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ASX Chairman's Letter to Shareholders

Date 20/03/2003

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American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

Date 20/03/2003

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 495,991,071 shares as of the March 14 settlement date, an increase of 5,291,401 from the 490,699,670 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-February. The March figure represents trades through March 11, 2003. In the year ago period, short interest totaled 501,719,431 (adjusted).
"Stockholmsbörsen Is One Of The Most Efficient Exchanges Thanks To Technology"

Date 20/03/2003

"We at OM are proud of the fact that Stockholmsbörsen is one of the world's most efficient exchanges. It is technological development that will lead to increased efficiency and improved competitiveness," stated OM's CEO Per E. Larsson in his address to the 19th Annual General Meeting of shareholders at Stockholm's Berwaldhallen last night.
Warsaw Exchange Announces Adjustment In WIG And WIRR indices

Date 19/03/2003

The Warsaw Stock Exchange announces the following quarterly adjustment changes to the WIG and WIRR SmallCap Indices: POLIGRAFIA will be removed from the WIG Index and GANT, LTL, MOSTALGD, POLNA, SUWARY and WANDALEX will be removed from the WIRR Index, because they no longer meet the criteria of participation.
UK FTSE4Good Companies Improve Environmental Disclosure

Date 19/03/2003

FTSE Group, the global index provider, reports today on the findings of its FTSE4Good Advisory Committee, which met this week for the regular six monthly review of index constituents. Globally, forty-eight new companies have joined the FTSE4Good Series for the first time, including thirteen UK companies.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 19/03/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, March 19, 2003: Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. (TSXVN:KGI) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The shares of the company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange at that time. The company will graduate to the TSX to trade under the symbol "KGI" effective at the opening of trading on Thursday, March 20, 2003.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Composite Index

Date 19/03/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Friday, March 21, 2003 the relative weights of the companies in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices will be adjusted. The relative weight change reflects the quarterly update to the float shares of various companies. Changes to the indices are in accordance with S&P/TSX Composite Index Maintenance Policies. Also effective on the same date will be the revisions resulting from the Annual Review of the TS
Securities And Exchange Commission: Household International Agrees to Cease-and-Desist Order for False and Misleading Statements About Restructuring Policies Concerning Delinquent Loans

Date 19/03/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission has entered an Order Instituting Public Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Making Findings, and Imposing Cease-and-Desist Order Pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 finding that Household International Inc. violated the antifraud and reporting provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Household consented to the entry of the Order without admitting or denying the fin
SEC Commissioners To Attend PCAOB Roundtable On Proposal For Registering Foreign Accounting Firms

Date 19/03/2003

Commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission plan to attend a March 31 roundtable meeting organized by the new Public Company Oversight Accounting Board to examine issues relating to registration and oversight of foreign public accounting firms.
SEC Charges HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy With $1.4 Billion Accounting Fraud - Trading In HealthSouth Securities Is Suspended - Commission Action Seeks Injunction, Money Penalties, Officer And Director Bar

Date 19/03/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged HealthSouth Corp., the nation's largest provider of outpatient surgery, diagnostic and rehabilitative healthcare services, and its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Richard M. Scrushy with a massive accounting fraud. The Commission's complaint, filed in federal district court in Birmingham, Ala., alleges that since 1999, at the insistence of Scrushy, HealthSouth systematically overstated its earnings by at least $1.4 billion in order to mee