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Date 25/04/2003

The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Limited To Narrow Strike Intervals For HSBC Holdings Plc Option Class And The Hang Seng Bank Option Class

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), will narrow the strike intervals in the spot month and next calendar month of the HSBC Holdings Plc Option Class (HKB Options) and the Hang Seng Bank Option Class from 30 April 2003.
Date 25/04/2003

The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short- Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For April 2003

As of mid-April, short interest in 2,819 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 4,336,211,644 shares compared with 4,207,678,805 shares in 2,820 National Market issues for the month of March.
Date 25/04/2003

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Monday, April 28, 2003: The relative weight of Shiningbank Energy Income Fund (TSX:SHN.UN) will increase by approximately 0.33% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Income Trust Index and by approximately 0.75% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Energy Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units.
Date 25/04/2003

Securities and Exchange Commission Reaffirms Status Of Pronouncements Of The Financial Accounting Standards Board

The Securities and Exchange Commission today reaffirmed that it will continue to recognize pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) as being generally accepted for purposes of filings with the Commission. The Commission's decision is in response to section 108 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which, among other things, specifies the criteria that must be met in order for an accounting standard setter's work product to be recognized as generally accepted by the Commis
Date 25/04/2003

SEC Determines PCAOB Appropriately Organized

Today the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced that the PCAOB has been determined to be appropriately organized and has the capacity to carry out the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Date 25/04/2003

S&P 500 ETF Now Tradable At Deutsche Börse

The first exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Standard & Poors 500 U.S. benchmark index has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Friday. The iShares S&P 500 ETF is managed by Barclays Global Investors (BGI). ETFs tracking the S&P 500 index in the U.S have been very successful. The world's most heavily traded security with a monthly exchange turnover of some 90 billion euros is an ETF on the S&P 500 index.
Date 25/04/2003

Meeting Of The Board Of Oslo Børs On 25 April 2003

At its meeting on 25 April 2003 the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit Deutsche Bank AG as a new member of Oslo Børs. The number of remote members i Oslo now totals 15 out of 43 members.
Date 25/04/2003

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Collective Responsibility In Building A Culture Of Good Governance

Setting standards and creating a culture of good governance is the collective responsibility of regulators, advisors of public listed companies and the board of directors and senior management governing the respective company.
Date 25/04/2003

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited Revises CITIC Pacific Futures Margins

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), is adjusting the margin rates for CITIC Pacific Limited (CITIC Pacific) Futures as a result of the company's announcement regarding the payment of an aggregate dividend of $1.70 per share with the ex-dividend date on 28 April 2003. The minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participants from its clients in respect of their dealings in CITIC Pacific Futures contracts wi
Date 25/04/2003

Deutsche Bank AG - New Member Of Oslo Børs

Oslo Børs' Board of Directors has today approved Deutsche Bank AG's membership to the exchange. The number of remote members now totals 15 out of 43 members.