5/1/2008By STEVE ZWICK
Boris Schmitz- Thiersen’s family has been selling jewelry in the same location in Cologne , Germany , for more than 100 years, with a brief sabbatical during World War II. Only in the past year, however, has he begun offering bracelets made of a peculiar white metal mined in South Africa . “It’s pure palladium,” he explains. “Pretty, isn’t it?”
5/1/2008By CHRISTINE BIRKNER AND DANIEL P. COLLINS
The U.S. Treasury Department made some waves on March 31 with the release of its “Blueprint for a Stronger Regulatory Structure,” and the tsunami for the futures and options industry was its recommendation to merge the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While several industry players applauded the Treasury’s study, those plaudits were usually a prelude to saying what is wrong with it.
5/1/2008By CHRIS MCMAHON
Now that the CME Group and Nymex officials have a definitive merger agreement, the CME Group removed two impediments to the deal by selling the CBOT metals complex to NYSE Euronext for an undisclosed sum on March 14.
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