Google Unveils Buzz to Compete with Facebook and Twitter
The World’s leader in search made its opening salvo into social media with its brand new app, Buzz, which ports directly into Gmail accounts.
There’s a Hole in the Heart of Green Lake
As Seattle’s building boom has gone bust with capital drying up, a massive three-acre hole sits dormant in the middle of one of Seattle’s most desirable neighborhoods—and it isn’t going to be filled anytime soon.
The Airwave of the Future
Radio unceremoniously booted Adam Carolla out the door, but with his podcast finding success and technology spreading the medium at a time when advertisers want in, he doesn’t have much reason to look back
Funny Money
Despite the downturned economy, the world-renowned, Chicago-based Second City Training Center is flourishing.
Hedgers Brace for Hurricane Season
With the Atlantic hurricane season getting underway this week, rising temperatures and wind speeds on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast could give way to rising trade volumes for the Chicago-based CME Group Inc. for hurricane derivatives.
Last year 32,600 contracts were cleared through the CME, most of which were traded during the hurricane season. So [...]
CME’s Stock Continues to Lag
An interview with CME Group’s CEO Craig Donohue
While the problems wrought by the recession have hammered CME Group Inc.’s stock during the past year, the solutions being put forth to prevent future financial crises are starting to revive the share price.
CME could be the beneficiary of proposed government regulation that would push more trading onto [...]
CME Group Well-Positioned to Benefit from Proposed Regulations
This article originally appeared on MedillNewsService.com and was featured in the well-regarded derivatives industry publication The John Lothian Newsletter
CME Group Inc., the world’s largest futures and derivatives exchange, is well-positioned to benefit from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s proposal to further regulate the over-the-counter derivatives market, according to industry analysts.
The plan, which calls for all standardized [...]
An Oddity of the Economy
It’s like going to buy a Volkswagen and finding out the BMW is cheaper.
Well, maybe not that severe, but the ailing economy contributed to a price oddity this week in the beef market, causing wholesale prices of higher-grade beef to drop below cuts of lesser quality.
