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CBOT Names Kevin W. Lennon VP Real Estate Operations

Date 19/10/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade today announced the appointment of Kevin W. Lennon as Vice President Real Estate Operations. Lennon fills the position vacated by the recent passing of Tom Peter.
CBOT Holiday Schedules: Thanksgiving – Christmas - New Year's Day

Date 19/10/2000

Per Regulation 312.01 and established Exchange policy, the trading schedules in connection with the referenced holidays will be as follows:
Cathay Bancorp, Inc. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning October 26, 2000

Date 19/10/2000

Cathay Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: CATY) of Los Angeles, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Thursday, October 26, 2000. Cathay Bancorp will replace First Security Corporation (Nasdaq: FSCO), which is being acquired.
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong: Rules Relaxed For One-Off Sales Of Shares

Date 18/10/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has received enquiries from Exchange Participants relating to the one-off sale of shares by shareholders who have obtained shares through initial public offerings. In general, before an Exchange Participant accepts or operates a securities trading account for any investor in relation to securities traded on the Stock Exchange, the Exchange Participant is required to enter into a Client's Agreement with that investor.
PHLX To Begin Trading Artesyn Technologies, Inc.

Date 18/10/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading put and call options on Artesyn Technologies, Inc. (option/stock symbol UAT/ATSN) upon the opening of business on Friday, Oct. 20, 2000.

PHLX Sets Equity And Options Volume Records

Date 18/10/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity volume for the month of September 2000 reached 158,662,745 shares traded, a 55% increase over September 1999, when 102,653,810 changed hands. In addition, during the first nine months of 2000, PHLX traded a record of approximately 1.6 billion shares, an increase of 37% in comparison to the same period last year when 1,183,409,136 shares changed hands. The PHLX currently trades 2,300 equities.
NYMEX To Lower Western Electricity Margins As Of Close Of Business Tomorrow

Date 18/10/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will decrease the margins on its California Oregon border, Palo Verde, and Mid-Columbia River electricity futures contracts as of the close of business today.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The KVX Growth Market Welcomed Its First New Company When Genmab A/S Joined The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 18/10/2000

Genmab is the first entrant to be bid welcome at the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's KVX growth market, which was launched on 1 September this year.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Board Of Governors Endorses 'Demutualization' And Sends A For-Profit Transformation Proposal To A Membership Vote

Date 17/10/2000

The Board of Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) today announced its intentions to proceed to the next phase of a plan to demutualize by sending a for-profit transformation proposal to a membership vote.
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange To Pursue Global Alliance

Date 17/10/2000

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced plans to pursue a global alliance between the two exchanges. The goal is to further develop the exchanges' fixed income and equity derivatives markets, including the potential development of joint products and globally interconnected electronic trading systems.