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The Montréal Exchange's Clearinghouse Earns An "AA" Rating From Standard & Poor's

Date 12/11/2002

Bourse de Montréal Inc. (Montréal Exchange) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC), has been assigned an "AA" rating by Standard & Poor's. Among the agency's reasons for handing out the rating were the CDCC's prudent risk management policies and procedures that protect the clearinghouse from abnormal market conditions.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Midcap And S&P/TSX Canadian Smallcap Indices

Date 12/11/2002

Standard & Poor's wishes to announce that following changes to the S&P/TSX Canadian MidCap and S&P/TSX Canadian SmallCap Indices:
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 12/11/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P/TSX Canadian Telecommunication Services Sector Index:
SEC: Commission Selects Acting Chief Accountant

Date 12/11/2002

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt today announced that the Commission unanimously selected Jackson M. Day as Acting Chief Accountant for the SEC. Day, 38, has served as the Commission's Deputy Chief Accountant since Sept. 15, 2000. Prior to joining the Commission's staff, Day was a partner in Ernst & Young's National Office of Professional Practice in New York. Day graduated in 1986 from Kansas State University with a B.S. in Business Administration
SEC Accepts Resignation Of Judge Webster

Date 12/11/2002

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt today accepted on behalf of the Commission the resignation of William H. Webster as chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Report To The SEC Regarding Arbitrator Conflict Disclosure Requirements In NASD And NYSE Securities Arbitrations

Date 12/11/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission is releasing a report prepared at the Commission's request by Professor Michael Perino, an associate professor of St. John's University School of Law and currently a visiting professor at Columbia Law School.
NYMEX Holdings, Inc., To Distribute First Dividend To Shareholders

Date 12/11/2002

The board of directors of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., voted last week to declare and distribute a one-time dividend of $5 million to stockholders of record as of January 2, 2003 - the first time a dividend has been issued by the holding company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., since the demutualization of the Exchange in November 2000.
NYBOT Announces Thanksgiving Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 12/11/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today the trading schedule for the U.S. Thanksgiving Day Holiday for the New York Board of Trade's subsidiary exchanges, the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE), the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange (Citrus), FINEX, and New York Futures Exchange (NYFE):
Madrid Stock Exchange: Gerdau One Of Brazil's Biggest Manufacturer Of Gross Steel To List On Latibex As Of December 2

Date 12/11/2002

Brazilian company Gerdau S.A., one of Brazil's biggest manufacturers of gross steel has applied for the listing of its preferred stock on the Latibex market. The company will begin trading on the market as of December 2, once it has met the listing requirements.
Instinet Announces October 2002 Transaction Information

Date 12/11/2002

Instinet Group Incorporated (NASDAQ: INET) announced today that its U.S. equity share volume in October 2002 was 14,458 million shares.(1) This compares to 8,662 million shares in September 2002 and 7,072 million shares in October 2001.