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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 22/07/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, July 22, 2003: Desert Sun Mining Corp. (TSXVN:DSM) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange as a result of its graduation to the TSX, where it will trade under the ticker "DSM."
SEC Chairman Donaldson Commends NASD/Industry Task Force For "Breakpoint" Report And Recommendations - Announces SEC Review Of Mutual Fund Disclosure

Date 22/07/2003

SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson today commended members of the Joint NASD/Industry Task Force on Breakpoints, which issued a report today recommending industry-wide reforms to facilitate the processing of mutual fund purchases with the correct "breakpoint" sales load discounts. The task force's recommendations include improvements to disclosure regarding breakpoints, improvements in the processing of mutual fund purchase orders, and increased investor education on the opportunity to obtain bre
NASDAQ Announces Changes To Its Representation On The NASDAQ Deutschland Supervisory Board

Date 22/07/2003

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. today announced changes to its representation on the NASDAQ Deutschland Supervisory Board. At a meeting of shareholders held on 17th July, David Warren, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, joined the Board and replaced John Hilley, who has decided to leave NASDAQ at the end of July to pursue other professional opportunities.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Focus: The Correlation Between Non-Compulsory Information In The Annual Report And The Company's Cost Of Capital

Date 22/07/2003

In Focus no. 58, Mikkel Andreas Jensen, Assistant Professor Christian Petersen and Professor Thomas Plenborg from the Copenhagen Business School summarise the most important results of a Danish analysis of the correlation between the volume of non-compulsory information in the annual report and the company's cost of capital.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports Record Revenues, Earnings For The Second Quarter Of 2003, Spurred By Strength In Major Product Groups

Date 22/07/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) today reported record revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2003, spurred by strong trading volume in its three largest product categories: interest rates, equities and foreign exchange.

CBOT To Use RANorder Pro As e-cbotDIRECT Front-End

Date 22/07/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) and Rolfe & Nolan today announced a licensing arrangement for the use of RANorder Pro, a high performance trading front-end system, that will be offered by the exchange for individual members to use for trading access, or clearing firms to use as a back-up order entry system for their primary technology to interface with e-cbot® powered by LIFFE CONNECT®.
American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

Date 22/07/2003

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations yesterday reported short interest of 655,871,111 shares as of the July 15 settlement date, an increase of 52,833,015 from the 603,038,096 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-June. The July figure represents trades through July 10, 2003.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Focus On Feed Wheat Futures

Date 21/07/2003

Feed wheat futures prices at Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) continued a downward trend that started in December 2002 to close the month of June at the lowest levels in two years. The July futures contract closed the month of June at $127.00 per tonne, only $2.00 per tonne off of the intra-day contract low of $125.00 per tonne set on June 24, 2003. This is almost $60 per tonne off the contract high set in January 2003, when the July contract traded as high as $183.50 per tonne.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Canola Futures Sees Increase In Volume Over Year-Ago Totals

Date 21/07/2003

Activity in WCE canola futures trade was higher for the month of June, up 9.9% at 152,979 contracts, compared to 139,256 contracts traded in June of 2002. Canola futures volume for June 2003 also exceeded last month's (May 2003) volume by 27.3%. Canola futures open interest as of June 30, 2003 was 45,400 contracts, 11.6% above the year-ago level of 40,675 contracts.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 21/07/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, July 21, 2003: Pursuant to a special resolution passed by shareholders on July 11, 2003, Northern Empire Minerals Ltd. (TSXVN:NEM) will change its name to Stornoway Diamond Corporation. The company will trade under the new ticker symbol "SWY" and the new CUSIP number 86222Q 10 3. There is no consolidation of capital.