Financial executive are expecting a rapid pick-up in M&A activity in the upcoming year.  A recent survey by American Express showed that almost 75% of execs expected economic expansion in the next 12 months, which may prove to be good news for future employment numbers. 

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The CFTC’s Agricultural Advisory Committee met this week to review the 51 new regulations proposed under the Dodd-Frank law.  These new rule look to regulate derivatives and their enourmous influence on commodities markets.  CFO Systems’ Director, Edgar Hicks who sits on the committee as a representative of the National Grange is one of the committee members to weigh in on the changes in yesterday’s Reuters piece.

CFTC’s Gensler: Reporting rule may be early arriver by Charles Abbott