From predator to prey... - part 2

So, loyal readers have got in touch following yesterday's item regarding the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's interest in buying Deutsche Borse to point out that there are clear, hard news reports about the former's interest in purchasing the latter.

Here is a link to what looks like a very well sourced Bloomberg piece from 2013:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-02-25/cme-said-to-approach-deutsche-boerse-for-merger-talks

Perhaps those people involved in the situation are on the money after all...?

From predator to prey...

Most of today's coverage of ICE's confirmation of interest in the LSE focussed on how the owner of the New York Stock Exchange and rival Chicago Mercantile Exchange are weighing making counter offers for the London-listed company.

However, tucked away in the The Times splash is a line about how the Chicago Mercantile Exchange might go after Deutsche Borse, which is essentially trying to buy the LSE, instead of the UK exchange - yikes! Here is the link:

Revealed: Argus Media Group appoints bankers to carry out sale of up to £1 billion - part 4

Tucked away in the news digest of today's The Sunday Times business section is an item about some of the bidders in the running to purchase Argus Media Group, which has been put up for sale by the founder's family.

Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek, and publishers Verisk Analytics, Hearst and IHS are named as potential purchasers that expressed an interest in the commodities news and data provider.