Thursday, July 12, 2007

Chicago Merc's Move to CBOT Might Replace Pork Bellies With Beer Bellies

(Bloomberg) -- The last time the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange moved, its former trading floor was taken over by a gym
full of sweaty executives. Now beer bellies may supplant pork
bellies once again.

With its agreement this week to buy the Chicago Board of
Trade for $11.3 billion, the Merc -- the biggest U.S. futures
market -- plans to move face-to-face trading six blocks away to
the CBOT's art deco building.


Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News

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