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Component Deletion From The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Effective On May 14, 2001

Date 11/05/2001

BioChem Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq:BCHE) will be deleted as a component of the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index® (Nasdaq:NBI), effective at the beginning of trading Monday, May 14, 2001. BioChem Pharma Inc. is being acquired by Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc (Nasdaq:SHPGY). As a result, the Index will then include 75 companies.
CME Contract Specifications Changes: Circuit Breaker For All Stock Index Futures - Contract Months Pork Cutout options And Fresh Bellies Options - All-Or-None (AON) Threshold British Pound Futures

Date 11/05/2001

The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME's Web site have been updated to reflect the following: Effective Sunday, May 13, 2001, the 2.5% Circuit Breaker for all Stock Index Futures contracts will be eliminated. This affects the S&P 500, E-Mini S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, E-Mini Nasdaq 100, S&P MidCap 400, Russell 2000, S&P/BARRA Growth, S&P/BARRA Value and FORTUNE E-50 Stock Index futures contracts.
CBOT/MIDAM Memorial Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 11/05/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following trading schedules in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
BEL20® Monthly Selection List

Date 11/05/2001

Based upon the figures until the end of April 2001, the Market Authority of Euronext Brussels communicates the new monthly selection list. This list is valid for replacements that would occur from Monday 14 May 2001 up to and including Friday 8 June 2001 after trading hours. This list is also available on our website: www.euronext.com (http://www.stockexchange.be/pd/pdc/endca01.htm)
Amex CEO Sal Sodano Urges Chinese To Focus On Transparency, Small Businesses

Date 11/05/2001

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Salvatore F. Sodano said yesterday that the Chinese should focus on building a strong efficient market system that has safeguards and protections for investors.

Ad Hoc Committee To Consider Future Tokyo Stock Exchange Organisational Structure – Final Report

Date 11/05/2001

The Ad hoc Committee in charge of advising whether or not TSE should demutualize has been meeting since July last year. The committee published the final report setting out their findings and outlining a conceptual plan for demutualization.
Standard & Poor's – Index Change: S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Index

Date 10/05/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Friday, May 11, 2001, the following changes will take place in the S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Index.
Program Trading Averaged 27.3 Percent Of NYSE Volume During April 30 – May 4, 2001

Date 10/05/2001

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 April 30 - May 4.
NYSE Applauds President Bush For Nomination of Harvey Pitt As SEC Chairman

Date 10/05/2001

"I applaud President Bush for nominating Harvey Pitt as chairman of the SEC. Harvey has a deep understanding of the broad range of participants that make our financial markets the strongest and most admired in the world. Most important, he recognizes that if you serve the interests of the smallest investor, you serve the interests of all. Harvey's a man of great integrity and diverse experience, and he is an outstanding choice to lead the SEC in this critical period in the development of America
Nymex To Amend Post-Close Trading Rules

Date 10/05/2001

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will make several changes to the post-close trading sessions for crude oil, heating oil, unleaded gasoline, and natural gas beginning tomorrow (11 May, 2001).