Top Interest Rate Headlines 10-31-2011: NY Fed suspends MF Global, deal on future nears

NY Fed suspends MF Global, deal on future nears 
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Greece Gambles On Referendum For New Debt Deal
Associated Press
Taking a huge political gamble, Greece's prime minister announced Monday that his debt-strapped country will hold a referendum on the new European debt deal reached last week, the first such vote in 37 years.
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Fed plans to buy $45 billion Treasuries and sell $43 billion Treasuries in November 
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CFTC and SEC Approve Confidential Private Fund Risk Reporting 
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CFTC Release: CFTC Designates Eris Exchange, LLC as a Contract Market
Press Release
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, October 28, 2011, approved the application of Eris Exchange, LLC (“Eris”) for designation as a contract market. Eris is organized as a Delaware limited liability company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eris Exchange Holdings, LLC (“Eris Holdings”). DRW Trading Group is a majority shareholder of the exchange.
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MF Global : 99 Problems And Auditor PwC Warned About None
Forbes
Pre-market trading in MF Global Holdings has been halted since about 6 a.m. ET as news is expected to be released about Jon Corzine’s ailing brokerage. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night that MF Global is working on a deal to push its holding company into bankruptcy protection as soon as Monday, and to sell its assets to Interactive Brokers Group in a court-supervised auction.
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Midwest business barometer eases in October
Reuters
The pace of business activity in the U.S. Midwest slowed modestly in October as new orders eased, though the employment gauge rose to its highest level in six months, a report showed on Monday.
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MF Global listed total debt of $39.7 billion and assets of $41 billion in Chapter 11 papers filed http://jlne.ws/w0VstF

Spain Bankers Point to ‘Fudges’ After Regulator Tells Them to Add Capital
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Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey, October 2011 - Economic Data - FRB Dallas 
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Broker-dealer MF Global faces bankruptcy
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ERIS EXCHANGE RECEIVES CFTC APPROVAL TO BECOME DCM, ANNOUNCES BENCHMARK FORWARD STARTING INTEREST RATE SWAP FUTURES 
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