Alpha Trading Systems announced the selection of Cinnober Financial Technology AB, the Swedish technology provider, as its partner for supplying the trading platform technology. "The confirmation of this partnership represents another key step in the development of our alternative trading system," said Alpha Trading Systems CEO Jos Schmitt.

The Chicago Board of Trade announced that it will launch CBOT mini-sized Ag futures contracts on its e-cbot electronic trading platform on May 14, 2007. The contracts will include mini-sized Corn, mini-sized Soybeans and mini-sized Wheat contracts.

The Chicago Board of Trade, one of the world's leading derivatives exchanges, today announced that average daily volume for the first quarter of 2007 reached a record 3,865,771 contracts, an increase of 24 percent compared with the first quarter of 2006. Total volume for the first quarter was a record 239,677,821 contracts, up 24 percent over the same period last year and 18 percent over the previous quarterly volume record, set in the fourth quarter of 2006.

The Chicago Board of Trade announced that it will launch mini-sized CBOT Ag futures contracts on its e-cbot electronic trading platform. This is the first time these contracts will be available on an electronic platform and they will include mini-sized Corn, mini-sized Soybeans and mini-sized Wheat contracts.

The Chicago Board of Trade has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Good Friday holiday:

The Chicago Board of Trade announced that its 30-Year Treasury Bond options on futures contract set a record on Thursday, as electronic trading volume surpassed 80,000 contracts at the close of trading.

Chicago Board Of Trade Holdings today announced that its Board of Directors, after consultation with its legal and financial advisors, has authorized the company, on the basis permitted by its merger agreement with Chicago Mercantile Exchange to begin discussions and exchange information with Intercontinental Exchange Inc. relating to ICE's previously announced proposal.

Chicago Board Of Trade today announced that the special meetings of CBOT Holdings stockholders and CBOT members to vote on the merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which were scheduled to occur on April 4, 2007, have been postponed to give the Board of Directors of CBOT Holdings, its Special Transaction Committee and the Board of Directors of the CBOT sufficient time to complete their review of the previously announced proposal from IntercontinentalE xchange.

Chicago Board Of Trade Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade, one of the leading global derivatives exchanges, today announced that it will release financial results for its 2007 first quarter, ending March 31, 2007, on Thursday, April 19, 2007.

CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade, one of the leading global derivatives exchanges, today confirmed that it has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal letter from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc..

Following the October 17, 2006, announcement of their proposed merger to create the most extensive and diverse global derivatives exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and Chicago Board Of Trade Holdings, Inc. today announced new proposed timelines for electronic migration to CME Globex® and trading floor consolidation.