ASX, Euronext may be eyeing LSE stake
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NEW YORK/SYDNEY  - 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.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Monday night looked likely to be taken over by one of its overseas rivals, after more than 300 years as one of Britain's key institutions.
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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, currently in the process of merging with pan-European rival Euronext, does not rule out making further acquisitions in Europe, NYSE finance chief Nelson Chai said in a magazine interview released on Wednesday.
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Euronext  shareholders are due to approve a $14 billion plan to merge with the New York Stock Exchange  and create the first transatlantic bourse. But some opponents may cause heated discussions at a meeting on Tuesday.
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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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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc  has given potential suitors until the end of the week to express interest in its 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange Group Plc  but has not yet received any offers, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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A bidding war involving Europeâs three major exchanges was on the cards today after Paris-based Euronext made an approach to rival Deutsche Boerseâs Â£1.35 billion offer for the London Stock Exchange.
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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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Analysts at BNP Paribas said a Euronext bid for the London Stock Exchange would be &quot;difficult to justify&quot; despite the French bank negotiating to join Euronext&#39;s roster of advisers.
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A merger of the New York Stock Exchange and European counterpart Euronext could pave the way for setting up a London bourse to rival the long-established London Stock Exchange, NYSE chief executive John Thain said.
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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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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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PARIS/LONDON: Euronext has made an approach to the London Stock Exchange (LSE), marking the first salvo in a possible bidding war between Paris and Frankfurt for control of Europeâs largest equity market.
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The European financial market operator Euronext appears to be edging ahead in the battle with Deutsche Boerse of Germany to acquire the London Stock Exchange (LSE) because of a more appealing offer on fees, financial sources said.
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NEW YORK/PARIS  - A rise in NYSE Group's NYX.N   shares in the past few days means its bid for exchange operator   Euronext ENXT.PA has closed a gap with a rival proposal from   Deutsche Boerse DB1Gn.DE for the first time in weeks.
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Nasdaq  may sell its stake in the London Stock Exchange  to Borse Dubai and make a joint bid with the Gulf exchange for Nordic exchange owner OMX , The Daily Telegraph said on Monday.