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TSX Group CEO Optimistic Over Future Cross Border Relationship - Richard Nesbitt Says There Are Opportunities In An Improved And Open Relationship Between Securities Markets On Both Sides Of The Border

Date 05/05/2005

Speaking to the American Chamber of Commerce in Canada luncheon today in Toronto, TSX Group CEO Richard Nesbitt reassured business leaders that opening the markets across the borders will reap similar benefits to what North American Free Trade Agreements has done for trade. He also called for the support of the group to help make this initiative a reality. "The result, I am sure, would not be to eliminate our differences but rather let us all be more prosperous in our different ways. That has
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces April Volume - Sector Index Options Volume increases

Date 05/05/2005

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that volume in April in sectors index options increased 9.67% when 585,331 contracts traded compared to 533,712 contracts traded in the previous month. Sectors index options volume in April declined 10.27% compared to the same year-ago period when 652,295 contracts traded.
The Markets Run By Bolsas y Mercados Españoles Post New Growth In Trading Volume In April

Date 05/05/2005

In April trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE reached € 74.88 bn, 37% up on the same month in 2004.
Program Trading Averaged 57.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Apr. 25-29

Date 05/05/2005

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 Apr. 25-29.
NYSE Seat Prices

Date 05/05/2005

A membership on the NYSE is traditionally referred to as a "seat" because in the early years of its existence members sat in assigned chairs during the roll call of stocks. The term lost its literal meaning with the advent of continuous trading in 1871.

Nymex Sets Record For e-miNY<sup>sm</sup> Crude Oil Futures And Total e-miNY<sup>sm</sup> Futures Volume

Date 05/05/2005

Daily trading records were set in e-miNYsm crude oil futures contracts and total e-miNYsm futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday.
NASD Charges Oppenheimer & Co. With Thwarting Investigation, Late And Inaccurate Reporting Of Thousands Of Muni Bond Transactions - Firm Also Charged With Failing To Retain Email For More Than 20 Months

Date 05/05/2005

NASD announced today that it has charged Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., formerly known as Fahnestock & Co., Inc., with failing to cooperate in an NASD investigation; failing to retain business-related electronic mail, as required by federal securities law and NASD rules; and, violating Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) rules by failing to report some bona fide municipal bond transactions, reporting others that were never effected, and reporting thousands of other trades late and inaccuratel
LME Appoints A Director Of Exchange Strategy

Date 05/05/2005

Patrick Birley has joined The London Metal Exchange (LME) as Director of Exchange Strategy on Monday 3 May 2005.
International Council of Securities Associations Releases 2005 Annual Meeting Brief

Date 05/05/2005

The International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA) this week released its 2005 communiqué at its annual meeting in Lugano, Switzerland. ICSA endorsed a number of initiatives aimed at aiding and encouraging the sound growth of international securities markets. In the document, ICSA endorsed anti-money laundering provisions, and pledged its full support for the international campaign against terrorism and criminal abuse of the financial system. The council called for an examination of
HRW Wheat Crop Tour Results In - 2005 Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour Estimate For Kansas At 46.2 Bushels Per Acre

Date 05/05/2005

The final estimate for the 2005 hard red winter wheat tour sponsored by the Wheat Quality Council was announced today at the Kansas City Board of Trade. The final participant estimate for the three-day tour average was a yield of 46.2 bushels per acre, 8.8 bushels higher than the 2004 estimate of 37.4 bushels per acre.