71.   The others cleared were Daniel Argyropoulos, a former Singapore futures trader who had dealings with Leeson, and Edmund Wong, a director of a software engineering firm.

72.   Leeson is currently being held in Germany pending a hearing on an extradition request from Singapore, where he worked as a futures trader for Barings.

73.   Singapore Finance Minister Richard Hu warned investment firms Thursday to take steps against fraud as the city-state prepared to try rogue futures trader Nick Leeson.

74.   Shanghai has suspended an order to treasury bond futures traders to unwind their positions after encountering computer glitches and resistance from traders, market sources said Thursday.