Business
IntercontinentalExchange Inc., an electronic marketplace for oil futures contracts and other energy derivative securities, said Thursday that it would buy the New York Board of Trade, a major trader of futures and options on commodities such as sugar, cotton, coffee and cocoa.
Sept. 15, 2006
Federal antitrust regulators gave the green light for the two largest U.S. futures exchanges to merge, saying the proposed combination probably would not hurt competition.
June 12, 2007
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and five other banks and energy companies said they will create a Web site for trading precious metals and oil, two of the world’s largest commodity markets.
March 22, 2000
Amid surging energy prices, the owner of the world’s largest energy futures marketplace wants to go public.
July 18, 2006
The Chicago Board of Trade got the final go-ahead from shareholders Monday to join forces with its hometown rival, in an $11.9-billion deal that will end its 159 years of independence but could make the combined all-Chicago company the world’s biggest exchange.
July 10, 2007
NYSE shares surge 31% on deal to sell company
Dec. 20, 2012
Nasdaq counters Deutsche Boerse’s offer to buy NYSE
April 2, 2011
Money & Company
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April 1, 2011
Federal agents are investigating whether high-frequency trading firms break U.S. laws by acting on nonpublic information to gain an edge over competitors.
April 1, 2014
Slowing the revolving door
April 6, 2010