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Looking north over the Michigan Avenue (DuSable) Bridge. Most consulates are on or near Michigan Avenue in the central sections of Chicago. This is a list of diplomatic missions and trade organizations in Chicago. Many governments and organizations have established diplomatic and trade representation in Chicago, Illinois. [1]
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was formed by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a vast centralized processing area.
On October 17, 2006, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced the purchase of the Chicago Board of Trade for $8 billion in stock, joining the two financial institutions as CME Group, Inc. On July 9, 2007, the announced merger with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was approved by CBOT shareholders, "creating the largest derivatives market ever."
The Plaza on DeWitt was the first building in the world to implement the tubular construction method later used for the World Trade Center. [1] Originally called the DeWitt-Chestnut Apartment Building, and designed by Bangladeshi-American engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan while he was working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it was completed in 1966 as a residential apartment building at 260 E ...
On July 12, 2007, CME Group completed a merger with the CME's historical rival, the holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade, founded in 1848, in an $8 billion deal that created the world's largest financial market. [9] [10] [11] The company then launched as CME Group Inc., a CME/Chicago Board of Trade Company. [12] [13]
333 South Wabash is a simple, rectangular International Style building, but it is unique in that the entire building was painted bright red by Eagle Painting & Maintenance Company, Inc., turning an otherwise ordinary-looking structure into one of the most eye-catching buildings in the city.
The Global Electronic Trading Company (GETCO), or Getco LLC, is an American proprietary algorithmic trading and electronic market making firm based in Chicago, Illinois. In December 2012, the firm agreed to acquire Knight Capital Group; this merger was completed in July 2013, forming the new company KCG Holdings. [2] [3]
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center is an office complex of two towers in Chicago, Illinois, US. They were completed in 1987 and have 40 floors. Fujikawa Johnson designed the buildings, which are the 87th tallest in Chicago. "The Merc" is also known by its address, 30 South Wacker. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange at 30 South Wacker