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CME To Increase Order Entry Quantity Limits For GLOBEX® Equity Index Trades - Order Size To Increase From 250 To 400 Contracts

Date 19/12/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) announced it will increase its order quantity limit on all electronically traded equity index futures contracts to 400 contracts from the current 250 contracts. The new order size cap will become effective Feb. 1, 2004 for trades dated Feb. 2, 2004.
American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

Date 19/12/2003

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 836,854,201 shares as of the December 15 settlement date, an increase of 32,883,121 from the 803,971,080(adjusted) shares reported in mid-November. The December figure represents trades through December 10, 2003.
Transiciel Removed From Next 150 Index, Cerep Continues To Be Included In Next 150 Index

Date 18/12/2003

New composition of Next 150 Index Following the official result of the takeover bid by the French company Cap Gemini (France) (Next 100) for the French company Transiciel (Next 150), Transiciel will be removed from the Next 150 Index effective Tuesday 23 December 2003.
The Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Guidelines For The Adjustment Of Capped Indices

Date 18/12/2003

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange now publishes the 'Guidelines for the adjustment of capped indices', which supplement the common Nordic rules which are described in: 'Rules for the Construction and Maintenance of the NOREX Exchanges All-Share, Sector and Benchmark Indices'.
Statement From SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson Regarding NYSE Selection Of John Thain As CEO

Date 18/12/2003

Today SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson made the following statement regarding the selection of John Thain to serve as chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange.

Statement By New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Regarding Mutual Fund Fee Reduction

Date 18/12/2003

For the past several weeks, my office and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have been negotiating a settlement with Alliance Capital Management. My office has now reached a settlement that requires Alliance to pay restitution and penalties of $250 million and that also requires Alliance to reduce the fees that it charges by $350 million over the next five years. The total monetary value of our settlement is $600 million. As part of my office's settlement, Alliance will also implement
Program Trading Averaged 43.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 8-12

Date 18/12/2003

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 8-12.
NYSE Seat Sale

Date 18/12/2003

A regular seat was sold on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003 for $1,500,000, unchanged from the previous regular seat sale of $1,500,000 on Dec. 17 2003.
NYSE Board Of Directors Assigns Committee Membership: Executive Floor Officials Also Named

Date 18/12/2003

The New York Stock Exchange today announced the composition of its Audit, Human Resources & Compensation, Nominating & Governance, Regulatory Oversight & Regulatory Budget, and Regulatory, Enforcement & Listing Standards Committees.
NYSE Appoints John A. Thain As Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Thain Has Been President And COO Of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Date 18/12/2003

The New York Stock Exchange Board of Directors has appointed John A. Thain, president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs, as chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the NYSE, effective Jan. 15, 2004. John S. Reed, who has been interim chairman and chief executive officer of the NYSE since Sept. 30, will resign as interim CEO and remain as interim chairman until a new chairman is appointed.