Takeover war for LSE on cards after Euronext shows hand
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LONDON  - A bidding war for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) looked increasingly likely after Euronext said it had approached the group about a possible counterbid to Deutsche Boerse&#39;s 2.0-billion-euro offer.
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NYSE Euronext launched on Thursday an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of pan-European bourse operator Euronext  after the U.S. securities regulators approved its translatlantic merger.
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Deutsche Boerse, operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange, believes it has already won over the shareholders of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) with its two-billion-euro (2.6-billion-dollar) takeover bid, its chairman said in a newspaper interview.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market's efforts to buy the London Stock Exchange PLC is another milestone in globalization, and touches the world of IT. As exchanges merge and increase the fluidity of funds globally, a new world of competitive options open.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Nasdaq  launched its 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Tuesday, needing just over a fifth of LSE shareholders to accept for it to take control.
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Euronext  on Friday endeavoured  to wrap up long-running merger talks before its annual general  meeting as a top shareholder threatened to oust its management  if the exchange did not deliver a deal quickly.
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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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LONDON -- Nasdaq launched a $5.3 billion hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange yesterday. It needs just a fifth of the London exchange's shareholders to say yes before it can take control.
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Germany's Deutsche Boerse is reported to be ready to make a revised offer for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) valuing it at 1.5b. Deutsche Boerse is said to be planning to seize control quickly in an attempt to ...
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As a battle to merge the London Stock Exchange heats up, attention is focusing again on a hotly debated issue: How many stock exchanges does Europe really need?
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European stock market regulators are concerned that a possible takeover of the London Stock Exchange by its Frankfurt rival Deutsche Boerse would make regulation in the sector more difficult, the Committee of European Securities Regulators said.
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Nasdaq  launched its 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Tuesday and will need just over a fifth of LSE shareholders to accept for it to take control of the bourse.
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NYSE Euronext launched on Thursday an  exchange offer for all outstanding shares of pan-European  bourse operator Euronext  after the U.S. securities  regulators approved its translatlantic merger.
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European stock market regulators are concerned that a possible takeover of the London Stock Exchange by its Frankfurt rival Deutsche Boerse would make regulation in the sector more difficult, the Committee of ...
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Euronext, operator of the Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon stock exchanges, would be prepared to move its headquarters to London in its bid to buy the London Stock Exchange, the business daily Handelsblatt reported.
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AMSTERDAM/PARIS  - European regulators said in an expected move on Tuesday they have no objections to the proposed $13.8 billion merger between Euronext  and NYSE , removing a hurdle for the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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Deutsche Boerse has made a Â£1.3 billion ($2.49 billion) approach for the London Stock Exchange, and the LSE&#39;s rejection of it on Monday left observers doubting a much better offer would emerge.