Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks to Chicago audience Feb. 9. Photo by Chris Guillen

It was Tuesday evening in Chicago, and though you may have watched him co-host CNBC’s Squawk Box from New York that same morning, there was Andrew Ross Sorkin giving a talk about Wall Street and his new book, “Too [...]

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BY JOSEPH FREEMAN-MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Monday night University of San Diego professor Frank Partnoy appeared on “The Daily Show” to discuss his new book about Ivar Kreuger, the most effectively damaging ponzi scheme artist to have emerged over the past century, known to most by his honorific, the “match king.”  But before [...]

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BY JOE FREEMAN — MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Rene M. Stulz, professor of finance at The Ohio State University’s Fischer College, wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today entitled: “In Defense of Derivatives and How to Regulate Them.”

Peculiarly, the article had little to do with how to regulate them and almost [...]

BY J.H. FREEMAN- MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

In times of crisis, we look for lessons from history, or on the rare occasion, in literature. Published in 1957, Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” a novel about industries and businesses boycotting a fiscally manipulating government, has been seized upon mostly by free market trumpeters as the encapsulation [...]

BY MARJORIE KORN, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Shareholders of the CME Group Inc. [[CME]] and NYMEX Holdings Inc. [[NMX]] approved their proposed merger Monday, putting the derivatives union on track to be finalized by the end of the week.

In a press release, Craig Donohue, CEO of CME Group, said: [...]

Emerald ash borer to cost Chicago-area homeowners, arborists say
by Maisie Ramsay
June 5, 2008

The emerald ash borer has killed 25 million ash trees in Michigan since it was discovered there in 2002 and arborists in the Chicago area are bracing for similar losses as the invasive insect spreads. 

Midwest law firms ride the [...]

BY PATRICK TEMPLE-WEST – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

We’re reporting live from the CME Group shareholders meeting at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center. Thanks to a former U of C student named Scott, whose login and password to the wireless are making these posts possible. Thanks Scott!

The wet weather has not dimmed the enthusiasm [...]

Credit market turmoil could boost CME’s move into OTC derivatives

by John Detrixhe

Apr 23, 2008

The CME Group Inc.’s latest foray into the $62 trillion off-exchange credit-default swaps market comes just as some critics [...]