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« Previous EntriesTokyo And London Stock Exchanges Outline New Growth Market
Monday, August 4th, 2008London Stock Exchange Group plc and Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. (the TSE) today published an outline framework for their new Tokyo-based market for growing companies. The proposed market structure has been developed following extensive discussion with market participants, and will take advantage of the opportunity created by the revised Financial Instruments and Exchange Act [...]
NYSE Arca Welcomes China Distance Education
Monday, August 4th, 2008NYSE Arca, NYSE Euronext’s fully electronic market for emerging issuers, today welcomed its first Chinese initial public offering, China Distance Education Holdings, a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education. Beijing-based China Distance Education Holdings listed its American Depositary Shares on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol “DL” after its successful [...]
RTS Changes Single Stock Settlement Price
Monday, August 4th, 2008As of July 30th, 2008, by the end of the evening settlement period (2:03 pm
Hong Kong Exchanges, Clearing Limited Unclaimed Interim Dividend
Monday, August 4th, 2008Pursuant to the Articles of Association of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), the unclaimed interim dividend for 2002 will be forfeited and will revert to the company on 12 September 2008.
As provided in HKEx’s Articles of Association, any dividend unclaimed after a period of six years from the date for payment of such [...]
China H1 auto imports up 53% to 212,800 units
Monday, August 4th, 2008Shanghai, August 4 (Gasgoo.com) China’s auto imports rose 53.15% in the first half from one year earlier, and stood at 212,800 vehicles, according to General Administration of Customs.
The customs said the import growth rate in the first half was 18.22% higher than last year’s level.
The imports of auto products from January to June [...]
Financial Roadmap: The Week Ahead August 4 to 8, 2008
Monday, August 4th, 2008The economic indicators and scheduled events this week are all over the map with numbers due out in retail, wholesale, housing, manufacturing, consumer confidence and employment plus central bank announcements with potential to stir up Forex markets.
On top of all that, with oil markets barely responding to last week’s unexpected drop in US gasoline [...]
