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Revised -- NY Commodity Exchanges Announce WTC Commemoration Plans - Sugar No. 11 Will Now Have A Delayed Opening Until 9:05 AM

Date 07/09/2004

Both New York commodity exchanges, the New York Mercantile Exchange and the New York Board of Trade, today announced their plans to commemorate the World Trade Center tragedy on Friday, September 10.
R.J. O'Brien Acquires Harmonic Investment Management - Deal Provides RJO Established Asset Management Platform

Date 07/09/2004

R.J. O'Brien and Associates, Inc. (RJO), one of the oldest and largest futures commission merchants, today announced its acquisition of Harmonic Investment Management LLC (Harmonic), a Memphis-based firm specializing in alternative investment products.
Paul Myners To Chair Study On Impact Of Pre-Emption Rights

Date 07/09/2004

A study to examine whether or not the current application of pre-emption rights when new shares are issued hinders companies from raising finance to innovate and grow their businesses was announced today by the DTI.
OneChicago Week In Review

Date 07/09/2004

Volume Highlights Each single stock futures contract is equal to 100 shares of the underlying stock or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Aug. 30 Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY1C): 2,244 contracts traded, 1,650 SEP04 as part of an EFP and 550 SEP04 as part of another EFP. Procter & Gamble Co. (PG1C): 1,877 contracts traded, 1,875 SEP04 in a block trade. Sep. 1 Allstate Corp. (ALL1C): 489 contracts traded Sep. 2
NYSE Names Robert A. Marchman Head Of Market Surveillance

Date 07/09/2004

The New York Stock Exchange today appointed senior vice president Robert A. Marchman as head of Market Surveillance, NYSE Regulation. In his new role, Mr. Marchman, formerly senior vice president, Enforcement, will report to Richard G. Ketchum, chief regulatory officer.

NYSE Appoints Regina C. Mysliwiec Special Advisor To Chief Regulatory Officer

Date 07/09/2004

The New York Stock Exchange today announced the appointment of senior vice president Regina C. Mysliwiec as special advisor to NYSE chief regulatory officer Richard G. Ketchum.
Nymex Sets Monthly Trading Records During August

Date 07/09/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it set monthly records in August for total Exchange volume, futures volume, NYMEX Division futures volume, and light, sweet crude oil futures volume.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Invesco And Aim Settle Mutual Fund Timing Cases - Two Affiliated Companies Will Pay Fines, Cut Fees And Adopt Reforms

Date 07/09/2004

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced a $450 million settlement with two prominent mutual fund management companies to resolve charges that the companies permitted illegal market timing of their funds.
NASDAQ Selects HyperFeed Technologies, Inc. As Ticker Plant For Data Factory Project

Date 07/09/2004

The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ) and HyperFeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HYPR), a provider of ticker plant technologies to the financial community, announced today that NASDAQ has selected HyperFeed to supply the ticker plant to drive their Data Factory Project. The ticker plant will handle market data from NASDAQ itself as well as data from a range of other sources including other equity and option exchanges. The processed data will feed into a wide variety of existing interna
NASDAQ Completes Acquisition Of BRUT LLC

Date 07/09/2004

The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Brut LLC, the owner and operator of the Brut ECN, from SunGard Data Systems Inc. (NYSE: SDS) for a total consideration of $190 million in cash. NASDAQ has received all the necessary regulatory approvals and expects the transaction to be accretive to its shareholders within 12 months.