BACKDROP; In Futures, A Dose Of the Past

In the late 19th century, it wasknown as the Chicago Butter an dEgg Board. Now, as the CME Group, it has fast become one o fthe largest futures exchanges inthe world. In 2007, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange merged with the Chicago Board of Trade, taking the CME Group name.The next year, CME absorbed the New York Mercantile Exchange.The combined entities trade in agricultural crops, dairy...