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Oil falls despite hints of more cuts
CNN Money – The majority of NYMEX crude speculators last week took the position that prices would fall further, the first time since March that has happened, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Stocks of oil majors Exxon Mobil ( Charts

UPDATE: Outright NYSE-Tokyo Exchange Merger Seen Unlikely
Beurs.nl – Echoing comments made last week by NYSE Chief Financial Officer Nelson Chai, Thain said the CME-CBOT deal, which would create a futures-trading giant, may draw antitrust scrutiny. Included in the NYSE-Euronext merger is Euronext's London-based Liffe

Now, you can invest $50,000 overseas
Economic Times – This could be what the local commodity market was awaiting for. The increase in the annual limit for foreign remittances by individuals from $25,000 to $50,000 could well boost commodity futures trading, which has seen investors making maximum use of

Nymex to Sell 7 Percent Stake in IPO
MSN MoneyCentral – Electronic exchange ICE has grabbed more than half the world's light, sweet crude futures trading volume, partly after introducing a copy of Nymex's benchmark. In one significant change, Nymex last month launched round-the-clock electronic trading of

Gary Crandall, CEO
PRWeb – Hoc Committee of Refco F/X Customers Files Objection to Gain Capital Offer to Purchase Accounts In response to an offer made by Gain Capital to purchase the approximately 17,000 retail Refco F/X Accounts affected by the bankruptcy of futures trading

Countrywide Financial Corporation Fixed Income Investor Forum – Final
Insurance News Net – VINCE BREITENBACH, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF INVESTOR RELATIONS, COUNTRYWIDE FINANCE: Hi, good morning everyone, if I could ask you to please take your seats, we're going to get started. Welcome to Countrywide's first East Coast Fixed Income Investor and

CME to launch credit derivative
MSN MoneyCentral – The CME has filed an application with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list"Credit Event Futures", which it said would provide investors with an exchange-traded alternative to the protection now available only in the over-the-counter

Is the U.S. Losing Ground?
American Enterprise Institute – SEC and the PCAOB, we can also harness the expertise within other departments and agencies represented in the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, which includes the Department of Treasury, Federal Reserve and the Commodity Futures Trading

Media Boycott Harry Reid Land Scam, Trumpet Foley
News Busters – This makes Hillary Clinton's futures trading venture look like amateur hour. And it's time for conservatives to act because the biggest scandal is that the media are burying the story. According to the AP report, the deal was put together by Reid's

Cash Beef Situation and Outlook:
CattleNetwork.com – Look for a slightly lower open to cattle futures trading this morning, with prospects of a higher trade by the end of the day. Trade Well!!! To better serve and provide the best possible execution for my existing clientele and future customers, I