Comment Period Expires On March 1,
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At its November 1994 meeting, the NASD Board of Governors approved the issuance of a Notice to Members soliciting comments on the National Arbitration Committee's (Committee or NAC) recommendation to establish an NASD Mediation Program to resolve
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted amendments to Rule 10b-10 that require the disclosure of additional information on customer confirmations. The SEC deferred
The NASD published the following Notices to Members during 1994. Duplicate copies are available at $25 per monthly or special issue. A bound-volume, indexed reprint of the entire year's Notices is also available at $150. Request, accompanied by a self-addressed mailing label and a check payable to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or credit card information, should be
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The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM and the securities exchanges will be closed on Monday, February 20, 1995, in observance of Presidents' Day. "Regular way" transactions made on the business days noted below will be subject to the following schedule:
Trade Date
Settlement Date
Reg. T Date*
Feb.
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As of December 28, 1994, the following 56 issues joined the Nasdaq National Market®, bringing the total number of issues to 3,752:
BPTM
Bridgeport Machines, Inc.
11/29/94
500
VECO
Veeco Instruments, Inc.
11/29/94
500
AMSE
American Mobile Systems, Inc
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As of December 29, 1994, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPSSM). These bonds are not subject to mandatory quotation:
Symbol
Name
Coupon
Maturity
SPRC.GA
Southern Pacific Rail Corp.
9.625
8/15/05
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On December 7, 1994, in SEC Release No. 34-35059, File No. SR-NASD-94-15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to the NASD Free-Riding and Withholding Interpretation (Interpretation), an Interpretation of the Board of
Effective March 1995
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Some of the self-regulatory organizations (SROs) comprising the Intermarket Surveillance Group (ISG) agreed to adopt policies to ensure uniform reporting of all short interest in traded securities. The NASD has amended Article III, Section 41 of the NASD
Effective Date: May 1, 1995
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently approved revisions to several NASD qualification examinations. These changes become effective May 1, 1995. The revised examinations include the following.
Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative
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The 1994-95 NASD broker/dealer and agent registration renewal cycle begins its second phase this month. The NASD is publishing information in this Notice to help members review, reconcile, and respond to the final adjusted invoice packages that were mailed to all member firms
