The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved Cantor Exchange's box office receipts contract on June 28, a few days after the reconciled version of the House and Senate's financial reform bill, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act, expected to be signed into law before July 4, included a ban on trading futures based on box office receipts. CNBC reports that Cantor will not fight legislative efforts to ban movie futures and will instead focus on foreign currency products.
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