It's An Ill Wind

By PAUL GRAY/

Saddam Hussein has been called a lot of things during the past month, but at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange he's known as "Mr. Bonus." Yearly bonuses at the Merc are keyed to the number of broker transactions, and the 1990 figures were looking grim -- until the invasion of Kuwait stirred up huge action in Eurodollars and stock-index futures.

With reporting by DAVID ELLIS