December 12 2010 - Stock Market Reforms - A Return to dirigisme?
The restructuring of India's securities exchange environment recommended by the Jalan Committee does not address the real issues facing capital markets...

 

August 30 2010 - URBANA CORPORATION – NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID PURCHASES In connection with a Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid, accepted by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") on August 26, 2009 for the period of August 28, 2009 to August 27, 2010, Urbana Corporation purchased 3,083,920 of its own Class "A" shares (TSX: URB.A)...     August 26 2010 - URBANA CORPORATION - NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PURCHASE SHARES . Urbana Corporation ("Urbana") announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has accepted its notice of intention to conduct a normal course issuer bid to enable it to purchase up to 7,431,323 of its non-voting Class A shares (the “Class A Shares”), representing 10% of the public float, pursuant to TSX rules...     July 28 2010 - Urbana Corporation is pleased with reports that 4% of the Bombay Stock Exchange has been purchased for $40 million Urbana Corporation ("Urbana") beneficially owns over 2.8 million shares of the BSE, representing 2.6% of the exchange...     July 27 2010 - Soros set to buy stake in Bombay exchange By James Lamont and James Fontanella-Khan in Mumbai - Financial Times     July 7 2010 - URBANA CORPORATION ? NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID PURCHASES Since May 20th, 2010, Urbana Corporation ("Urbana"), as part of a Normal Course Issuer Bid ("NCIB"), has purchased 1,726,320 Urbana Class "A" shares (TSX: URB.A)...     July 2010 - Urbana Corporation Exchange Update After many years of work, the Chicago Board Options Exchange ("CBOE") became a public company on June 15th at $29 a share. This initial public offering ("IPO") price is approximately the equivalent of $2,420,000 per seat...     June 18 2010 - Urbana Corporation / Chicago Board Options Exchange Urbana Corporation is pleased to announce that on June 15, 2010, the Chicago Board Options Exchange ("CBOE") began its first day of trading as a public entity on the NASDAQ Exchange...     May 30 2010 - Kaiser, Caldwell acquire stake in BSE by PALAK SHAH, Mumbai Despite Dubai Financial Group calling off its plans to sell stake in the Bombay Stock Exchange BSE), Toronto-based investment broker Thomas Caldwell and philanthropist George Kaiser have managed to acquire shares in Asia's oldest bourse...     May 20 2010 - Urbana Corporation / Chicago Board Options Exchange The Chicago Board Options Exchange ("CBOE") intends to become a public company. The target date is June 15th. This is very good news for our investors....     May 12 2010 - Urbana Corporation Purchases Additional Bombay Stock Exchange Membership Urbana Corporation is pleased to announce that it has acquired an additional 331,000 shares of the Bombay Stock Exchange (“BSE”) for 370 Indian rupees per share, plus brokerage, for a total cost of approximately $2.85 million CDN...     May 10 2010 - BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE Update In May 2009, Mr. Madhu Kannan took over as the new CEO of the Bombay Stock Exchange ("BSE"). Six weeks later, the BSE announced that a group of experienced exchange and regulatory professionals would be joining him, completely transforming the BSE's senior management team...     May 3 2010 - Urbana Corporation Purchases Additional CBOE Membership Urbana Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an additional membership in the Chicago Board Options Exchange ("CBOE"), a private entity...     March 8 2010 - PRESS RELEASE: Urbana backs CI Capital Markets Tom Caldwell's company puts $5-million into employee buyout...     March 8 2010 - Urbana Corporation to Support Employee-Led Buyout of CI Capital Markets Inc. Urbana Corporation is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to invest approximately $5 million in support of the employee-led buyout of CI Capital Markets Inc., through the purchase of a combination of equity and subordinated debt...     January 18 2010 - Urbana Corporation Purchases an Additional Kansas City Board of Trade Membership and an Additional Minneapolis Grain Exchange Membership Urbana Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to buy an additional membership in the Kansas City Board of Trade ("KCBOT") for approximately US$310,000...     January 12 2010 - Urbana Corporation Purchases an Additional Kansas City Board of Trade Membership Urbana Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to buy another membership on the Kansas City Board of Trade ("KCBOT") for approximately US$330,000...