Down the road given the size of the asset class

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The Mariners busy offseason continued today when they traded up and down pitcher Brandon Morrow to the Blue Jays today for pitcher Brandon League and prospect Johermyn Chavez.This seems like a good move, both pitchers have similar production and the move gives the M's a good bullpen arm and one of Torontos better position prospects in the process.The next move for pitching will likely be to acquire a No 3 pitcher after netting Cliff Lee for the No. 2 spot.I think the Mariners are going to target Ben Sheets or Jarrod Washburn to fill the last available spot in the rotation.After todays trade getting one more starter appears to be the last significant activity to be done on the pitching front.The Mariners still need another infielder and a Designated Hitter, and have roughly $30 million for the massive salary purge to spend on those needs.One signing that still makes a lot of sense is bringing back 3B Adrian Beltre.The team already signed his replacement by prying Chone Figgins away from the division rival Angels. If we were to re-sign Beltre we could slide Figgins over the Second Base. We could then slide incumbent 2B Jose Lopez over to the vacant first base spot.Doing so would allow us to re-sign left handed power bat Russell Branyan and give him the DH role.We would have three gold gloves in the infield, and would have added flexibility to add another bat in the lineup.A report out of Fox Sports said that Jason Bay may be waiting out the New York Mets in order to get a deal with the Seattle Mariners.

The article on Fox Sports listed Yorvit Torrealba, Bengie Molina, and Rod Barjas as emerging targets for the M's.They seem to be far from done with their Holiday shopping. . NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX's (NDAQ.O) new clearinghouse for interest rate derivatives could yield big returns if it attracts enough users, with one analyst suggesting a jump in the company's 2009 earnings of up to 33 percent Hot StocksThe exchange operator last month bought an 80 percent stake in the International Derivatives Clearing Group, or IDCG, which began clearing swaps based on U.S. dollar interest rates early last week.Nasdaq is now looking for partners in the venture, which comes as U.S. and European regulators push for more transparency in the vast over-the-counter markets."We're in the perfect environment to deliver something massive," said Chris Concannon, executive vice president of Nasdaq transaction services and a member of the International Derivatives Clearinghouse board."Down the road, given the size of the asset class ... I can see this as being a major contributor to revenue in the years to come," he told Reuters in an interview.Worth about $357 trillion, interest rate swap contracts represented 52 percent of total OTC markets worldwide at the end of June, according to the Bank of International Settlements."I would expect to start delivering on other currencies this year," Concannon said, adding that the euro is first on Nasdaq's agenda, followed by other G7 currencies.He said Nasdaq is looking to investment banks and other large market participants such as hedge funds as potential partners in the clearinghouse, which acts as a central counterparty to those buying and selling the contracts.Nasdaq's shares were off 3 percent at $25.92 on Tuesday in a mixed market for exchange operators.PROFIT BOOSTDiego Perfumo, analyst at Equity Research Desk, a Connecticut-based advisory firm specializing in exchanges, said that if Nasdaq can attract a quarter of the available market share, clearing revenue could boost the company's per-share earnings this year by 70 cents, or 33 percent."There are assumptions made to get there, but the growth could be substantial," Perfumo told Reuters.