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National Stock Exchange Of Lithuania Monthly Bulletin - April 2004

Date 12/05/2004

April was a month of annual meetings of shareholders - they were held in 34 companies. For that reason trading in the securities of these companies was temporarily halted on the Exchange, which resulted in a slight fall in the interest of investors. Besides the annual evaluation of the performance results, shareholders of the companies discussed other important issues, including increase of the authorised capital of the companies Lisco Baltic Service AB, Lietuvos Dujos AB, the bank Snoras
NASDAQ's Closing Cross To Be Used In Annual Reconstitution Of Russell Indexes

Date 12/05/2004

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ® ) and Russell Investment Group announced that the NASDAQ Closing Cross will be used to price NASDAQ-listed securities for the annual reconstitution of Russell's 21 U.S. stock indexes on June 25.
KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No.185 – May 7, 2004

Date 12/05/2004

Please click here to view the KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No.185 – May 7, 2004.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - April 2004

Date 12/05/2004

Equity turnover for April was EUR 5,289.79 million while that for bonds was EUR 5,938.71 million.
HKEx 2004 First Quarter Results

Date 12/05/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Wednesday) published its 2004 first quarter results. The full announcement is enclosed and available on the HKEx website at http://www.hkex.com.hk. The quarterly report will be available on the same website on or before 14 May 2004.

European Commission: Results Of Council Of Economics And Finance Ministers, Brussels, 10-11 May 2004 Taxation And Financial Services

Date 12/05/2004

Savings taxation European Commissioner for Taxation Frits Bolkestein and Irish Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy, on behalf of the Presidency of the Council, updated the Council on progress made in negotiations on savings tax agreements with Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino. The United Kingdom also reported on progress on savings tax arrangements with the UK's Crown Dependencies and Caribbean Territories. The Council welcomed progress made with Andorra on a savings tax ag
Euronext To Benefit From Innovative Tax Agreement Designed For Integrated European Companies

Date 12/05/2004

Euronext NV has signed a groundbreaking agreement with the tax authorities of Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The agreement governs the way in which subsidiaries of integrated European companies can share taxable income.
Dow Jones Indexes To Test New Pricing Sources For Calculation Of Dow Jones Averages

Date 12/05/2004

Dow Jones Indexes said it will conduct a pilot program in which the opening and closing prices of Nasdaq-listed stocks from the American Stock Exchange will be used to calculate the Dow Jones Averages.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Provides Direct GLOBEX® Connection For Birkert Wertpapierhandelshaus AG Via Realtime Systems Group - Firm Becomes First German-based CME Customer To Benefit From New Frankfurt Telecommunications Hub; CME’s Paris Telecommunicati

Date 12/05/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced Birkert Wertpapierhandelshaus AG, an independent proprietary trading firm, has become the first Frankfurt customer to initiate direct access to GLOBEX® through the exchange’s newly opened telecommunications hub in Germany.
CFTC Expands Clearing Designation For London Clearing House

Date 12/05/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an amended Order permitting LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH) to clear financial futures and options traded on or subject to the rules of a U.S. designated contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or exempt board of trade. LCH currently clears over-the-counter interest rate swaps and commercial energy contracts pursuant to the Commission’s original order registeri