Goodyear quarterly earnings rise

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ICE says Winnipeg Commodity Exchange deal is binding

(Reuters) - In June, ICE had agreed to acquire Winnipeg Commodity
Exchange, known for canola futures contracts, from privately
held WCE Holdings Inc. for C$40 million.





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ICE won't say if higher CBOT offer will be made

(Reuters) - ICE is in a battle with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to purchase the Chicago Board of Trade . The CME on Friday increased its takeover offer for CBOT to $11.9 billion, besting the ICE's current offer worth about $11.8 billion.



"I can't talk about it. Give me a break," ICE Chairman Jeffrey Sprecher told Reuters before testifying at a Senate hearing on excessive speculation in U.S. natural gas markets.


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UK body changes tack and backs Lilly's drug Alimta

(Reuters) - The decision reverses a 2006 NICE opinion that Alimta, which is also known as pemetrexed disodium, was not cost-effective.




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CBOT Holdings, Genzyme, Ruth's Chris, Six Flags: U.S. Equity Movers

(Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares are having unusual price changes on U.S.
exchanges. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company
names. Share prices are as of 10:10 a.m. in New York.

CBOT Holdings, Inc. (BOT US) rose $8.20, or 4 percent, to
$214.35. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME US)
raised its offer for the Chicago Board of Trade for a third
time, to $11 billion, to fend off rival Intercontinental
Exchange Inc. (ICE US) and form the world's largest futures
exchange. Chicago Merc shares fell $6.94 to $548.75, and
Intercontinental shares gained $3.11 to $154.92.


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Proxy Governance recommends vote for CME-CBOT deal

(Reuters) - "We believe if this deal is voted down, CBOT's shares may
fall precipitously, and we do not see the board accepting an
ICE proposal," Proxy Governance said in a report.




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UPDATE 1-CBOT says Glass Lewis recommends CME merger

(Reuters) - IntercontinentalExchange Inc. , or ICE, an Atlanta-
based exchange, has made a higher bid for CBOT that was
rejected by the CBOT board. CME's bid, with a special dividend,
values CBOT at roughly $10.5 billion against roughly $11.4
billion from ICE.




Swings in the share prices of the ICE and the CME, as well
as a $9.14 per share one-time dividend approved for CBOT if the
merger occurs, have made the comparative value of the offers
volatile.


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J&J unit gets EU okay for schizophrenia drug

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CBOT says ISS recommends vote for CME merger

(Reuters) - CBOT shareholders and members vote on the CME deal on July
9, but are mulling a higher, competing bid from Atlanta-based
IntercontinentalExchange Inc. .




"If one is to compare ICE's adjusted offer price with CME's
offer price, the difference between the two offers is
marginal," ISS said in its report.


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CBOT board urges support for CME merger

(Reuters) - ICE's competing offer to take over CBOT "is uncertain and
entails higher risk" than hooking up with CME, the largest U.S.
futures exchange, the letter said.




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UPDATE 1-ICE urges CBOT members to vote against CME deal

(Reuters) - Energy exchange ICE, which has been pursuing the parent of
the Chicago Board of Trade, told CBOT shareholders and members
in a letter that the CBOT board has "endorsed a deal with CME
that undervalued the CBOT from the outset."




ICE Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Sprecher said in the
letter that CBOT's board has agreed to a "bargain-basement
sale" in a transaction that would leave $1.3 billion of
shareholders' money on the table, and urged them to vote
against the deal.


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ICE says it can speed up growth in Russell futures

(Reuters) - Sprecher's comments were monitored via Webcast.




On Monday ICE, which is staging a hostile takeover bid for
the parent of the Chicago Board of Trade , said it had
obtained the exclusive right to trade futures and options on
the family of stock indices produced by Tacoma, Washington,
based Russell.


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Fresh Del Monte confirms immigration visit at Portland facility

(Reuters) - It will continue to cooperate with ICE in its
investigation, the seller of fresh and prepared fruits and
vegetables said in a statement.





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FACTBOX: Agreements reached at U.S.-China meeting

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-- China will lift a freeze on the entry of new foreign securities firms and resume licensing securities companies, including joint ventures, during the second half of 2007.


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Priceline sees '07 profit at $2.90-$3.10 per share

(Reuters) - Priceline increased the high end of its full-year 2007 target travel bookings range to $4.25 billion. The company also said it saw full-year 2007 travel bookings amounting to $2.27 billion to $2.35 billion for its European operations and $1.83 billion to $1.90 billion for its domestic operations.



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