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SEC Sues 10 Defendants For Securities Fraud Arising From $700 Million Round-Tripping Scheme At Suprema Specialties - Defendants Include Former Suprema Executives And Several Suprema Customers And Vendors Who Participated In The Multi-Year Scheme

Date 08/01/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed securities fraud and related charges against the former controller, former operations manager, and several former customers and vendors of Suprema Specialties, Inc., a now-defunct cheese manufacturer based in Paterson, N.J. The charges arise from a multi-year financial fraud at Suprema that consisted of three parts: (1) a "round-tripping" scheme in which funds were circulated from Suprema through companies purporting to be customers and vend
SEC Authorizes Formal Investigation Of Matters Raised In Webb Report

Date 08/01/2004

SEC Authorizes Formal Investigation Of Matters Raised In Webb Report
Program Trading Averaged 50.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 29-Jan. 2

Date 08/01/2004

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 29-Jan. 2.
NYSE Statement Re: Dual Listings (Responding to Today's WSJ Report)

Date 08/01/2004

We can't comment on rumor and speculation, and we are not familiar with Nasdaq's plans. As background, however, remember that Nasdaq has for years told the press that it was in discussions with "a number" of NYSE-listed companies that were ready to transfer from the Exchange. (As a reminder, Rule 500-often cited by Nasdaq as the reason companies couldn't leave-was significantly relaxed in 2000 and completely abolished in 2003.) Since 1990, 680 companies have transferred from Nasdaq to the NYSE;
NYSE Board Names Richard G. Ketchum As Chief Regulatory Officer And Takes Other Regulatory Actions

Date 08/01/2004

The Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange appointed Richard G. Ketchum, 53, to the newly created role of Chief Regulatory Officer, effective June 2, reporting to the Board Regulatory Oversight & Regulatory Budget Committee, whose members are Marshall N. Carter, Chairman, Dr. Shirley A. Jackson and Dennis Weatherstone. The Board instructed Mr. Reed to continue discussions with The Nasdaq Stock Market about enabling Mr. Ketchum to begin his CRO duties earlier.

NYSE Board Asks SEC And NYS Attorney General To Pursue Webb Report Findings Of Unreasonable Compensation Of Grasso

Date 08/01/2004

The Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange today referred the so-called Webb Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Attorney General of the State of New York with the request that they "pursue the matter both on our behalf and as part of your broader responsibilities."
Nymex To Increase Margin Rates On PJM Monthly Electricity, Silver, And Copper Futures

Date 08/01/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will increase the margins on its NYMEX Division PJM monthly electricity futures contract and COMEX Division silver and copper futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow.
Nymex To Add Trading Month For Crude Oil Calendar Spread Options

Date 08/01/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will add an options contract on the differential between the second nearby December futures contract and the third nearby December futures contract for crude oil calendar spread options beginning tomorrow morning.
Nymex Records Highest Annual Volume - Sets Gold Record and Others

Date 08/01/2004

Activity on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., achieved the highest volume in Exchange history with the total of 139,163,370 contracts breaking the record of 134,223,757 contracts set in 2002.
NYBOT Announces Martin Luther King Holiday Schedule

Date 08/01/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today the trading schedule for the Martin Luther King Holiday for its subsidiary exchanges, the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE), the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange (Citrus), and the FINEX Division of the New York Cotton Exchange: