BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 22, 1999 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE

Asia Is Starting Its Own NASDAQ-Style Markets...



-- HONG KONG plans to open the Hong Kong Enterprise Market by yearend

-- MALAYSIA will start a market called MESDAQ this year

-- TAIWAN has changed rules to encourage listings of software companies


...While Europe's New Markets Are Boosting Their Appeal

-- Linking markets in five countries, soon to be seven, to boost numbers of listings and develop cross-border electronic trading

-- Improving information to investors by insisting on quarterly reports and encouraging more and better brokers' research

-- Offering companies more potential investors by increasing dual listings on European exchanges and NASDAQ


DATA: BUSINESS WEEK


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