Other headlines for [CME]

• Yesterday 06:08pm
  (US) US House Agriculture Committee plans bill which would require all OTC derivatives to be cleared by federally regulated clearinghouses- Says bill may be drafted by the end of next week, and that more...
  
• Yesterday 02:54pm
  Nasdaq CEO: SEC should merge with CFTC, US needs a single regulator to oversee all risk in the system-Note this has been speculated in the past
  
• ICE 1/7/2009 08:09am
  IntercontinentalExchange Inc. Shares cut to in-line from outperform at a boutique firm (Fox-Pitt); US Market Structure Sector cut to Marketweight from Overweight- CME price target cut to $261 from $350, maintains in-line more...
  
• NDAQ 1/6/2009 00:01am
  The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc Launches a derivatives clearinghouse - WSJ- A derivatives clearinghouse owned by Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. has gone live in recent days and started clearing over-the-counter contracts tied to interest more...
  
• CME 1/5/2009 08:37am
  Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc Volume Averaged 13.0M Contracts per Day in 2008 +4% y/y- Total electronic volume averaged 10.3M contracts per day, +12% y/y - Dec volume 8.2M contracts/day, -22% y/y - Dec E-mini volume 2.9M more...
  

Financials sector headlines

• HIG Today 03:57pm
  The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS): HIG receives approval to become Thrift holding company- this approval will allow HIG to recieve money from the federal rescue fund.
  
• C Today 03:29pm
  Citigroup Inc *CITIGROUP AND MORGAN STANELY IN TALKS TO MERGE BROKERAGE UNITS - CNBC- Merger would create nation's largest brokerage firm. - Morgan Stanley would pay Citigroup an unspecified amount to own larger more...
  
• C Today 03:17pm
  Citigroup Inc Confirms Robert Rubin is retiring from Board- Notes that Rubin will remain on the board until the bank's next annual meeting.
  
• C Today 03:00pm
  Citigroup Inc Robert Rubin will resign from Board shortly - WSJ
  
• STI Today 02:24pm
  SunTrust Banks, Inc. Suntrust Cuts STI to Neutral from Buy (timing uncertain)