International Business News - CME http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The Chicago Mercantile Exchange marked a milestone in its 110-year history Friday as the last floor traders wrapped up business at the building that has served as the Merc's home since 1983. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/last-chicago-merc-traders-move-out-of-longtime-headquarters.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 14:10:45 EDT Nymex Holdings Inc.'s first-quarter profit jumped 27 percent as market volatility led to higher transaction and clearing fees, the operator of the New York Mercantile Exchange said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/nymex-1q-profit-jumps-27-percent-on-higher-trading-volumes.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 07:55:33 EDT Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, April 22, from AP Financial News: CHICAGO (AP) _ Shares of financial exchanges operator CME Group Inc. fell nearly 8 percent Tuesday after the company's first-quarter results fell short of Wall Street forecasts despite more than doubling profits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/earnings-roundup-cme-group-phoenix-technologies.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:11:11 EDT Among the premarket stories for Tuesday, April 22, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of CME Group Inc. slid in premarket trading Tuesday after the operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange reported first-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/premarket-roundup-cme-group-unitedhealth.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:24:22 EDT Financial exchanges operator CME Group Inc. said Tuesday its profit more than doubled in the first quarter as volume increased by a third, but it fell short of expectations and its stock sank. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/cme-1q-profit-soars-but-misses-wall-streets-estimates.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:58:02 EDT Shares of CME Group Inc. slid in premarket trading Tuesday after the operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange reported first-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/ahead-of-the-bell-cme-group-dips-after-missing-1q-estimates.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:54:31 EDT Exchanges operator CME Group says its profit more than doubled in the first quarter as volume increased by a third. The operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade says it earned $284 million, or $5.25 per share, on revenue of $625 million. That compares with $130 million, or $3.69 per share, on revenue of $332 million a year earlier. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/cme-1q-profit-soars-on-cbot-combination-volume-growth.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:31:27 EDT CME Group Inc. reports first-quarter earnings Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. OVERVIEW: The largest U.S. futures exchange operator, which runs the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, has benefited from volatility of the shaken capital markets. As investors shift positions, the exchange takes a fee for each move. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/earnings-preview-cme-expected-to-shine-on-market-volatility.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:43:29 EDT CME Group, the owner of derivatives exchange Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc., said Tuesday its first-quarter volume averaged 13.7 million contracts per day, up 32 percent from the first qua... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/cme-1q-volume-up-32-percent.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:11:45 EDT Shares of diversified financial-services companies finished mixed Tuesday as gloomy reports about home prices and consumer sentiment discouraged investors after two days of gains. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/closing-glance-diversified-financials.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:09:05 EDT CME Group Inc. agreed to buy Credit Market Analysis Ltd., a derivatives price-quoting service, for an undisclosed amount, the exchange said Tuesday. A credit derivative is a contract whose value is tied to how likely a debt is to be repaid, such as a swap, which pledges to cover missed payments on a bond or loan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/cme-to-buy-derivatives-service-cma.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:39:44 EDT Shares of diversified financial services companies rose early Wednesday, as investors weighed better-than-expected earnings results from Morgan Stanley and news of a government plan to boost financing for home loans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080319/opening-glance-diversified-financials.htm Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:09:40 EDT The chief executive of CME Group Inc., which runs the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, received compensation valued at $3.6 million in fiscal 2007, a 24 percent decrease from the previous year, according to a regulatory filing Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080318/cme-group-inc-ceo-got-3-6m-in-2007-pay.htm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:25:50 EDT The operators of the Chicago and New York mercantile exchanges are combining, but shares of CME Group and Nymex Holdings are down with the broader market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080317/out-of-the-gate-cme-will-buy-nymex.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:52:01 EDT The parent company of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade said Monday that it would buy the owner of the New York Mercantile Exchange in a cash-and-stock deal valued at almost $9.5 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080317/cme-to-buy-nymex-for-9-5-billion.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:22:23 EDT CME Group Inc., which runs the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, said Monday it will buy New York Mercantile Exchange parent Nymex Holdings for about $9.48 billion, including $3.4 billion in cash and $6.08 billion of stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080317/cme-buy-nymex-for-billion.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:48:11 EDT Shares of stock exchange operators rose in Wednesday afternoon trading because of continued strong trading volume among the exchanges. U.S. equity market average daily volume in February was about 7.3 billion shares, a 32.5 percent increase from the previous year, Lehman Brothers analyst Roger Freeman wrote in a research note. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/sector-snap-stock-exchange-operators.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:52:55 EST Federal authorities are investigating wheat-futures trades by a fired MF Global Ltd. trader that led to a $141.5 million loss at the brokerage firm, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080304/report-feds-investigating-wheat-trades.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:42:54 EST