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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission And The Committee Of European Securities Regulators Announce Trans-Atlantic Cooperation Initiative And Statement Of Intent To Develop An Action Plan On Cross Border Issues

Date 21/10/2004

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) announced today a Transatlantic Cooperation Initiative (Initiative). The Initiative, states that the two bodies intend to develop a practical action plan on cross border issues.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 28 October 2004

Date 21/10/2004

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 28 October 2004, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
The Spanish Stock Exchange Trades 187 New Warrants Issued By Société Générale

Date 21/10/2004

The Spanish stock exchange will tomorrow begin trading 187 new warrants issued by Société Générale. With these new admissions the number of warrants traded on the Spanish stock market up to October is 1,252.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P Global 100 Index

Date 21/10/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Global 100 Index after the close of trading on Monday, October 25, 2004: BHP Billiton Limited. (ASX:BHP) will increase its shares outstanding by 11.970 million shares at the close of business October 25, 2004
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P/TOPIX 150 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 21/10/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Thursday October 28th 2004: Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (Japan, SEDOL: 6598446, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25102010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 157,534,245 to 2,647,578,136 due to the execution of exercise of preferred stock. Sumitomo Mitsui Financ

Speech By SEC Chairman: Remarks Before The Independent Directors Council

Date 21/10/2004

Speech by SEC Chairman: Remarks before the Independent Directors Council by Chairman William H. Donaldson U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. October 21, 2004 Good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking you, the Independent Directors Council, and the Investment Company Institute for giving me an opportunity to speak today. It is a pleasure to be with you. I want to salute ICI for
Share Changes In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 21/10/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Tuesday October 26th, 2004: Boral Limited (Australia, SEDOL:6218670, GICS Code:15102010) a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index will increase its shares to 595,270,740. This change is due to a Dividend Reinvestment Plan. CSL Limited (Australia, SEDOL:6185495, GICS Code:35201010) a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index will increase its shares to 197,033,259. This change is due to a D
SEC: Thomas Newkirk, Associate Enforcement Director, To Leave The Commission

Date 21/10/2004

Thomas C. Newkirk announced today that he will leave the Commission in November to become a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm of Jenner & Block LLP. For the past eleven years he has served as an Associate Director in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. He joined the Commission in 1986 as Chief Litigation Counsel in the Division of Enforcement.
SEC Charges Qwest Communications International Inc. With Multi-Faceted Accounting And Financial Reporting Fraud - Qwest Agrees To Anti-Fraud Injunction, $250 Million Penalty, And Will Permanently Maintain Chief Compliance Officer Reporting To The Outside

Date 21/10/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Qwest Communications International Inc., one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States, with securities fraud and other violations of the federal securities laws. The Commission’s complaint alleges that, between 1999 and 2002, Qwest fraudulently recognized over $3.8 billion in revenue and excluded $231 million in expenses as part of a multi-faceted fraudulent scheme to meet optimistic and unsupportable revenue and earnin
Reuters In Discussions With BT Over Long Term Network Services Agreement And Sale Of Radianz

Date 21/10/2004

Reuters (RTR:LSE) is in exclusive discussions with BT (BT.A:LSE) to secure a long-term agreement for the provision of network services. This would involve the sale of Radianz, the financial extranet venture, to BT. Both the commercial arrangements and the sale are subject to due diligence, regulatory approvals and the negotiation of definitive agreements. These transactions are expected to complete during the first quarter of 2005.