Wednesday, April 18, 2007

CBOT says price not only factor in choosing suitor -WSJ

(Reuters) - ICE, a relatively small Atlanta-based energy and soft commodity exchange with a clearing house at the New York Board of Trade, in March offered almost $10 billion to acquire CBOT. That bid topped CME's offer, which was made in October, by roughly $1 billion.

The Journal cited CBOT Chairman Charles Carey and Chief Executive Bernard Dan as saying that the price was one determining factor, but not the only one.


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