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NASD Regulation Charges Credit Suisse First Boston With Siphoning Tens Of Millions Of Dollars Of Customers' Profits In Exchange For "Hot" IPO Shares - Firm To Pay $100 Million To Be Split Between The NASD And SEC - Record Fine For NASD

Date 22/01/2002

NASD Regulation, Inc., announced today that it censured Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (CSFB) and directed it to pay $50 million in monetary sanctions for taking millions of dollars from customers in inflated commissions in exchange for allocations of "hot" Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). The inflated commissions essentially amounted to a "profit sharing" arrangement with CSFB as the IPO shares climbed in the secondary market. As part of the settlement, CSFB will also pay $50 million to
CMS WebView plc And globalCOAL Launch A New Coal Market Data Service

Date 22/01/2002

CMS WebView plc (CMS) and globalCOAL Limited, the premier e-marketplace facilitating the trading of coal and offering coal related services, are pleased to announce the launch of a coal pricing information (data) service.
CBOE: QQQ Position Limits Increased At CBOE Effective Immediately

Date 22/01/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®), the world's largest options exchange, today announced that it has increased position and exercise limits for options on the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM (ticker symbol QQQ). Effective immediately, the standard position and exercise limit in the QQQ option class will be 300,000 contracts on either side of the market, increased from 75,000 contracts on either side. The changes were approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday,
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices - S&P/CDNX Composite Index

Date 21/01/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/CDNX Composite Index: Net Nanny Software International Inc. (CDNX: NNS) will be removed from the S&P/CDNX Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, January 21, 2002. The shares of the company have been suspended from trading by the Alberta Securities Commission for failing to file financial statements. Hyduke Resources Ltd. (CDNX: HYD) has changed it's name to Hyduke Energy Services Inc. This change is e
OneChicago Announces First 30 Listings For Single Stock Futures Trading

Date 21/01/2002

OneChicago LLC, the joint venture created to trade single stock futures by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®), today announced 30 of the stocks it will list for trading at launch. The exchange plans to list a total of 50 to 75 security futures at startup, which is expected in the second quarter.

Mandatum To Become First Tallinn Stock Exchange Remote Member

Date 21/01/2002

Mandatum Stockbrokers has applied for remote membership of Tallinn Stock Exchange (TSE) to become the first foreign trading member of the Estonian bourse.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange: Electronic Information Dissemination System "SEOnet" -

Date 21/01/2002

On Tuesday, 15 January 2002, a new system of electronic information dissemination - SEOnet was launched by the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Inc. Introduction of the new service was additionally supported by the adoption of the Securities Market Agency (SMA) decree on the amendments of the by-law on obligatory public announcements, which now enables the public announcements of issuers, both in electronic manner and in the printed form, to be practically on an equal footing. At the moment, the SEOnet
HKEx: Consultation Paper On Proposed Amendments To The Listing Rules Relating To Corporate Governance Issues

Date 21/01/2002

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), published today (Monday) a Consultation Paper on Proposed Amendments to the Listing Rules Relating to Corporate Governance Issues.
HKEx Revises Organisational Structure

Date 21/01/2002

Revisions to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx)'s organisational structure will take effect on 1 February as part of the company's implementation of its new strategic plan. The strategic plan was formulated in the second half of last year with the help of international management consultants, McKinsey & Company.
Euronext Launches NextWeather Weather Indices

Date 21/01/2002

Since the begining of the year, Euronext and Météo-France have joined forces to calculate six weather indices daily for a new generation of economic indicators called NextWeather.