Bloomberg Markets (Aug. 19) -- The world’s largest exchange operator is going to college. To ramp up its recruiting efforts, CME Group Inc. will on Sept. 9 open an office at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Research Park, a technology epicenter that already hosts 101 finance, technology and agriculture companies. Students tapped to work on projects ranging from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to cloud computing. Also: Crain’s Chicago Business (Aug. 19), Gulf Times (Qatar, Aug. 22).