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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), was founded in 1898 as a nonprofit corporation. [2] In 1919, it established its clearing house. [2] In 2000, CME demutualized (became a joint stock company). [2] In 2002, CME Group, the parent company of CME, became a public company via an initial public offering. [2]
GTCR logo in use prior to 1998 separation. The company was founded in 1980 as Golder Thoma & Co. by Stanley Golder, Carl Thoma, and Bryan Cressey. [2] In the 1970s, Golder built the private equity program at First Chicago Corp. [3] where he is noted primarily for backing Federal Express and for efforts as chairman of the National Venture Capital Association and the National Association of ...
It focused on newspapers, mostly in smaller markets. In February 1994, it acquired the Chicago Sun-Times, holding an initial public offering (IPO) to fund the acquisition. At the time, it was the fifteenth-largest U.S. newspaper group. It changed its name to Hollinger International in 1994.
Critics have long blasted the deal as a short-sighted fix that stripped Chicago of a valuable public asset — the meters once provided the city around $20 million annually in net income — and ...
Asked if Illinois, with an anticipated $3 billion budget deficit for the next fiscal year, should have a similar effort, state Rep. Marcus Evans, Jr., D-Chicago, said not so fast.
Two major daily newspapers are published in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times.The former has the larger circulation. There are also a number of regional and special-interest newspapers such as the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), SouthtownStar, the Chicago Defender, RedEye, Third Coast Press, Hypertext Magazine and the Chicago Reader.
Filing a report with your local Attorney General or the state’s consumer protection agency can put pressure on companies taking advantage of families during a vulnerable time.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, [10] Thomas Stuart Ricketts is the son of Marlene Margaret (Volkmer) and Joe Ricketts, who founded Ameritrade when Tom was eight years old.Joe Ricketts let it be known that he wanted his children to establish themselves through their own hard work and would not be allowed to join TD Ameritrade until they reached the age of 30.