Article: Banking stocks drive down London Stock Market

Article: Nasdaq takes 15% stake in London Stock ...
Pensions & Investments;  April 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK - Nasdaq Stock Market acquired a 15% stake in the London Stock Exchange for about $782 million, confirmed Silvia Davi, a spokeswoman for Nasdaq. The acquisition - consisting of 35.4 million ...

Article: Personal Finance: Welcome aboard the floating LSE The ...
The Independent - London;  May 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Two and a half cheers for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and its new chief executive, Clara Furse, for deciding to float on the stock market. It wasn't so long ago that the LSE's chairman Don Cruickshank was trying to flog the LSE to the ...

Article: London Stock Exchange says it has received approach ...
AP Worldstream;  March 10, 2006 ;     611 words ... ... LONDON The London Stock Exchange said ... from the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. The LSE ... The Board of London Stock Exchange firmly ... combination of London Stock Exchange with ... establishing a European stock market operator that ...

Article: Bank takeover news drives up London stock ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 14, 2008 ;     291 words ...Bank takeover news drives up London stock market LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- London stock market recovered slowly on Monday from the two day's of bear market at the end of last week ...

Article: Banks, retailers drive up London stock ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 17, 2008 ;     269 words ...Banks, retailers drive up London stock market LONDON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- London stock market closed higher on Thursday owing mainly to banking and retail shares. The FTSE 100 index ...

Article: Energy shares drag down London stock market
Xinhua News Agency;  March 20, 2008 ;     301 words ...Energy shares drag down London stock market LONDON, March 20 (Xinhua) -- London stock market opened lower on Thursday as a rush of profit-taking in commodities from oil to copper ...

Article: In Fending Off Suitors, LSE Says Its Technology Gets No ...
Securities Industry News;  April 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ...When the London Stock Exchange (LSE) officially reacted last week to the Nasdaq Stock Market's purchase of 15 percent of its shares, it repeated a defense it had offered in the face of previous takeover approaches: that ...