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New York Stock Exchange Market Quality December 2003

Date 12/02/2004

The following data provide meaningful measures of the quality of the New York Stock Exchange market, and of NYSE order executions. As the largest stock exchange, NYSE plays a unique role in providing deep and liquid markets for all categories and sizes of market participants. The topics covered are prices, liquidity, volatility, execution speed and certainty.
IPE's Brent Contract Attracts Record Daily Volume

Date 12/02/2004

The International Petroleum Exchange ("IPE"), Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange, saw its flagship Brent Crude futures contract trade a new daily record of 179,162 lots yesterday. The two percent increase over the previous Brent daily record, of 175,465 lots set in November 2002, followed news of physical supply cuts from OPEC and a surprise downturn in US crude inventories.
CMS WebView Wins Rights To Distribute ProphetX In Europe

Date 12/02/2004

CMS WebView is pleased to announce that it has won the sole rights to sell and support ProphetX, the market price display system for energy and commodity traders, in mainland Europe. CMS's agreement with US firm DTN Market Access, owner of ProphetX, extends the exclusive rights CMS has to market ProphetX in the UK.
Board Of Directors Welcome New World Federation Of Exchanges Chairman, John Thain

Date 12/02/2004

John Thain, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, began his term as Chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges at the Board meeting hosted on February 9th by the London Stock Exchange. He will represent the NYSE for the remainder of this mandate. Mr. Thain looks forward to working with the member exchanges and the Board.
American Stock Exchange Names Fred Yager Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications

Date 12/02/2004

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced today that Fred Yager has been appointed Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications.

Ad Hoc Publicity: Formal Investigation Against Adecco S.A. Initiated By The SWX

Date 12/02/2004

The SWX Swiss Exchange has initiated a formal investigation against Adecco S.A. in view of a possible violation of Art. 72 Listing Rules (ad hoc publicity). On 20 January 2004, the SWX announced that it had initiated a preliminary investigation of the company. The enquiries since made by the SWX show that a violation of Art. 72 Listing Rules cannot be ruled out in connection with the communiqué of 12 January 2004, according to which the publication of Adecco's annual results for 2003 would have
TSX Datalinx Distributing CanDeal Data And Information Through Thomson Financial - Agreement Sees Information To Go On Thomson ONE Terminals Further Access And Visibility For Debt Market Transparency In Canada

Date 11/02/2004

TSX Datalinx has signed an agreement with Thomson Financial to distribute CanDeal's real-time market data to traders and investors across Canada and around the Globe. Under the terms of the agreement, Thomson will provide CanDeal pricing to Thomson ONE Yield users globally, and will make the data available to all retail users of Thomson ONE in Canada. Thomson Financial, a leading provider of information technology solutions to the global financial community, is an operating unit of the Thomso
Securities Industry Association: SEC Efforts To Strengthen And Expand Disclosure Requirements Constructive Step In Mutual-Fund Reform - Industry To Study Proposed Ban On Certain Directed Brokerage Arrangements

Date 11/02/2004

The Securities Industry Association stated that disclosure of relevant information to mutual-fund customers would be enhanced by several of the proposed and final rules announced today by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Adding that the commission's call for a review of rule 12b-1 of The Investment Company Act of 1940 could also produce further benefits to investors and strengthen regulation, SIA said that it looked forward to participating in that process. The association said it also
SEC Adopts Enhanced Mutual Fund Expense And Portfolio Disclosure; Proposes Improved Disclosure Of Board Approval Of Investment Advisory Contracts And Prohibition On The Use Of Brokerage Commissions To Finance Distribution

Date 11/02/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission took the following actions today at its open meeting: Shareholder Reports and Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure by Funds The Commission adopted several amendments to its rules and forms that are intended to improve significantly the periodic disclosure that mutual funds and other registered management investment companies provide to their shareholders about their costs, portfolio investments, and performance.
S&P/Citgroup Indices Show Market Rally Continued In January Across World Markets: - International Small-Caps Lead The Way

Date 11/02/2004

Standard & Poor's, the independent financial research, ratings and indices leader, today reported monthly figures and commentary for the S&P/Citigroup Global Equity Indices. The full report entitled, "The World By Numbers: Global Stock Market Review" offers index performance and total return figures by country and region, is available on www.indices.standardandpoors.com (and by clicking here).