21.   Separately, management board members of the Deutsche Boerse and regional exchanges met today to discuss connecting them to Xetra.

22.   Several hundred high-end Tandem Himalaya servers comprise the main system for handling transactions of the NYSE, the American Stock Exchange and other regional exchanges.

23.   The Australian Stock Exchange is considering extending its trading hours to stave off competition from Singapore and other regional exchanges, chairman Maurice Newman said.

24.   The Boston and Chicago Stock Markets, two other regional exchanges, have been talking to the SEC about similar proposals, an SEC spokesman said.

25.   The Big Board also should allow the regional exchanges to see the exams of their member brokerages, the SEC officials said.

26.   The Boston and Chicago Stock Markets, two other regional exchanges, also have been talking with the SEC about making similar proposals, Ullman said.

27.   The firm said trading shares on the primary exchanges, rather than dispatching them to regional exchanges would save money for clients.

28.   The meeting is part of a fight between the regional exchanges and the NYSE over which market can give small investors the best price when they buy stock.

29.   The private company, started last April, has grown rapidly by acquiring smaller regional exchanges, including ones in Mexico and Canada, and putting them online.

30.   The Securities and Exchange Commission has criticized the practice of routing orders through regional exchanges.