NASDAQ Puts Philly Exchange in Play
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 4/11/2007

NASDAQ Stock Market, the parent company that owns and operates the NASDAQ, after spending most of the last 12 months unsuccessfully trying to purchase the venerable London Stock Exchange (LSE), is now setting its eyes on a more modest target - the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX). Reports published last night indicate that the country's largest electronic exchange is in talks to make a bid for the Philly exchange. So why is the NASDAQ interested in a much smaller regional exchange and what are the chances that a deal will happen? More >

Nasdaq Looking to Go Back to Europe
Excerpt from the InvestorGuide.com Stock of the Day on 11/20/2006

In a move where the main question was 'when' not 'if', the NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. this morning made public an unsolicited takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange (LSE), valuing the oldest European exchange at $5.1 billion (£2.7 billion). The move was widely expected after the company that owns and operates the NASDAQ stock exchange made an unsuccessful bid for the LSE in March of this year and then went on to amass a 25.1% stake in it. Now that Nasdaq has made its intentions crystal clear, the question is can this deal actually go through or can LSE management block another takeover from happening (their fourth in recent memory)? More >