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TSE Demutualization Plan Receives Government Approval

Date 15/12/1999

The Toronto Stock Exchange moved a step closer to becoming a for-profit entity, today. The proposal that would allow the Exchange to demutualize passed third reading by the Ontario Legislature, as part of its Budget Bill, and has now received Royal Assent from the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange RSS3 Futures/Rubber Index Futures And Rubber Index Futures Weekly Report

Date 15/12/1999

Distant month: opening 76.90 yen, a high 78.40 yen (Dec. 8), low 75.00 yen (Dec. 9), closing 76.40 yen.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Aluminium Futures Weekly Report

Date 15/12/1999

Distant month : opening 163.4 yen, a high 164.9 yen (Dec. 9), a low 162.5 yen (Dec. 6), closing 163.4 yen.
NYMEX To Establish COMEX Division Posting Deadline For EFPs

Date 15/12/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange will, beginning on December 20, establish a posting deadline of 10 A.M. the next business day for exchange of futures for physicals (EFPs) transacted on the COMEX Division while the open outcry market is closed.
NYBOT President James J. Bowe Departs Exchange

Date 15/12/1999

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) yesterday announced the resignation of NYBOT President & CEO James J. Bowe effective December 31, 1999. Bowe, who had been president of the Coffee, Sugar Cocoa Exchange, Inc., was appointed NYBOT president in June 1998 following the merger of the Coffee, Sugar Cocoa Exchange, Inc. and The New York Cotton Exchange. He has resigned as a result of irreconcilable differences with respect to responsibilities associated with the position of president and CEO for th

Merc Board Re-elects Gordon Chairman, Chooses Other Officers

Date 15/12/1999

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Board of Directors this afternoon elected its board officers for the year 2000 at an organizational meeting. Scott Gordon was re-elected Chairman of the Board for a second consecutive two-year term.
Meeting Of The Oslo Stock Exchange Board - Transfers From The SMB List To The Main List And Transfers From The Main List To The SMB List.

Date 15/12/1999

If the market value of the shares of a company which is listed on the SMB List has exceeded NOK 300 million for at least one year and the other conditions for listing on the Main List are satisfied, the Stock Exchange Regulations provide at § 2-2 first paragraph for the Stock Exchange Board to decide that the company's shares shall be placed on the Main List.
Letter From William Brodsky To Arthur Levitt Regarding Options Exchanges Linkage

Date 15/12/1999

Dear Arthur: CBOE is writing in response to your November 10, 1999, letter requesting our views on whether to incorporate price-time priority into an intermarket options linkage. We appreciate your invitation to comment on the issue, which has engendered much discussion among the options exchanges and within the broader options industry.
JSE Records All Time High For Number of Deals Traded

Date 15/12/1999

Today the JSE recorded the highest number of deals traded on any one day in its 111 year history. Deals amounting to 32,507 surpassed the previous record of 30,398 recorded on March 18, 1999.
Industry Veteran Nicholas Bolton Hired By CBOT As Exchange Representative In Asia Pacific Region

Date 15/12/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that Nicholas T.M. Bolton has been hired as the representative to open a new Asian Pacific office for the exchange. The new office will begin operations on December 15. Bolton will serve the region from his base in Sydney, Australia.