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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 Index-Linked Securities are defined as securities 

that provide for the payment at maturity of a cash 

amount based on the performance of an underlying 

index or indexes. See NYSE Arca Equities Rule 

5.2(j)(6). 

4See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56271 

(August 16, 2007), 72 FR 47107 (August 22, 2007) 

(SR–NYSE–2007–74). 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[FIle No. 500–1] 

In the Matter of Certain Companies 

Quoted on the Pink Sheets: Alliance 

Transcription Services, Inc., Prime 

Petroleum Group, Inc., T.W. Christian, 

Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading 

October 4, 2007. 

It appears to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission that there is a 

lack of current and accurate information 

concerning the securities of the issuers 

listed below. As set forth below for each 

issuer, questions have arisen regarding 

the adequacy and accuracy of publiclydisseminated information concerning, 

among other things: (1) The companies’

assets, (2) the companies’ business 

operations and/or management, (3) the 

companies’ current financial condition, 

and/or (4) financing arrangements 

involving the issuance of the 

companies’ shares. 

1. Alliance Transcription Services, 

Inc. is a Nevada company with offices 

in Maine and California. Questions have 

arisen regarding the adequacy and 

accuracy of press releases concerning 

the company’s assets and its current 

operations and financial condition and 

transactions involving the issuance of 

the company’s shares. 

2. Prime Petroleum Group, Inc. is a 

Nevada company with offices in 

Washington. Questions have arisen 

regarding the adequacy and accuracy of 

press releases and other publiclydisseminated information concerning 

the company’s assets and its current 

operations, management and financial 

condition. 

3. T.W. Christian, Inc. is a Minnesota 

company with offices in Vancouver, 

British Columbia, Canada. Questions 

have arisen regarding the adequacy and 

accuracy of press releases concerning 

the company’s assets and its current 

operations, management and financial 

condition. 

The Commission is of the opinion that 

the public interest and the protection of 

investors require a suspension of trading 

in the securities of the companies listed 

above. 

Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to 

section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934, that trading in the 

securities of the companies listed above 

is suspended for the period from 9:30 

a.m. EDT, October 4, 2007, through 

11:59 p.m. EDT, on October 17, 2007. 

By the Commission. 

Nancy M. Morris, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–4971 Filed 10–4–07; 10:28 am] 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–56593; File No. SR–

NYSEArca–2007–96] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order 

Granting Accelerated Approval of 

Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by 

Amendment No. 1 Thereto, To Amend 

the Initial Listing Standards for IndexLinked Securities 

October 1, 2007. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on 

September 17, 2007, NYSE Arca, Inc. 

(‘‘NYSE Arca’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’), through 

its wholly owned subsidiary, NYSE 

Arca Equities, Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca 

Equities’’), filed with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 

the proposed rule change as described 

in Items I and II below, which items 

have been substantially prepared by the 

Exchange. On September 27, 2007, the 

Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the 

proposed rule change. This order 

provides notice of and approves the 

proposed rule change, as modified by 

Amendment No. 1 thereto, on an 

accelerated basis. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(6)(a) to 

(i) permit the listing of Index-Linked 

Securities 3 that do not meet the one 

million publicly held trading units and/ 

or the 400 minimum number of public 

holders initial distribution 

requirements, subject to certain 

conditions, (ii) decrease the minimum 

principal amount/market value of $20 

million to $4 million for an initial 

listing of Index-Linked Securities, and 

(iii) make a non-substantive clarification 

to the cross-reference to ‘‘General 

Criteria.’’ The text of the proposed rule 

change is available at the Exchange, the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

and www.nyse.com. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of, and basis for, 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item III below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in Sections A, B and C below, of 

the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(6)(a) to 

permit the listing of Index-Linked 

Securities that do not meet the one 

million publicly held trading units and/ 

or the 400 minimum number of public 

holders initial distribution 

requirements, subject to certain 

conditions. The Commission has 

approved a similar proposal filed by the 

New York Stock Exchange LLC 

(‘‘NYSE’’).4

NYSE Arca Equities Rule 5.2(j)(6)(a) 

generally requires that each issue of 

Index-Linked Securities have at least 

one million publicly held trading units 

and that there be at least 400 public 

beneficial holders of such securities, 

provided that, if the issue of IndexLinked Securities is traded in thousand 

dollar denominations, the 400 minimum 

public beneficial holders initial 

distribution requirement would not 

apply. The Exchange proposes to add an 

additional exemption from the general 

requirements of NYSE Arca Equities 

Rule 5.2(j)(6)(a) such that, if an issue of 

Index-Linked Securities are redeemable 

at the option of the holders thereof on 

at least a weekly basis, both the 

minimum one million publicly held 

trading units and 400 beneficial holders 

initial distribution requirements would 

not apply. 

The Exchange believes that, where 

there is such a weekly redemption right, 

the same justification exists for an 

exemption from the requirement to have 

one million units issued at the time of 

listing and the minimum 400 public 

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