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Agriculture & Softs Commodity Reports > Softs: Fast Facts - ICE Futures US

Atlanta, 12 March 2010

Softs: Fast Facts is a monthly update on the soft commodities market sent to you compliments of ICE Futures U.S. The newsletter is provided by J. Ganes Consulting, LLC, and includes Exchange updates. Simply click on the image below to access this month's issue.

Commodity Portfolio Management Reports > Gary Gensler, OTC Derivatives Reform

Washington D.C., March 2010

Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, OTC Derivatives Reform , FIA's Annual International Futures Industry Conference.

Power & Energy Commodity Reports > Report Identifies Efficiency as Key Factor to Address Global Energy Demand

Geneva, March 2010

Efficiency can contribute the most energy “supply” while reducing costs and greenhouse gases and increasing energy security.

Commodity Portfolio Management Reports > Managing Pre- and Post-Trade Risk

March 2010

Regulators around the world are grappling with the issues – multiple issues, such as how best to curb excess, prevent systemic collapse and coordinate policy to avoid regulatory arbitrage ... The fear of a flight to exchange cleared products has shifted again with cleared OTC products now added to the traditional mix of bilateral OTC and exchange cleared options. In order to support this changing infrastructure, an increasing need for comprehensive pre- and post-trade risk management structures is fast emerging.

Power & Energy Commodity Reports > Have Fuel Cells Finally Turned the Corner?

March 2010

Sunnyvale, California-based Bloom Energy, founded in 2001, was one of the feature stories on the February 21 edition of CBS Television's "60 Minutes." The subject of the story was the public unveiling of the Energy Server™, which is refrigerator-sized generating units containing solid oxide fuel cells. Bloom Energy claims that this type of advanced fuel cell holds greater potential for real distributed generation applications than its predecessors due to its use of lower cost ceramic materials as well as due to a breakthrough in engineering design challenges that previously hindered the development of solid oxide fuel cells.

Commodity Reports > Accurate Trade Data Key to Understanding Depth of Crisis

London, March 2010

IMF Survey Online: One indicator of the severity of the recent global financial crisis was the sharp drop in global trade. The IMF has published an updated manual that would more accurately measure and analyze the depth of the recent global trade slump by setting standards for measuring price changes of exported and imported goods and services.

Power & Energy Commodity Reports > OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report for March 2010

London, March 2010

Attached please find OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report for March 2010.

Environmental Markets & Commodity Reports > Secretary Chu announces up to $154m for NRG Energy's CCS Project in Texas

Washington D.C. 9 March 2010

Funding Will Help Demonstrate Advances in Clean Coal Efforts: US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that a project with NRG Energy has been selected to receive up to $154 million, including funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Commodity Reports > CFTC Regulatory Regime: Energy & Natural Resources

Washington D.C., 9 March 2010

Testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Environmental Markets & Commodity Reports > Solar energy installation greed could destroy the long-term sustainability of the industry

London, 8 March 2010

Luvata solar energy expert warns more responsive regulation of feed-in tariffs is needed to protect against extremes seen in Germany spreading across Europe. A leading solar energy industry expert at the global metals, manufacturing and technology group Luvata, a major solar panel component manufacturer, has called for a new regulatory structure for the solar industry to protect it against the boom that has forced the German government into a drastic reduction in feed-in tariffs.