DEUTSCHE Boerse won US antitrust approval to buy NYSE Euronext in a $9 billion deal to create the world’s No 1 exchange operator, but the transaction still faces serious regulatory headwinds in Europe.

The London Stock Exchange today announced a deal to acquire its loss-making rival Turquoise.

The operators of the Nasdaq and BATS US stock exchanges are to ban a practice that gives some brokerages a split-second advantage in buying or selling stocks.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is today reportedly launching hefty fee cuts and incentives to help it fend off a raft of new equity trading rivals.

CIGARETTE makers lied and tried to confuse the public about the dangers of smoking for 50 years, the US government said as its $280 billion case against the industry went to trial in Washington.