Commodities Markets in New York and Chicago Discuss Merger
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The exchanges were in talks about an $11 billion merger, a union that would be the latest in a wave of consolidation among financial markets.
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Financial Technologies, the group that controls India's top commodities exchange, is considering opening a commodity bourse in Singapore as the country's biggest gold, silver and base metals trader diversifies.
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Dow Jones & Co., which has been in  talks for a takeover by News Corp., will meet with supermarket  magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, a source  familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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The New York Stock Exchange, the world's  biggest share market, is mulling an earlier start to trading in  a bid to steal volume from European exchanges, notably the  London Stock Exchange, the Financial Times reported on  Saturday.
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The General Electric Company and Pearson are exploring a joint bid for Dow Jones & Company, people familiar with the talks said.
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A high voltage deal announced Monday could make Chicago home of the nation&#39;s largest power utility operator if the proposed $12.8 billion merger of Exelon Corp.
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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 New York Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced a partnership yesterday to work together on developing trading technology and financial products in what could be the first step toward a merger of the world's two biggest equities markets.
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MetLife Inc. is in late-stage negotiations to sell one of Boston's oldest investment firms, State Street Research &amp; Management Co., to another New York financial giant, BlackRock Inc., according to two executives briefed on the talks.
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The New York Mercantile Exchange, the world's biggest energy futures marketplace, announced plans Monday to open an exchange in London, home to its biggest rival, the International Petroleum Exchange.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission may require brokers to obtain the best prices for their clients' stock trades, a practice now followed only by the New York Stock Exchange, people familiar with the matter said yesterday.
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Pan-European stock exchange operator  Euronext  said on Thursday it would ask shareholders  to approve its planned merger with NYSE Group , parent  company of the New York Stock Exchange, at an extraordinary  meeting on December 19.
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The New York and Tokyo stock exchanges form an alliance, to develop technology and promote mutual listings.
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Dow Jones & Co. , in talks for a  takeover by News Corp. (NWSa.N), met with supermarket magnate  Ron Burkle and Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan on Tuesday  in an effort to find an alternative offer, a source familiar  with the situation said.
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Sprint and Nextel, two large US mobile companies, are discussing a possible $70bn merger, according to newspaper reports.
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Dow Jones & Co. , which has been in talks on a takeover by News Corp. , will meet with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, according to a report in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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Shareholders of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  and CBOT Holdings Inc.  on Monday voted convincingly to merge the two giant futures exchanges under one roof.