Reports emerging as FO Week went to press indicated that James Newsome, chairman of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), was in talks to succeed Bo Collins as president of New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex). The exchange is reported to be in discussion with other candidates, but Newsome's name has emerged because, as head of a federal agency, he is obliged to inform CFTC's ethics officers when he is talks about a new position. Nymex and...