CME beefs up CBOT bid
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (CME)  said on Friday it increased its merger offer for CBOT Holdings Inc.  ahead of a shareholder vote on Monday.
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The struggle for CBOT Holdings  took a new turn on Wednesday when unsolicited bidder IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  reached a deal that could resolve the parent of the Chicago Board of Trade's long-running trading rights dispute with the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
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CME Group, Inc. and NYMEX Holdings, Inc. said Monday they were conducting initial merger talks which could result in the Chicago-based exchange taking over the New York commodities bourse.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  on Friday urged shareholders and members of the Chicago Board of Trade to vote in favor of CME's offer to take over CBOT, the No. 2 U.S. futures exchange.
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Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $23 billion in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer in the latest round of the fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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CMS Energy announced today the company intends to offer 22 million shares of common stock to the public. The underwriters will be granted an option to purchase an additional 3.3 million common
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Rival bidders for CBOT Holdings Inc. , the second-biggest U.S. futures market, are each considering raising their offers a third time, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  faces an uphill battle in its pursuit of CBOT Holdings Inc. , analysts said, a day after it raised its bid to control the parent of the No. 2 U.S. futures exchange.
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CME Group Inc , the world's largest derivatives exchange, hopes to broaden its reach by adding the energy and precious metals mart Nymex , the companies said on Monday.
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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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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.   may have helped its bid for CBOT Holdings  by reaching  an agreement aimed at resolving a dispute between CBOT and the  Chicago Board Options Exchange, The Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Wednesday.
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Medical device stocks were in the spotlight Wednesday with Medicare&#39;s proposal late Tuesday to expand coverage for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs, bolstering shares of those companies making the devices.
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The IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  may still raise its bid for the Chicago Board of Trade, even at the risk of overpaying, after rival suitor Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  sought to deliver a knockout blow.
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U.S. antitrust authorities approved plans by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  on Monday to acquire CBOT Holdings Inc. , saying the proposed combination of the two largest U.S. futures markets probably would not hurt competition.
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MarketWatch, the owner of a leading financial news site, CBS MarketWatch, is soliciting bids expected to be as much as $400 million for the company.
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- The highly anticipated launch of Google options drew more volume on the inaugural trading day Friday than traders had anticipated, a nod to the fanfare given the high-profile IPO and stock listing.
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U.S. group Applied Materials  , Switzerland's Unaxis  and investor Texas  Pacific Group are interested in parts of BOC Edwards, a unit of  British industrial gases firm BOC , a newspaper reported  on Monday.