Lehman in Talks to Buy UK Hedge Fund-WSJ
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers  Holdings Inc. is negotiating to buy GLG Partners, a leading  British hedge fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on  Thursday, citing unnamed sources.
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The family that controls Dow Jones & Co.  said on Thursday that it plans to meet with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to discuss his $5 billion bid to buy the company, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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The British banking group Barclays has held talks with US rival Wells Fargo about a possible merger that would create the world's fourth largest bank.
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NYSE Euronext  and Australia's ASX Ltd  may be interested in buying some or part of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc's  stake in London Stock Exchange Plc , a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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U.S. investment bank Citigroup is set to bid for UK stockbroker Cazenove , challenging rivals JP Morgan  and Lehman Brothers  for the City's most venerable institution, the Observer reported.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson (nyse: JNJ - news - people ) is said to be in advanced talks to buy medical device maker Guidant (nyse: GDT - news - people ) for more than $24 billion.
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Ritchie Capital Management LLC, a large Chicago-based hedge fund group, on Wednesday said it is in talks to sell its main Multi-Strategy Global fund in a deal that it said could be worth $1 billion, according to a spokesman.
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(InfoWorld) - 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. The Nasdaq's latest bid, launched Nov. 20, to buy the part of the LSE it doesn't already own for Â£2.7 billion ($5.1 billion) is poignant in its historic and political overtones. The Nasdaq tapped technology to match buyers and sellers -- starting with simple bulletin boards -- and helped revolutionize trading over the last 20 years. As world class IT companies like Microsoft and Oracle went public on the Nasdaq, the exchange rode the computerization of modern life to great success. Most exchanges have adopted some form of electronic trading, including Nasdaq archrival the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Group Inc.) and the LSE itself. Exchanges have unique advantages and retain distinct personalities, however. Linux vendor Red Hat Inc., for example, will move from the Nasdaq to the NYSE Tuesday. "The New York Stock Exchange has much stronger global recognition, and we're looking for a global branding image," said Linda Brewton, Red Hat manager of investor relations. She also noted that even though the NYSE has adopted electronic trading, trading is still done under live market specialists and that this reduces share-price volatility. The LSE, which traces its history back some 300 years, has rejected Nasdaq's bid, claiming it undervalues the exchange. The mercurial mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, is also on the case. Last week he asked the U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading to investigate, claiming that the acquisition would eliminate competition to U.S. markets for international company listings. Livingstone also echoed the concerns of many Europeans, that as U.S. exchanges merge with European markets, tighter U.S. regulations would hamper Europe's growing market competitiveness. This last issue has also caused bumps in the NYSE's deal to merge with the Euronext NV exchange. Nasdaq, having already bought about 29 percent of the LSE earlier this year, is appealing to shareholders. Nasdaq Chief Executive Officer Robert Greifield apparently believes the exchange needs the merger to compete. The merging of exchanges and the broader, growing numbers of mergers and acquisitions that IT companies are involved in are part of the same phenomenon, according to according to Eric Gebaide, managing director of Innovation Advisors, a New York investment firm. "It's a manifestation of the globalization of financial markets," Gebaide said. "That in turn is a precursor of the globalization of technology." When companies in Europe and Asia enjoy the same sort of availability of capital U.S. companies have, it can lead to greater competition for U.S. companies. However, U.S. companies can also take advantage of the new era of capital. For example, U.S. companies looking to efficiently use capital now have access to alternative local financing for offshore ventures, Gebaide notes. In the new global market, companies can even go public with offshore ventures, he suggests. The Nasdaq bid will probably play out into 2007. The offer to shareholders can be extended to 60 days, and the Nasdaq can still buy LSE shares on the open market. But no matter how it ends, the internationalization of capital markets will continue to have a profound impact.
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Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. are close to a deal to acquire the real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith Trust , the online edition of The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
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Investment banking firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is nearing an agreement to pay approximately $200 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit over its work for bankrupt
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GLG Partners, one of Europe's largest hedge fund firms, has lined up a U.S. stock market listing to help it expand and hire top managers, using a reverse acquisition with a shell company that values it at $3.4 billion.
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Investment banks Morgan Stanley   and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake  in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co (1878.T),  which may lead to a multibillion-dollar buyout, sources  familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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Britain's Man Group Plc , the world's biggest listed hedge fund firm, said on Thursday it had set the indicative price range for the initial public offering of its U.S. brokerage business at $36 to $39 a share.
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Qatar is near a deal to buy a stake in the London Stock Exchange from Nasdaq Stock Market, which would propel the emirate into the vanguard of global financial markets, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Financial Times publisher Pearson Plc   is seeking partners to make a possible bid for Wall  Street Journal owner Dow Jones & Co. , the Journal  reported on its Web site on Friday.
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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 on Monday.
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Investment banks Morgan Stanley  and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co , which may lead to a multibillion-dollar buyout, sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.