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Extension: Rule 11Aa32, SEC File No. 270439, OMB Control No. 32350500; Rule 15c34, SEC File No. 270441, OMB Control No. 3235 0497; Rule 15c31(c)(13), SEC File No. 270443, OMB Control No.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''), notice is hereby given that on June 1, 2000, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below, which

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\, notice is hereby given that on, November 2, 2000, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below,

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ notice is hereby given that on October 31, 2000, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below,

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act''),\1\ notice is hereby given that on August 22, 2000, the Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation (``EMCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ hereby given that on November 14, 2000, the Government Securities Clearing Corporation (``GSCC'') field with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below, which items

Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\, notice is hereby given that, on November 20, 2000, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (``NASD'') through its whollyowned subsidiary, NASD Regulation, Inc. (``NASD Regulation'') filed with the Securities and

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ notice is hereby given that, on June 20, 2000, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below,

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ notice is hereby given that on, September 8, 2000, The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III

On July 25, 2000, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (``Phlx'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to amend Rules

Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules promulgated under the Act. All interested persons are referred to the application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The

A notice issued in this matter on November 22, 2000 (HCAR No. 27281), concerning a proposal by Northeast Utilities (NU), a registered holding company, and its utility subsidiaries to issue shortterm debt. NU intended to, and by this amended notice does, include its nonutility subsidiaries in its request for authority to issue