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Date 20/02/2004

Instinet CEO Edward Nicoll To Testify Before The Subcommittee Of The House Financial Services Committee Regarding The Role Of Specialists

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INGP) today announced that its CEO Edward J. Nicoll will testify before a hearing, at 10 a.m. in New York City, held by the House Financial Services Capital Markets Subcommittee, and chaired by Rep. Richard H. Baker (LA), to review the role of specialists in the modern capital markets. Entitled "Market Structure III: The Role of the Specialist in the Evolving Modern Marketplace," the hearing will take place in the Alexander Hamilton Auditorium of the Native A
Date 20/02/2004

CFTC Designates HedgeStreet As A Contract Market And As A Registered Clearing Organization

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) approved the application of HedgeStreet, Inc. (HedgeStreet) for designation as a contract market on February 18, 2004. The Commission concurrently approved HedgeStreet's application for registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). HedgeStreet is a for-profit Delaware corporation, formed in 2000. HedgeStreet intends to provide its members with fully electronic, non-intermediated trading over the Internet in cash-settled, European
Date 20/02/2004

CBOT: Execs Burke, Durkin Receive ADL's Lifetime Achievement Award

Two of the Chicago Board of Trade's senior level officers--Executive Vice President & Chief of Staff Carol Burke and Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Bryan Durkin--received the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Lifetime Achievement Award at the ADL Chicago Region's Dinner Gala held in the Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel on Wednesday, February 18, 2004.
Date 20/02/2004

American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 884,633,398 shares as of the February 13 settlement date, an increase of 37,648,410 from the 846,984,988 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-January. The February figure represents trades through February 10, 2004.
Date 19/02/2004

SEC: Securities Law Scholar To Answer Questions, Talk About New Book

Professor Joel Seligman, noted securities law scholar and author of the newly revised The Transformation of Wall Street, will talk about new material and answer questions in a live online program on Feb. 26, 2004, at 2:00 p.m. EST. The program - called a Fireside Chat - is sponsored by the Securities and Exchange Commission Society Historical Society. The Society is a non-profit organization, independent of the SEC, that preserves and shares the history and historic records of the SEC and the se

Date 19/02/2004

SEC Charges Jeffrey K. Skilling, Enron's Former President, Chief Executive Officer And Chief Operating Officer, With Fraud - Seeks Disgorgement Of All Ill-Gotten Gains, Including Compensation; Civil Money Penalties - A Permanent Bar From Acting As A Dir

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has charged Jeffrey K. Skilling, Enron Corp.'s former President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, with violating, and aiding and abetting violations of, the antifraud, lying to auditors, periodic reporting, books and records, and internal controls provisions of the federal securities laws. The charges, which amend the Commission's Complaint filed against Richard A. Causey, Enron's former Chief Accounting Officer,
Date 19/02/2004

Program Trading Averaged 35.6 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 9-13

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Feb. 9-13.
Date 19/02/2004

OMHEX Markets To Adopt New Trading System

As the first step in creating an integrated Nordic and Baltic marketplace, the exchanges in Tallinn, Riga and Helsinki will adopt a new trading platform by the end of September.
Date 19/02/2004

NYBOT Announces Margin RequirementsFor New FCOJ Contracts

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the commencementof trading scheduled for Friday, February 20, 2004, and until furthernotice, the margin requirements for the new FCOJ-A, FCOJ-B and FCOJ-DIFFcontracts are as follows:
Date 19/02/2004

New York Mercantile Exchange To Open Markets On Time

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that it would open both its after-hours electronic trading session and tomorrow's open outcry trading session at their regular times.