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Standard & Poor's Revised Egypt’s Outlook To Stable From Negative (Source: Standard & Poor's)

Date 15/03/2005

Standard & Poor's revised its outlook on Egypt to stable from negative. While maintaining the same 'BB+' for long-term and 'B' for short-term foreign currency and its 'BBB-' long-term and 'A-3' short-term local currency ratings on Egypt.
SEC Charges Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio And Eight Others With Massive Financial Disclosure Fraud

Date 15/03/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Joseph P. Nacchio, former co-chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., and eight other former Qwest officers and employees with fraud and other violations of the federal securities laws. In three separate but related civil actions, the Commission alleges that, between 1999 and 2002, the Qwest defendants engaged in a multi-faceted fraudulent scheme designed to mislead the investing public about the company
Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P/MIB Index

Date 15/03/2005

Standard & Poor’s as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will change the shares outstanding and the Investible Weight Factors for the S&P/MIB effective at the open of business Monday, March 21, 2005.
Phase Two Of Global Clearing Link To Enhance Eurex's Global Distribution Through Eurex US - Global Clearing Link Provides Basis For 23 Hour Trading Of Eurex's Benchmark Products - Technical Implementation Completed With Last Year's Eurex Release 7.0 - Fer

Date 15/03/2005

Upon full implementation of the Global Clearing Link, Eurex, through its U.S. market Eurex US, will significantly increase the distribution of its global benchmark products, the world's largest derivatives exchange Eurex said on Monday. Eurex made the statement as its U.S. partner in the Global Clearing Link, the Chicago-based Clearing Corporation (CCorp), formally requested permission to proceed with the second phase of the Global Clearing Link from the U.S. regulator Commodity Futures Trading
Oslo Børs: Liquidity Provider Scheme Affects Allocations To Liquidity Categories

Date 15/03/2005

All listed companies that have entered into a liquidity provider agreement with an exchange member firm under the terms of the Oslo Børs liquidity provider scheme are automatically included in the OB Match liquidity category.

NYBOT Announces Good Friday Schedule

Date 15/03/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today the trading schedule for the 2005 Good Friday holiday:
National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange And The Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) Sign MOU

Date 15/03/2005

NCDEX and The Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 15th March 2005.
NASDAQ Signs Memoranda Of Understanding And Cooperation With MICEX And RTS

Date 15/03/2005

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ®”; NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced that it has signed agreements with the leading Russian Stock Exchanges. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with The RTS Stock Exchange (RTS) and a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed with the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX). The signing ceremony took place at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
MICEX And NASDAQ Signs Memorandum Of Cooperation

Date 15/03/2005

The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) and The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ®”; NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. The signing ceremony took place at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
GL TRADE Offers Service Bureau Connectivity To The IPE

Date 15/03/2005

GL TRADE, global provider of electronic trading, clearing and settlement solutions, is to provide service bureau connectivity to the IPE- International Petroleum Exchange. The IPE has announced it will be closing its futures and options pits on April 7 to become a fully electronic market place.