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The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For June 2004

Date 24/06/2004

As of mid-June, short interest in 2,780 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 5,011,098,331 shares compared with 4,822,415,847 shares in 2,753 National Market issues for the month of May.
The Committee Of European Securities Regulators Consults On Recommendations For Consistent Implementation Of The EU Regulation On Prospectus

Date 24/06/2004

CESR launches today a consultation paper (Ref. CESR/04-225) on possible recommendations for the consistent implementation of the Commission’s Regulation on Prospectus. The purpose of this consultation document is to seek comments on the recommendations that CESR proposes to issue on a number of items set out in the schedules and building blocks included in the annexes of the Regulation. These annexes set out how different types of prospectus or offering document
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to S&P U.S. Indices

Date 24/06/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices on a date or dates to be announced. Click here for full details.
Speech By Mr Frits Bolkestein Member Of The European Commission, In Charge Of The Internal Market, Taxation And Customs - The EU Action Plan For Corporate Governance

Date 24/06/2004

Conference on the German Corporate Governance CodeBerlin, 24 June 2004 Ladies and gentlemen, Introduction I have been invited to speak to you today on the EU’s Corporate Governance Action Plan. But before I do so I should like to begin with a few words about the starting point for the Commission’s Action Plan, namely the developments in Member States on this issue. A process of convergence in Member States’ approaches to Corpor
SEC Settles Insider Trading Matter Against Former FleetBoston Employee - SEC Froze Trader's Assets Within Three Days Of Trade

Date 24/06/2004

The Commission announced that a Massachusetts federal court has entered a final judgment against Guillermo Garcia Simon, a former FleetBoston Financial Group employee residing in Buenes Aires, Argentina, in connection with his trading in the securities of FleetBoston in advance of the announcement of its acquisition by Bank of America Corporation. Under the terms of the final judgment, entered by consent, Simon was ordered to pay approximately $525,000 in disgorgement, interest, and a penalty. H

S&P Emerging Markets Database Index Announcement - South Africa- IWF Change for Telkom South Africa (Eff. 07/08/2004)

Date 24/06/2004

Effective July 8, 2004, S&P EMDB will increase the IWF for Telkom South Africa (S&P/EMDB Code 696648.1 / SEDOL 6588577), an S&P/IFCI and S&P/IFCG Index constituent, from 0.3070 to 0.4560. The new IWF reflects Thintana‘s sale of 14.9% of their stake in the Telkom South Africa. If the above IWF change had occurred on June 23, 2004, the weight of Telkom South Africa in the S&P/IFCI Indonesia Index would have increased to 2.97% from 2.00%.
S&P And MSCI 2004 GICS Consultation Paper

Date 24/06/2004

Click here to view the S&P and MSCI 2004 GICS consultation paper.
Results Of European Commission Conference On Financial Integration, Brussels 22nd And 23rd June

Date 24/06/2004

Over 250 senior officials, leading business personalities and consumer representatives gathered at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels on 22-23 June for an intensive round of discussion on progress towards and prospects for financial integration. The conference, convened by Internal Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein, comes as European legislators conclude the law-making phase of the Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP). The conference drew the lessons of this law-making phase and sought to
Program Trading Averaged 55.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 14-18

Date 24/06/2004

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 June 14-18.
OneChicago To List 10 New Single Stock Futures

Date 24/06/2004

OneChicago, LLC today announced that 10 new single stock futures will be listed for trading beginning Monday, June 28. The new listings are the first of up to 40 new single stock futures scheduled for launch this summer.