French FinMin says NYSE, Euronext must talk more on merger
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Euronext's  $15 billion merger  plan with NYSE Group  has been "sensibly modified" but  discussions between the two exchanges must continue, French  Finance Minister Thierry Breton said on Monday.
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A rise in NYSE Group's   shares in the past few days means its bid for exchange operator  Euronext  has closed a gap with a rival proposal from  Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) for the first time in weeks.
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France and Germany's market watchdogs say they are looking into Citigroup bond trades already under scrutiny in the UK.
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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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Euronext  and NYSE Group  are close to obtaining approval from the Dutch Finance Ministry for a $14 billion merger plan to create the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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Deutsche Boerse has reached the limit  of what it can offer Euronext shareholders in its bid to  convince them to abandon a proposed deal with rival suitor New  York Stock Exchange, a source close to the German bourse  operator&#039;s management said on Tuesday.
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European regulators said on Tuesday they do not intend objecting to the proposed merger of Euronext and the NYSE, removing a hurdle to the completion of the $10 billion transatlantic alliance.
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Pan-European stock exchange operator  Euronext  said on Thursday it would ask shareholders  to approve its planned merger with NYSE Group , parent  company of the New York Stock Exchange, at an extraordinary  meeting on December 19.
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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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French government negotiators were in talks late Sunday with the two main private shareholders of EADS seeking to complete a deal on simplifying the companyâs management structure.
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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's March announcement of talks to be sold to Barclays PLC , The Wall Street Journal reported.
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More than four years after burying their ambitious "iX" merger project, the Frankfurt and London stock exchanges have returned to the negotiating table to discuss a possible tie-up that could make them the biggest stock exchange in Europe.
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Deutsche Boerse chief executive Reto Francioni has said he would keep trying to convince Euronext shareholders to merge with his group, but ruled out a hostile bid for the pan-European stock market operator.
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"We must negotiate right to the end"  The French government has asked the country's biggest companies not to invest in Iran, as the tension mounts over Tehran's nuclear ambitions ahead of a meeting this week of the world's big powers. via MSN Money
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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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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.   Chief Executive Bob Greifeld on Wednesday stood by his decision  to pursue the London Stock Exchange , while archrival  NYSE Group  reaffirmed why it wants to take over  European stock exchange operator Euronext .
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The head of French bank Societe Generale   has hired investment banks to advise on the  possibility of a merger with larger domestic rival BNP Paribas  , Les Echos newspaper reported on Friday.