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Nasdaq To Be North American Presenting Sponsor For Sanex WTA Tour

Date 13/03/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® and the Sanex WTA Tour announced today that Nasdaq® has signed on as the North American Presenting Sponsor for the WTA Tour, effective immediately through December 31, 2001. The women’s tennis sponsorship will include net post and sideline signage at 12 Sanex WTA Tour North American events, on-site promotional activities, and player appearances. Nasdaq signage will be present at this week’s Tennis Master Series in Indian Wells, California.
Meeting Of The Oslo Stock Exchange Board On 13 March 2001

Date 13/03/2001

At a meeting held today, Tuesday 13 March 2001, the Stock Exchange Board resolved to admit SkandiaBanken AB as a member of the Oslo Stock Exchange. The Stock Exchange Board also resolved to remove shares in Swan Reefer ASA from listing, and to admit shares in Swan Reefer Inc. to listing on the SMB List. A violation charge was imposed on Namos Trafikklag ASA for breach of the duty of disclosure required by the Stock Exchange Regulations.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Letter To Shareholders Regarding Possible Initial Public Offering

Date 13/03/2001

March 13, 2001 To All Shareholders: On March 7, 2001, our Board of Directors authorized steps to proceed with a possible initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock. We anticipate that any offering would be accomplished through a firm commitment underwriting led by one or more nationally recognized investment banks and that our shares of the Class A common stock would be listed on Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange.
CBOT Members Set DJIA Volume Record At Over 47,000 Contracts March 12

Date 13/03/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that CBOT® members set a new DowSMJones Industrial Average (DJIASMSM) futures contract daily volume record yesterday, trading 47,221 contracts. The former DJIASMSM futures high was 40,342 contracts, set on March 16, 2000.
US Exemption For Australian Derivatives Exchange Debt Products

Date 12/03/2001

The Australian Derivatives Exchange (ADX) announced today that persons who are registered under the Commodity Exchange Act in the appropriate capacity may offer or sell ADX debt futures products.

Stock Exchange Of Thailand Welcomes BAFS As A Listed Company In The Energy Sector

Date 12/03/2001

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is welcoming Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Pcl (BAFS) to the bourse’s group of listed companies. BAFS is Thailand’s first and only aviation fuel service company licensed by the Thai government to operate and administer aviation fuel reserve system and refueling services to all flights at the Bangkok International Airport.
Singapore Exchange Launches STP Initiative For Singapore Market

Date 12/03/2001

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has embarked on an initiative to bring the Singapore securities market and its institutional participants to a Straight-Through-Processing (STP) environment, from trade execution to final settlement. This initiative will include the development of common messaging standards to facilitate automated trade processing, thereby increasing settlement efficiency and reducing errors.
Proposed Changes To OM Gruppen's Board Of Directors

Date 12/03/2001

At the Annual General Meeting of OM Gruppen, due to be held on March 20, the sharehold-ers representing more than 50 per cent of the companies' shares and votes will propose that number of ordinary members of the Board remain unchanged at eight and that Gunnar Brock will be proposed as a new member of the board. Re-election will be proposed for Jan Carendi, Thomas Franzén, Per E. Larsson, Nils-Fredrik Nyblæus, Sven Nyman, Bengt Rydén and Olof Stenhammar. Lars Irstad has declined to be put
PHLX Continues To Set Records

Date 12/03/2001

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity options volume for the month of February 2001 reached 8,586,871 contracts traded, a 101 percent increase over the same month last year when 4,264,438 contracts changed hands. In addition, year-to-date equity options volume reached a record 19,292,666 contracts traded. This represents a 118 percent increase over the first two months of 2000, when 8,846,288 contracts traded.
Nasdaq Set To Begin Decimalizing Its List Of Stocks On Monday March 12 - First Pilot To Include 15 Securities - Second Pilot Scheduled For March 26- All Nasdaq Securities To Be Fully Converted By April 9

Date 12/03/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® has announced that it was ready to begin decimalizing its list of stocks on Monday, March 12, 2001, with a first pilot of 15 securities.