Greg Burns

The New Yorker slated to become the next chairman of the Futures Industry Association has found another reason why Chicago's exchanges need to make a common-clearing deal within the next...

To Chicago Board of Trade Chairman Patrick Arbor, the rise of the all-electronic Deutsche Borse in Frankfurt is a "cautionary tale" of a computer-savvy upstart bent on "world domination." In...

Trading in the volatile cattle market might seem a perilous way to spend the day, but it's nothing compared to taking on Oprah Winfrey. In testimony last week during the...

The acting chairman of the Futures Industry Association resigned Monday as president of Chicago-based Carr Futures for unspecified personal reasons. Laurence Mollner had gone to work at the French-owned firm...

Reformulated circuit breakers may add local concerns to mix As the debate over so-called circuit breakers for the stock market kicks into high gear in the next few weeks, Chicago...

When the news hit in mid-1996 that a rogue copper trader at Sumitomo Corp. had racked up huge losses, the London Metal Exchange took heat for failing to detect the...

Last week's election at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange could set the stage for another year of political infighting. The results gave heart--and at least one board vote--to allies of Jack...

With Thursday's board election looming at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, many veteran members say the atmosphere is the most contentious in years. The last time internal bickering bubbled over to...

To hear Charles Minnaar of the New York Cotton Exchange tell it, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's loss is his gain. For several months, Minnaar has been struggling to promote a...

Outgoing Chairman Jack Sandner wants to put the Chicago Mercantile Exchange board of directors on a diet and exercise regime. In an interview last week, Sandner advocated shrinking the Merc...