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Singapore Commodity Exchange Rubber Contracts Initial And Maintenance Margins

Date 07/01/2004

SICOM has revised the initial and maintenance margins for trading in SICOM rubber contracts with effect from 6 January.
Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency: The Federal Character Of The National Bank Charter

Date 07/01/2004

The OCC issued two regulations that reflect fundamental characteristics of the national banking system. The first clarifies what types of state laws apply to national banks, while the second clarifies issues related to the OCC's exclusive visitorial powers over national banks. As part of the rulemaking on the applicability of state laws to national banks, the OCC also established a strong standard to ensure that predatory lending does not gain a foothold in the national banking system. The OCC t
NYSE Sector Indexes To Launch Tomorrow - Sub-indexes Discontinued

Date 07/01/2004

The NYSE tomorrow will launch three new sector indexes - the NYSE Energy, Health Care and Financial Indexes -- and will discontinue the currently available Industrial, Utilities, Financial and Transportation sub-indexes. The move furthers the NYSE's efforts to provide investors and issuers with more accurate performance measures for NYSE-listed companies.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Calls The OCC's New Regulations Attempting To Preempt State Consumer Protection Laws "Ill-Advised"

Date 07/01/2004

State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer criticized the regulations issued today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Spitzer said: "Today's attempt by the OCC to immunize national banks from state consumer protection laws, including those applying to predatory lending, is shamefully wrong. It is bad public policy and it demonstrates an utter disregard for the dual banking system that has existed in this country for over one hundred years. The OCC's actions are a thinly disguised attemp
New Year Message From Tokyo Stock Exchange President Tsuchida

Date 07/01/2004

I would like to wish all of you a happy new year.<

Market Abuse: European Commission Adopts First Implementing Measures

Date 07/01/2004

The European Commission has adopted three implementing measures related to the Directive on insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse - 2003/6/EC). These implementing measures cover among other things detailed criteria for determining what constitutes inside information, which non exhaustive factors have to be examined when assessing possible market manipulation as well as provisions on how and when issuers must disclose inside information. They also set out standards for the f
Kansas City Board Of Trade Elects Officers, Directors For 2004

Date 07/01/2004

The members of the Kansas City Board of Trade elected Scott P. Smith as chairman for 2004 in an election held on Tuesday, January 6. Smith is vice president and manager of Kansas City operations for ADM Investor Services, Inc. He served as first vice chairman of the KCBT in 2003 and as second vice chairman in 2002. The first vice chairman traditionally has assumed the chairmanship of the KCBT in the following year. Smith served as the president of the KCBT Clearing Corp. from 1999 to 2001. He ha
Japanese Finance Minister Visits The Stock Exchange of Thailand

Date 07/01/2004

Today (7 Jan. 04) the Minister of Finance of Japan, H.E. Mr. Sadakazu Tanigaki and group, accompanied by the Ambassador of Japan to Thailand, H.E. Mr. Atsushi Tokinoya, has made a visit to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Mr. Vijit Supinit, Chairman, Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong, President, as well as top-level executives of the SET joined in welcoming the Finance Minister's group
ISE Strengthens Leadership Position In 2003 - Plans To Increase Product Lines In 2004

Date 07/01/2004

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), which completed its third full year of operations in 2003, ended the trading year as the world's largest equity options exchange.
IPE Posts Record Year In 2003

Date 07/01/2004

The International Petroleum Exchange, Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange, marked its sixth consecutive record year with volumes rising 9.5% during 2003 to 33,341,244 lots. Daily and monthly records were set during the year for all the Exchange's oil and gas futures contracts.