Nasdaq launches $5.3 bln hostile bid for LSE
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Nasdaq  launched its 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Tuesday, needing just over a fifth of LSE shareholders to accept for it to take control.
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The London Stock Exchange PLC issued a strong profit forecast and promised a higher dividend Tuesday as it urged shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid by the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Tuesday it will launch a hostile bid of 71.1 billion euros ($95.5 billion) for ABN Amro, topping a friendly offer from Barclays PLC and pressing Bank of America Corp. for control of the Dutch bank's U.S. arm.
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The London Stock Exchange issued a bullish profit forecast and pledged a dividend hike on Tuesday as it urged shareholders to reject a 2.7-billion-pound ($5.27-billion) hostile bid from U.S. rival Nasdaq.
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The deadline in the Nasdaq's approach to LSE shareholders to accept its proposed takeover bid approaches.
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Societe Generale on Monday unveiled its bid to raise 5.5 billion euros to plug a hole left by a rogue trader scandal that dented confidence in the French bank and left it exposed to takeover bids.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., which lost in its battle to cross the Atlantic with a failed takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange, is expected to announce Friday it is acquiring Swedish exchange operator OMX AB in a deal worth up to $3 billion, according to a person close to the deal.
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NYSE Euronext  and Australia's ASX Ltd  may be interested in buying part of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc's 31 percent stake in London Stock Exchange Plc , a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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Nasdaq launched its 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday, needing just over a fifth of LSE shareholders to accept for it to take control of the bourse.
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The London Stock Exchange rejects a Â£2.7bn takeover bid from US firm Nasdaq, saying it undervalues its business.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market said the move will help meet competition from rivals who are also expanding overseas.
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Representatives of the Qatari Investment Authority have indicated a willingness to pay as much as 15 pounds a share for Nasdaq's  31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange  the Sunday Times newspaper said.
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The London Stock Exchange opened the door to a bidding war for the 300-year-old market after it rejected a proposed Â£1.35bn (â¬1.9bn) offer from Deutsche BÃ¶rse, its German rival.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. will take its sweetened offer for London Stock Exchange Group PLC directly to shareholders after Europe's biggest equity market rejected the bid, saying it substantially undervalues the company.
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The Swiss mining company Xstrata began a hostile $5.8 billion bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources yesterday, in what analysts said could turn into an international bidding war
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The Nasdaq reveals a Â£2.7bn  hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange.
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LONDON -- The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. failed for the second time in a year to win control of the London Stock Exchange PLC, revealing yesterday that its $5.3 billion hostile bid had been spurned by the British bourse's shareholders.