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NASD Charges Park Capital, Its Owners, 10 Others With Manipulation, Fraud In Sale Of Unregistered Stock - Park Capital Earned Secret Profits From Illegal Kickbacks On Sales To Park’s Customers

Date 05/11/2004

NASD today announced that it has charged Park Capital Securities – a now-defunct New York City-based broker-dealer – its two owners, two of its traders and eight salesmen in connection with fraudulent sales of over $3.5 million of Cordia Corporation stock to Park’s customers. Park Capital’s NASD registration was cancelled earlier this year for failure to pay its annual registration fees, arbitration fees and other regulatory charges.
Merrill Lynch Awarded Third Annual Securities Industry Association Diversity Leadership Award - Firm Praised For Multicultural And Diversified Business Development Group

Date 05/11/2004

The Securities Industry Association today awarded Merrill Lynch the third annual SIA Diversity Leadership Award during the trade group's annual meeting, which is being held here through today. James P. Gorman, SIA board member and Merrill Lynch executive vice president and president of its Global Private Client Group, accepted the award on behalf of the firm.
Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 05/11/2004

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Hong Kong Stock Exchange Announces Appointments To The Listing Committees

Date 05/11/2004

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, announced today (Friday) the appointments of Stephen Hunt and Michael Lee to fill vacancies on the Main Board Listing Committee, effective 5 November 2004 (today). Mr Hunt is appointed under the Market Practitioners and Users category and Mr Lee is appointed under the Listed Company Representatives category.
HKEx Transaction Statistics In Terms Of Turnover And Number Of Trades Conducted On-Floor And Off-Floor

Date 05/11/2004

Click here to download HKEx transaction statistics in terms of turnover and number of trades conducted on-floor and off-floor.

HKEx Announces The Way Forward On The Trading Hall

Date 05/11/2004

The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has approved in principle today (Friday) a plan to retain the Trading Hall of the Stock Exchange and make it a multi-purpose facility. Implementation of the plan is subject to successful renewal of the lease, which will expire in October of next year.
CME Sets New Volume And Open Interest Records In E-Mini(TM) S&P 500® Equity Options - New Market Maker Program To Launch Nov. 8

Date 05/11/2004

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, set a new volume record of 8,946 contracts in its E-miniTM S&P 500® equity options, up from the previous record of 6,142 set on October 11, 2004. Yesterday also marked a new open interest record of 45,074 positions for the contract. Trading in the exchange’s E-mini S&P 500 equity options has more than quadrupled since last year. In the fourth quarter of 2003, the E-mini S&P 500 equity options traded an average of 638 contracts per day. So far
CBOT: Precious Metals Complex Sets New Volume & Open Interest Records

Date 05/11/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that on November 4, 2004, volume and open interest in the exchange's Precious Metals complex rose to new records of 9,018 contracts and 11,113 contracts, respectively. These records surpassed the previous all-time complex highs of 8,356 contracts in volume and 10,963 contracts in open interest set earlier in the week on November 2. In addition, volume in CBOT full-sized Gold futures set a record at 2,812 contracts on November 4, exceeding the pr
CBOT Fed Watch - November 5 Market Close

Date 05/11/2004

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on November 10, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded amon
Boston Options Exchange Trading Volumes For October, 2004 Up 82% Over Previous Month

Date 05/11/2004

Trading volumes on the Boston Options Exchange, the only options exchange with price improvement for customer orders, set new records for the month with dramatic increases in both daily trading volume and national market share.