Friday, July 13, 2007

Chicago CME Group opens for business after merger

(Reuters) - The CME Group -- created by the marriage of
cross-town rivals the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the
Chicago Board of Trade -- greeted its first official day with
the ceremonial ringing of the opening bell for the Chicago
grains markets.




"The CME Group will solidify the great city of Chicago as
the risk-management capital of the world for many years to
come," Terrence Duffy, CME Group executive chairman, told
hundreds of grain traders at the world's largest grain exchange
just before ringing the opening bell for trading.


Read more at Reuters.com Mergers News

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