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  • SEC: Commission Sets Dates For Market Structure Hearings

    Date 15/10/2002

    The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold hearings this fall to discuss key issues relating to the structure of the U.S. equity securities markets. The Commission has initially scheduled two full-day hearings, the first to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002, at the Commission's headquarters in Washington, D.C., and the second, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002, at the NYU Stern School of Business in Schimmel Auditorium, Tisch Hall, in New York City.

  • OM AB Interim Report January - September 2002

    Date 15/10/2002

    Highlights Revenue totalled SEK 1,996 m (2,239) Income before depreciation was SEK 274 m (-107) Income after financial items amounted to SEK 11 m (-613) -Earnings per share at SEK -0.02 (-1.57) Continued weak markets Substantially reduced costs Decision taken to close Jiway

  • NYBOT Begins Building Global Electronic System For Coffee/Cocoa Deliveries

    Date 15/10/2002

    The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®), the global marketplace for coffee and cocoa futures and options trading, has begun the development of eCOPS -- a new electronic platform for the full automation of coffee and cocoa deliveries. The new eCOPS represents an evolution of the NYBOT Commodity Operations Processing System (COPS), built originally to handle deliveries for NYBOT's coffee and cocoa futures markets.

  • National Stock Exchange Of Lithuania - September 2002

    Date 15/10/2002

    Following the resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, shares of public companies Lietuvos Telekomas, Lietuvos Joru Laivininkyste, Rytu Skirstomieji Tinklai, and Vakaru Skirstomieji Tinklai will be given to citizens as a compensation for the existing real property during several stages. During the first stage, which began on 1 October 2002, shares of Lietuvos Telekomas AB (10.03% of the authorised capital) and Lietuvos Juru Laivninkyste AB (6.58%) will be given. Citizens willi

  • Instinet Announces Third Quarter 2002 Results - Company Takes Charge For Goodwill Impairment

    Date 15/10/2002

    Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) today announced a net loss of $528.4 million, or $2.05 per share on a fully diluted basis, for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002, compared to a net profit of $8.2 million, or $0.03 per share, for the third quarter of 2001. Instinet's results included a pre-tax, non-cash charge of $552 million for impairment of goodwill in the third quarter.

  • Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Focus: Do The Investors Have The Boards They Deserve?

    Date 15/10/2002

    I This is the question addressed by head of department Else Nyvang Andersen, Employees' Capital Pension Fund (LD), in Focus no. 30 in the middle of the corporate governance debate in Denmark. A debate, which especially takes place between institutional investors, but which is not yet firmly anchored in all of the Danish companies.

  • AXISS Australia: One-Stop Online Gateway For Finance Education And Training

    Date 15/10/2002

    An online, single access point for information on more than 150 finance-related education and training courses offered by institutions across Australia is launched today: Finance Skills Gateway - www.finance-education.gov.au .

  • SWX Swiss Exchange: Infranor Rejoins The SPI®

    Date 14/10/2002

    Following the correction of the information concerning the holding of a majority shareholder, Infranor SA will be rejoining the SPI® effective October 28, 2002. This is the decision that has been taken by the SWX Swiss Exchange.

  • SiMSCI Futures Set New Record In SGX's Derivatives Market

    Date 14/10/2002

    MSCI Singapore Stock Index (SiMSCI) Futures contract set a new daily open interest record on 11 Oct 2002, with 16,555 contracts, compared to the previous record of 16,050 contracts set on 10 Oct 2002.

  • OM Closes Down Jiway

    Date 14/10/2002

    The Boards of OM AB, Stockholmsbörsen AB and OM London Exchange Ltd. today decided that the Jiway market being run within the OM London Exchange will be closed down. OM London Exchange will ensure an orderly wind down of operations over a period of three months. Jiway was launched in February 2000 as the world's first integrated exchange for cross-border trading, clearing and settlement of over 2 500 European and American shares. Operations commenced in November the same year.