Company: Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department will seek public input before it decides whether to change the release times of market-moving reports on farm data now that futures markets are open nearly around the clock, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The CME Group's <CME.O> grain markets will be open for business 21 hours a day starting Sunday afternoon as the exchange guards its turf against upstart IntercontinentalExchange <ICE.N>, whose own nearly round-the-clock trade has gotten off to a tepid start.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group <CME.O> won approval on Friday to expand trading hours for its grain markets, thrusting reluctant corn farmers and wheat brokers into the high-octane world of data-driven volatility and near round-the-clock trade.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group <CME.O> on Friday said it would start nearly around-the-clock grain trading on Sunday night, reasserting itself as the dominant player in markets it created.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) kicked off the most aggressive challenge yet to the CME Group's 160-year dominance of agricultural markets with the launch of five grain and oilseed futures on Monday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jill Sommers, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said CME Group should be allowed to increase trading of its grain futures and options to 22 hours a day.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) kicked off the most aggressive challenge yet to the CME Group's 160-year dominance of agricultural markets on Sunday with the launch of five grain and oilseed futures.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The CME Group was granted a 90-day reprieve from imposing new rules that will hike margins for some exchange members by as much as a third, one day after news of the increase riled locals and roiled markets.

IntercontinentalExchange Inc., which operates commodity futures and derivatives exchanges, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 15 percent, boosted by higher trading volumes in its energy and over-the-counter markets.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group <CME.O> on Tuesday told Iowa farmers, Chicago brokers and huge global hedge funds to brace for a longer, more intense trading day, as it announced plans for nearly round-the-clock grains trading to fend off pressure from arch-rival IntercontinentalExchange <ICE.N>.

(Reuters) - CME Group <CME.O> told Iowa farmers, Chicago brokers and global hedge funds to brace for a longer, more intense trading day, announcing plans for nearly round-the-clock grains trading to fend off pressure from arch-rival IntercontinentalExchange.

CME Group will extend trading hours for its hallmark grain contracts, two sources close to the matter said on Monday, as the Chicago exchange moves to defend its turf against rival ICE's  bid for nearly round-the-clock transactions.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group Inc will extend trading hours for its hallmark grain contracts, two sources close to the matter said on Monday, as the Chicago exchange moves to defend its turf against rival ICE's bid for nearly round-the-clock transactions.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group Inc will extend trading hours for its hallmark grain contracts, two sources close to the matter said on Monday, as the Chicago exchange moves to defend its turf against rival ICE's bid for nearly round-the-clock transactions.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group Inc will extend trading hours for its hallmark grain contracts, two sources close to the matter said on Monday, as the Chicago exchange moves to defend its turf against rival ICE's bid for nearly round-the-clock transactions.