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CME, CBOT Comment On Compromise Between CFTC, SEC

Date 15/09/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade provided the following joint comment in response to the compromise between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission, which was delivered to Capitol Hill on Thursday:
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CheMatch.com Sign Exclusive Agreement To Jointly Develop Certain Chemical Futures, Options - Agreement Formalizes CME Entry Into B2B Arena

Date 15/09/2000

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and CheMatch.com, Inc., today announced that they have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly develop and market a co-branded complex of certain chemical futures and options products that will trade on the CME's GLOBEX®2 electronic trading system. The agreement, which formalizes the CME's entry into the business-to-business ("B2B") arena, represents the first joint development project between a futures exchange and a B2B marketplace to create risk manag
Program Trading Averaged 18.3 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Sept. 5-Sept. 8

Date 14/09/2000

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Sept. 5-Sept. 8.
Nymex To Increase Margins On Crude Oil, Heating Oil, Gasoline

Date 14/09/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will raise the margins on its crude oil, heating oil and unleaded gasoline futures contracts as of the close of business today.
London Stock Exchange Annual General Meeting - Chairman's Statement.

Date 14/09/2000

The following is the text of a statement by Don Cruickshank, Chairman, to the Annual General Meeting of the London Stock Exchange on Thursday 14 September 2000 at 12 noon. People ask me : why did you take on this job? Well, the answer is that I spied in the pre-demutualisation Exchange of March this year - just six months ago - opportunities for a commercially driven exchange to be the market leader, to build on its existing strong position, and to move forward to participate succes

London Stock Exchange Annual General Meeting

Date 14/09/2000

At today's annual general meeting of the London Stock Exchange all of the directors standing were re-elected to the Board. Three directors were elected on a poll and the results of the ballot are: Gavin Casey, For: 9,462,218 (56.3%), Against: 7,337,778 (43.7%); Michael Marks, For: 11,445,231(73.1%), Against: 4,215,420 (26.9%); Don Cruickshank, For: 10,984,563 (66.5%), Against: 5,525,408 (33.5%).
London Metal Exchange Demutualisation Agreed

Date 14/09/2000

The members of London Metal Exchange Limited (LME) today voted in favour of the Exchange becoming a shareholder-owned entity.
London Metal Exchange Choses Technology Partner To Develop Screen Trading System

Date 14/09/2000

The London Metal Exchange, the world's largest non-ferrous futures and traded options exchange, today announced, subject to contract, that it has appointed OM Technology to develop a screen trading system.
CME Changes: E-Mini Feeder Cattle Futures Launches On Globex®2 September 19, 2000 Contract Specifications

Date 14/09/2000

The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME's Web site have been updated to reflect the following: Effective on Tuesday, September 19, 9:05 a.m. trading in E-Mini Feeder Cattle futures will be available on the CME's GLOBEX®2 electronic trading system, from 9:05 a.m. (Central) until 1:00 p.m.
a/c/e CBOT® Contract Volume Tops One Million in Just 12 Trading Days - CBOT® To Allow a/c/e Terminals On Trading Floor

Date 14/09/2000

The Chicago Board of Trade and Eurex today announced that CBOT® contract volume on their joint trading platform, a/c/e - alliance/cbot/eurex - exceeded one million in its first 12 days of operation.