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Trendwest Resorts, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning March 1, 2001

Date 23/02/2001

Trendwest Resorts, Inc. (Nasdaq:TWRI) of Redmond, Washington, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Thursday, March 1, 2001. Trendwest Resorts, Inc. will replace Republic Security Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:RSFC), which is being acquired.
TIFFE Introduces Give-up Functions For Options On Three-month Euroyen Futures

Date 23/02/2001

TIFFE starts Give-up functions for Options on Three-month Euroyen futures from 1 March 2001.
New York Stock Exchange Issues Monthly Short Interest Report

Date 23/02/2001

The New York Stock Exchange today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 15, 2001 reflecting transactions through February 12, 2001.
KCBT Wheat Futures Set New Single-Day Volume Record For The Month Of February

Date 23/02/2001

Kansas City Board of Trade wheat futures volume on Thursday exceeded all previous single-day records for any given February. A total of 24,322 hard red winter wheat contracts were traded, the equivalent of 121.610 million bushels.
HKFE Revises Margins for HS 100 Futures, Red-Chip Futures, One-Month HIBOR Futures, Selected Stock Futures And Rolling Forex

Date 23/02/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Friday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 26 February, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the HS 100 Futures, Red-Chip Futures, One-Month HIBOR Futures, Selected Stock Futures And Rolling Forex futures contracts have been revised. For full details see http://www.hke

CME's GLOBEX®2 E-mini Index Extend Volume Records For Second Day

Date 23/02/2001

For the second consecutive day, volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.’s (CME) GLOBEX®2 electronic trading system reached record levels, with 343,193 contracts changing hands on Thursday, Feb. 22. In addition, volume in CME’s E-mini S&P 500 and E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts set new records of 160,134 and 139,943, respectively, also their second consecutive new high marks.
Chicago Stock Exchange Names Two Top Executives: A.D. Frazier, President And Chief Executive Officer; Paul B. O’Kelly, Chief Operating Officer

Date 23/02/2001

The Chicago Stock Exchange, the second largest stock exchange in the U.S., announced that it had selected A.D. Frazier Jr. to be its new President and Chief Executive Officer, and Paul B. O’Kelly to be its Chief Operating Officer (COO).
CBOT® Volume On a/c/e Sets New Record – Trading Hits 199,598 Contracts, Surpassing Overall Volume Of 13,000,000 Since System’s Launch

Date 23/02/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that its members set a new daily volume record yesterday of 199,598 contracts traded on its electronic trading platform, a/c/e, breaking the former record of 194,598 contracts set on January 17, 2001.
virt-x Tariff Structure To Cut The Cost Of Pan-European Trading

Date 22/02/2001

virt-x plc ("virt-x") announced yesterday the trading tariffs for its new pan-European blue chip market to be launched on 25 June 2001. Following the commencement of trading, which will be phased, virt-x members will be able to trade in the constituents of all of the major European blue chip indices on one market with one set of trading tariffs. This will not only simplify the process of trading pan-European blue chips; it will also significantly reduce the cost of European equity trading, parti
Stock Exchange of Thailand Announces Board of Governors' Resolutions February 2001

Date 22/02/2001

Mr. Vicharat Vichit-Vadakan, President, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announced the latest SET Board of Governors resolutions following the Board's monthly meeting as follows: