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Baltic Exchange Plans Membership Changes

Date 18/12/2001

Changes in the rules governing membership of the Baltic Exchange - including the introduction of the new category of social member - are being proposed by the Exchange's board. Under the changes, which will be subject to approval by shareholding members at a meeting to be held next month (January), social membership will be open to individuals, companies and partnerships entitling them to use the organisation's catering facilities.
Australian Stock Exchange Limited Launches First Futures Contracts

Date 18/12/2001

Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (ASX) has lodged final rule changes to its approved futures exchange and, subject to final regulatory clearance, will go live on 30 January 2002. ASX Managing Director and CEO Richard Humphry today announced that the first futures contracts products to be traded on ASX will be the ASX Mini200 and the ASX Mini50.
SWX: Sanctions Against Charles Vögele Holding AG

Date 17/12/2001

During the course of Monday, 4 December 2000, Charles Vögele Holding AG (CV) became aware that it could no longer achieve its previously announced earnings targets for the 2000 financial year. CV publicly issued a related profit warning during the course of Tuesday morning, 5 December 2000. Furthermore, in the week preceding publication of that profit warning, CV, within the framework of its normal contact with analysts, provided several representatives of financial institutions with the informa
SEC Revokes Registration Of Republic New York Securities Corp. - A Broker-Dealer Pleading Guilty To Securities Fraud In Related Criminal Action

Date 17/12/2001

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has issued an order revoking the registration of Republic New York Securities Corp., a New York-based broker-dealer registered with the Commission since 1992. Republic Securities is now a subsidiary of HSBC USA, formerly Republic New York Corporation.
Nymex Sets New Record For Nymex Division Seat Sale

Date 17/12/2001

A seat on the NYMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., sold on Friday, December 14, for $825,000, topping the record of $801,000 set on December 12.

Nasdaq Announces Annual Re-Ranking Of Nasdaq-100 - Index Has Outperformed Every Major U.S. Stock Index For The 10 Year Period Beginning December 1991

Date 17/12/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market announced today the annual re-ranking of the Nasdaq-100 Index®, effective with the market open on Monday, December 24, 2001.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange Revised Holiday Schedule

Date 17/12/2001

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) board of directors approved the addition of December 24, 2001, as an official Exchange Holiday for the year 2001. The following is the MGEX schedule for the upcoming holidays:
HKEx: Implications Of The Amendments To The Mandatory Offer Provisions Of The Hong Kong Code On Takeovers And Mergers On The Exchange's Main Board And GEM Listing Rules

Date 17/12/2001

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("The Exchange") wishes to inform the market on the arrangements for issuers in complying with the Exchange's Main Board and GEM Listing Rules which are affected by the amendments to the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers as announced by the Securities and Futures Commission on 19 October 2001.
entory Shareholders Agree To Takeover By Deutsche Börse - Acceptance Quota Of 100 Percent Documents Overwhelming Support - Cartel Office Has No Objections To The Deal

Date 17/12/2001

All shareholders of entory AG, Karlsbad, agreed to the offer by Deutsche Börse AG to purchase their shares. The 353 shareholders, some 300 are also employees of the company, thus back the merger of Deutsche Börse Systems AG and entory with impressive unity. The two companies had announced on November 30 that they wanted to merge their business activities. Deutsche Börse had tendered a private offer to entory shareholders to take over the company which ran until December 14.
CME Trading Volume Hits 400 Million Mark In 2001

Date 17/12/2001

Trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) surpassed 400 million in one year for the first time in the exchange's 103-year history on Friday, Dec. 14, when year-to-date volume reached 401,715,430 contracts.