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NASDAQ Adopts Listing Standards For New Market Tier - Listing Standards Will Be The Highest In The World

Date 26/04/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced that it filed the initial listing standards for the new NASDAQ Global Select Market with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The standards will have financial and liquidity requirements that are higher than those of any other market in the world. In addition, the new tier will incorporate NASDAQ's world-class corporate governance standards. No further regulatory action is required for the new market to begin operations.

NASD Suspends Broker For 90 Days, Imposes Fine And Disgorgement Totaling $400,000 For Short Sale Violations - Broker Deceived Firm By Executing Short Sales, Marked Long, In Personal Accounts

Date 26/04/2006

NASD announced today that Steven W. Norin, a broker who is currently registered with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. of New York, has been suspended for 90 days and will pay $400,000 to settle charges that he engaged in a pattern of improper short sales in his personal accounts.

NASD Investor Alert Warns Workers About Cashing Out Of 401(k) Plan

Date 26/04/2006

NASD issued an Investor Alert today warning investors that cashing out of even a modest amount of their 401(k) assets can have a potentially devastating impact on their retirement savings.

Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For March 2006

Date 26/04/2006

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 9,896.7 points at the end of March, a decrease of 1,646.2 points from the closing value at the end of February. The weighted index reached 503.9 points at the end of March, an increase of 60.64 points from the closing value at the end of February.

Kuwait Stock Exchange First Quarter Report 2006

Date 26/04/2006

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 9,896.7 points at the end of March 2006, a decrease of 1,548.4 points from the closing value at the end of the previous 4th quarter. The weighted index reached 503.9 points at the end of March, a decrease of 58.34 points from the closing value at the end of the previous 4th quarter.

KCBT Approves "Side-By-Side" Trading - KCBT Directors Vote To Extend Electronic Trading Hours

Date 26/04/2006

The Kansas City Board of Trade Board of Directors voted yesterday to extend the electronic trading hours of the hard red winter wheat futures contract.

HKEx: Grand Opening Of The Exchange Trading And Exhibition Hall Complex

Date 26/04/2006

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited today (Wednesday) held a ceremony to mark the Grand Opening of the Exchange Trading and Exhibition Hall Complex. The event was officiated by the Honourable Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Exchange Exhibition Hall will open to the public starting from 15 May.

HKEx Voting Results At The 2006 Annual General Meeting And Changes In Directorate

Date 26/04/2006

At the Annual General Meeting of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) held on 26 April 2006 (“AGM”), a poll was demanded by the Chairman for voting on all proposed resolutions, as set out in the notice of annual general meeting dated 28 March 2006 (“AGM Notice”).

FTSE Global Markets Issue 13 Now Available

Date 26/04/2006

Comments On NYSE Rulemaking: Self-Regulatory Organizations - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - Notice Of Filing Of Proposed Rule Change And Amendment No. 1 Thereto To Rules 104 (“Dealings By Specialists”) And 123E (“Specialist Combination Review Policy”) To

Date 26/04/2006

Click here to view comments by Junius W. Peake, Monfort Distinguished Professor of Finance, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado. Click here to view comments by George Rutherfurd, Consultant, Chicago, IL