Nasdaq/Dubai near control of OMX after bid
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STOCKHOLM/DUBAI  - Nasdaq  and Borse Dubai, aiming to muscle out potential rival bidders, boosted an offer for OMX to $4.9 billion on Wednesday and pushed close to a majority stake in the Nordic exchange group.
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STOCKHOLM/DUBAI  - Nasdaq  and Dubai's stock exchange struck a deal on Thursday that shakes up ownership of some of the world's top share markets and takes the Nasdaq brand into the Middle East and Asia.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc  has  weighed selling a piece of itself to an overseas investor to  help it seal a deal to buy Nordic exchange operator OMX AB  , the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on  Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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U.S. share market Nasdaq  and Borse Dubai are set to team up and buy OMX , ending a takeover battle for the Nordic markets operator and creating a major new force in the financial markets industry, sources close to the situation told Reuters.
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Nordic stock exchange operator OMX AB said Friday it has entered into a deal to merge with Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
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Nasdaq  and Borse  Dubai joined forces on Thursday with a deal to buy Nordic  markets operator OMX  and create &quot;a global financial  marketplace&quot; which will see Borse Dubai taking key stakes in  London Stock Exchange  and Nasdaq.
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US electronic stock market Nasdaq reached into Europe Friday with a friendly 3.7 billion dollar takeover of Nordic exchange operator OMX that creates the world&#39;s second-biggest exchange.
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Borse Dubai and Nasdaq's public offer for Nordic stock exchange operator OMX should be launched in January, OMX chief executive Magnus Boecker said on Wednesday.
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Nasdaq said it erred in releasing a statement earlier on Friday that said the U.S. government had cleared a deal giving Dubai's state-owned stock exchange a minority stake in Nasdaq.
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Sweden&#39;s government will review a  proposed $3.7 billion takeover of Nordic bourses owner OMX   by Nasdaq  over worries companies could be  forced to operate under U.S. stock market rules, an official  said on Wednesday.
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LONDON/STOCKHOLM  - Nordic bourse operator OMX  is not in talks with any other suitors, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday, as market speculation of a rival takeover offer sent shares soaring.
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The Swedish government said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its 6.6-percent share in the Nordic and Baltic stock exchange operator OMX to Emirates-based Borse Dubai, and subsequently to Nasdaq.
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Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the owner of the Dubai stock exchange, is mulling a rival bid to Nasdaq's  agreed $3.7 billion takeover of Nordic markets owner OMX , the Sunday Times reported.
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Banks led European equities lower on Friday, but bid activity helped keep the market afloat after Nasdaq made an offer for Stockholm bourse operator OMX.
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The US electronic stock exchange Nasdaq spread its arms around northern Europe on Friday with an agreed bid worth 2.7 billion euros for OMX which operates seven Nordic and Baltic exchanges.
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STOCKHOLM/LONDON  - Nasdaq  and Borse Dubai joined forces on Thursday with a deal to buy Nordic markets operator OMX  and create "a global financial marketplace" which will see Borse Dubai taking key stakes in London Stock Exchange  and Nasdaq.
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Nasdaq  said it erred in releasing a statement earlier on Friday that said the U.S. government cleared a deal giving Dubai's state-owned stock exchange a minority stake in Nasdaq.