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Archipelago Moves To Sun For Powering Next-Generation Allelectronic Stock Exchange - Archipelago Says Consolidated Systems Create Solid Footing For Handling Company's Growth

Date 24/02/2004

Open. Transparent. Connected. And as cost effective as possible. These are the technical principles on which Jerry Putnam, Co- Founder and CEO of Chicago-based Archipelago, has built his industry-changing company. They are also the guiding philosophies that Scott McNealy, Chairman, President, and CEO of Sun Microsystems, knows all too well. Add to that speed, reliability, flexibility and scalability, and it was a no-brainer for Putnam to choose Sun to power his rapidly expanding, next-generation
OneChicago Week In Review: Liquidity And Volume Highlights - Two Weeks Ended Feb. 20 February 11 -

Date 23/02/2004

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Nymex Postpones Adding Gold And Silver Options Trading Months

Date 23/02/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., said today it will postpone listing additional gold and silver options contracts up to 60 months forward originally scheduled for Wednesday.
New invited Director Of LME Limited Announced

Date 23/02/2004

The LME has today announced that Jon-Harald Nilsen, Executive Vice President of Norsk Hydro has been appointed to serve on the board of The London Metal Exchange Limited as an invited director. His appointment is in succession to Mr John Pizzey, whose two year appointment expired in February 2004.
National Stock Exchange Names James C. Yong Senior VP, Regulation And General Counsel

Date 23/02/2004

National Stock Exchange (NSX) last week announced the appointment of James C. Yong as Senior Vice President of Regulation and General Counsel.

Live Streaming Quotes For CBOT Mini-sized Dow Options & TMI Futures

Date 23/02/2004

CBOT is expanding its popular offering of streaming free DowSM quotes to its newest products, CBOT mini-sized Dow Options & TMI Futures. Both products trade 100% electronically and are supported by active electronic market makers.
ICEX News & Views

Date 23/02/2004

A summary of surveillance cases in 2003 and the annual financial statements of Eignarhaldsfelagid Verdbrefathing including the operating results of ICEX and the Icelandic Securities Depository are the subjects of this issue.
European Commission Releases EUR 28 million Of Risk Capital Facility For Mediterranean Countries

Date 23/02/2004

The European Commission has released under the MEDA programme €28 million of risk capital for the following Mediterranean neighbours: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The facility will focus on up-grading the financial sector of these countries and territories, on raising the competitiveness of their enterprise sector and will put emphasis on privatisation. Support will also be available to financial intermediaries acti
CME Plans Electronic Trading Of Futures And Options Contracts Based On Fertilizers

Date 23/02/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced plans to list futures and options on futures contracts based on three of the most commonly used varieties of fertilizer. The contracts will trade exclusively on CME's GLOBEX® electronic trading platform.
CBOT President Dan's Remarks At Risk Management Conference - Monday, February 23, 2004

Date 23/02/2004

Thank you for that kind introduction. This year has already been an exciting one for the Chicago Board of Trade. On January 1, we made a final, seamless transition to a superior electronic trading platform and an innovative clearing solution, systems and processes that were designed to provide you with the very best trading environment available. Already this year, the CBOT® has built upon last year's record performance. Overall average daily volume is up about 50 percent to more than two mil