Qatar close to buying 30 percent stake in LSE: report
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Qatar is near a deal to buy a stake in the London Stock Exchange from Nasdaq Stock Market, which would propel the emirate into the vanguard of global financial markets, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Saudi Arabian investors also bought a large stake in UBS when the Swiss bank sold a roughly 9 percent stake to the Singapore government, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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Lufthansa is reportedly interested in buying a stake of just under 25 percent in the discount airline.
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Business & money: Shares in the supermarket group soared by almost 5% after the State of Qatar announced it now owned 25% of the supermarket giant's shares.
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U.S. investor Samuel Heyman said on  Tuesday that entities he controls now had rights to an 8.8  percent stake in the London Stock Exchange , in a move  that could complicate a bid by Nasdaq Stock Markets Inc.
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The London Stock Exchange expects shareholders to approve its planned purchase of Borsa Italiana, LSE chief executive Clara Furse said here Monday.
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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&#39;s  31 percent stake in the  London Stock Exchange  the Sunday Times newspaper said.
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NEW YORK/SYDNEY  - 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.
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A consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  came closer to clinching an $8.7 billion takeover of Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  on Monday after the airline released an independent report saying the offer was fair.
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KUWAIT CITY - Opec is considering raising its price band to between 28 and 30 dollars a barrel, Qatar&#39;s Energy Minister said in comments published yesterday, ahead of a crucial meeting of the group.
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A Qatari investment group on Friday said it had increased its stake in J Sainsbury, Britain&#39;s third biggest supermarket chain, to 25 percent.
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State-linked investment funds in Qatar and Singapore are interested in buying almost one third of the London Stock Exchange from the US Nasdaq market, media reported on Monday.
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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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Oil-rich Gulf Arab state Qatar has made a bid approach for J Sainsbury Plc, which newspapers said valued Britain's third-biggest supermarket group at about 12 billion pounds ($24.5 billion), including debt.
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Nasdaq Stock Market  is flexible about extending its initial Friday deadline for receiving expressions of interest from potential buyers of its 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange , a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Private equity suitors are close to arranging a deal to buy casino giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Nasdaq  may sell its stake in the London Stock Exchange  to Borse Dubai and make a joint bid with the Gulf exchange for Nordic exchange owner OMX , The Daily Telegraph said on Monday.