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Statement of CFTC Chairman James E. Newsome Regarding USDA Announcement of Presumptive BSE Finding, December 23, 2003
CFTC Announces New Comment Period; Cancels Hearing Scheduled for December 17, 2003, 4872-03, December 10, 2003

US Futures Exchange (EUREX US) Responds to Commission Staff Questions Concerning Contract Market Designation Application, November 12, 2003
CFTC Announces Appointment of New Director, 4862-03, November 3, 2003
CFTC Announces Resignation of Jane Kang Thorpe, 4861-03, November 3, 2003

CFTC's International Affairs Office Presents International Symposium and Training Program in Chicago on Global Derivative Markets, Products, and Financial Intermediaries, 4856-03, October 23, 2003
Walter L. Lukken Appointed to Chair CFTC's Global Markets Advisory Committee, 4854-03, October 20, 2003
CFTC Staff Allows National Stock Exchange of India's Futures Contract on the Standard and Poors/CNX Nifty Index to be Offered and Sold in the U.S., 4853-03, October 20, 2003
CFTC-IOSCO MOU Agreement Signed, 4851-03, October 16, 2003
Commission Issues Statement on US Futures Exchange, October 14, 2003
CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review of the BrokerTec Futures Exchange, 4847-03, October 2, 2003

Comment Period Announced for Resubmitted HedgeStreet Contract Market Application, 4845-03, September 29, 2003
Comment Period for U.S. Futures Exchange (EUREX US) Contract Market Application Extended, 4844-03, September 26, 2003

CFTC and NFA Announce New Rules to Combat Fraud in the Retail Off-Exchange Forex Foreign Currency Market, 4833-03, August 26, 2003
CFTC Recognizes New Exchange, 4831-03, August 7, 2003
CFTC Modernizes Rules on Commodity Pool Operators and Trading Advisors, 4829-03, August 4, 2003
CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 4828-03, August 4, 2003
CFTC Extends Comment Period on Proposed Amendments to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Live Cattle Futures Contract Restricting Delivery to Cattle Born and Raised in the United States, 4827-03, August 4, 2003

CFTC Announces Approval of Exchange Rules Implementing CME/CBOT Common Clearing Link, 4821-03, July 15, 2003
CFTC Adopts Core Principle for CTA's Presentation of Performance of Partially Funded Accounts, 4820-03, July 15, 2003
CFTC Announces Completion of Appointment of Senior Team of the Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, 4819-03, July 14, 2003
CFTC Requests Comment on Proposed Rule Changes Related to Chicago Mercantile Exchange/Chicago Board of Trade Common Clearing Link, 4814-03, July 8, 2003
CFTC Proposes Rules for Risk-Based Capital and Financial Reporting Efficiency, 4808-03, July 3, 2003

CFTC Proposes Rule Modernization for Customer Fund Investments, 4806-03, June 30, 2003
CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review of the Market Surveillance Program at the New York Mercantile Exchange, 4800-03, June 24, 2003
CFTC Expands Eligibility of Bunched Trading to All Futures Customers, 4792-03, June 9, 2003

CFTC Staff Allows Euronext Amsterdam N.V.'s Futures Contracts Based on the Amsterdam Exchanges Index to be Offered and Sold in the United States, 4772-03, April 8, 2003

CFTC Modernizes Rules for Pools, Advisors, and FCMs, 4763-03, March 13, 2003
International Futures Regulators Meeting, 4761-03, March 11, 2003
CFTC Provides Annual Report Guidance to Commodity Pool Operators, 4760-03, March 7, 2003
CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review of the Kansas City Board of Trade, 4759-03, March 4, 2003

CFTC Staff Allows the Osaka Securities Exchange's Futures Contracts Based on the FTSE Japan Index and the MSCI Japan Index, and the Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited's Futures Contract Based on the MSCI Japan Index, to be Offered and Sold in the United States, 4757-03, February 14, 2003
Presentations from CFTC-FERC Technical Conference, "Credit Issues & Potential Solutions in Energy Markets," Now Available on the Web, 4752-03, February 11, 2003
CFTC Chairman James E. Newsome Talks About the Benefits and Challenges of Clearing at First-Ever Joint Technical Conference by CFTC with FERC, 4751-03, February 6, 2003

CFTC Provides Further Relief to Futures Firms and Clearinghouses, 4748-03, January 31, 2003
FERC-CFTC Announce Final Agenda for Conference on "Credit Issues in the Energy Markets: Clearing and Other Solutions", 4747-03, January 31, 2003
FERC, CFTC Announce Joint Conference on "Credit Issues in the Energy Market: Clearing & Other Solutions", 4741-03, January 22, 2003
CFTC Extends Comment Period on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Allow Greater Access to Security Futures Markets, 4736-03, January 10, 2003
CFTC Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight Announces Authorization of New NFA Responsibilities, 4735-03, January 9, 2003