Euronext investors overwhelmingly back NYSE merger
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Euronext shareholders on Tuesday  approved overwhelmingly a $14-billion plan to merge the multinational European exchange operator with the New York Stock Exchange and form the first transatlantic bourse.
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Exchange group Euronext is reported to be ready to bid for the London Stock Exchange, which rejected a German offer last week.
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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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European shares ended higher on Monday, buoyed by takeover activity as the London Stock Exchange hit a record high after Euronext made a bid approach, while drug makers recovered from a sharp fall.
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NYSE Euronext, the world's largest financial market group, said Friday it will pick up a five percent stake in Mumbai's multi-commodity exchange MCX for 55 million dollars.
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Deutsche Boerse has reached the limit  of what it can offer Euronext shareholders in its bid to  convince them to abandon a proposed deal with rival suitor New  York Stock Exchange, a source close to the German bourse  operator&#039;s management said on Tuesday.
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NYSE Euronext Inc.   has entered the competition for the Borsa Italiana by submitting a preliminary bid to rival the London Stock Exchange Group's  offer, according to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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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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Pan-European group Euronext is poised to launch a bid for the London Stock Exchange, UK media reports say. Last week, the LSE rejected a takeover proposal from German rival Deutsche Boerse - the 530 pence-a
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NYSE Euronext launched on Thursday an  exchange offer for all outstanding shares of pan-European  bourse operator Euronext  after the U.S. securities  regulators approved its translatlantic merger.
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NYSE Group Inc.  on Thursday  reached agreement to buy Paris-based Euronext , for  about 7.78 billion euros (&#36;9.96 billion), putting it ahead in  the race to create the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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U.S. stock exchange regulators on   Wednesday issued a statement meant to calm fears in Europe   about U.S. regulatory overreach related to the proposed merger   of the New York Stock Exchange NYX.N and Euronext ENXT.PA.
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Euronext, the Paris-based stock exchange, yesterday confirmed its intention to enter the race to buy the London Stock Exchange, opening the way for a bidding war after last week&#39;s indicative offer from Frankfurt&#39;s Deutsche BÃ¶rse.
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European stock markets rose on Monday, lit up by merger and acquisition news after a bright performance in Tokyo and Hong Kong, dealers said.
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Shareholders of the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext, one of Europe's largest financial markets, are to vote today and tomorrow on a $14 billion merger proposal to create the first transatlantic stock exchange.
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Italian stock market operator Borsa  Italiana is ready to study a joint offer with Deutsche Boerse  for Euronext , which has already agreed a &#36;10 billion  deal to merge with the NYSE, Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper said.
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NYSE Group Inc.  Chief Executive John Thain said on Tuesday he was confident that shareholders of pan-European bourse Euronext  would approve its planned merger with the New York Stock Exchange.