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DAILY FUTURES TRADING RECOMMENDATION
FXstreet.com, Spain - Oct 25, 2005 Filled. Buy back for 470.60. Futures trading entails considerable risk and is not for everyone. An account can lose more than its initial investment.

DAILY FUTURES TRADING RECOMMENDATION
FXstreet.com, Spain - Oct 14, 2005 162.10. Still positive but profit taking finally is coming in. Futures trading entails considerable risk and is not for everyone. An

Complaint says Refco illegally shifted funds
USA Today - 1 hour ago A commodities fund fronted by globe-trotting investor Jim Rogers began wiring $340 million to Refco two weeks before the futures-trading company revealed an

Gold May Rise as Demand Outpaces Mining Output, Survey Shows
Bloomberg - 10 hours ago Speculators trimmed holdings in gold futures for a second straight week, data from the US Commodity Futures Trading showed on Oct.

JRG launches on-line commodity futures trading
Webindia123, India - Oct 22, 2005 Management Limited, one of the major brokerage houses in the country, has launched 'M-Trade', a unique on-line commodity futures trading platform through

US Commodities: Nymex Crude Ends Higher In Choppy Trading
Business Online, UK - Oct 28, 2005 prices a boost. In other commodities futures trading, profit-taking knocked gold and silver futures lower. However, traders and

Futures trading luring more 'average Joes'
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - Oct 1, 2005 BY WILL SHANLEY. Online brokerage firms are increasingly luring individual investors into the high-risk and high-reward world of futures trading.

DAILY FUTURES TRADING RECOMMENDATION
FXstreet.com, Spain - Sep 30, 2005 fills. Futures trading entails considerable risk and is not for everyone. An account can lose more than its initial investment.

Gold, silver go up in futures trading
Webindia123, India - Oct 7, 2005 The prices of gold and silver today rose in the futures trading on fresh speculation by local and bull perators, traders at the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX

Precious metals up in futures trading
Webindia123, India - Oct 25, 2005 Precious metal rose in the future trading on heavy speculative by bull operators, traders at the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) said today.

Four German States Say Inflation Slowed in October (Update1) 
Bloomberg.com - Oct 24 9:10 AM
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Four states in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, said inflation slowed this month as the price of oil declined from a record.Save to My Web

Germany’s Bavaria Says Inflation Slowed in October on Oil Drop 
Bloomberg.com - Oct 24 5:25 AM
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Inflation in the German state of Bavaria slowed this month as the price of oil declined from a record, the state’s statistics office said.Save to My Web

Prosecutors face Oct. 31 Refco indictment deadline 
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 26 2:44 PM
WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors face an Oct. 31 deadline for obtaining a grand jury indictment against Refco Inc. chief Phillip Bennett, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said on Wednesday.Save to My Web

Bennett’s Refco Scheme Exposed by Late-Night Hunch: `It Hit Me’ 
Bloomberg.com - Oct 27 1:51 AM
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — Phillip Bennett had a lot to celebrate at a dinner with clients last December. The futures broker he led, Refco Group Ltd., had sold a majority stake, netting Bennett hundreds of millions of dollars.Save to My Web

Refco investors optimistic amid bidding 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 25 10:36 AM
Investor optimism about bankrupt Refco Inc. faded a bit on Tuesday after a group led by J.C. Flowers & Co., which had provided the firmest bid for Refco’s futures broker, withdrew from the fray, sending the firm’s bonds a bit lower.Save to My Web

I Am Not Now, and Have Never Been, a PPT Member: Caroline Baum 
Bloomberg.com - Oct 23 9:45 PM
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Nothing elicits more vitriol from readers than columns about conspiracy theories. Mention “black helicopters” or the “plunge protection team,” and your inbox will be inundated for weeks by folks venting their utter disdain and disgust at your pathetic naivete.Save to My Web

CME says order routing problem hits pit trading
Reuters - Oct 24, 2005 CHICAGO, Oct 24 (Reuters) – A problem with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME.N: Quote, Profile, Research) order-routing system is affecting trading in open

CME profit jumps 30%, volumes strong
Investor’s Business Daily (subscription) - Oct 25, 2005 The company (CME) said third-quarter net income rose 30% to $77.5 million, or $2.22 a share compared to $59.4 million, or $1.72 a share last year.

CME 3rd-qtr profit up on heavy futures trading
Reuters - Oct 25, 2005 (CME.N: Quote, Profile, Research), parent of the largest US CME said third-quarter net income increased to $2.22 per share from $1.72 per share a year earlier.

St. John CME to host revival
Frost Illustrated, IN - Oct 26, 2005 FORT WAYNE St. John CME Church, 2401 S. Calhoun St., is scheduled to host a Tag Team Revival of Hope, Oct. 26 through Oct. 29.

CME Q3 profit jumps 30%
Finextra (press release), UK - Oct 25, 2005 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) today reported strong revenues and profits, with a 22 percent increase in net revenues and a 30

CME Cattle Review: Mostly Lower, But Late Climb On Cash
CattleNetwork.com, KS - Oct 27, 2005 CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–Firm cash live cattle prices Thursday caused late short covering, which trimmed most of the early Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle

US Wheat Outlook: Mixed On Technical Support, Exports 
Dow Jones via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 26 6:15 AM
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)-U.S. wheat futures were called to open mixed Wednesday as follow-through technical buying after Tuesday’s short-covering rally may be tempered by caution amid a lack of news about rumored Iraqi purchases of U.S. wheat, brokers said.Save to My Web

WALL ST. ROUNDUP 
Los Angeles Times - Oct 19 12:08 AM
Shares of CBOT Holdings Inc., which operates the Chicago Board of Trade, will begin trading today after the firm launched its initial public offering at $54 a share late Tuesday, above its forecast range of $45 to $49.Save to My Web

CBOT shares jump 55% in opening day 
CNN Money - Oct 19 8:47 AM
Commodities-based Chicago Board of Trade IPO surges above $80 despite Refco woes.Save to My Web

Business briefs 
Denver Post - Oct 21 12:34 AM
THORNTON New shopping center gets Costco, U.S. Bank Developer Jordon Perlmutter & Co. announced an agreement with Costco to construct a store in the Larkridge shopping center in Thornton. The center at the southeast corner of Interstate 25 and Colorado 7 hosted grand- opening activities for its first phase Thursday.Save to My Web

Lex: CBOT 
Financial Times - Oct 25 9:58 AM
Scandal? What scandal? Judging by the Chicago Board of Trades initial public offering, investors who believe in the growth potential of derivatives were unfazed by the fraud allegations that sunk broker Refco. Shares in the 157-year old exchange jumped 49 per cent on their debut.Save to My Web

Board of Trade stock zooms on first day 
The Indianapolis Star - Oct 20 1:09 AM
CHICAGO — The Chicago Board of Trade received an enthusiastic reception from investors Wednesday on its first day as a publicly traded company.Save to My Web

CBOT Makes Initial Stock Offering 
Ag Report - Oct 19 5:43 PM
CHICAGO – Oct 19/05 – SNS — CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade, is making the initial public offering of 3,191,489 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $54.00 per share.Save to My Web

CBOT stock zooms up on first day 
Northwest Indiana Times Business - Oct 19 10:17 PM
CHICAGO | The Chicago Board of Trade received an enthusiastic reception from investors Wednesday on its first day as a publicly traded company, its shares zooming as much as 60 percent above the initial offering price in one of the year’s most successful IPOs.Save to My Web

APPEA& CME Organise Resource Industry Tour In WA
MineBox – It is hoped that key opportunities and challenges facing the resources sector will be highlighted. the Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) and the Australian Petroleum Production& Exploration and community relations.APPEA and CME have said they welcome the opportunity

WHITFIELD CELEBRATES 102nd BIRTHDAY THURSDAY
Tyler Morning Telegraph – She is a member of Carter Temple CME Church and attends every Sunday

10 Editor's Note Hitting the switch
Futures – electronic LiffeConnect platform, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), whose contract jewel is the Eurodollar contract Not only did the CME keep its lead dog berth as far as

Mobilizing Hospitals for Patient Quality Initiatives
PR Newswire – Free Roundtable on Quality and Patient Safety December 6, 2005 in Irvine, CA SAN DIEGO, Oct. CHA) is alsoproviding support to the important discussion. Physician, nursing, andexecutive CME hours will be offered

CME 3Q profit jumps 30% on higher volume
ChicagoBusiness.com – 2005 3Q profit jumps 30% on higher volume (Reuters) – , parent of the largest U.S. futures exchange, on Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose 30 percent on higher derivatives volume and more electronic trading. YOUR WEB SERVER (HTTPS IF FROM SECURE SERVER) CME 3Q profit jumps % on higher volume ChicagoBusiness Search Without a major earnings surprise CME's high-flying shares, which hit a

DJ CME Pork Outlook: Hogs, Bellies Seen Narrowly Mixed
FXStreet.com – Some analysts said last week's upwardly revised hog slaughter of 2.192 million head may make it more difficult for packers to move the pork from another large expected slaughter this week. movement of frozen bellies at CME-approved warehouses ranged from 250,000

Rich Posson: Dairy prices seem untied from supply and demand
Agriculture Online – plus CSA) called for a top in the CME cheese price around the end of last month into start of this month's trading at the CME. Models now assume trend

RPT-CME says order routing problem hits pit trading
Reuters – The cause of the outage is being investigated. – Reuters) – A problem with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME.N: Quote, Profile, Research) order-routing system is

CME says broke even on OneChicago in third qtr
Reuters – CME owns a stake in OneChicago along with the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Board Options Exchange. OneChicago was launched in late 2002 but futures contracts on individual stocks were slow to catch on. Oct 25 (Reuters) – The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME.N: Quote, Profile, Research) broke even on its time in the third quarter, CME Chief Executive Craig Donohue said on Tuesday

Experts share tips on undervalued stocks 
Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 23 4:34 AM
Stocks are on sale. Well, some are anyway and just like items that hit the bargain bin at the mall, there’s plenty of junk to avoid. But a few trustworthy experts have published tips about cheap stocks that are worthy of passing along.Save to My Web

CBOT Holdings Prices Ipo Of Class A Common Stock 
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Oct 18 6:53 PM
CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT(R)), announced today the initial public offering of 3,191,489 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $54.00 per share. The company is selling 2,940,486 shares, and 251,003 shares will be sold by existing stockholders.Save to My Web

IPO spells big bucks for CBOT 
Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 20 2:41 AM
Shares in the Chicago Board of Trade soared by as much as 60 percent in their first day of trading Wednesday, speaking volumes about investors’ belief that trading in financial futures will continue growing at a torrid pace.Save to My Web

Analysts Don’t See Much Downside In CBOT Corn 
CattleNetwork.com - Oct 24 11:49 AM
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)–Agriculture analysts believe corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade aren’t likely to see any sharp price declines in the next 30 days, despite bearish supply and demand fundamentals.Save to My Web

Low-profile firm throws hat in Refco ring 
Crane’s Chicago Business - 41 minutes ago
A low-profile Chicago trading firm called TradeLink LLC found itself suddenly in the spotlight today, as the company threw its hat in the ring and said its exploring a bid for some of the assets of Refco Inc.Save to My Web

Chicago Board of Trade going public in long-planned IPO(Updated 11:41 a.m.) 
Chinapost.com.tw - Oct 23 6:30 PM
The oldest U.S. futures and options exchange is going Wall Street after 157 years.Save to My Web

CBOT shares open trading at $80.75 on NYSE
Reuters – NEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Shares of CBOT Holdings Inc. ( BOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) opened at $80.75 on Wednesday, in their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

UPDATE 3-CBOT shares surge in debut, despite Refco fears
Reuters – NEW YORK , Oct 19 (Reuters) – Shares of CBOT Holdings Inc. ( CBOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shot up more to $172.3 million. The CBOT plans to invest the proceeds in

CBOT says will not postpone IPO because of Refco
Reuters – decision by the board of directors of CBOT Holdings to proceed with the company's initial public offering,'CBOT spokeswoman Maria Gemskie told Reuters on

Exchange's IPO a hit on its 1st trading day
The Detroit Free Press – The Chicago Board of Trade Newly traded shares in CBOT Holdings Inc. The stock-market launch completes with a bang the exchange's transformation from member-owned nonprofit to publicly traded company after 157 years.

IPO REPORT: NYSE Group Moving Into Stock Spotlight After CBOT
Dow Jones via iWon – The shares of CBOT Holdings Inc. ( BOT), which owns the Chicago derivative exchange, tacked on another 17% to stand lately at $94 in their second day of trading, underscoring Wall Street's hunger for shares of electronic marketplaces. analysts Francis Gaskins said the CBOT Holdings IPO, along with upward moves

CBOT, Amex Launch New Trading Platforms
STPforum Magazine – WATERS NEWS CBOT, Amex Launch New Trading Platforms The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has launched its enhanced e-trading platform, e-cbot, by introducing a major API upgrade.

Investors top trade board IPO
SignOn San Diego – Newly traded shares in CBOT Holdings Inc., the board's holding company, opened more than $26 above the late Tuesday

Blue-chip stocks rise on Wall St. as oil prices ebb
Reuters – By Jennifer Coogan NEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) – U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Wednesday after a report showed crude oil inventories rose more than expected, sending oil futures down more than $1 a barrel. ID:nN18355358] Motorola shares climbed 4.2 percent to $21.01. CBOT Holdings Inc. ( BOT.

Experts share tips on undervalued stocks
Chicago Sun-Times – Shares of CBOT Holdings (BOT) now rank with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange stock (CME) as a Wall Street darling

BPCL keen on trading in NCDEX natural gas futures – Ties up for collaboration on furnace oil contracts
Hindu Business Line – Kolkata. Oct. taking keen participatory interest in natural gas futures trading on the National Commodity& Derivatives Exchange Ltd

Refco spurs questions on market oversight
Reuters – NYSE's regulatory unit, as well as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission

Buyers hover over Refco
USA Today – Flowers offered to pay $768 million for Refco's futures-trading business, which is not part of the parent's Chapter

Money manager hopes for swift Refco rescue
Globe and Mail – for Refco's regulated futures-trading unit, competing with a $768-million bid from New York buyout billionaire

UPDATE 5-Refco shuts down main business as crisis deepens
Reuters – Baltimore, who previously worked at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In the latest development in the deepening

Japan gov’t bond, futures prices close narrowly mixed 
Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 21 2:12 AM
_ Prices of 10-year Japanese government bonds and bond futures were narrowly mixed Friday, with cash bonds more than offsetting early losses, prompted by remarks by the central bank chief the previous day, on buying induced by weak stocks.Save to My Web

Australian Bonds Futures Rise Overnight 
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 20 4:31 PM
SYDNEY, Oct 21 Asia Pulse – US Treasuries shrugged off early weakness to end slightly firmer across the yield curve on Thursday as the share market fell back, prompting matching gains in Australian bonds futures overnight.Save to My Web

U.S. Stock Futures Gain; Google, SanDisk Shares Jump on Profit 
Bloomberg.com - Oct 21 5:51 AM
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures advanced as companies such as Google Inc. and SanDisk Corp. reported profit that exceeded analysts’ expectations. A drop in oil prices to less than $60 a barrel also contributed to the gains.Save to My Web

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance; Google Shares Jump in Europe 
Bloomberg.com - Oct 21 4:51 AM
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures gained on speculation that most companies will keep beating earnings estimates. Google Inc., the No. 1 Internet search engine, surged in Germany after profit exceeded analysts’ expectations.Save to My Web

Ambitious outlook 
Times Herald - Oct 23 4:34 AM
From careers and military service to parenting, teens have high expectations for their futures.Save to My Web

U.S. stock futures up as Google helps tech shares 
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 21 6:00 AM
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures rose, pointing to a stronger market open on Friday, after Web search company Google Inc. reported earnings that beat analysts’ expectations, stirring enthusiasm for technology shares.Save to My Web

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance; Google Shares Jump in Europe 
Bloomberg.com - Oct 21 12:36 AM
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures rose. Google Inc., the No. 1 Internet search engine, surged in Germany after its sevenfold increase in quarterly profit beat analyst estimates.Save to My Web

Grain, Soybeans Slip on Board of Trade 
AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 21 12:58 PM
Grain and soybean futures slipped lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Save to My Web

Nymex gasoline drops more than 10 cents 
AG Weekly - Oct 22 7:37 AM
NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) — Crude-oil futures plunged below $63 a barrel Wednesday as gasoline futures continued to sell off amid signs that the recent price spike has damped demand.Save to My Web

Vultures Circling Over Remains Of Refco 
Forbes - Oct 21 3:00 PM
Bidders are queuing up for parts of the bankrupt futures brokerage firm.Save to My Web

Australian Bonds Futures Rise Overnight 
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 20 4:31 PM
SYDNEY, Oct 21 Asia Pulse – US Treasuries shrugged off early weakness to end slightly firmer across the yield curve on Thursday as the share market fell back, prompting matching gains in Australian bonds futures overnight.Save to My Web

Gold futures edge up after two-session drop 
CBS Market Watch - Oct 20 7:17 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures edged higher Thursday morning to trade back above the $466-an-ounce level after losing almost $11 an ounce in the last two sessions.Save to My Web

Drought concerns send markets sharply higher: 
AG Weekly - Oct 22 7:34 AM
Since May 13, the corn and soybean markets have surged relentlessly higher on increasing concerns of a drought developing. November soybean futures have jumped $1.49 per bushel (a 24 percent rally), and corn has climbed $0.34 per bushel (a 15 percent rally).Save to My Web