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LSE beefs up defence against Macquarie

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) beefed up its defence against hostile bidder Macquarie by announcing plans for a cash boost to shareholders today.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2006

LSE rejects 'derisory' Macquarie bid

Australian bank Macquarie went hostile today with a £1.5bn (€2.2bn) takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange that its target has already rejected as “derisory”.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2005

BBC sells multimedia division for £166m

The BBC said today it had secured the sale of multimedia subsidiary BBC Broadcast in a deal with an Australian consortium worth £166m (€249m).

Mon, 27 Jun, 2005