Nasdaq loses year-long battle for LSE
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The US stock exchange operator Nasdaq failed to win control of the London Stock Exchange after LSE shareholders decided overwhelmingly against backing a hostile takeover worth 2.9 billion pounds (4.4 billion euros, 5.5 billion dollars).
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London equities eased back from six and a half year highs on Monday, with losses for business publishing stocks on expectations of increased competition in the sector.
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Stocks declined Monday, the last day of a volatile and difficult year on Wall Street.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) today rejected an offer from Deutsche Borse, its bigger German rival, valuing it at about Â£1.35 billion ($2.6 billion), or 530pence per share, a significant premium to Fridayâs closing price of 430 pence.
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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.
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LONDON  -- Nasdaq Stock Markets Inc.  suffered a resounding defeat in its hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange  on Saturday, winning just 0.41 pct of acceptances for its offer for Europe's largest share market.
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LONDON: Europeâs top equity market, the London Stock Exchange, has rejected a Â£1.3bil cash bid from Deutsche Boerse to create a dominant European exchange, but held the door open to talks.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc  late on Friday announced the annual re-ranking of the Nasdaq-100 Index.
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London equities fell on Thursday despite moves by the world's leading central bankers to combat the credit squeeze.
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Singapore state investor Temasek   has pulled out of the running to buy Nasdaq&#39;s   31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange , the  Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc NDAQ.O is   considering making a hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange   LSE.L, in which it has amassed a stake of over 25 percent,   weekly UK newspaper The Observer said on Sunday, without citing   any sources.
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US stock market Nasdaq, which had a takeover move in London rejected, sees quarterly earnings triple.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.  issued a disappointing 2007 earnings forecast on Tuesday, overshadowing strong quarterly earnings and sending its shares down 12 percent.
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The nearly $1 trillion hedge fund industry has lost a yearlong battle to avoid extra scrutiny from US regulators. By a tight 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled yesterday
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Deutsche Boerse has made a 1.3 billion  pound ($2.49 billion) approach for the London Stock Exchange,  and the LSE's rejection of it on Monday left observers doubting  a much better offer would emerge.
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.  said  on Thursday it plans to create an equity and index options  market in the third quarter of 2007, pitting it against  arch-rival NYSE Group Inc. , which recently boosted its  presence in the options market.
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The FTSE 100 fell again on Thursday  as more big write downs in the US banking sector  blocked momentum  from retailers after better high street newsflow.