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Power Outage At Reuters Affects Real-Time Data Feeds To Several S&P Indices

Date 14/10/2004

Due to a power outage at Reuters Holdings PLC's technical centre in London, Standard & Poor’s was unable to access real-time market data for several of its indices in Europe, Canada, and the United States for most of Tuesday, October 12th. Power to Reuter’s data feed system was restored for real-time S&P indices to be calculated at the start of trading on Wednesday, October 13th.
NYBOT Announces Spot Cycle Months For U.S. Dollar-Rand Futures To Be Eliminated And November 2004 Futures Contract To Be Delisted

Date 14/10/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the close of business today, October 14, an amendment to its rules will be implemented. The effect of the amendment is to remove provisions for Spot Cycle Contract Months in the U.S. Dollar/South African Rand futures contract.
New York Mercantile Exchange: E-miNY(sm) Futures Daily Volume Crosses 10,000 For First Time

Date 14/10/2004

Records were set in e–miNY energy futures(sm) and e–miNY(sm) crude oil futures trading for the second day in a row yesterday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., when e–miNY(sm) volume of 10,953 contracts surpassed the previous record of 9,987 contracts on October 12, while e–miNY(sm) crude oil futures volume of 10,144 contracts exceeded the previous record of 9,196 contracts set on the same day.
New York Mercantile Exchange To Increase Margins On Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures, Calendar Swap Futures, And E-miNY Futures Contracts

Date 14/10/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that it will increase the margins on its light, sweet crude oil; light, sweet crude oil calendar swap; and light, sweet crude oil e– miNY(sm) futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow.
New Member Firm For The Irish Stock Exchange

Date 14/10/2004

CCF S.A., which uses HSBC CCF as its main trading name, has been admitted to membership of the Exchange as a primary dealer in Irish government bonds. The main role of the primary dealer is to continuously make markets in Irish government bonds as well as bidding in auctions for such bonds organised by the National Treasury Management Agency. HSBC CCF will commence trading from Monday 18th October.

NASDAQ MarketSite Studio To Become CNN Epicenter For Election Day Coverage

Date 14/10/2004

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ) today announced that CNN will headquarter its coverage of the 2004 election at the NASDAQ MarketSite located in the heart of Times Square. The NASDAQ MarketSite will serve as CNN's election-night headquarters.
Historical Record At BOVESPA

Date 14/10/2004

On October 13, BOVESPA reached an all time record in number of trades.
Futures Industry Holds Successful Disaster Recovery Test - High Level Of Participation Across The Industry

Date 14/10/2004

The Futures Industry Association is pleased to announce the results of the first U.S. industry-wide disaster recovery test held on Saturday, Oct. 9.
FTSE Group Forges Alliance With Northfield

Date 14/10/2004

Global index provider FTSE Group, announces today that it has formed an alliance with risk management systems and solutions provider, Northfield Information Systems Inc. to produce customised risk models linked to a range of FTSE indices.
CBOT Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With SFE

Date 14/10/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) to cooperate on product development and other areas of mutual interest.