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Date 24/09/2002

Nasdaq Liffe Markets: Response To OneChicago Launch Announcement

"Nasdaq Liffe Markets, LLC(NQLX) plans to announce the date on which trading in single stock futures (SSFs) will begin when it receives greater certainty about the timing of the Securities and Exchange Commissions' (SEC) approval of NQLX's customer margin rules, and only after NQLX fully considers our members' input as to a reasonable launch date," said Tom Ascher, NQLX's CEO.
Date 24/09/2002

London Stock Exchange Challenges Treasury To Respond To Stamp Duty Evidence

The London Stock Exchange today challenged the Treasury to end its silence about the harmful effects that stamp duty on share transactions was having on the UK economy.
Date 24/09/2002

KCBT Changes Minimum Margins For Trading Wheat

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. The changes, effective tomorrow, come as a result of increased market volatility and are as follows:
Date 24/09/2002

International Securities Exchange Reduces Order Exposure Time - Facilitation Order Exposure Reduced From 30 To 10 Seconds

This Friday, September 27, the ISE will implement a rule revision, approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which reduces the time that the facilitation mechanism exposes such an order to the trading "crowd" from 30 seconds to 10 seconds.
Date 24/09/2002

Euronext Hosts World Federation Of Exchanges Annual Meeting

The 42nd annual meeting of the World Federation of Exchanges will be held in Amsterdam from 6 to 10 October 2002, featuring speeches by: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Willem Alexander Frits Bolkestein, European Commissioner Wim Duisenberg, President of the European Central Bank

Date 24/09/2002

Dynegy Settles Securities Fraud Charges Involving SPEs, Round-Trip Energy Trades - Company Will Pay $3 Million Civil Penalty, Cease And Desist From Violating Anti-Fraud Provisions Of Federal Securities Laws

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a settled enforcement action today against Dynegy Inc., in connection with accounting improprieties and misleading statements by the Houston-based energy production, distribution and trading company. The Commission's case arises from (i) Dynegy's improper accounting for and misleading disclosures relating to a $300 million financing transaction, known as Project Alpha, involving special-purpose entities (SPEs), and (ii) Dynegy's overstatement of its e
Date 24/09/2002

CBOT Fed Watch

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 24, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.<
Date 24/09/2002

ASX: Towers Perrin Study Of 10-Year Investments 1991-2001

The results of the latest Towers Perrin investment research highlight the importance of considering the after-tax returns and all the associated costs when making an informed and successful investment decision.
Date 23/09/2002

SWX: Tamedia AG To Remain In The SPI

Contrary to the message of 2 September 2002, the securities of Tamedia AG (ISIN CH0011178255) will not be excluded from the SPI. This was decided by the SWX Swiss Exchange. The independent auditors confirm in a report that the relevant free float value for calculating the index is greater than the SWX had expected on the basis of the available information. According to the report, the majority shareholders who are party to a shareholder agreement own more than 76.09% of the shares of Tamedia AG.
Date 23/09/2002

Singapore Exchange And Tokyo Commodity Exchange Sign Licensing Agreement With Platts

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) and the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) today announced that they have signed a licensing agreement with Platts, the world's largest energy information provider and a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., to use Platts' Middle East benchmarks for the SGX and TOCOM Middle East Crude Oil (MECO) Futures Contracts.