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  • Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Canola Futures Prices Dropped Sharply During May

    Date 02/06/2004

    Canola futures prices dropped sharply in very volatile trade during the month of May. The July futures contract closed at $363.80 per metric tonne on May 31 after trading as high as $448.30 as recently as April 4, 2004. The sharp canola price decline was part of a dramatic sell-off in the overall oilseeds complex, as the CBOT soybean futures have also seen tremendous selling since early spring. Reasons for the major price shift in soybean and canola futures included large commodity fund l

  • UK’s Financial Services Authority fines Leopold Joseph & Sons Limited For Systems And Controls Failings

    Date 02/06/2004

    The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today fined Leopold Joseph & Sons Limited (LJSL) £85,000 for serious failings in its system for monitoring adherence to credit limits. The weakness was first identified in 1999.

  • Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    Date 02/06/2004

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, June 2, 2004: Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSXVN:AZD) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol “AZD” at the open on Friday, June 4, 2004.

  • SEC Votes To Propose Provisions Implementing Gramm-Leach-Bliley Bank Broker Rules

    Date 02/06/2004

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to publish for comment proposed Regulation B. This new regulation is designed to implement provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 that delineate the securities activities banks may engage in without registering as brokers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

  • NZX: Six-Month Review Shows Success Signs For NZAX Market

    Date 02/06/2004

    Six months on from its launch, the NZAX Market is showing positive signs of success, a New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) review into the alternative market for growing companies shows.