Rights Securities (ESOARS) to value employee share-based payment awards under FASB Statement No. 123R (October 17, 2007)
   

Division of Corporation Finance — No-Action Letter

• Abacus Investments Limited (October 5, 2007; re: Rule 144 - Resales of restricted securities)
   

Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) Rulemaking

• CBOE: Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend the Minimum Quote Size Requirements for Hybrid Opening System Rotations (Release No. 34-56680; File No. SR-CBOE-2007-59; October 19, 2007)
   
• NSCC: Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend its Rules and Procedures with Regard to the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS) and ACATS Fund/SERV Processing (Release No. 34-56678; File No. SR-NSCC-2007-13; October 19, 2007)
   
• FINRA: Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to NASD Rule 11870 (Customer Account Transfer Contracts) and NYSE Rule 412 (Customer Account Transfer Contracts) to Make the Time Frames in the Rules for Validating or Taking Exception to an Instruction to Transfer a Customer's Securities Account Consistent with the Time Frames in the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (Release No. 34-56677; File No. SR-FINRA-2007-005; October 19, 2007)