More specifically, CME has raised the margin requirement by about 260% since March.

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If you meet your margin requirement with cash, the account will earn interest, but you won't see it: Your broker will pocket it.

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In a further bit of good news, Washington voters also approved a supermajority requirement for tax increases by a similar margin.

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Voters in Florida rejected by a slim margin a proposal to amend the state's constitution to try to block the federal health law's requirement that people purchase insurance or pay a penalty.

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