Nasdaq, the US technology market has partnered with the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) to sell single-stock futures.

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These firms run betting like a financial futures and options market.

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Eurex, an on-line system owned by Swiss and German exchanges, has whittled the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange's share of the German bund futures contract from 70% to 10%.

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In an attempt to grab back its position as Europe's largest derivatives exchange, lost to Frankfurt's Eurex earlier in the year, the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange said it will fire 60% of its staff and consider alliances even mergers with other exchanges.

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Hewison is a retired floor trader who has been a member of several major exchanges, including the International Monetary Market division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Index and Options Market Chicago, New York Futures Exchange and London Financial Futures Exchange.

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Currently, the statute does not reach frauds involving options or futures, which include some of the derivatives and other financial products that were part of the financial collapse.

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