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CBOT Members Approve 3 Propositions in August 30 Ballot - CBOT® Members Approve 3 Propositions in August 30 Ballot Increasing Transaction Fee Rates and Establishing a Licensed Contract Fee and Block Trading Surcharge

Date 31/08/2000

Members of the Chicago Board of Trade in a vote conducted yesterday approved three propositions amending exchange rules that will increase member transaction fee rates, establish a new Licensed Contract Fee for non-member transactions in stock index and Municipal Bond Index contracts, and establish a new block trading surcharge.
CBOT - E-Trading Disclosure - Electronic Trading And Order Routing Systems

Date 31/08/2000

Electronic trading and order routing systems differ from traditional open outcry pit trading and manual order routing methods. Transactions using an electronic system are subject to the rules and regulations of the exchange(s) offering the system and/or listing the contract. Before you engage in transactions using an electronic system, you should carefully review the rules and regulations of the exchange(s) offering the system and/or listing contracts you intend to trade.
VerticalNet CEO Joseph Galli To Ring Opening Bell Sept. 5 At CME On FORTUNE e-50™ Index Futures

Date 30/08/2000

oseph Galli, Jr., president and CEO of VerticalNet, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERT), the Internet's leading network of business-to-business communities of commerce, will ring the bell opening trading in FORTUNE e-50™ Index futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 10:30 a.m., the CME has announced. FORTUNE e-50 Index futures will provide a risk management and investment tool specifically designed to track the performance of companies shaping the Internet economy.
Seifert: "iX-International Exchanges Is The Right Concept" - Opening Ceremony For The New Corporate Headquarters Of Deutsche Börse

Date 30/08/2000

"iX-international exchanges is the right concept for shareholders, market participants and financial centers in London and Frankfurt." This was the point emphasized by Deutsche Börse's chief executive officer, Dr. Werner G. Seifert, at the official opening ceremony for the company's new corporate headquarters in Frankfurt on Wednesday. Seifert said the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse was sorry to see the process of establishing iX-international exchanges disturbed by the hostile takeover bid b
Pacific Exchange To Trade Options On DigitalThink, Inc.

Date 30/08/2000

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) will begin trading options on DigitalThink, Inc. (DTHK/DTU) on Thursday, August 31, 2000. For expiration cycles and strike prices, visit the PCX Web site at www.pacificex.com.

NYBOT® Continues to Report Open Interest Records In Cocoa Futures & Sugar Option Puts

Date 30/08/2000

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) cocoa futures market established a new open interest record of 120,094 for the fifth consecutive day, surpassing the previous record of 119,384 on August 28, 2000. NYBOT also reported an open interest record of 124,125 in sugar option puts, eclipsing the previous record of 123,538 on August 28, 2000.
New York Stock Exchange Announces Second-Quarter 2000 Financial Results

Date 30/08/2000

The New York Stock Exchange reported revenues of $394.9 million and net income of $47.3 million in the first six months of 2000, as compared with $370.9 million and $58.4 million in the same period a year ago.
Juniper Networks To Join The Nasdaq-100 Index Beginning September 7, 2000

Date 30/08/2000

Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:JNPR), of Sunnyvale, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Thursday, September 7, 2000. Shares of Juniper Networks will also be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking StockSM (Amex:QQQ). Juniper Networks will replace VISX, Incorporated, (VISX), which is delisting from The Nasdaq Stock Market®.
International Securities Exchange Announces New Primary Market Maker

Date 30/08/2000

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced today that Timber Hill LLC of Greenwich, CT has become a Primary Market Maker, joining other leading institutions as the main liquidity providers in the first fully electronic options market in the United States.
Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements for 17 Billion Kronur.

Date 30/08/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on August 29 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.6 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 17 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.