The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced the successful launch of its new futures contract based on the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index (DJ-AIGCISM). The new Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Excess Return (DJ-AIG ER) futures contract was developed at the request of market participants who sought an exchange-traded instrument that provides diverse, global commodities exposure.
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that volume in its Agricultural products continues to grow, as the Exchange experienced its third best trading day for the complex on Thursday, September 28. A total of 781,713 Ag futures and options contracts changed hands at the CBOT that day.
A majority of consumer products companies are so encouraged by their investment success in emerging markets that they plan to continue significant spending in those countries, according to a new KPMG International survey in which executives rank China, India and Brazil as the top expansion destinations because they turned a profit there in under five years.
Studies on lighting have shown that replacing traditional fluorescent lights with the latest energy-saving models can reduce HK$636 million of the electricity costs in Hong Kong's business sector.
The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index decreased 0.2 percent, the coincident index increased 0.1 percent and the lagging index increased 0.3 percent in August.
The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Sept. 18-22
Although data protection and backup services are a top priority for small businesses over the next 18 months, small businesses admit they currently leave themselves vulnerable to data loss and the high costs associated with recovery. A new survey of small businesses and home office users who actively use computers, conducted by Verio, found that 45 percent of respondents have no data recovery plan in place for information stored on their PCs, and 33 percent who do have a plan, are storing data in ways that still leave it susceptible.
The European Union’s (EU) commitment to reduce carbon emissions across EU member states is likely to support increased investment in more environmentally friendly power generation systems. Accordingly, the implementation of the Emissions trading scheme in 2005, which has provided power plants and factories with allowances related to permissible carbon dioxide levels, is gaining importance and this is projected to be an significant driver for automation and control solutions (ACS) in the European power generation sector over the next few years.
