Deutsche Boerse says takeover talks with LSE "amicable, constructive"
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German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse said that discussions with the London Stock Exchange regarding its takeover bid for the LSE had been "amicable" and "constructive."
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Yet another major shareholder in German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse expressed reservations about the proposed takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange, saying the project should be put to a vote at an extraordinary general meeting.
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German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse said its supervisory board had approved a possible cash offer for the London Stock Exchange (LSE), should its management decide to push ahead with the bid.
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LONDON  - A bidding war for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) looked increasingly likely after Euronext said it had approached the group about a possible counterbid to Deutsche Boerse&#39;s 2.0-billion-euro offer.
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Deutsche Boerse has made a Â£1.3 billion ($2.49 billion) approach for the London Stock Exchange, and the LSE&#39;s rejection of it on Monday left observers doubting a much better offer would emerge.
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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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Pan-European stock exchange  operator Euronext said on Wednesday it was to due to start more  in depth talks with Borsa Italiana as prospects of a takeover  battle grew with Deutsche Boerse also showing interest in the  Italian bourse.
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Deutsche Boerse AG, Europe&#39;s largest stock exchange by market value, made a 1.35 billion-pound ($2.6 billion) takeover offer for London Stock Exchange Plc, its second attempt in five years to buy the UK company.
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The London Stock Exchange, which has rejected a Â£1.35bn takeover bid from Deutsche BÃ¶rse, will hold talks with the German exchange today to see if a &quot;significantly improved proposal&quot; can be agreed.
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Clara Furse, the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, will hold takeover talks with suitors from Deutsche BÃ¶rse and Euronext today amid mounting expectations of a full-scale bidding war for Europe&#39;s busiest stock exchange.
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AFX reports from London that the bank said talks are at an early stage and that it would not issue new equity to fund the potential purchase.
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Air France-KLM chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta said he had held very "useful and positive" talks here Wednesday on his company's planned takeover of Alitalia, the struggling Italian airline.
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Progress made by Britain's Barclays  in its offer for ABN AMRO demonstrates its ability to offer the Dutch bank's shareholders "certainty and deliverability", Chief Executive John Varley said on Wednesday.
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British bank Barclays, which has made a friendly takeover offer for Dutch group ABN Amro, has pledged to invest 20 million euros in the business department of Amsterdam university if it wins the deal, a university spokesman said on Tuesday.
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The last time Deutsche Borse attempted a deal with the London Stock Exchange it was portrayed as a merger of equals. The two exchanges, both mutuals, in 2000 planned to join
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London Stock Exchange Plc said on Monday it had received an approach from mainland European stock market Euronext.
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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.