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The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks For April 2002

Date 24/04/2002

As of mid-April, short interest in 3,310 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 4,088,289,561 shares compared with 4,050,953,139 shares in 3,348 National Market issues for the month of March.
Standard & Poor's, With The Toronto Stock Exchange, Announces Re-Branding Of The Canadian Indices - Family Of Canadian Indices To Be Known As S&P/TSX

Date 24/04/2002

Following the April 8th press release by The Toronto Stock Exchange announcing a new corporate branding and image, Standard & Poor's is pleased to announce that the Canadian family of indices formerly know as S&P/TSE and S&P/CDNX will be re-branded to reflect the new TSX branding.
NEWEX: Gazprom In NX.plus Segment

Date 24/04/2002

ADRs (American Depository Receipts) of OAO Gazprom, Russia's biggest gas company, are tradable in the NX.plus quality segment at NEWEX from April 25, 2002, as NEWEX, the market for Central and Eastern Europe, reported on Wednesday. With the inclusion of the ADRs of Gazprom NEWEX has further expanded the offerings for its international investors. Gazprom is the biggest Russian company in the gas sector with total assets of 80 billion euros (as of 30 Sep 2001). The corporation has about 300,000 e
NetBank, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning May 1, 2002

Date 24/04/2002

NetBank, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTBK) of Alpharetta, Georgia, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index® effective at the beginning of trading Wednesday, May 1, 2002. NetBank, Inc. will replace Trendwest Resorts, Inc. (Nasdaq:TWRI), which is being acquired.
Meeting Of The Board Of Oslo Børs On 24 April 2002

Date 24/04/2002

At its meeting today the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to impose a violation charge of NOK 430,000 on Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) in respect of the late publication of the company´s interim report for the fourth quarter of 2001.

London Stock Exchange Warns Of Stamp Duty Barrier To Euro Entry

Date 24/04/2002

The London Stock Exchange today warned that stamp duty on share trading would increasingly damage London's competitive advantage in international financial services, and so reduce the likelihood of the UK joining the Euro.
FTSE Group Strengthens European Team

Date 24/04/2002

Global index provider FTSE Group, today announces a new line-up for its European business team. Internal promotion and three new hires, brings the client-facing team to twenty people, all briefed to increase FTSE's rapidly expanding business in the European markets.
Deutsche Börse Presents Going Public Principles - Deutsche Börse Creates Uniform Rules For IPOs - Going Public Principles Planned For All Market Segments As Of June

Date 24/04/2002

On Wednesday, Deutsche Börse presented principles that are designed to govern the criteria that have to be met by the issuing prospectus in future initial public offerings (IPOs) and also limit the information given outside of the prospectus as well as the publication of studies accompanying the new issue. These so-called Going Public Principles were developed by Deutsche Börse together with representatives of banks, issuers, investors and IPO consultants on its Primary Markets Advisory Committe
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Unit Trust Certificates - A Tax Guide

Date 24/04/2002

The introduction of the XtraMarked on 1 March 2002 and the establishment by the Danish Consumer Council and the Federation of Danish Investment Associations of a board of appeal for unit trusts (opened on 1 March 2002) have made unit trusts the focus of attention this spring.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports Continued Strong Results For The First Quarter Of 2002

Date 24/04/2002

The following news item is in PDF format. For the first quarter results click here.