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  • Stock Exchange Of Thailand: 231 Listed Cos. Collectively Pay Out Nearly THB 150 Bln. In Dividends, Almost THB 60 Mln. Rise Over 2003

    Date 21/03/2005

    A total of 231 out of 468 listed companies on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Market for Alternative Investment (mai) have announced dividend payments for the year 2004. These companies have an average 4.09% dividend yield, or 1.62% higher that last year. Their total dividends were worth THB149.768 bln. (approx. USD3.744 bln.), or 42% of their total net profits of THB464.317 bln. (approx. USD11.61 bln.). The Resources Industry Group will be paying out the largest amount, totaling THB35.

  • Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes to U.S. Indices

    Date 21/03/2005

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P 500 and S&P 100 indices after the close of trading on Thursday, March 24: S&P 500 constituent Sears, Roebuck & Co. (NYSE:S) is merging with Kmart Holding Corp. (NASD:KMRT) in a deal subject to shareholder approval. The surviving company, Sears Holdings Corp. (NASD:SHLD), will replace Sears Roebuck in the S&P 500. Comcast Corp. (NASD:CMCSA) will replace Sears, Roebuck in the S&P 100.

  • Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    Date 21/03/2005

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, March 21, 2005: Rentcash Inc. (TSXVN:RCS) will be removed from the index. The company is going to graduate to trade on the TSX on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 under the ticker “RCS.” BDI Mining Corp. (TSXVN:BDI) will be removed from the index. The shares of the company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange at the request of the company. The company

  • Standard & Poor’s - News Corp

    Date 21/03/2005

    Standard & Poor’s will increase News Corps. (ticker=NWS.A, sedol=B03DQ41) shares outstanding in the S&P Global 100 after the close of trading this evening to account for the 356.592 million shares issued to acquire the remaining shares of Fox Entertainment Group’s Class A stock it does not already own…News Corp. currently has 2938.341 million shares in the Index.

  • SEC Charges Time Warner With Fraud, Aiding And Abetting Frauds By Others, And Violating A Prior Cease-And-Desist Order - CFO, Controller, And Deputy Controller Charged With Causing Reporting Violations - Time Warner Agrees To $300 Million Penalty, Antifra

    Date 21/03/2005

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Time Warner Inc. (formerly known as AOL Time Warner) with materially overstating online advertising revenue and the number of its Internet subscribers, and with aiding and abetting three other securities frauds. The Commission also charged that the company violated a Commission cease-and-desist order issued against America Online, Inc. on May 15, 2000. In a separate administrative proceeding, the Commission charged Time Warner CFO Wayne H. Pac

  • Roman Gorunov And Dmitry Shatsky Become RTS Vice-Presidents

    Date 21/03/2005

    At its March 17 th , 2005, meeting the RTS Stock Exchange Board of Directors appointed Roman Gorunov, head of the Derivatives Department and Dmitry Shatsky, Head of the Software Development Department, vice-presidents of the Partnership. Messers . Gorunov and Shatstky will continue to be responsible for their departments .

  • Osaka Securities Exchange: No-Action Letter Received For Russell / Nomura Prime Index Futures

    Date 21/03/2005

    Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) is pleased to announce that a No-Action Letter for the Futures Contract based on the Russell/Nomura Prime Index (“RN Prime Index”) was received from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of March 14, 2005 (U.S EST). In order to broaden the investor base in the RN Prime Index Futures Contract, OSE applied to the CFTC to issue a No-Action Letter in this regard. Trading in the RN Prime Futures Contract is scheduled to commence on April

  • OneChicago Week In Review

    Date 21/03/2005

    Volume Highlights Each single stock futures contract is equal to 100 shares of the underlying stock or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) March 15 Altria Group Inc. (MO1C): 3,975 contracts traded including 596 MAR05, 1,391 MAR05, 596 JUN05 and 1,391 JUN05 all in block trades American Express Co. (AXP1C) : 2,424 contracts traded including 1,212 MAR05 and 1,212 JUN05 in block trades Bank of America Corp. (BAC1C) : 2,870 contracts traded

  • NYSE Seat Sells For $1,540,000

    Date 21/03/2005

    A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today, March 21, 2005, for $1,540,000, up $40,000 from the previous regular seat sale March 3, 2005.

  • New York Stock Exchange Issues Monthly Short Interest Report

    Date 21/03/2005

    The New York Stock Exchange today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of Mar. 15, 2005 reflecting transactions through Mar. 10. Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to a record 8,419,194,508 shares on Mar. 15 from 8,007,342,082 shares on Feb. 15.