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  Chicago Mercantile Exchange. CME - History, Profile, About, Companies
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange began in 1898 as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board, so named because it only traded contracts in butter and eggs.
In 1919 it became known as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
In 2000, the CME demutualized, becoming a for-profit organization and in 2001 it officially became the largest futures exchange in the U.S. In 2002, the CME became the first exchange in the United States to issue shares, listing on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CME.
www.advfn.com /StockExchanges/history/CME/ChicagoMercantileExchange.html   (269 words)

  
  Chicago Mercantile Exchange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or, simply, Merc) (NYSE:CME) is the largest futures exchange in the United States.
The CME was founded in 1898 as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board.
CME has the largest options and futures contracts open interest (number of contracts outstanding) of any futures exchange in the world, which indicates a very high liquidity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Mercantile_Exchange   (370 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. to Present at William Blair Conference
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (http://www.cme.com) is the largest futures exchange in the United States.
CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000(R) Index.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, the globe logo and GLOBEX are registered trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Other trade names, service marks, trademarks and registered trademarks that are not proprietary to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. are the property of their respective owners, and are used herein under license.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-18-2004/0002195912&EDATE=   (280 words)

  
 CME Disclaimer/Terms & Conditions
CME is entitled to use any information submitted for any purpose without restriction or compensation to the person sending the submission.
CME is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind; lost or unavailable network connections; incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions.
CME DataSuite Applications are intended for marketing purposes only and CME does not guarantee the accuracy or the timeliness of the data provided.
www.cme.com /about/ins/disclaimer.html   (1396 words)

  
 CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com) is the largest futures exchange in the United States.
CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000® Index.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, the globe logo and CME Globex are registered trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. E-mini is a trademark of CME.
investor.cme.com /ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=168072   (948 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings News
A small group of dairy farmers, some dressed as cows, staged a protest outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday, claiming that a handful of traders at the exchange were behind the low price of milk.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures closed higher for the second straight session Thursday, but traders are waiting for the results of this week's price battle between cattle owners and...
Chicago's major futures exchanges on Monday reported record derivatives volume for March, driven by shifting ideas about the direction of interest rates and foreign currencies.
www.topix.net /com/cme   (703 words)

  
 Clearing alliance advances Chicago, sidesteps rivalry
That sums up the achievement of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, two institutions that define the city's status as a worldwide financial capital.
Chicago's role as a financial center can't be taken for granted, especially now that multinational companies move billions of dollars across oceans from the comfort of computer stations.
The busiest futures exchange in the United States and a publicly traded stock, the CME added a major revenue source without having to increase expenses much.
www.suntimes.com /special_sections/innovate/cst-fin-cia05merc.html   (687 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange to Host China Derivatives Forum in ...
We cherish the cooperation among our three exchanges that makes the Forum possible." Leo Melamed, CME Chairman Emeritus, said, "John Hay, the former American Secretary of State, once stated that the Mediterranean was the ocean of the past, the Atlantic the ocean of the present, and the Pacific the ocean of the future.
About Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (http://www.cme.com) is the largest futures exchange in the United States.
CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000(R) Index.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-22-2005/0004092246&EDATE=   (1204 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange
With an average of $1.5 billion trading each day and more than $250 trillion changing hands in a year, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is the largest futures exchange in the world.
CME was initially founded in 1898 as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board.
CME stopped trading and evacuated the building on the morning of September 11.
www.recoverychronicles.com /MediaPR/eNewsletter/Print_Article.asp?ArticleID=192   (1480 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange - T2W Traderpedia
An exchange where financial futures, commodity futures, foreign currency futures and futures options are traded.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) was founded in 1898 as a not-for-profit corporation.
CME is the world's second-largest exchange for futures and options on futures and the largest in the U.S. Trading involves mostly futures on interest rates, currency, equities, stock indices and a small amount on agricultural products.
www.trade2win.com /traderpedia/CME   (90 words)

  
 ABC 7 News - Chicago Mercantile Exchange Sees Profit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Chicago Mercantile said income before income taxes in the third quarter totaled $128 million, an increase of 28 percent from $100 million for the year-ago period.
Chicago Mercantile also said capital expenditures, including capitalized software development costs, were $19 million in third quarter 2005.
Also in the third quarter, Chicago Mercantile's average daily volume was 4.2 million contracts, up 30 percent from the same period in 2004.
www.wjla.com /news/stories/1005/271698.html   (318 words)

  
 chicago stock exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) was founded May 15, 1882 and is the third...
CME is the largest US futures exchange, and by most measures the most...
Chicago Stock Exchange largest of the regional stock exchanges in the United States.
forex.gggtown.com /chicago-stock-exchange   (436 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange - CME
The world's second-largest exchange for futures and options on futures and the largest in the U.S. Trading involves mostly futures on interest rates, currency, equities, stock indices and a small amount on agricultural products.
Founded in 1898 as a not-for-profit corporation, the CME was called the Chicago Butter and Egg Board until 1919.
In November 2000, CME became the first U.S. financial exchange to demutualize and become a shareholder-owned corporation.
baystreet.investopedia.com /terms/c/cme.asp   (168 words)

  
 Nightly Business Report . One on One with Terrence Duffy, Chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange | PBS
One on One with Terrence Duffy, Chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
One on One with Terrence Duffy, Chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
A short while ago, I talked with Terrence Duffy, chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and asked him why he finally decided to merge his exchange with his rival.
www.pbs.org /nbr/site/onair/transcripts/061017_gharib   (731 words)

  
 Chicago Gifts: Online Gift Store - Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Affectionately called the Merc, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is the second largest futures exchange.
The CME evolved from the Chicago Butter and Egg Board when it was organized in 1919 for trading futures and cash.
This scene is of the trading floor at 444 West Jackson Boulevard, which has been replaced in 1983 by the new Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center on Wacker Drive.
www.chicagogifts.com /store/item.asp?ITEM=merc   (172 words)

  
 Chicago Stock Exchange-Mexican Stock Exchange Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Futures Exchange: Futures...
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Members of the Chicago Stock Exchange late Thursday voted to restructure the bourse into a for-profit company in a move that could pave the way for a merger or an initial public offering down the road.
The Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) was established in 1882 and is today the 2nd largest stock exchange in the U.S. in terms of dollar value of shares traded.
www.stockexchange-mexico.com /chicago-stock-exchange.html   (545 words)

  
 Success stories: Chicago Mercantile Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
From its origins as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board in 1898, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has evolved into the largest futures exchange in the United States, offering products that range from frozen pork bellies to sophisticated financial instruments that serve as benchmarks to investors worldwide.
CME has maintained its industry-leading status, thanks, in part, to relentlessly adapting to market demands.
One example is the innovative CME Globex electronic trading platform, which provides traders access to global financial futures markets 23-1/2 hours each day.
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 Organization Profile: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) is a premier international marketplace for global risk management.
CME has a long history of innovation, which includes our pioneer status as one of the first financial exchanges to become a public company (in November 2000).
As a result of CME's demutualization, nearly 26 million shares of Class A common stock were allocated on a 3-2-1 basis to 3,200 members of the CME, IMM and IOM divisions.
www.riskworld.com /PressRel/2001/01q1/PR01a012.htm   (2391 words)

  
 Fool.com: The Allure of Merc Markets [Motley Fool Take] April 28, 2004
The CME's products are particularly well-positioned, given all the economic volatility we've seen over the past few years.
Yesterday, the exchange reported that net earnings for the first quarter rose 77% to $46.1 million, or $1.35 a share, and revenue increased 32% to $166 million.
That means more activity on the futures and commodities exchanges and higher profits for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
www.fool.com /News/mft/2004/mft04042809.htm   (359 words)

  
 Computerworld | Case Study: Exchange makes Linux call
In a quiet corner office of Chicago Mercantile Exchange, high above the steady roar of shouting traders on the exchange floor, Joseph Panfil, director of distributed computing, is focused on the smallest increments of time.
CME's goal is to convert 45 percent of its Solaris systems to Linux by year's end.
Originally, the exchange planned to migrate all of its servers off Solaris, but applications on many of the servers are written specifically for Solaris, and it now has no plans to migrate those.
www.computerworld.com.au /index.php/id;101366230;fp;16;fpid;0   (1751 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Selects Sprint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In addition, to enhance the reliability of trading on CME's GLOBEX platform, Sprint will now be able to deliver a redundant ATM network as a backup to the primary network for those customers using T1 lines.
The exchange moved about $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first half of 2003 and managed $29.1 billion in collateral deposits at June 30, 2003.
CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000® Index.
www2.sprint.com /mr/news_dtl.do?id=1736   (523 words)

  
 Case History: Chicago Mercantile Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is the largest US futures exchange, electronically trading almost 4 million contracts per day recently with over $1.7 trillion in notational value involved.
The Exchange is open 23.5 hours every day starting Sunday at 5 pm and closing on Friday at 4 pm.
The author would like to thank Craig Taylor of CME for taking the time to talk out of what is surely a very busy schedule.
www.ilmletter.com /English/Newsletters/2005/Articles/200503_Article_ChicagoMerc.html   (460 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Selects AT&T for Managed Hosting Solution - Web Hosting News by WebHosting.Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
ATandT today announced it has been awarded a three-year contract from Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the leading futures exchange in the United States, for a fully managed hosting solution to support CME's www.cme.com Web site.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. is the largest futures exchange in the United States.
The exchange moved about $1.4 billion per day in settlement payments in 2003 and managed $37.6 billion in collateral deposits at Dec. 31, 2003, including $1.5 billion in deposits for non-CME products.
news.webhosting.info /t-933   (543 words)

  
 Chicago Mercantile Exchange to Expense Options
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday said it would start treating stock options as expenses, and this will add $2.9 million to its previously reported net income for the 2002 first half, Reuters reported.
The change will increase first-half net to $41.7 million, or $1.40 per diluted share, the exchange said in a statement.
The exchange joins such big name companies as Coca-Cola, Amazon.com and General Motors.
www.nysscpa.org /home/2002/902/4week/article7.htm   (111 words)

  
 THE CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is one of the world's premiere futures and options exchanges, offering a diverse range of financial products for institutional and retail investors.
Throughout its nearly 100-year history, the CME has maintained a firm commitment to providing the marketplace with risk management tools to capitalize on opportunities in domestic and international financial markets.
The CME's Mexican peso futures contract, launched in April 1995 was the first emerging markets product to be traded on the Exchange.
www.emgmkts.com /contrib/cme.htm   (485 words)

  
 Articles - Chicago Mercantile Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or, simply, Merc) (NYSE:, becoming the first US exchange to do so.
CME has four major product areas: short term interest rates, stock market indices, foreign exchange, and commodities.
Trading is conducted in two methods; an open outcry format and the CME Globex®; electronic trading platform.
www.zdiamond.net /articles/Chicago_Mercantile_Exchange   (276 words)

  
 Chicago Exchange makes Linux call - Computerworld
In a quiet corner office of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., high above the steady roar of shouting traders on the exchange floor, Joseph Panfil, director of distributed computing, is focused on the smallest increments of time.
To cut times further and reduce IT costs, the CME is pursuing a major IT overhaul that involves a gradual adoption of the Linux operating system on Intel-based servers while moving off Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris and Sparc hardware.
CME's goal is to convert 45% of its Solaris systems to Linux by year's end.
www.computerworld.com /hardwaretopics/hardware/server/story/0,10801,96842,00.html?SKC=software-96842   (2158 words)

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