NYSE Euronext probes trades in ABN AMRO stock: WSJ
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NYSE Euronext   is  looking into trading of ABN AMRO Holding NV  securities  that took place around the time of the bank&#39;s March  announcement of talks to be sold to Barclays PLC , The  Wall Street Journal reported.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission is investigating Dow Jones & Co. Inc. board member  David Li over an insider trading case linked to News Corp.&#39;s  bid for the Wall Street Journal publisher, Dow Jones reported  on Wednesday.
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Euronext  on Tuesday will  attempt to build shareholder support for an 8 billion euro  (&#36;10.23 billion) offer from New York Stock Exchange owners NYSE  Group Inc. , which the pan-European exchange said it  preferred to a rival proposal from Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE).
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Bank of New York Co. BK.N on Tuesday  said regulators are examining whether its Pershing LLC unit  cleared improper stock trades.
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US antitrust regulators are investigating possible anti-competitive practices at the American Stock Exchange and Chicago Board Options Exchange, according to the annual report of the National Association of Securities Dealers.
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NYSE Euronext  and Australia's ASX Ltd  may be interested in buying part of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc's 31 percent stake in London Stock Exchange Plc , a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  board member David Li over an insider trading case linked to News Corp.'s  bid for the Wall Street Journal publisher, Dow Jones reported on Wednesday.
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NYSE Euronext has joined Dutch and British financial authorities in examining trading patterns of ABN Amroâs shares and American depositary receipts just before the multibillion-dollar bidding war over ABN became public, the bank said. âWe have received a request from the NYSE regarding transactions ahead of the announcement of our merger talks with Barclays,â a spokesman, Neil Moorhouse, said, reading a statement. He said ABN was cooperating with the investigation, but could not comment on whether there was any reason to suspect insider trading. The Supreme Court in the Netherlands is expected to make a ruling Friday in the fight between Barclays and a consortium of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland to buy ABN Amro for about 71 billion euros ($97.6 billion).
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - ABN AMRO  said on Wednesday it would discuss with Barclays  the implications of a bid proposal this week by the consortium seeking to dislodge Barclays as ABN's preferred merger partner.
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NYSE Group Inc.  Chief  Executive John Thain said on Friday that Deutsche Boerse  (DB1Gn.DE) could not compete strategically or financially for  Euronext , the Paris-based exchange the NYSE has  struck an agreement to buy.
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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of  Scotland Group  plans to present a new, nearly all cash  bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO Holding NV  as early as  Monday, according to two media reports on Sunday.
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Regulators are investigating whether several current and former employees at Merrill Lynch & Co Inc  improperly placed trades for the brokerage house's own account ahead of client orders, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Federal prosecutors are looking for U.S. ties to French bank Societe Generale's  trading scandal, for example transactions that went through a U.S. broker, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Pan-European stock exchange  operator Euronext said on Wednesday it was to due to start more  in depth talks with Borsa Italiana as prospects of a takeover  battle grew with Deutsche Boerse also showing interest in the  Italian bourse.
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The New York Stock Exchange  has  the means to up its offer for pan-European stock market  Euronext  if needed to thwart rival suitor Deutsche  Boerse (DB1Gn.DE), NYSE chief John Thain was quoted as saying  on Thursday.
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Securities regulators are reviewing  whether investment banks' trades in shares of companies linked  to M&A deals they were advising were based on coincidence or  inside information, according to The Wall Street Journal on  Monday.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 8 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether more than a dozen big brokerage firms failed to execute certain trades at the best possible prices for individual investors, sources familiar with the probe said.