The recent deal combining the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) stands out as a merger that could very well pose a threat to the U.S. options exchanges down the ...

surprised Wall Street last week by making an unsolicited $9.9 billion all-stock bid for CBOT. The Board of Trade responded by pledging to review the ICE bid and by canceling a scheduled April 4 ...

Exchange consolidation has long been on the agenda. But while others have dallied and dithered in the full glare of the media’s spotlight on the way to the altar, Chicago’s two venerable futures ...

The companies previously announced that after the merger is complete, Terrence A. Duffy, current CME Executive Chairman, will serve as CME Group Executive Chairman and Charles P. Carey, current CBOT ...

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- With an upgraded proposal to acquire CBOT Holdings Inc. BOT, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. CME has changed the minds of some CBOT shareholders who had been against ...

CME Group Inc. CME, +1.28% posted a 15% rise in second-quarter net income in its final quarter of results before closing its $12 billion acquisition of CBOT Holding Inc. Meanwhile, CBOT had a 34% jump ...

It appears that the proposed merger of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and CBOT Holdings, Inc. will go ahead, after the firms announced that preliminary results indicate the shareholders of ...

Shareholders of IntercontinentalExchange, in a takeover battle with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, appear to have ice in their veins. The same can't be said for CME shareholders. CME ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings on Friday sweetened its bid for the parent of the Chicago Board of Trade with a 16 percent increase to about $9.2 billion and improved terms, ...

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings said on Friday it increased its takeover offer for CBOT Holdings Inc., winning the support of Caledonia Investments Pty. Ltd., CBOT’s biggest shareholder. The ...

CHICAGO, July 9 (Reuters) - Shareholders on Monday wrap up voting on a merger deal that would combine the parents of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade to create the world's ...