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GL TRADE Confirms Turnover Of EUR72.8m In The First Half Of 2004 And Announces Results In Line With Expectations

Date 25/08/2004

GL TRADE confirms turnover of €72.8m in the first half of 2004 and announces results in line with expectations.
CME Appoints Kobida As Director, Financial Management

Date 25/08/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced the appointment of Michael J. Kobida as Director, Financial Management in the company’s Clearing House. The CME Clearing House is the world’s largest clearing organization for futures contracts.
CBOT WI 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2004 Settlement

Date 25/08/2004

The CBOT® WI 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures contract for August 2004 will be cash settled today at a final settlement price of 97-5050, based upon today’s auction results of the 2-year U.S. Treasury note, which was awarded at a high yield of 2.495 percent. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.
CBOT August 25, 2004 Treasury Conversion Factors

Date 25/08/2004

The attached conversion factor tables for the CBOT® U.S. Treasury Bond and Note complex have been revised to include conversion factors for the following government security that was auctioned on August 25 by the U.S. Treasury Department.
2004 Edition Of Handbook Of World Stock, Derivative And Commodity Exchanges Launched

Date 25/08/2004

Mondo Visione, the exchange information specialist, has announced the publication of the latest edition of the Handbook of World Stock, Derivative and Commodity Exchanges– the most comprehensive reference guide to exchanges worldwide.

UK’s Financial Services Authority Fines Shell £17,000,000 For Market Abuse

Date 24/08/2004

The FSA has today fined the Shell Transport and Trading Company ("STT"), Royal Dutch Petroleum Company ("RDP") and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies ("Shell") £17 million for committing market abuse and breaching the listing rules.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 31 August 2004

Date 24/08/2004

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 31 August 2004, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For August 2004

Date 24/08/2004

As of mid-August, short interest in 2,754 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 5,008,236,375 shares compared with 4,943,833,167 shares in 2,756 National Market issues for the month of July.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand And Securities Analysts’ Association To Jointly Develop The Securities Analysts Program

Date 24/08/2004

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) received the transfer of the CISA program from the Securities Analysts’ Association (SAA). As a longer-term cooperation, the two institutions will jointly further develop a professional program for securities analysts.
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company And The "Shell" Transport And Trading Company, P.L.C. Pay $120 Million To Settle SEC Fraud Case Involving Massive Overstatement Of Proved Hydrocarbon Reserves - Companies Simultaneously Settle A Market Abuse Case With The Un

Date 24/08/2004

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlement of an enforcement action against foreign-based oil companies Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. (together, Shell), in connection with their overstatement of 4.47 billion barrels of previously reported proved hydrocarbon reserves. Royal Dutch is a Dutch corporation headquartered in The Hague, while Shell Transport is an English corporation headquartered in London.