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NYSE Seat Prices

Date 05/05/2005

A membership on the NYSE is traditionally referred to as a "seat" because in the early years of its existence members sat in assigned chairs during the roll call of stocks. The term lost its literal meaning with the advent of continuous trading in 1871.
Nymex Sets Record For e-miNY<sup>sm</sup> Crude Oil Futures And Total e-miNY<sup>sm</sup> Futures Volume

Date 05/05/2005

Daily trading records were set in e-miNYsm crude oil futures contracts and total e-miNYsm futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday.
NASD Charges Oppenheimer & Co. With Thwarting Investigation, Late And Inaccurate Reporting Of Thousands Of Muni Bond Transactions - Firm Also Charged With Failing To Retain Email For More Than 20 Months

Date 05/05/2005

NASD announced today that it has charged Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., formerly known as Fahnestock & Co., Inc., with failing to cooperate in an NASD investigation; failing to retain business-related electronic mail, as required by federal securities law and NASD rules; and, violating Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) rules by failing to report some bona fide municipal bond transactions, reporting others that were never effected, and reporting thousands of other trades late and inaccuratel
LME Appoints A Director Of Exchange Strategy

Date 05/05/2005

Patrick Birley has joined The London Metal Exchange (LME) as Director of Exchange Strategy on Monday 3 May 2005.
International Council of Securities Associations Releases 2005 Annual Meeting Brief

Date 05/05/2005

The International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA) this week released its 2005 communiqué at its annual meeting in Lugano, Switzerland. ICSA endorsed a number of initiatives aimed at aiding and encouraging the sound growth of international securities markets. In the document, ICSA endorsed anti-money laundering provisions, and pledged its full support for the international campaign against terrorism and criminal abuse of the financial system. The council called for an examination of

HRW Wheat Crop Tour Results In - 2005 Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour Estimate For Kansas At 46.2 Bushels Per Acre

Date 05/05/2005

The final estimate for the 2005 hard red winter wheat tour sponsored by the Wheat Quality Council was announced today at the Kansas City Board of Trade. The final participant estimate for the three-day tour average was a yield of 46.2 bushels per acre, 8.8 bushels higher than the 2004 estimate of 37.4 bushels per acre.
EEX´ CO2 Emission Allowances Trading With A Restrained Start - 88 Participants In The First Eight Weeks – So Far About 150.000 Allowances Traded – Nationwide Road Show To Inform About Exchange Trading

Date 05/05/2005

The CO2 emission allowances trading at the European En-ergy Exchange (EEX) is restrained so far. While already 88 of the altogether 113 EEX´s Spot Market participants are activated for CO2 trades in the first eight weeks, only 144.700 of these allowances were traded. Each of them entitles to an emission of one ton of CO2. The current price is 16.00 Euro, the highest price so far was 17.70 Euro on April 20, the first and – till now – lowest quotation was 10.40 Euro on March 9th.
CME Announces Memorial Day Holiday Hours

Date 05/05/2005

CME today announced the following trading schedule in conjunction with the Memorial Day holiday (all times are Central time):
CME Announces Latest Expansion Of Equity Index Product Line With Futures On The Highly Successful ETFs – NASDAQ-100® Index Tracking Stock - S&P 500® Depositary Receipts - And iShares Russell 2000®

Date 05/05/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced it will launch futures contracts on three of the largest and most actively traded Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the U.S. New CME ETF futures contracts on NASDAQ-100® Index Tracking Stock (ticker: QQQQ), S&P 500® Depositary Receipts (ticker: SPY) and iShares Russell 2000® (ticker: IWM) are scheduled to begin trading on the exchange’s CME® Globex® electronic trading platform on June 6, 2005. The futures on the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 wil
CBOT Responds To U.S. Treasury Department Announcement On 30-Year Bonds

Date 05/05/2005

Below please find a statement from CBOT Chairman Charles P. Carey regarding today’s announcement by the U.S. Treasury Department that it will consider reissuing 30-year Treasury bonds.