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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The London Stock Exchange  has been left with few options to defend itself from Nasdaq Stock Markets Inc.'s  unwanted attentions after British financial markets broker ICAP's  decision not to pursue fresh merger talks, analysts said on Tuesday.
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Deutsche Boerse aired a  proposal to merge with Euronext on Friday, increasing pressure  on the five-nation exchange to wrap up drawn-out talks on its  future, as Italy also entered the global bourse merger frenzy.
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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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Euronext, the Franco-Dutch group which owns the Liffe derivatives market, is planning to launch a rival to the London Stock Exchange.
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The pan-European stock market operator Euronext has said it welcomed the idea of Deutsche Boerse and the Milan bourse merging with it, but has insisted this would only be complementary to its planned merger with New York Stock Exchange.
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Euronext and Deutsche Boerse are to present directors of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) with reports spelling out the broad outlines of their respective merger proposals.
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Euronext  and NYSE  won endorsement for their $14 billion merger from European regulators on Tuesday, removing a major hurdle for the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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Pan-European exchange operator Euronext   ENXT.PA on Monday denied it planned to postpone an   extraordinary general meeting set for December, at which its   shareholders are due to vote on a $10 billion plan to merge   with NYSE Group NYX.N.
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The French government asked two banks, France&#39;s Societe Generale SA and the Netherlands&#39; ABN Amro Holding NV, to handle the sale of the Air France-KLM stake involving some 48 million shares, according to a Finance Ministry spokesperson.
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France's finance ministry calls for tighter banking controls after the Societe Generale trading scandal.
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CME Group, Inc. and NYMEX Holdings, Inc. said Monday they were conducting initial merger talks which could result in the Chicago-based exchange taking over the New York commodities bourse.
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TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.   has been talking to rival online brokers about potential deals,  its CEO said the day after the company disclosed that two hedge  funds had pushed it to pursue a merger.
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Shareholders in the New York Stock Exchange and the European stock market Euronext are to vote this week on a trans-Atlantic wedding in the face of some concern in Europe that the NYSE will be the dominant partner.
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The NYSE Group Inc  could create  a new exchange in London if its purchase of Euronext   does not deliver the international share listings business it  expects, its chief executive said in an interview.
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French bank BNP Paribas revealed Thursday it had its eye on crisis-hit Societe Generale, while voices in the European Union were raised against France for vowing to ward off hostile bids.
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Neuf Cegetel provided traders with a focus for attention on Tuesday after shares in France's second-largest fixed-line phone company were suspended amid market talk that major shareholders were in talks to prepare the groundwork for a possible merger.