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UK’s Financial Services Authority Announces Major Progress Towards Streamlining Anti-Money-Laundering Customer Identification

Date 14/10/2004

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today issued a progress report on the work it has been leading to simplify the UK's customer identification verification (ID) regime for anti-money-laundering (AML) purposes. The report reflects the discussions of the FSA's ID working group, which has representation from all major stakeholders including law enforcement, consumers and the industry.
TSX Venture Statistics – September 2004

Date 14/10/2004

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TSX Group -- Christmas Holiday Closures

Date 14/10/2004

Both Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange will close on 1:00 p.m. EST on Friday, December 24 and will be closed on Monday, December 27 and Tuesday, December 28 in lieu of Christmas and Boxing Day. Both Exchanges will re-open for business on Wednesday, December 29.
Program Trading Averaged 50.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Oct. 4-8

Date 14/10/2004

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 Oct. 4-8.
Power Outage At Reuters Affects Real-Time Data Feeds To Several S&P Indices

Date 14/10/2004

Due to a power outage at Reuters Holdings PLC's technical centre in London, Standard & Poor’s was unable to access real-time market data for several of its indices in Europe, Canada, and the United States for most of Tuesday, October 12th. Power to Reuter’s data feed system was restored for real-time S&P indices to be calculated at the start of trading on Wednesday, October 13th.

NYBOT Announces Spot Cycle Months For U.S. Dollar-Rand Futures To Be Eliminated And November 2004 Futures Contract To Be Delisted

Date 14/10/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the close of business today, October 14, an amendment to its rules will be implemented. The effect of the amendment is to remove provisions for Spot Cycle Contract Months in the U.S. Dollar/South African Rand futures contract.
New York Mercantile Exchange: E-miNY(sm) Futures Daily Volume Crosses 10,000 For First Time

Date 14/10/2004

Records were set in e–miNY energy futures(sm) and e–miNY(sm) crude oil futures trading for the second day in a row yesterday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., when e–miNY(sm) volume of 10,953 contracts surpassed the previous record of 9,987 contracts on October 12, while e–miNY(sm) crude oil futures volume of 10,144 contracts exceeded the previous record of 9,196 contracts set on the same day.
New York Mercantile Exchange To Increase Margins On Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures, Calendar Swap Futures, And E-miNY Futures Contracts

Date 14/10/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that it will increase the margins on its light, sweet crude oil; light, sweet crude oil calendar swap; and light, sweet crude oil e– miNY(sm) futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow.
New Member Firm For The Irish Stock Exchange

Date 14/10/2004

CCF S.A., which uses HSBC CCF as its main trading name, has been admitted to membership of the Exchange as a primary dealer in Irish government bonds. The main role of the primary dealer is to continuously make markets in Irish government bonds as well as bidding in auctions for such bonds organised by the National Treasury Management Agency. HSBC CCF will commence trading from Monday 18th October.
NASDAQ MarketSite Studio To Become CNN Epicenter For Election Day Coverage

Date 14/10/2004

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ) today announced that CNN will headquarter its coverage of the 2004 election at the NASDAQ MarketSite located in the heart of Times Square. The NASDAQ MarketSite will serve as CNN's election-night headquarters.