Craig Donohue Quotations

Our interest is in making sure that whoever is either going to acquire and run the business, or simply run the business, is a qualified party. Capital wherewithal, experience and knowledge, integrity, and the qualifications of key management would all be important considerations.

Our preference is the sooner the better. People in the markets prefer certainty versus uncertainty.

We're very proud of that. If you can't keep control on the expenses side, it's not as valuable to the shareholder.

We have a variety of different strategic alternatives. We fundamentally believe that there is a lot of growth opportunity in the energy market, particularly associated with electronic trading of energy product.

We have a very positive view of the energy sector and have the opportunity to be very successful there.

We continue to invest in new technology that will spur further growth in electronic trading volume through increased speed and access for all users of our markets.

We were up 65 percent in that time, so obviously that growth rate was far ahead.

There are a wide range of groups that have either declared themselves available or interested, or are looking at it but haven't yet publicly declared that.