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UK’s Financial Services Authority Fines Shell £17,000,000 For Market Abuse

Date 24/08/2004

The FSA has today fined the Shell Transport and Trading Company ("STT"), Royal Dutch Petroleum Company ("RDP") and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies ("Shell") £17 million for committing market abuse and breaching the listing rules.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 31 August 2004

Date 24/08/2004

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 31 August 2004, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For August 2004

Date 24/08/2004

As of mid-August, short interest in 2,754 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 5,008,236,375 shares compared with 4,943,833,167 shares in 2,756 National Market issues for the month of July.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand And Securities Analysts’ Association To Jointly Develop The Securities Analysts Program

Date 24/08/2004

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) received the transfer of the CISA program from the Securities Analysts’ Association (SAA). As a longer-term cooperation, the two institutions will jointly further develop a professional program for securities analysts.
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company And The "Shell" Transport And Trading Company, P.L.C. Pay $120 Million To Settle SEC Fraud Case Involving Massive Overstatement Of Proved Hydrocarbon Reserves - Companies Simultaneously Settle A Market Abuse Case With The Un

Date 24/08/2004

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlement of an enforcement action against foreign-based oil companies Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, p.l.c. (together, Shell), in connection with their overstatement of 4.47 billion barrels of previously reported proved hydrocarbon reserves. Royal Dutch is a Dutch corporation headquartered in The Hague, while Shell Transport is an English corporation headquartered in London.

Pacific Exchange To Trade Archipelago Holdings Options

Date 24/08/2004

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that on Thursday, August 26, 2004, it will begin trading options on Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (AX).
NASD Given New Authority To Discipline Former Brokers Who Fail To Pay Arbitration Awards, Settlements

Date 24/08/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved amendments to NASD By-Laws that strengthen NASD's ability to prevent former brokers from re-entering the securities industry if they have failed to pay arbitration awards or settlements. NASD will implement its new authority beginning September 9, 2004.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange: Number Two All-Time High Volume Day Recorded In Spring Wheat Futures

Date 24/08/2004

Record daily volume of 20,117 hard red spring wheat futures contracts exchanged hands at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) during the trading session on August 23, 2004. Yesterday’s volume comes in second high only 37 contracts under the highest volume set February 24, 2004.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister To Launch Invest Malaysia 2004

Date 24/08/2004

Prime Minister, YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah Hj. Ahmad Badawi is expected to launch 'INVEST Malaysia 2004' on Thursday afternoon, 26 August 2004. INVEST Malaysia 2004, organised by Bursa Malaysia Berhad, will be held from 26 to 29 August 2004 at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
GLTRADE, First ISV To Pass The IPE v11.000 Conformance

Date 24/08/2004

GL TRADE is proud to announce it successfully passed the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) conformance on the IPE new API 11.000 platform. IPE is Europe’s leading energy futures and options exchange, listing contracts such as Brent Crude or Gas Oil. GL TRADE products are compatible with all the IPE’s new functionalities for all instruments and types of order.