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Boston Stock Exchange Postpones Live Rollout Of NASDAQ Securities

Date 16/04/2003

The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) has just notified NASDAQ® that it will postpone its rollout of live NASDAQ securities that was to commence on Monday, April 21, 2003, beginning with Zomax Inc. (ZOMX), until a later date. The Boston Stock Exchange has not provided any further information regarding the postponement.
Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics March 2003

Date 16/04/2003

Riga In March the Riga Stock Exchange trading volume amounted to EUR 38.19 million. Though in absolute terms debt trading dominated (EUR 31.01 million), equity trading reached EUR 7.18 million, which is more than twice as much as in February (EUR 3.09 million). Latvijas balzams with EUR 5.54 million was the leading equity in terms of trading volume. The reason for the increased activity was the take-over bid by S.P.I Distilleries B.V. to the rest of Latvijas balzams shareholders (at
The Options Clearing Corporation Begins Real Time Processing With Pacific Exchange

Date 15/04/2003

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) today announced that its new clearing system ENCORE, is now processing trades from the Pacific Exchange (PCX) within moments after they occur. PCX is the first exchange to send its trades "real" time.
StarMine Announces The NASDAQ-StarMine 2002 Analyst Award Winners - Objective Ratings Of Sell Side Analysts Highlight - Most Profitable And Most Accurate Performances

Date 15/04/2003

StarMine, the leading provider of objective ratings of securities analysts, and The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the world's largest electronic stock market, today announced the results of StarMine's 2002 annual survey of analyst performances for North America. StarMine measures analyst performance based on the return of their stock recommendations and the accuracy of their earnings estimates. StarMine is a strategic partner of Thomson Financial and utilized the First Call system as its data sourc
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 15/04/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, April 16, 2003: The relative weight of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: REI.UN) will increase by approximately 0.43% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Income Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units pursuant to the terms of a prospectus dated April 1, 2003.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 15/04/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, April 16, 2003: The relative weight of Bombardier Inc. (TSX: BBD.B) will increase by approximately 0.20% in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite Indices, by 0.27% in the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped Indices, by 2.94% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Industrials Index and by 0.24% in the TSX 100 Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the flo
SEC: Statement Of The Commission Regarding The Selection Of The Chairperson Of The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)

Date 15/04/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has unanimously selected William J. McDonough as its nominee to be the new Chairperson of the five-member Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) established pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Robert Greifeld Named President And CEO Of Nasdaq - H. Furlong Baldwin Elected Chairman Of The Board

Date 15/04/2003

The Board of Directors of NASDAQ (OTCBB: NDAQ) announced today that it has named Robert Greifeld President and Chief Executive Officer and elected him to the Board. H. Furlong Baldwin, former Chairman of Mercantile Bankshares Corporation and Chairman of the Management Compensation Committee of the NASDAQ Board, has been elected non-executive Chairman. Both appointments are effective May 12, 2003.
Participants Of The International Conference On Corporate Conduct Intend To Work Out Common Approaches To The Development And Implementation Of Codes For Companies And Banks In Russia

Date 15/04/2003

The development and implementation of codes of corporate conduct will be in the focus of the international conference "Corporate conduct in the financial market", to be held in Moscow 22 April, 2003. Among the co-organizers of the conference are the RF Federal Securities Commission, the International Financial Corporation, the World Bank, the RF Chamber of Trade and Commerce, the Association of Lawyers of Russia, the NYSE, the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, the National Stock Market Associa
Nymex Assigned AA+/A-1+ Credit Rating By Standard & Poor's

Date 15/04/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today received long-term AA+/short-term A-1+ counterparty credit ratings from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.