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NYBOT Announces Two Appointments To Its Board Of Governors

Date 12/02/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today two appointments to its Board of Governors: Peter Karpen is reappointed as a Public Member for a two-year term. Since 1997, Mr. Karpen has been a Managing Member of Darien, Conn.-based Diversified Investment Management. Before that, he was a Managing Director at John W. Henry & Co., and a Director at CS First Boston.
NYBOT Announces Amendments To Its Sugar No. 11 Rules

Date 12/02/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today several new amendments to its Sugar No. 11 futures contract rules.
New York Stock Exchange Market Quality December 2003

Date 12/02/2004

The following data provide meaningful measures of the quality of the New York Stock Exchange market, and of NYSE order executions. As the largest stock exchange, NYSE plays a unique role in providing deep and liquid markets for all categories and sizes of market participants. The topics covered are prices, liquidity, volatility, execution speed and certainty.
IPE's Brent Contract Attracts Record Daily Volume

Date 12/02/2004

The International Petroleum Exchange ("IPE"), Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange, saw its flagship Brent Crude futures contract trade a new daily record of 179,162 lots yesterday. The two percent increase over the previous Brent daily record, of 175,465 lots set in November 2002, followed news of physical supply cuts from OPEC and a surprise downturn in US crude inventories.
CMS WebView Wins Rights To Distribute ProphetX In Europe

Date 12/02/2004

CMS WebView is pleased to announce that it has won the sole rights to sell and support ProphetX, the market price display system for energy and commodity traders, in mainland Europe. CMS's agreement with US firm DTN Market Access, owner of ProphetX, extends the exclusive rights CMS has to market ProphetX in the UK.

Board Of Directors Welcome New World Federation Of Exchanges Chairman, John Thain

Date 12/02/2004

John Thain, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, began his term as Chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges at the Board meeting hosted on February 9th by the London Stock Exchange. He will represent the NYSE for the remainder of this mandate. Mr. Thain looks forward to working with the member exchanges and the Board.
American Stock Exchange Names Fred Yager Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications

Date 12/02/2004

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced today that Fred Yager has been appointed Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications.
Ad Hoc Publicity: Formal Investigation Against Adecco S.A. Initiated By The SWX

Date 12/02/2004

The SWX Swiss Exchange has initiated a formal investigation against Adecco S.A. in view of a possible violation of Art. 72 Listing Rules (ad hoc publicity). On 20 January 2004, the SWX announced that it had initiated a preliminary investigation of the company. The enquiries since made by the SWX show that a violation of Art. 72 Listing Rules cannot be ruled out in connection with the communiqué of 12 January 2004, according to which the publication of Adecco's annual results for 2003 would have
TSX Datalinx Distributing CanDeal Data And Information Through Thomson Financial - Agreement Sees Information To Go On Thomson ONE Terminals Further Access And Visibility For Debt Market Transparency In Canada

Date 11/02/2004

TSX Datalinx has signed an agreement with Thomson Financial to distribute CanDeal's real-time market data to traders and investors across Canada and around the Globe. Under the terms of the agreement, Thomson will provide CanDeal pricing to Thomson ONE Yield users globally, and will make the data available to all retail users of Thomson ONE in Canada. Thomson Financial, a leading provider of information technology solutions to the global financial community, is an operating unit of the Thomso
Securities Industry Association: SEC Efforts To Strengthen And Expand Disclosure Requirements Constructive Step In Mutual-Fund Reform - Industry To Study Proposed Ban On Certain Directed Brokerage Arrangements

Date 11/02/2004

The Securities Industry Association stated that disclosure of relevant information to mutual-fund customers would be enhanced by several of the proposed and final rules announced today by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Adding that the commission's call for a review of rule 12b-1 of The Investment Company Act of 1940 could also produce further benefits to investors and strengthen regulation, SIA said that it looked forward to participating in that process. The association said it also