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UK’s Financial Services Authority Fines Individual For Market Abuse On OFEX

Date 02/08/2004

The FSA has today fined Michael Davies £1000 for committing market abuse in shares traded on OFEX. Mr Davies, who was in a position of trust at OFEX company Berkeley Morgan Group (BMG) plc, purchased 4000 BMG ordinary shares while in possession of information concerning BMG's interim results.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Derivatives Market Highlights

Date 02/08/2004

TSE periodically publishes "TSE Derivatives Market Highlights", which introduces outline of the markets and rules about TSE derivative products including JGB Futures and TOPIX Futures.
TeliaSonera AB (ADR) To Be Removed From The S&P ADR Indices

Date 02/08/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices, effective at the close of trading on Friday, August 6, 2004: TeliaSonera AB (ADR) (Sweden, NASDAQ: TLSN, CUSIP: 87960M106, Sedol: 2166289) will be removed from the S&P ADR Indices. The company has announced its intention to voluntarily cease quotation of its ADRs on NASDAQ due to negligible trading volumes.
Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) July Trading Statistics

Date 02/08/2004

22 trading days Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 187,722 contracts
SWX Swiss Exchange: Key Figures July 2004

Date 02/08/2004

Trading days SWX: 22 Trading days virt-x: 22

Statement From NYSE CEO John A. Thain

Date 02/08/2004

Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge today (August 1) at 2 p.m. held a press conference during which he named specific terrorist targets in New York City and Washington, DC. The New York Stock Exchange is one of the institutions that he named. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly held a press conference at approximately 4:30 p.m. today to discuss New York City's continuing efforts to keep all New Yorkers and the New York Stock Exchange safe. I have spoken today with S
Standard & Poor's Reports July Index Returns

Date 02/08/2004

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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/HKEx GEM Index

Date 02/08/2004

Click here to download details of changes in the S&P/HKEx GEM Index.
Secretary Ridge Announces Threat Level Code Orange For Financial Sector In New York City, Northern New Jersey And Washington, D.C.

Date 02/08/2004

Good afternoon. President Bush has told you, and I have told you, when we have specific credible information, we will share it. This afternoon, we do have new and unusually specific information about where al Qaida would like to attack. As a result, today, the United States Government is raising the threat level to Code Orange for the financial services sector in New York City, Northern New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
SEC: Franklin Advisers To Pay $50 Million And Undertake Compliance Reforms To Settle Market Timing Charges

Date 02/08/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Franklin Advisers, Inc., an investment adviser firm in the fourth largest mutual fund complex in the U.S., has agreed to pay $50 million dollars and undergo compliance reforms to settle charges that it allowed rapid in-and-out trading, known as market timing, in mutual funds it managed, contrary to fund prospectus language.