Chicago

Ouroboros Theatre Premieres CYRANO

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:21:28 -0500

Ouroboros Theatre Company becomes an Actors Equity company and announces the world premiere play CYRANO: TRANSLATED at Theatre Building Chicago, July 11 - August 3, featuring Chicago veteran Ron.

Taste Of Chicago 2008 Summerfest Coming This Weekend

erku — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:05:14 -0500

Grant Park in Downtown Chicago will be full of visitors and travelers between June 27 and July 6 as the city will hold its annual Taste of Chicago summerfest attraction for gourmet food lovers.

CME Foreign Exchange Contracts Reaches Second Highest Volume Day

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:40:14 -0500

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX), reached the second-highest day of volume trading with 1,264,086 futures and options on futures contracts traded, only surpassed on December 8, 2006, when 1,268,883 contracts were traded.

A Tale of Ten Cities

unowho — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:24:07 -0500

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.

4Play - Four Plays One Voice

ruzik_tuzik — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:41:52 -0500

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.

Chicago Youth Orchestra Part Of Millennium Park's Rising Stars Series

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:48:13 -0500

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.

Couture Treasures From Chicago History Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:13:42 -0500

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 May 2008 Volume Averaged 10.6 Million Contracts

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:08:16 -0500

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 Lists Weather Contracts

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:14:57 -0500

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 Statement On CFTC Reauthorization

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:56:50 -0500

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.

Africa Corporate Council Announces CME Group As Sponsor

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:57:59 -0500

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 Appoints Kevin Kometer As Managing Director

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:34:58 -0500

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.