ICE urges CBOT members to vote against CME deal
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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  on Thursday urged CBOT Holdings Inc.  shareholders and members to reject the proposed sale of the company to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. .
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission will meet Wednesday morning to discuss proposed amendments to an agency rule that forbids manipulating the outcome of securities offerings.
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Shareholders of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  and CBOT Holdings Inc.  on Monday voted convincingly to merge the two giant futures exchanges under one roof.
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NEW YORK (CP) - It took less than an hour for the NHL to reject an NHL Players' Association counter-proposal to end the lockout Tuesday night.
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There are growing indications that the province&#39;s 22,000 doctors will reject their tentative deal with the government when they vote on it next week.
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Influential advisory firm Institutional  Shareholder Services has recommended that shareholders vote  against billionaire Carl Icahn&#39;s sweetened $3 billion buyout  offer for Lear Corp.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  is planning to sweeten its bid for CBOT Holdings Inc. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Gary Bettman and the NHL return to the negotiating table with the players&#39; association today in Toronto, but the league is expected to formally reject the offer made by the union last Thursday.
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The NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end the seasonlong lockout was rejected yesterday by the players' union, which came back with its own idea: Bring commissioner Gary Bettman to the bargaining table.
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(InfoWorld) - Three major technology trade groups urged the U.S. Senate on Friday to resurrect a wide-ranging immigration reform bill that would expand a controversial skilled-worker visa program. The Senate late Thursday failed to gain enough votes to close debate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act and bring the bill to a floor vote. The bill, which critics said provided amnesty to illegal aliens living in the U.S., also would have expanded exemptions to the cap on high-skilled H-1B visa programs, a move supported by many tech vendors. [ Analysis:Â Immigration reform's high-tech impactÂ ] The bill would increase the annual H-1B cap from 65,000 to 115,000 and exempt foreign students who have earned a master's degree or higher from a U.S. university from the annual cap. Right now, 20,000 students are exempted from the cap. U.S. tech vendors don't want to lose those workers, especially because many of them have their education supported by U.S. tax dollars at public universities, said David LeDuc, director of public policy for the SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association). "We don't want to export our seed corn," he said. "We don't want [those students] leaving and working for our competitors." The bill also sets preferences based on merit, instead of family connections, for clearing multiyear backlogs for employment green cards, another provision supported by many tech groups. Tech vendors want to keep high-skilled workers in the U.S. under the long-term green card program but often face delays, LeDuc said. The SIIA, the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the ITIÂ (Information Technology Industry Council) all urged the Senate to try again to pass the legislation. Negotiations on the bill will continue, and ITI is optimistic the bill will still move forward, said James Ratchford, communications director there. The fate of the bill should become clearer by early next week, he said. LeDuc agreed, saying SIIA is confident the bill can still pass. Many large tech vendors have in recent years urged Congress to expand the H-1B program. In March, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates called for more H-1B visas during a visit to Washington, D.C. Gates said then he had "deep anxiety" about the ability of the U.S. to compete globally. SIIA's position is similar to Microsoft's. "Companies need to be able to hire the best and brightest workers regardless of where they're born," LeDuc said. The H-1B program isn't generating controversy during the congressional debate on the bill. Instead, provisions to allow illegal aliens to become permanent citizens have raised major concerns among many Republicans. But U.S.-based tech worker groups such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA have opposed a higher H-1B cap, arguing that companies use the program to hire foreign workers for less money than unemployed U.S. workers would receive.
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A group of small brokerages wants to block a merger between private regulators, saying it is a backstairs way for larger firms to strip smaller companies of their power in shaping regulations.
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Newmont Mining Corp. wants to bar shareholders from voting on a proposal that would require a company review of waste disposal programs in Indonesia, where it is accused of poisoning villagers.
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CBOT Holdings Inc. shareholders approved the $11.3 billion merger agreement with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. , ending a three-month battle to create the world's largest futures exchange.
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Three major technology trade groups today urged the U.S. Senate to resurrect an immigration reform bill that would expand a controversial skilled-worker visa program.
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WASHINGTON &#151; A business and labor coalition, seeking to apply political pressure before the presidential election, yesterday asked the Bush administration to bring a trade case accusing China of manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages.
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The chairman of the U.S. Senate's  antitrust subcommittee on Wednesday urged regulators to block  Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s proposed acquisition of XM  Satellite Radio Holdings Inc..
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Business & money: Nearly one in six shareholders vote against controversial pay deal for Sir Terry Leahy.