Shortly before leaving Goldman to head up President Clinton's National Economic Council, Mr. Rubin says, he met with Richard B. Fisher, the chairman of Morgan Stanley, to discuss the idea of imposing stricter margin requirements on futures trading. Mr. Rubin says the idea died after the Chicago Board of Trade told him "we will make sure Goldman Sachs never trades another future on the C.B.O.T. if this went ahead."
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Monday, April 28, 2008
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