Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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an independent regulatory agency, created in 1975, that supervises the trading of futures on commodity exchanges. Abbreviation: CFTC

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, the military commission proceedings are bogged down in a pre-trial phase, as it has been for the past three years.
Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind’s Trial Will Start|Tim Mak|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The military commission this week was to focus on the alleged FBI infiltration of one of the defense teams.
Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind’s Trial Will Start|Tim Mak|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Add to that the per diems paid for the 105 military commission personnel who attend the proceedings, which cost more than $16,000.
Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind’s Trial Will Start|Tim Mak|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Facing a political backlash, they reversed course in 2011 and announced that the military commission process would be restarted.
Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind’s Trial Will Start|Tim Mak|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This, of course, I always gave to the guide to use in sending the letter when he got to the trading-post.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Cotton exchanges reopened on November 16, and stock exchanges opened for restricted trading shortly thereafter.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Of late she hasn't had very much of the latter commodity, and she was quite bowled over.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
It's a certainty that they will be captured if they spend that money at any trading-post within our jurisdiction.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair