Under the counter

Floor no moreWe've all said things in the past that we've later come to regret, and one of the worst things that can happen in that situation is having friends and rivals reminding you of how much your point of view has changed. I should know - I've probably said, and then rapidly gone back on, the phrase "I do" more times than most of you have had hot dinners. Nonetheless, it would clearly be remiss of me not to remind my readers of one or two of Nymex's choicer public defences of its commitment to open outcry in recent months (and yes, I know they haven't disposed of the floor, but to all those who don't know where 'side-by-side' leads I have four words: see-bee-oh-tee). Here's president Jim Newsome talking to this very publication in...