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Report on Corporate Rules Is Assailed
Washington Post – group's co-chairman, took pains to say that many of its proposals could be enacted by securities regulators and the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, made up of the leaders of the SEC, Treasury Department and Commodity Futures Trading

LME reveals expansion strategy
MSN MoneyCentral – Minor metals such as cobalt and molybdenum, which are not liquid enough to sustain futures trading, could be incorporated into the OTC platform, Mr Abbott added."Other exchanges have seen their OTC business overtake their underlying business in about

South Sound enterprises
Olympian – ordered to pay $33 million PORTLAND – A former currency trader convicted of defrauding hundreds of investors has been ordered to pay more than $33 million in one of the largest fines against an individual sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading

Corn Soars to 10-Year High as Stockpiles Fall on Record Demand for
Bloomberg – Commodity Futures Trading Commission that the contracts will also be available in the U.S. “This is certainly not about taking business away from Nybot,''Ian Dudden, director of commodity products at Euronext.liffe in London, said in a

Oil rises above $53 on fears of further OPEC cuts
Reuters South Africa – Commodity Futures Trading Commission data on Friday showed that speculators on the New York Mercantile Exchange shifted to a net short position for crude oil in the week ended January 10. It was the first time speculators were net short on crude since

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks finish year strong, but bonds fall
Reuters – Markets will be shuttered on Monday in observance of New Year's Day, while stock and energy futures trading will be suspended on Tuesday as well to honor former President Gerald Ford, who died earlier this week. Yields on government bonds rose over

Ex-Currency Trader Ordered to Pay $33M
MSN MoneyCentral – PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A former currency trader convicted of defrauding hundreds of investors has been ordered to pay more than $33 million in one of the largest fines against an individual sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Europe Seeks Cuts in Dutch, Belgian Emission Plans (Update4)
Bloomberg – Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — The European Union said two of its member governments should grant fewer permits to release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere starting next year to help prevent a surplus of the allowances through 2012. The Netherlands should

Browne censured by US safety panel
Guardian Unlimited – A civil inquiry has also been instigated by the US environmental protection agency. Another regulator, the commodities futures trading commission, has filed civil complaints over allegations that BP manipulated the propane market in 2004. It is also

Fancy talk for lying and altering the rules
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel – Separately, at least 15 area firms were on the wrong side of enforcement actions by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates U.S. commodities futures and options markets. Most of the firms were accused in civil suits by the CFTC of

August 2006
Wall Street and Technology – This year's Gold Book also includes profiles of seven IT leaders from exchanges, including the NYSE, Nasdaq, Amex and CME. With all of the market structure changes taking place, we think it is important to shed some light on what the CIOs at

ICAAC 2006 – Antiretroviral Drug Resistance in Patients With HIV CME
Medscape News – the optimal use of new drug classes for treatment of persons in whom previous regimens failed. Although only a small proportion of presentations at the 46th ICAAC were devoted to HIV drug resistance, there were several abstracts that extended current

World Health Organization Issues New Guidelines for the Avian Flu
Medscape News – World Health Organization Issues New Guidelines for the Avian Flu Virus CME/CE News Author: Laurie Barclay, MD CME Author: Charles Vega, MD, FAAFP Disclosures Release Date: December 28, 2006 ; Valid for credit through December 28, 2007

Scientists don't agree on global warming
Bismarck Tribune – Note the affect of the EMP's and CME's of the surface of the earth. Note also the sudden (in a matter of minutes) changes of temperature in the oceans which in turn triggered abrupt changes in weather patterns such as a hurricane in Alaska. Also

Thank you, Thank you, Thank You
PRWeb – CME Outfitters Announces New Clinical Challenges CE Audioconference Series:"Improving the Odds in the Battle Against Alcohol Dependence"Premieres Thurs Oct. 6, 2005 CME Outfitters, LLC, nationally accredited provider of multidisciplinary medical

DJ Agriculture Calendar – Futures, Options Dates – Dec 28 -2-
TMCnet – (Comtex Energy Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) June 29 MGE July wheat futures first notice day June 29 CBOT July corn futures first notice day June 29 CBOT July oat futures first notice day June 29 CBOT July soymeal, soyoil futures first notice day June

CBOT Rings in New Year With Confetti Shower as Exchange Sets New All
Forbes – WHAT: Shower of confetti at the closing bell. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) members will once again celebrate a record-setting year on the final day of trading for 2006. In 2006, the CBOT set an all-time volume record, as the total surpassed 801

CBOT challenges CBOE's exercise right termination
Reuters – Last: NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters) – CBOT Holdings (BOT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) on Friday filed a second amended complaint against the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in response to CBOE's Dec. 12 request to terminate CBOT's CBOE trading

Schaeffer's “Behind the Headlines'Highlights the Following
MSN MoneyCentral – In fact, ICE has soared nearly 167 percent since the start of 2006, while the International Securities Exchange (ISE) has jumped 94 percent and CBOT Holdings (BOT) has jumped 66 percent. Like ICE, both ISE and BOT are currently consolidating into

TradeStation Announces the Launch of Eurex Services
MSN MoneyCentral – With Eurex futures, and then Euronext-Liffe next year, we will be able to offer a strategy trading platform throughout Europe, as well as in the U.S., that covers the four largest futures exchanges, CME, CBOT, Eurex and Euronext-Liffe."About

Roberts: Declining Technical Signs For Cattle, 10-Year Highs For Corn
CattleNetwork.com – CORN on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) closed higher on chart buying Monday. The DEC 06 futures contract closed at $3.714/bu, up 2.2 /bu from Friday and 29.0 /bu higher per bushel than this time two weeks ago. December 07 futures were up 6

Sneak Peek 2007
Forbes – Herr also likes Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (nyse: CME – news – people ) and expects its acquisition of CBOT Holdings (nyse: BOT – news – people ) will close in mid-2007. He thinks that the combined Chicago

CBOT, Chicago Merc: DOJ Seeks More Info
MSN MoneyCentral – CHICAGO (AP) – The parent companies of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade said Friday that the Justice Department has requested additional information about their pending $8 billion deal to combine operations into a single

Higher trading revenue lifts OptionsXpress profits
Crain's Chicago Business – Is Deere jumping too high? | December 11 08:30:00, 2006 Timing right on Sun-Times stock options | December 10 08:35:00, 2006 Methode's fortunes tied to Big 3 | December 09, 2006 Hedging at the CME | December 14 08:51:00, 2006'Very good progress'on CME-CBOT

Merger could give boost to CBOT building
Crain's Chicago Business – CBOT files 2nd complaint to retain CBOE rights | December 22 17:33:00, 2006'Very good progress'on CME-CBOT deal | December 13 17:30:00, 2006 CBOE wants to end CBOT rights on options exchange | December 12 12:36:00, 2006 CBOT to cut jobs after

Stocks upbeat around globe
Los Angeles Times – Stock-index futures trading electronically on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange rose. In other markets, Treasury yields fell, the dollar sank to its lowest level in three weeks against the euro and crude oil futures retreated in electronic trading in

CFTC Commissioner Frederick Hatfield resigns
Reuters – WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. futures industry regulator, said on Thursday that Commissioner Frederick Hatfield, a Democrat, is resigning effective Dec. 31. No immediate reason was given for the

Enron: Beyond the Verdicts
MSNBC – In less than a year after Enron's collapse, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission began writing rules exempting commodity hedge funds from traditional oversight. In response, they have snapped up Enron's speculative trading business, infusing

Markets wrap up big gains for 2006
Chicago Tribune – The two globally dominant futures-trading operations are in the process of merging. -Equity Office Properties. The No. 1 owner of office buildings, controlled by tycoon Samuel Zell, is being sold to private-equity investors. Its share price gain for

FLORIDA BUSINESS BRIEFS
Contra Costa Times – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed notices of intent to revoke the broker registration of Worldwide Commodity and its successor corporation South Coast Commodities , both of Pembroke Pines. The CFTC alleges Worldwide and others

Kansas City Board of Trade finally getting noticed
Kansas City Star – This marks the beginning of futures trading in Kansas City. In February 1982, the exchange becomes the first to trade stock index futures contracts as the Value Line launches. In December 2004, the exchange begins after-hours electronic trading

Commodities may still be a good bet, the pros say, but only in
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – On the bright side, federal regulations on futures trading make it easier to place bearish bets in those markets than in stocks. Futures traders say that setup makes it just as easy to profit during market downturns as upturns — assuming the

Commodities'downturn could cause real pain
Greenwich Time – The advisers, officially registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as commodity trading advisers, manage about $70 billion, and Morgan Stanley's Roach said they likely represent a small portion of the asset class. The flood of investor

Florida business briefs
ThatsRacin.com – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission says customers of Financial Risk Management and Financial Risk International lost more than $3 million in options trading in 2004. The commission alleges in a civil lawsuit recently unsealed that Stephanie Ann

Selling Wave Hits Commodities
Forbes – At the CBOT, corn futures settled sharply lower, near its limit-down price levels and at 2-week lows, as a commodity-wide sell-off pushed prices lower, market participants said. March corn settled 19.75 cents lower at $3.7050 a bushel, and May corn

Merger could give boost to CBOT building
Crain's Chicago Business – CME, CBOT get request for more info on merger | December 01 17:45:00, 2006 CME daily volume up 28% in Nov., CBOT sets record | December 01 09:49:00, 2006 CBOT's Tuesday volume sets record | November 29 11:33:00, 2006 Merc CEO rejects criticism of

Eurex remains largest futures exchange
MSNBC – The CME narrowed the gap with Eurex a joint venture between Deutsche B rse and the SWX Swiss Exchange but remained in second place. The leading pair ranked ahead of the CBOT and the derivatives arm of Euronext.liffe, which is set to be

Rand holds firmer vs dollar on higher gold
Reuters South Africa – The local currency benefited from a wobbly dollar, which lost its value against most European currencies as investors sought currencies with higher returns."We saw model funds selling dollars in the U.S. and London yesterday (Tuesday) that's why we

Rand firm against major currencies
SABC – US stock markets were closed to mark the death of Gerald Ford, the former US president. Europe's major markets kicked off the New Year on an upbeat note. London's FTSE 100 ended 71 points up at 6291. In Paris, the Caceron gained 65 points and

Metals – Gold recedes after hitting highest levels in nearly a month
Forbes – Also, a stronger dollar makes gold more expensive for holders of other currencies. At 4.34 pm, spot gold, which earlier hit a high of 644.73 usd an ounce, was quoted at 634.25 usd, down from the 640.25 usd level seen at the close in London yesterday.

fighting words
Slate – Just in time for the apparent top of the housing market, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is introducing futures and options on housing prices in 10 cities for the second quarter of 2006. (Here's an overview of the products, and CME's White Paper on the

Roberts: Market Thinks Corn Acreage Needs To Increase
CattleNetwork.com – LIVE CATTLE in Chicago (CME) closed higher on Monday in reaction to lower CBOT corn with the OCT 06LC at $89.350/cwt, up $1.675/cwt and the DEC 06LC up $1.625/cwt at $88.700/cwt. Cash cattle traded steady late on Friday at $88/cwt-$88.50/cwt

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CBOT Corn Review: Settles Higher As Funds Buy
CattleNetwork.com, KS - Dec 19, 2006 March corn settled 7 1/4 cents higher at $3.73 and May corn rose 7 cents to 3.80 3/4. e-CBOT day session volume in March was 51,777 contracts.

Friday Soybean Comment
Inside Futures, IL - Dec 29, 2006 day of the year. — Total CBOT issuer/stopper report for Jan. Soybeans 683; Jan. Soymeal 1,107; Jan. Soyoil 1,523. Trade gets very

CBOT Wants to Block CBOE Seat Provision
Houston Chronicle, United States - Dec 26, 2006 Under CBOE's 1973 corporate charter, members of CBOT Holdings Inc.'s futures exchange can buy a seat on CBOE without applying for a separate membership.

CBOT Signs With E-Grain to Allow Electronic Warehouse Receipts to
Grainnet, IL - Dec 21, 2006 provider of an electronic warehouse receipt (EWR) service based in Springfield, IL, said today that it had signed up the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to allow

CBOT Rings In New Year With Confetti Shower – CBOT Celebrates
Exchange News Direct, UK - Dec 29, 2006 Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) members will once again celebrate a record-setting year on the final day of trading for 2006. In 2006