LSE rebuffs Â£1.3bn takeover bid but holds door open to talks
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The London Stock Exchange said it had rejected a Â£1.3bn takeover bid from Deutsche Boerse but held the door open to talks that could result in a deal with the German exchange.
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No immediate counter offer is expected in the bidding battle for the London Stock Exchange. The pan-European stock exchange Euronext is, however, weighing up the prospects of such a move, according to sources close to it.
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HBOS has decided against bidding for Abbey National, dampening hopes of a challenge to Spanish bank Santander&#39;s agreed 8.8 billion pound takeover and hitting the target&#39;s shares.
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Deutsche Boerse has made a 1.3 billion  pound ($2.49 billion) approach for the London Stock Exchange,  and the LSE's rejection of it on Monday left observers doubting  a much better offer would emerge.
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Barclays declines to comment on a report it may sweeten its Â£44bn offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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Exchange group Euronext is reported to be ready to bid for the London Stock Exchange, which rejected a German offer last week.
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NYSE Group Inc.  would consider  creating a rival London exchange to compete with the London  Stock Exchange  for new listings, but had also not ruled  out bidding for it, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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The London Stock Exchange  reiterated its opposition to a hostile bid from Nasdaq Stock Market Inc  on Monday, noting that valuations of trading exchanges had risen since its U.S. rival launched its bid.
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The Spanish bank poised to take over Britain&#39;s Abbey National will walk away if the Â£8.2bn (â¬12.1bn) deal is stalled by competition concerns, it was reported today.
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Fire equipment manufacturer Kidde saw its share price rise by 20% on Friday after it confirmed it had rejected a Â£1.35bn ($2.46bn) takeover offer.
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Leading shares ended the day lower as interest rate worries and uncertainty in the high street after Alliance Boots rebuffed an 1,000 pence per share approach added to a cautious early session on Wall Street.
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Leeds United have denied they are negotiating a possible sale of the Championship club to businessman Sebastian Sainsbury. Sainsbury had made a formal purchase offer earlier in
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The Nasdaq stock exchange, which holds a stake in the London Stock Exchange and tendered an offer to takeover the LSE, said that it had no intention of changing the LSE's management if its offer for the exchange lapses.
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Imperial Chemical Industries, Britainâs largest specialty chemical maker, said today that it had rejected a takeover bid from Akzo Nobel worth Â£7.2 billion, or $14 billion, as too low.
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The British insurer Prudential said on Sunday that it had rejected an approach from a potential bidder for its online bank Egg.
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The US stock exchange operator Nasdaq failed to win control of the London Stock Exchange after LSE shareholders decided overwhelmingly against backing a hostile takeover worth 2.9 billion pounds (4.4 billion euros, 5.5 billion dollars).
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LONDON: Europeâs top equity market, the London Stock Exchange, has rejected a Â£1.3bil cash bid from Deutsche Boerse to create a dominant European exchange, but held the door open to talks.