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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange: March Canola Sets Open Interest Record

Date 13/01/2005

The March 2005 canola futures contract set an open interest record for any March contract on January 4, 2005 when its open interest reached 44,468 contracts.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Fines Hemscott Investment Analysis Ltd £50,000 For Misleading Financial Promotions

Date 13/01/2005

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today fined share tipping company Hemscott Investment Analysis Limited £50,000 for the production and distribution of misleading financial promotions. The FSA found that a promotion using the slogan "We even make a bear market all soft & cuddly" had completely by-passed Hemscott's approval procedures and selectively quoted past recommendations by the firm, using only the best performing recommendations rather than a cross section of all recommendations. Thi
Trading As Normal At Bursa Malaysia

Date 13/01/2005

Bursa Malaysia Berhad would like to announce that the power failure affecting several parts of the country and the Klang Valley has not affected trading at Bursa Malaysia.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 13/01/2005

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Friday, January 14, 2005: The relative weight of Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (TSX:TIW) will increase by approximately 0.06% in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, by 0.66% in the S&P/TSX SmallCap and by approximately 3.07% in the S&P/TSX Capped Telecommunication Services Indices. The relative weight change reflects the issuance of new shares as
SEC Charges Google And Its General Counsel David C. Drummond With Failure To Register Over $80 Million In Employee Stock Options Prior To IPO - Company And Drummond Agree To Cease And Desist From Violating Registration And Related Financial Disclosure Req

Date 13/01/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Google, Inc. with failing to register the issuance of option grants to employees or provide required financial information to the option recipients. According to the Commission, the Silicon Valley search engine technology company issued over $80 million in stock options to its employees in the two years preceding its IPO, yet failed to register the securities or make financial disclosures mandated by federal securities law. To settle the charg

Program Trading Averaged 56.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 3-7

Date 13/01/2005

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Jan. 3-7.
Nine Individuals Charged By The Securities And Exchange Commission With Aiding And Abetting Financial Fraud At Royal Ahold's U.S. Foodservice Subsidiary For Signing And Returning False Audit Confirmations

Date 13/01/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed enforcement actions against nine individuals alleging they aided and abetted a massive financial fraud by signing and returning materially false audit confirmations sent to them by the auditors of the U.S. Foodservice, Inc. subsidiary of Royal Ahold (Koninklijke Ahold N.V.). The actions filed name as defendants Mark A. Bailin, Kenneth H. Bowman, Timothy Neal Daly, Michael J. Hannigan, Peter O. Marion, John Nettle, Gordon Redgate, Bruce Robinson
NASDAQ Announces Market Year-End Statistics For 2004

Date 13/01/2005

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.'s (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ) Market Intelligence Desk® announced year-end market statistics for the period ended December 31, 2004.
NASD Hearing Panel Expels Yankee Financial For Fraud, Orders Payment Of More Than $3.8 Million In Restitution - Yankee President Richard Kresge Barred From Acting As Principal Or Supervisor

Date 13/01/2005

An NASD Hearing Panel has expelled Yankee Financial Group, Inc. of Melville, NY – and barred Yankee President Richard Kresge (CRD No. 729077) from associating with any NASD-registered firm as a principal or in any supervisory capacity – for engaging in fraudulent, high-pressure, boiler-room operations. The panel ordered the firm and Kresge to pay 10 customers more than $3.8 million in restitution, plus interest and costs.
Montréal Exchange: 23% Growth In Volume In 2004 - Leading Indicator Of Future Activity On MX Market Up 22%

Date 13/01/2005

Click here to download details of 2004 trading volume at the Montréal Exchange.