ICE and CBOE reach agreement on exercise rights
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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  said on Wednesday it reached an agreement with the Chicago Board Options Exchange to resolve a dispute over exercise rights between the CBOE and CBOT Holdings  in the event of a merger between the ICE and CBOT.
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----- NEW YORK (Ticker) - As announced by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Wednesday afternoon, the league enforced a lockout at midnight EDT, when the collective bargaining agreement expired.
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European Union nations have reached a tentative deal with Washington clarifying how American investigators can use bank transfer data provided for anti-terrorism probes, diplomats said Wednesday.
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Industry groups for producers of copyrighted material, including the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), Friday signed an agreement with the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) for protection against Internet piracy in China.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - National Hockey League  commissioner Gary Bettman's 11 a.m. deadline for the gap to be  bridged between the league and Players' Association passed  Wednesday.
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Officials at the Navy and contractor EDS said they have reached an agreement to revise performance measurements on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet contract, which EDS called a critical step toward billing NMCI seats on a 100 percent basis.
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday gave the regulatory green light for the two largest U.S. futures exchanges to merge, saying the proposed combination probably would not hurt competition.
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International Business Machines Corp., the world&#39;s largest seller of computers and related services, said it agreed to settle part of a lawsuit that claimed the company&#39;s pension plan discriminated against older workers.
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The New York Racing Association, whose franchise to operate the stateâs racetracks expires on Monday, has agreed to a deal to avoid interruption in racing for the next few weeks, officials said.
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The Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, and Switzerland ratified a four-year transfer agreement between the International Ice Hockey Federation member associations and the NHL on Thursday.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed Wednesday to the outlines of a military officer training program in Iraq, expanding the alliance&#39;s presence there after overcoming
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Toronto - Thursday&#39;s meeting between the NHL and the NHL Players&#39; Association wrapped up after nearly four hours with the two sides agreeing to meet again.
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Managed care provider inks first international agreement.
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Memorandum of understanding with four American and British trade associations aimed at enforcement of copyright.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Union has reached a preliminary agreement in the long-runningÂ dispute over the handling of personal dataÂ about E.U. citizens flying to the U.S., a European Commission spokesman said Thursday. Franco Frattini, the commissioner for justice and home affairs, together with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and U.S. secretary for homeland security Michael Chertoff, reached the agreement on Wednesday. However, details wonât be made public until after a meeting of ambassadors for all 27 E.U. countries slated for Friday morning, said Friso Roscam Abbing, Frattiniâs spokesman. The ambassadors will have to sign off on the deal, which observers say is likely to happen. U.S. authorities have been trying to use the renewal of a transatlantic agreement permitting the transfer of European air passengersâ data, known as passenger name records (PNRs), to beef up their powers of surveillance of foreigners entering the U.S. Sharing the dataÂ breaches strict European data protection laws, but the European Commission and national governments in the 27 countries in the E.U. negotiated an exemption from the rules in order to allow the U.S. to better protect itself from potential terrorist attacks. That interim agreement was deemed illegal by the European Court of Justice, and the court gave the E.U. until the end of July to come up with a new accord. Failure to do so wouldÂ leave European airlines exposed to massive finesÂ and the possible loss of landing slots in the U.S if they donât continue to hand over the data, or legal action on data protection grounds in the E.U. if they do. Roscam Abbing declined to comment on reports that the political agreement reached Wednesday allows U.S. authorities to hold onto PNR data for 15 years. âWait until the briefing tomorrow,â he said.
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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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The British Racing Drivers&#39;Club (BRDC) and FOA today announced a contractual and financial agreement which will secure the future of the Grand Prix at Silverstone for the next five years.