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Stock Exchange Of Thailand Budgeted THB30 Mln. To Further Upgrade Listed Companies’ Corporate Governance

Date 04/01/2005

Ms. Sopawadee Lertmanaschai, Executive Vice President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand, revealed that, in 2005, the SET will continue to work to upgrade corporate governance (CG) standards among listed companies to reach that of their foreign listed counterparts.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 04/01/2005

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Wednesday, January 5, 2005: Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. (TSX:RCM.RV.B) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite, the S&P/TSX Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX SmallCap and the S&P/TSX Capped Telecommunication Services indices. The minority shareholders have approved by 93.5% a takeover offer from the company’s parent, Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.NV.
Spanish Exchange Trades 86 New Warrants Issued By BBVA Banco De Financiación

Date 04/01/2005

The Spanish Exchange yesterday began trading 86 new warrants issued by BBVA Banco de Financiación. The underlying assets for the warrants are domestic and foreign shares and indices.
Share And IWF Change For Rogers Communications Inc. (US) In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 04/01/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of trading on Wednesday, January 5, 2005: Rogers Communications Inc. CI B NV (US) (Canada, NYSE: RG, CUSIP: 775109200, Sedol: 2125268) shares and IWF will change as a result of its acquisition of Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. The shares will increase to 273,491,306 from 245,418,450. The IWF will increase to 0.81239455194967 from 0.79093479320728.
SEC Charges TV Azteca And Its Chairman—Ricardo Salinas Pliego With Fraudulent Scheme To Conceal Salinas’ $109 Million Windfall Through Related Party Transactions - Also Charged Are TV Azteca’s Parent Company, Its Former CEO/Director, And Another Director

Date 04/01/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil fraud charges against TV Azteca S.A. de C.V. (TV Azteca or the company), a Mexican issuer whose American depository receipts trade on the NYSE, its parent company, Azteca Holdings, S.A., de C.V. (Azteca Holdings), and three current and former TV Azteca officers and directors, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Pedro Padilla Longoria, and Luis Echarte Fernandez. The SEC alleges in its complaint that the defendants engaged in an elaborate scheme to co

Oslo Børs: Three Minutes Of Silence At 12.00 On 5 January

Date 04/01/2005

Oslo Børs will observe three minutes silence on Wednesday 5 January at 12.00 CET, to honour and express sympathy with the victims of the tsunami in South East Asia on 26 December 2004.
Oslo Børs: Monthly Statistics For Equities 2004

Date 04/01/2005

Indices, turnover per sector, winners and losers, key figures per instrument, shareholder structure, new issues and new listings last month and year to date. The archive includes monthly statistics from May 2001.
OMX Exchanges Observe Three Minutes Of Silence

Date 04/01/2005

Following the recommendation made by the Council of the European Union, the OMX Exchanges will observe three minutes of silence tomorrow January 5, 2005 as a mark of respect to the commemoration of the victims of the Tsunami disaster.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Former Chairman/CEO Of Federated Department Stores Indicted

Date 04/01/2005

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said today that a New York County grand jury has indicted the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Federated Department Stores for perjury.
New SAXESS Member Of Stockholm Stock Exchange

Date 04/01/2005

Norwegian Orion Securities ASA, has been admitted as cash member of Stockholm Stock Exchange and will commence trading in SAXESS from Monday 10 January 2005.