Qatar, Singapore eye Nasdaq stake in LSE
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State-linked investment funds in Qatar and Singapore are interested in buying almost one third of the London Stock Exchange from the US Nasdaq market, media reported on Monday.
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LONDON  -- Nasdaq Stock Markets Inc.  suffered a resounding defeat in its 2.7 billion pound ( ($5.31 billion) bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Saturday, saying it had won just 0.41 pct of acceptances for its offer for Europe's largest share market.
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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.
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Representatives of the Qatari Investment  Authority have indicated a willingness to pay as much as 15  pounds a share for Nasdaq&#39;s  31 percent stake in the  London Stock Exchange  the Sunday Times newspaper said.
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The Nasdaq says it may work with a group planning a rival  trading platform if its London Stock Exchange bid fails.
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LONDON -- A Qatari investment fund said yesterday it is talking with J Sainsbury PLC about a takeover, marking the second bid this year for Britain's third-largest supermarket group.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- ExxonMobil Corp. and Qatar Petroleum said Wednesday they had lined up $7.5 billion toward financing their giant Qatargas II project, which aims to export liquefied natural gas from the Middle East nation to Britain.
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Qatar&#39;s grab of a slice of the London Stock Exchange and its bid for British supermarket chain Sainsbury&#39;s underline the tiny Gulf state&#39;s ambition to become a global economic player and diversify revenues despite its vast gas wealth.
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NYSE Euronext  and  Australia&#39;s ASX Ltd  may be interested in buying part  of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc&#39;s  31 percent stake in  London Stock Exchange Plc , a person familiar with the  matter said.
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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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NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq Stock Market said Thursday it plans to enter the crowded options-trading business with the creation of an equity and index options market.
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Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings  has approached Nasdaq  to buy its 30 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange , a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and Borse Dubai have reached a deal under which Nasdaq will take over Nordic bourse operator OMX AB, while Borse Dubai acquires just under 20 percent of Nasdaq and 28 percent of the London stock exchange.
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Qatar's state investment fund is set to win the auction of Nasdaq's 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange Group after lodging a bid of 2.8 billion pounds ($5.6 billion), the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc NDAQ.O is   considering making a hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange   LSE.L, in which it has amassed a stake of over 25 percent,   weekly UK newspaper The Observer said on Sunday, without citing   any sources.
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The government-controlled stock exchange in Dubai is expected to announce that it will take significant ownership stakes in the Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange.
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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.