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NASD Issues Summary Suspension Of Brokerage LH Ross

Date 25/02/2005

NASD announced today it has issued a summary suspension of Boca Raton, FL-based brokerage LH Ross & Company, Inc., based on its determination that the firm is in such financial or operational difficulty that it cannot be permitted to continue to do business as a member with safety to investors, creditors, other members or NASD. The suspension prevents LH Ross from doing business and is effective immediately.
Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 25/02/2005

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LME Announces Additional Grades For The Polypropylene (PP) Plastics Contract

Date 25/02/2005

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has today confirmed that, in advance of the launch of plastics futures contracts on 27 May, it has introduced two new deliverable grades to the polypropylene (PP) contract specification.
ICEX News & Views - This Issue Highlights The Publication Of Summary Of Surveillance Cases In 2004.

Date 25/02/2005

Click here to download ICEX News & Views volume 5, issue 8, 25 February 2005.
HKFE Clearing Corporation Limited And The SEHK Options Clearing House Limited Abolish Standard Instruction Input/Processing Fee

Date 25/02/2005

HKFE Clearing Corporation Limited (HKCC) and The SEHK Options Clearing House Limited (SEOCH), wholly-owned members of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) Group, have informed their Participants that the standard instruction input/processing fee will be abolished with effect from 1 March 2005.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 25/02/2005

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CBOT 10- & 2-Year U.S. Treasuries Reach New Open Interest High

Date 25/02/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that open interest in its Ten- and Two-Year U.S. Treasury note futures reached all-time highs on Thursday, February 24, 2005. In addition, CBOT Two-Year U.S. Treasury note futures set a new volume record.
Tokyo Grain Exchange Revised Margin Requirements For March 2005

Date 24/02/2005

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The Prague Stock Exchange Again In Record Figures

Date 24/02/2005

On 22 February the Exchange reached the second biggest value in SPAD trading history when the total trade value in SPAD was CZK 4.019 bil. Only 0.8% were lacking for overrun of the highest trade value in SPAD from January this year.
Thailand Securities Depository To Offer One-Stop Back Office Service For Equity, Debt And Derivatives Trading

Date 24/02/2005

The President of Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd. (TSD), Mrs. Nongram Wongwanich said that, according to the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) Bond Market Development Plan II (A.D. 2005 – 2014), the bond market is set to become one of the three principal pillars of Thailand’s financial sector along with the commercial banks and the equity market. The MoF has appointed the TSD to be the primary depository, clearing and settlement center for debt instruments in Thailand. The TSD will therefore b