Members and Friends of CareToLive took to the streets in 10 cities across America on May 30, 2008. Why? To continue to tell the story about how some folks at the FDA were busy serving themselves when they were supposed to be serving the people of this great nation. To continue to tell the story about how 30,000 men, today, are in desperate need of a treatment for their prostate cancer, and how the FDA wrongly denied them some help.

13Carat Productions proudly presents 4Play, an evening of four darkly funny and thought-provoking short plays by Michael Bassett, through June 29, 2008 at the Theatre Building Chicago 1225 West Belmont Avenue. 

The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra will perform a free concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion as part of Millennium Park's Rising Stars series on Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. This special performance features Igor Stravinsky's thunderous The Rite of Spring and Spring from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, showcasing the virtuosic playing of violinist and Baroque Band founder Garry Clarke.

Chic Chicago: Couture Treasures from the Chicago History Museum, opening September 27, 2008, provides the rare opportunity to see more than 50 of the greatest couture treasures from the Museum’s collection. The exhibition will feature Gilded Age gowns by Worth and Pingat to modern masterpieces by Chanel and Versace.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced May 2008 volume averaged 10.6 million contracts per day, up 4 percent from May 2007. Total volume exceeded 223 million contracts for the month, of which 82 percent was traded electronically. Total electronic volume increased 12 percent versus May 2007 to average 8.7 million contracts per day.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced that it is expanding its suite of temperature-based products and is offering weather contracts on six U.S. cities and one European city. Cooling Degree Day contracts are available for trading starting today with Heating Degree Day and Weekly contracts to start in June and July, respectively.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, released the following statement regarding the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) by the House and Senate.

The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) today announced that CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange and leading agricultural commodities market, will sponsor the 2008 U.S. - Africa Agribusiness Forum to be held in Chicago June 25-27. Charles P. Carey, CME Group Vice Chairman, will deliver the opening keynote address.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that Kevin Kometer, formerly Deputy Chief Information Officer, has been appointed Managing Director and Chief Information Officer effective June 30, 2008. Kometer succeeds James R. Krause, Managing Director and Chief Information Officer, who will retire on June 30 following 23 years of service.

The Chicago History Museum is proud to present its award winning website, Great Chicago Stories, an interactive tool containing powerful historical fiction narratives for use by elementary and high school students, teachers, and families to encourage students to critically engage with history and enhance their classroom curriculum. The website can be accessed through www.greatchicagostories.com.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced April 2008 volume averaged 10.2 million contracts per day, up 30 percent from April 2007. Total volume exceeded 224 million contracts for the month, of which 81 percent was traded electronically. Total electronic volume increased 40 percent versus April 2007 to average 8.2 million contracts per day.

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, and Storm Exchange, Inc., a leading weather risk management originator, announced today the results of a benchmark study which revealed that 82 percent of senior finance and risk managers believe global climate change will require changes to their business models in the years ahead.