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New Regulations Change Accounting And Reporting Requirements For UK's Companies

Date 16/08/2005

Gerry Sutcliffe, Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs today announced a new series of regulations amending the accounting and reporting requirements for companies, and making certain amendments for non-companies.
Instinet Group Announces July 2005 Transaction Information

Date 16/08/2005

Instinet Group Incorporated (NASDAQ: INGP) today announced July 2005 transaction data for its two major business segments: Instinet, The Institutional Broker and INET, The electronic marketplace.
First Microcap ETF Begins Trading On New York Stock Exchange - iShares Russell Microcap™ Index ETF Is Latest Addition To NYSE, The Market Of Choice For New ETFs

Date 16/08/2005

The New York Stock Exchange announced that the iShares Russell Microcap Index Fund (NYSE: IWC) – the first ETF based on an index of microcap stocks – began trading today. Using an underlying index as a subset of the Russell Microcap Index, which measures the performance of the U.S. equity microcap sector, IWC contains companies with market capitalizations ranging from approximately $50 million to $550 million.
CFTC Chairman Reuben Jeffery III Announces The Appointment Of Charley Cooper To Be Chief Of Staff

Date 16/08/2005

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Reuben Jeffery III announced the selection of Charley Cooper to be his Chief of Staff, effective immediately.
CBOT Board of Directors of CBOT Holdings, Inc. Completes Its Review Of Strategic Alternatives - Company To Proceed With Its Initial Public Offering

Date 16/08/2005

CBOT Holdings, Inc. announced today that the Board of Directors of the company, with the assistance of the Board’s financial and legal advisors, has completed its previously announced review of the company’s strategic alternatives. Based on this review, the Board has (1) concluded that it is not advisable at this time for the company to pursue a sale or other change of control transaction and (2) instructed the company’s management to proceed with the company’s pending initial public offering o

Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistical Report July 2005

Date 16/08/2005

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The Nasdaq Stock Market Educational Foundation, Inc. Donates Grant To NYU Stern’s Derivative Research Program

Date 15/08/2005

The NASDAQ Stock Market Educational Foundation, Inc. has awarded a three-year grant totaling $300,000 to the Derivatives Research Program, a leading program dedicated exclusively to the study of derivatives and risk management, at New York University’s Stern School of Business. The NASDAQ Foundation will support the program, now renamed The NASDAQ Derivatives Research Program in recognition of the grant, to more firmly establish it at the forefront of derivatives inquiry.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 15/08/2005

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Tuesday, August 16, 2005: The relative weight of Metro Inc. (TSX:MRU.SV.A) will increase by approximately 0.06% in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, by 0.38% in the S&P/TSX MidCap and by 1.35% in the S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Indices. The relative weight change reflects the issuance of new shares as part of the GAP
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To U.S. Indices

Date 15/08/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P 100 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices after the close of trading on Thursday, August 18: S&P REIT Composite constituent Public Storage Inc. (NYSE:PSA) will replace Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE:DAL) in the S&P 500. At the close of trading on August 15 Delta had a market capitalization of roughly $200 million, ranking 500th in the index. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) will replace Delta in the S&P 100. M/I Homes Inc. (NY
Share Changes For Macquarie Infrastructure Group In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 15/08/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Thursday August 18th 2005: Macquarie Infrastructure Group (Australia, SEDOL: 6456942, GICS Code: 20305020) a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index will increase its shares to 2,182,484,115. This change is due to a Dividend and Distribution Reinvestment Plan.