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London Stock Exchange Response To Euronext Announcement

Date 09/02/2005

The Board of the London Stock Exchange plc notes the announcement by Euronext detailing aspects of a possible offer for the Company. Since the announcement does not contain an offer price, the Board of the London Stock Exchange does not propose to comment at this stage.
Fleet's Columbia Mutual Fund Adviser And Distributor To Pay $140 Million To Settle SEC Fraud Charges For Undisclosed Market Timing - SEC Also Charges Five Former Columbia Executives For Conduct Relating To Market Timing Arrangements

Date 09/02/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the settlement of an enforcement action against Columbia Management Advisors, Inc. (Columbia Advisors), Columbia Funds Distributor, Inc. (Columbia Distributor), and three former Columbia executives in connection with undisclosed market timing arrangements in the Columbia funds. In settling the matter, the Columbia entities will pay $140 million, all of which will be distributed to investors harmed by the conduct. The SEC also brought fraud c
Euronext Announces Key Elements Of Potential Proposal To Acquire London Stock Exchange - Details Of Synergies, Proposal To Users, And Important Corporate Governance Information

Date 09/02/2005

Introduction Euronext N.V. (“Euronext”) announced on 20th December, 2004 that it was considering making a cash offer for London Stock Exchange plc (“LSE”) and seeking a recommendation from the LSE Board. Since that date, there has been a series of productive meetings and discussions with the Board, the management of, and advisers to, LSE. During these meetings, Euronext and LSE presented their respective views on their businesses, discussed the key aspects of a combination of these
Completion Of OMX’s Public Offer To The Shareholders Of CSE

Date 09/02/2005

On December 15, 2004, OMX AB (publ) (“OMX”) submitted a voluntary and recommended offer to the shareholders of Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S (“CSE”), according to which all shareholders were offered 42.7448 newly issued shares in OMX in exchange for each share in CSE or a cash consideration of DKK 3,050 per CSE share, or a combination thereof.
CME Reports Record Day For Electronic Live Cattle Futures Traded

Date 09/02/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, saw its biggest trading day ever for live cattle futures on CME® Globex® with a record 975 contracts traded on Tuesday, February 8. This broke the prior day’s record of 725 futures contacts traded electronically, and represented about 5 percent of total live cattle future volume. Open interest in total live cattle futures also set a record of 149,847 positions. Open interest reflects the total number of contracts that have not yet been offset or fulfill

Chicago Stock Exchange Becomes Shareholder Entity - Demutualization Makes Joint Ventures And Acquisitions Easier To Achieve

Date 09/02/2005

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the demutualization plan set forth by the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) last November. The demutualization takes effect today.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Flash – January 2005

Date 09/02/2005

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Banc Of America Capital Management, Bacap Distributors And Banc Of America Securities To Pay $375 Million, Exit Mutual Fund Clearing Business, And Make Other Remedial Reforms To Settle SEC Market Timing And Late Trading Charges

Date 09/02/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled enforcement action against Banc of America Capital Management, LLC (BACAP), BACAP Distributors, LLC (BACAP Distributors) and Banc of America Securities, LLC (BAS) for entering into improper and undisclosed agreements that allowed favored large investors to engage in rapid short-term securities trading known as market timing in certain Nations Funds mutual funds and for fraudulently facilitating market timing and late trading in Nat
ArcaEx Releases January 2005 Transaction Volume Data

Date 09/02/2005

Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (PCX: AX) today announced its January 2005 market transaction volume data for the Archipelago Exchange ("ArcaEx"). Specifically, in NYSE-listed equity securities, ArcaEx's total trading market share was 2.4% in January 2005, up from 1.7% in January 2004 and up from 2.3% in December 2004.
The Spanish Stock Market Is European Leader In Capital Raising

Date 08/02/2005

New investment flows channelled through the Spanish Stock Market in 2004 reached $ 39.5 bn. The figure exceeds that for the London Stock Exhange, Italy, Tokyo and Euronext and comes only behind that for the New York Stock Exchange, according to the latest data released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).