The Americans are coming!
All the talk of a duel between the NYSE and the Nasdaq for the London Stock Exchange has galvanized some big players in Europe. Euronext and Deutsche Bourse are in serious merger talks. The two are apparently talking about a deal that would create a Europe-wide entity with a franchise in derivatives trading. Only then, the thinking goes, would there be an exchange company that could stand up to an American-owned LSE. For all the talk, it is unclear if the LSE will be sold to either American exchange.
> Here's a New York Times article.
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