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SEC Chairman Donaldson Hails President's Signing Of Legislation To Speed Hiring Of Accountants, Economists, Compliance Examiners

Date 03/07/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today praised President Bush for enacting H.S. 658, The Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 2003, which will greatly streamline the Commission's efforts to add more than 800 lawyers, accountants, economists and examiners to its staff.
Russia Added To Dow Jones Blue-Chip Index Family - Dow Jones Indexes and RusIndex Company Cooperate To Create Index For Russia - Advisory Committee To Advise On Russian Market Needs

Date 03/07/2003

Dow Jones Indexes and RusIndex Company today launched the Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10, an index based on blue-chip companies headquartered in Russia. The index was developed jointly by Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and RusIndex Company, an independent Russian index agency.
Prospectus On Merger Between OM And HEX

Date 03/07/2003

On May 20, 2003, OM AB (publ) ("OM") and HEX Plc ("HEX") announced plans to merge. Today, the Board of Directors of OM has approved a prospectus (the "Prospectus") setting forth the terms and conditions of the offer (the "Offer") being made to the shareholders and warrant holders of HEX through which the combination between OM and HEX will be effected.
Program Trading Averaged 40.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 23-27, 2003

Date 03/07/2003

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 June 23-27, 2003.
NYBOT Trading Volumes Continue March Upward - Cotton, FCOJ, Sugar No. 11 And US Dollar Index Show Sizeable Increases

Date 03/07/2003

Trading volumes for agricultural commodity and currency products at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) continue to show considerable increases. The NYBOT markets posted gains of a 13% increase in total futures and options contracts traded year-to-date, with total commodity futures up 12% for the year and total commodity options traded up 20%. Leading the way were a cotton futures increase of 25%, total currency futures up 28%, and the USDX showing an increase of 31% for the year.

New Singapore Commodity Exchange Chairman And Board Of Directors

Date 03/07/2003

The Singapore Commodity Exchange (SICOM) is pleased to announce the election of Mr Patrick Hays as the new Chairman of the SICOM Board of Directors with effect from 1 July 2003. Mr Hays is the Managing Director of Societe des Matieres Premieres Tropicales Pte Ltd (SMPT) a company of the Michelin Group. SMPT purchases all the natural rubber for the parent company Michelin that has a global tyre market share of about 20%.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - June 2003

Date 03/07/2003

Equity turnover for June was EUR 8,571.90 million while that for bonds was EUR 6,305.52 million.
ICEX Market Overview January-June 2003

Date 03/07/2003

A market summary report for January-June 2003 has been published on the ICEX web site.
Clearstream Launches New Borrowing And Lending Program "BAMBL" - Higher Efficiency For Cross-Border Transactions - Eurex Clearing Will Become Automatic Borrower In Euroclear Settlement System

Date 03/07/2003

Clearstream has launched a new borrowing and lending program that puts German federal securities at the disposal of market participants without a lending fee from late in the afternoon until early in the morning. The program, called BAMBL (Bond Advanced Management for Borrowing and Lending ), is the first building block in a comprehensive series of services that the Deutsche Börse Group is developing to improve the settlement of cross-border transactions. As an additional element, Eurex Clearing
CFTC Proposes Rules For Risk-Based Capital And Financial Reporting Efficiency

Date 03/07/2003

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is proposing a new margin-based or risk-based approach for determining the minimum capital requirements for futures commission merchants (FCMs). The CFTC is also proposing to harmonize reporting requirements for FCMs that are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as broker-dealers. The proposed changes recognize advances in technology, streamline Commission procedures, and generally promote the goals of the Commodity Futu