Chicago Merc Increases Offer for CBOT
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CHICAGO -- The parent of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange raised its offer to buy the crosstown Board of Trade for the third time Friday, just three days ahead of the shareholder vote that will determine the fate of the long-planned acquisition.
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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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Short-term interest-rate futures contracts traded at the Chicago Board of Trade now reflect increased odds the central bank will raise US interest rates at each of its next few meetings, including on Nov. 10 and at the final meeting of the year on Dec.
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Multiple bids could drive the company's stock even higher.
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Canadians are paying more to borrow money for homes, cars and other purchases today after a quarter-point interest-rate increase by the Bank of Canada yesterday was quickly matched by the chartered banks.
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The parent of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has raised its offer to buy the Chicago Board of Trade for the third time.
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Ford Motor Co. will offer buyout   packages of up to $140,000 to all of the more than 75,000   workers at its U.S. plants, the United Auto Workers union said   on Thursday, a day before the automaker details a revised   turnaround plan in response to slumping sales.
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With 36 rounds of bidding concluded Wednesday morning, the Federal Communications Commission auction of the highly coveted 700-megahertz band of the wireless spectrum has shifted to a faster-paced stage 2. Under rules designed to promote more competition, the number of new bids rose from 87 in Round 35 to 203 in Round 36.
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The company wants to charge more money for ad time during the Super Bowl.
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The US Army has asked the company that is producing fully armored Humvees to expand the Armyâs order to 550 per month, an increase of 100 a month, NBC News learned Friday.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is proposing a tax increase to raise $900 million a year to help pay for a five-year rebuilding program.
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TORONTO (CP) - An online travel agency is advising consumers that some Canadian tour operators and airlines are increasing their fuel charges by $25 effective Monday in response to higher crude oil prices.
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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&#39;s offer to take  over CBOT, the No. 2 U.S. futures exchange.
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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.   on Tuesday made a sweetened merger proposal for CBOT Holdings   continuing the saga for control of the parent of the  No. 2 U.S. futures exchange.
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Internet auctioneer eBay Inc.   on Monday rolled out a service for U.S. auto dealers  intended to drive a tenfold increase in the inventory of cars  available for purchase on its Web site.
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Effective June 1, 2007, or as contract terms permit, Chemtura  Corporation (NYSE:CEM) will increase selling prices of all organotin  stabilizers by 10% for all package sizes in North and Latin America.
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A group led by the investor Carl C. Icahn has agreed to increase its bid for the Lear Corporation, the automotive supplier, by about 3.5 percent, to roughly $2.9 billion.