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SEC Charges Adelphia And Rigas Family With Massive Financial Fraud

Date 24/07/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Adelphia Communications Corp.; its founder John J. Rigas; his three sons, Timothy J. Rigas, Michael J. Rigas, and James P. Rigas; and two senior executives at Adelphia, James R. Brown, and Michael C. Mulcahey, in one of the most extensive financial frauds ever to take place at a public company.
NYSE Sets Record Trading Volume Mark

Date 24/07/2002

Today's volume on the New York Stock Exchange was a record 2,813,400,000 shares, surpassing the previous volume record of 2,673,242,000 shares on July 19, 2002.
HKEx Modifies Proposed Structures For Listing Matters

Date 24/07/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has modified the new structures for listing matters proposed on 6 May. HKEx also plans to streamline the listing process and strengthen the procedures for vetting listing applications
First Order Sent Using NYBOT's Order Book Management System - System Provides Faster, More Cost Effective Communications On The Floor

Date 24/07/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today the first order using its Order Book Management System (OBMS), the latest component of its electronic order routing system to be implemented which allows a market user to send an order electronically to the broker in the trading ring, by way of the broker's booth. The first OBMS order, which was a Buy 1 Sept 02 Market Order, was sent by clearing firm R.J. O'Brien to Warren Seeley, a broker in NYBOT's Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ) pit
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports 53 Percent Increase In Profits For The Second Quarter Of 2002 - Increased Quarterly Trading Volume Contributed To Record Revenues, Net Income And Earnings Per Share

Date 24/07/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. today reported a 53 percent increase in net income for the second quarter of 2002, to $21.7 million or 73 cents per diluted share. In comparison, net income was $14.2 million or 48 cents per diluted share for the second quarter of last year.

Baltic Launches New Freight Market Information Consultative Group

Date 24/07/2002

The Baltic Exchange has established a new consultative group to help the future development of its freight market information. Membership of the new group - the Freight Market and Futures Consultative Group (FMFCG) - will be open to all members of the Baltic Exchange.
3 years SWX New Market: Realignment Of Segmentation On The SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 24/07/2002

The SWX New Market was created three years ago in response to the demand from young enterprises and the financial industry for a means of providing innovative companies with access to the capital market. Venture capital companies were able to use this platform to place their holdings among the investing public, and underwriting banks had the opportunity to conduct their IPO transactions in Switzerland. This had a two-pronged effect: on one hand, Swiss companies found it unnecessary to migrate to
virt-x: Interim Results For The Six Months To 30 June 2002

Date 23/07/2002

virt-x plc, the operator of the virt-x pan-European blue chip exchange, announced today its interim results for the six months to 30 June 2002.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange: Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 July 2002

Date 23/07/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 29 July 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 23/07/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: Effective after the close on Tuesday, July 23, 2002, Idaho Consolidated Metals Corp. (TSXVN:IDO) will change its name to Beartooth Platinum Corporation (TSXVN: BTP). The new CUSIP number is 074012 10 5.There is no consolidation of capital.