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Apollo Group, Inc. To Join the Nasdaq-100 Index Beginning December 17, 2001

Date 13/12/2001

Apollo Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOL), of Phoenix, Arizona, will become a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX), effective at the beginning of trading Monday, December 17, 2001. Apollo will also be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock SM (Amex:QQQ). Apollo Group, Inc. will replace XO Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:XOXO), which is delisting from The Nasdaq Stock Market®.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: TOPIX And Its Sub-Indices -Revision Of Rule Regarding Constituents Adjustment Date

Date 12/12/2001

The adjustment date for TOPIX constituents will be revised as follows. The revision will be effective on the constituent transfer to 'the Post for Stock to Be Delisted' from Dec. 29, 2001.
SEC Issues Financial Disclosure Cautionary Advice

Date 12/12/2001

Today SEC issued cautionary advice to remind company management, auditors, audit committees, and their advisors that investors increasingly deserve and demand full transparency of accounting policies and their effects in the annual reports that public companies are required to file with us. Accordingly, the selection and application of a company's accounting policies used when preparing these reports must be appropriately reasoned.
NYSE Receives Approval From SEC On NYSE OpenBook

Date 12/12/2001

The New York Stock Exchange has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a filing to launch NYSE OpenBookTM, a new market-data service that will allow subscribers to see information contained on NYSE limit order books.
NYSE Member Firms Report Third-Quarter 2001 Earnings

Date 12/12/2001

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported 2001 third-quarter after-tax profits declined by 83.9% to $405 million and revenues decreased 26.5% to $43.64 billion, compared to $2.52 billion in after-tax profits on revenues of $59.34 billion in third-quarter 2000. In the first nine months of 2001, the firms reported after-tax profit of $4.93 billion on revenues of $152.50 billion, compared with $11.36 billion and $183.71 billion, respectively, in the first n

NYBOT: 2001 Christmas & New Year's Holiday Trading Schedule Revised For Financial Products Only

Date 12/12/2001

The Christmas and New Year's Holiday trading schedule for the New York Board of Trade's financial markets trading on CSCE, Finex and NYFE have been revised as follows:
Nasdaq To Reinstate Requirements For Minimum Bid Price And Market Value Of Public Float - Grace Period For The SmallCap Market To Be Modified

Date 12/12/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® today announced its intent to reinstate requirements for minimum bid price and market value of public float for companies listed on the Nasdaq National Market® and The Nasdaq SmallCap MarketSM. While Nasdaq ® will maintain the existing grace periods for National Market companies to comply, it proposes to modify the grace period for minimum bid price on the SmallCap market. The proposal was recommended by the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council (NLHRC), and approved
London Stock Exchange To Develop Trade Settlement At Euroclear, With Clearing By LCH

Date 12/12/2001

The London Stock Exchange, London Clearing House (LCH) and Euroclear today announce their joint agreement to develop straight-through settlement in Euroclear for London Stock Exchange trades cleared by LCH. The three organisations will be consulting with customers and users over the coming weeks and will launch the service in the second half of 2002.
HEX: Evening Trading Shortens By One Hour

Date 12/12/2001

Evening trading at Helsinki Exchanges will be shortened by one hour on April 2, 2002, from which date evening trading will end at 8 pm. Otherwise trading hours will remain unchanged.
FTSE Completes Final Index Review Of 2001

Date 12/12/2001

The final FTSE index reshuffle of 2001 was confirmed this afternoon at the regular quarterly FTSE Committee meeting. Only one company change will be made to the UK's blue chip FTSE 100 index, while the FTSE 25O, the UK mid cap index, will have seven company changes.