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SEC Announces Fourteenth Annual International Institute

Date 14/04/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission is hosting its 14th annual International Institute for Securities Market Development beginning Monday, April 19, 2004. The two-week, senior-level program is the SEC's flagship global training program. It provides a wide ranging group of participants from countries with emerging markets an opportunity to discuss the core principles of securities regulation and features lectures, panels and workshops that focus on the development, operation and regulation of
Nymex: Extra Trading And Delivery Days To Be Added To Platinum And Palladium Futures Contracts

Date 14/04/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will add a trading day and a delivery day to the schedule for its platinum and palladium futures contracts.
Nymex Sets Overnight Silver Trading Record

Date 14/04/2004

Silver futures set a record for overnight trading last night on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., when 5,668 contracts were traded on NYMEX ACCESS® topping the record 4,414 contracts on April 2, 2004.
NYBOT Announces Synthetic Prices Used To Margin Cotton Positions

Date 14/04/2004

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that in accordance with its New York Clearing Corporation (NYCC) rules, it will utilize an alternate price for purposes of margining outstanding positions at the clearing member level today, April 14, 2004.
NASDAQ.com Makes Forbes Best Of The Web List

Date 14/04/2004

NASDAQ.com has been recognized as one of the best financial portal and Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Web sites, as determined by editors of Forbes - one of the world's leading publishers of financial information. NASDAQ.com is the corporate Web site of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ ® "; OTCBB: NDAQ), the largest electronic stock market in the U.S.

Malaysia Securities Exchange Sector Update: Tronoh Mines Malaysia Berhad

Date 14/04/2004

The Index Committee of Malaysia Securities Exchange Berhad (MSEB) has decided to update the classification of sector for Tronoh Mines Malaysia Berhad (TRONOH) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Friday, 16 April 2004.
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius To Visit KCBT

Date 14/04/2004

Kathleen Sebelius, the governor of Kansas, will pay a visit to the Kansas City Board of Trade on Monday, April 19. She will visit the trading floor to ring the closing bell for the hard red winter wheat futures market at 1:15 pm CT.
European Central Securities Depositories Association: Removing The Barriers For Efficient Clearing And Settlement Arrangements

Date 14/04/2004

The European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) is pleased to announce the first concrete steps in removing the barriers for efficient clearing and settlement arrangements in the EU that were identified by the Giovannini Group.
Changes to STOXX Limited's Supervisory Board - Werner Bürki Of SWX Swiss Exchange Elected Chairman

Date 14/04/2004

Werner Bürki, a member of the management board of the SWX Swiss Exchange and CEO of EXFEED Ltd., has been elected chairman of the supervisory board of STOXX, Limited.
CFTC Releases A Spanish-Language Consumer Protection Advisory On Commodity Scams - New Spanish-Language Consumer Advisory Warns Customers About Commodity Futures And Options Scams Being Perpetrated In Today's Commodities Markets

Date 14/04/2004

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released a Spanish-language version of its Consumer Advisories in an effort to reach out to America's fastest growing demographic group.