Nymex Tries to Rescue Bid for a Stake in IPE.

Unveils that the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) officials are in London, England lobbying international energy traders in an effort to rescue their bid to acquire Great Britain's International Petroleum Exchange. Comment from Nymex President R. Patrick Thompson on the bid; Measures designed to reassure European companies about a merger with a United States exchange; Status of the commodities market.