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	London Stock Exchange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as UK companies.
		The former Stock Exchange Tower, based in Threadneedle Street/Old Broad Street was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972 and housed the Trading Floor where traders would traditionally meet to conduct business.
		In July 2004 the London Stock Exchange moved from Threadneedle Street to Paternoster Square (EC4) close to St Paul's Cathedral, still within the "Square Mile" (the City of London).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_Stock_Exchange (396 words)

	Encyclopedia: London Stock Exchange
		London EC4 is the London postal district covering the area of central London on the north bank of the River Thames, Roughly between The City of Westminster and London Bridge.
		The Duke of Edinburgh The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) (born 10 June 1921) is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
		The response of the Stock Exchange to this challenge was delayed until 1986, however, not because of the rigidity of the governance structure, but because of the Thatcher government's attack on the privileges of the Stock Exchange brought before the Restrictive Practices Court.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/London-Stock-Exchange (1161 words)

	London Stock Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		London has a balanced and effective regulatory regime, vast accumulated experience in banking and finance, and a well-established equity culture.
		The London Stock Exchange is committed to developing products and services — supported by efficient technology — to meet the demands of a rapidly changing financial environment.
		With the world of equities markets developing rapidly, giving rise to increased competition and greater choice, the London Stock Exchange is fully committed to retaining its position as the equities exchange of choice in Europe, with a full programme ahead of it into 2000, building on the successes of 1999.
	www.eubfn.com /arts/techmark.htm (512 words)

	The London Stock Exchange: A History
		Now, his appraisal is that the exchange was remarkably flexible and responsive, especially, one infers, by contrast with its continued dithering over the period 1945 to 1986, which came dangerously close to eliminating it entirely as an organization.
		As a quasi-regulatory arm of government, the London Stock Exchange felt it was important to protect outside investors from the risks of smaller firms in new industries, but this was precisely where the largest potential profits could be made.
		But the cost of this consolidation was that the Stock Exchange was further constrained from responding to challenges by foreign exchanges and firms, and from initiating or even imitating financial innovations taking place within non-member firms and the major financial intermediaries in the City of London.
	www.eh.net /bookreviews/library/0279.shtml (3286 words)

	London Stock Exchange - Glossary : E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first cross-border exchange in Europe, it was formed by the merger of the Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels stock exchanges.
		When a stock or dividend is issued by a company it is based upon an "on register" or "record date".
		Exchange traded futures contracts are standardised in terms of delivery date, contract terms and amount.
	www.stockex.com /en-gb/Global/F/glossary/glossarye.htm (919 words)

	London-Frankfurt Stock Exchange alliance escalates war for global investment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		National stock exchanges, with their protected markets and high dealing and clearing costs, have come to seem anachronistic in an age of global investment banking and electronic trading systems".
		The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is almost twice as big as Frankfurt and hosts 107 of Europe's top 300 stocks, compared to 37 in Germany.
		Its decision to accept the German exchange as an equal partner is motivated by fear that, outside the euro area, London may be left behind as investment goes to its rivals dealing in a single currency across the European market.
	www.wsws.org /news/1998/july1998/merg-j11.shtml (800 words)

	Telegraph \| Money \| Australian bank targets London Stock Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However, the Macquarie and Computershare proposal would be unlikely to trouble the commission, whose main concerns with the bids from Euronext and Deutsche relate to the their interest in companies that handle the clearing and settlements of share trades after they have been struck.
		The exchange is now believed to be holding out for in excess of 700p a share - which would value the company at £1.8billion - compared with its demand of 680p earlier this year.
		A bid for the London exchange would break new ground for Macquarie, which has previously focused on basic infrastructure in the UK such as the M6 toll road and Bristol Airport.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml;jsessionid=G2DZ5FJHZ1FQBQFIQMGCM5WAVCBQUJVC?xml=/money/2005/10/06/cnlse06.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/06/ixportal.html (548 words)

	Australian Investment Bank May Bid for Stock Exchange in London - New York Times
		Shares in the London exchange jumped almost 5 percent as analysts said Macquarie's confirmation of a potential cash bid could galvanize other potential bidders - Euronext and Deutsche Börse - into firming up their interest in the exchange.
		With rumors already sweeping the market that OMX of Sweden, which operates exchanges in northern Europe, had also renewed its interest in the London exchange, after its unsuccessful bid in 2000, there is talk of a four-way bidding war.
		In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange, Macquarie said its deliberations were in "the most preliminary of stages" and there was no guarantee they would lead to a bid for the exchange, which is Europe's largest stock market by the value of companies listed.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/08/16/business/worldbusiness/16exchange.html?ex=1281844800&en=e8a0e35cf9d67810&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (521 words)

	London Stock Exchange -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It lies in the vicinity of the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, in the heart of the City of London.
		It was a forum for the transactions of London merchants and traders, who had previously conducted their business dealings in the street or in crowded stores and shops.
		What drove the European stock markets upward in 1993 were falling interest rates, which, it was anticipated, would boost economic recovery and company profits, while in South Asia it was the high economic growth rates and the positive outlook for corporate profits.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9048840 (772 words)

	Words in the News \| Learning English \| BBC World Service
		London is still Europe's most important financial centre in terms of the volume of shares traded.
		The London exchange is likely to become much more valuable as a result, giving it much greater clout in dealings with other national exchanges.
		The London exchange signaled that major changes were afoot by appointing its first women chief executive a few months ago, the share flotation plan is Clara Furse's first major reform.
	www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/learningenglish/news/words/business/010525.shtml (480 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: London Stock Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The London Stock Exchange (abbreviated LSE) is a stock exchange (An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers) market located in London (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center).
		The former Stock Exchange Tower, based in Threadneedle Street (additional info and facts about Threadneedle Street) /Old Broad Street was opened by the Queen Elizabeth II (additional info and facts about Queen Elizabeth II) in 1972 and housed the Trading Floor where traders would traditionally meet to conduct business.
		Shares (Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group) in the LSE trade under the ticker symbol (additional info and facts about ticker symbol) LSE.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/london_stock_exchange.htm (285 words)

	CNN.com - London Stock Exchange chief quits - September 15, 2000
		The LSE is currently trying to fight off a £820 million hostile bid from Sweden's OM Group and this week pulled out of a proposed merger with Deutsche Borse to create a so-called pan-European market named iX.
		LSE shareholders, especially retail broking firms, had been angry at the handling of the Deutsche Borse affair, which had initially been announced in May.
		The LSE is now vulnerable to additional hostile bids from the New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. and European stockmarkets, including a possible hostile bid by the Frankfurt-based German Borse.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/UK/09/15/stock.exchange.02 (508 words)

	London Stock Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The origins of the London Stock Exchange go back to the coffee houses of 17th century London where those who wished to invest or raise money bought and sold shares in joint stock companies.
		The Exchange developed as demand for new capital grew with Britain's industrial revolution in the 19th century.
		They amalgamated fully in 1973, also merging with the Dublin and London stock exchanges to form a unified body which later became known as the International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
	www.chan3471.demon.co.uk /Meet_The_Staff/My_Biography/What_Next__/Clients/London_Stock/london_stock.html (163 words)

	London Stock Exchange - LSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The primary stock exchange in the U.K. and the largest in Europe.
		Originated in 1773, the regional exchanges were merged in 1973 to form the Stock Exchange of Great Britain and Ireland, later renamed the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
		The LSE is the most international of all stock exchanges with 350 companies from more than 50 countries, and it is the premier source of equity-market liquidity, benchmark prices and market data in Europe.
	www.investopedia.com /terms/l/LSE.asp (223 words)

	UMI :: London Stock Exchange, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although trading in stocks and shares in Britain can be dated from the mid-16th century, the London Stock Exchange as it is known today emerged in the London coffee houses in the late 17th century.
		Despite initial upheavals, rules were established for the 550 members of the Exchange and the Committee for General Purposes took the responsibility of representing brokers' interests on a daily basis.
		Membership of the London Stock Exchange peaked in 1905 with 5,567 brokers.
	www.chadwyck.com /research/pd-product-London-Stock-Exchange-342.shtml (455 words)

	GAAPweb Library: The London Stock Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The London Stock Exchange is at the heart of global financial markets and is home to some of the best companies in the world.
		At the apex of the three great financial centres of London, New York and Tokyo, the London Stock Exchange has built on more than 200 years of integrity, expertise and market knowledge to become the world's most global exchange business.
		London is the most international investment market in the world, with GBP 250 billion in international assets under management — almost twice as large as New York and 75 per cent larger than our closest European competitor.
	www.gaapweb.com /library/institutions/lsx.html (361 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Today's issues \| The London Stock Exchange
		Winning the battle for dominance of Europe's equity markets would create the biggest stock exchange operator in Europe and the second biggest in the world after the New York stock exchange in terms of the capitalisation of listed companies.
		The LSE tried unsuccessfully to merge with Deutsche Börse in 2000 amid concern from members of both exchanges about how clearing and settlement of share transactions would work under and how much it would cost.
		Although it is Europe's biggest exchange, earnings at the LSE have lagged behind both Euronext and Deutsche Börse as the European exchanges bought rivals and developed bigger derivatives markets - a highly profitable area.
	www.guardian.co.uk /theissues/article/0,6512,1377589,00.html (741 words)

	London Stock Exchange Says Not for Sale - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		London Stock Exchange Chairman Chris Gibson-Smith told investors Wednesday that the bourse is not up for sale as he talked up the exchange's growth prospects.
		The LSE has received approaches from both German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse AG and from Euronext, which unites the stock exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris.
		The LSE said ahead of the shareholder meeting that revenue for the three-month period ended June 30 rose 13 percent to 67.7 million pounds (US$120.4 million; euro98.4 million) because of the surge in the number of new issues.
	www.forbes.com /home/feeds/ap/2005/07/13/ap2136662.html (649 words)

	Nasdaq Might Be Eyeing London Stock Exchange
		The Nasdaq Stock Market is reportedly in talks to buy Europe's largest stock exchange, the London Stock Exchange, in what would mark its latest effort to build heft across the Atlantic.
		The London Stock Exchange lists 2,789 companies and handled 2.9 million trades of domestic equities and 1.3 million trades of international equities in March.
		Steil said he expects some sort of London Stock Exchange deal will be announced before the end of the year, but he suspects it would set off a bidding war.
	www.thestreet.com /pf/markets/marketfeatures/10019220.html (640 words)

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		About the London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange is one of the world's leading equity exchanges and a leading provider of services that facilitate the raising of capital and the trading of shares.
		The London Stock Exchange is the most international equities exchange by trading in the world and Europe's largest pool of liquidity.
		The London Stock Exchange is a Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and is supervised by the Financial Services Authority.
	download.microsoft.com /documents/uk/press/product/dotnet/downloads/London_Stock_Exchange_press_release.doc (774 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| London Stock Exchange
		In 1986, London became one of the first financial centres to see trading move out of the pits, off the market floor and on to the telephone.
		On October 27, 1997 the London Stock Exchange completed its electronic revolution in trading when it replaced the Seaq system with Sets - Stock Exchange Electronic Trading - for the top 100 shares.
		But the Stock Exchange recommends that prices quoted for Sets traded shares should represent the last trade executed which can be well outside the normal buy and sell range.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/86557.stm (512 words)

	The London Stock Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The London Stock Exchange has been at the forefront of technical development since it moved from floor trading to electronic......
		The London Stock Exchange is so impressed with the performance of its own IT department that it is considering the launch of a......
		Nick Huber The London Stock Exchange is to overhaul its network and introduce a new user group as an olive branch to disgruntled IT......
	www.computerweekly.com /A-Z/Landing/1001/1022488/Page1.htm (272 words)

	David Lester - London Stock Exchange
		It was a defining moment in the evolution of the London Stock Exchange.
		For David Lester, the London Stock Exchange’s CIO, it was an early
		Exchange and, crucially, of its willingness to use it.
	www.onwindows.com /article.asp?id=375 (1213 words)

	OUP: London Stock Exchange: Michie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Throughout, this history seeks to blend an understanding of the London Stock Exchange as an institution with that of the securities market of which it was, and is, such an important component.
		However, the history of the London Stock Exchange is not just worthy of study for what it reveals about the interaction between institution and market.
		Such was the importance of the London Stock Exchange that its rise to world dominance before 1914, its decline thereafter, and its renaissance from the mid-1980s, explain a great deal about Britain's own economic performance and the working of the international economy.
	www.oup.co.uk /isbn/0-19-829508-1 (729 words)

	London Stock Exchange - The Open Guide to London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The London Stock Exchange is the principal UK market for trading in equities (stocks and shares) and securities (bonds, warrants, etc).
		The London Stock Exchange building is a tall concrete construction, located in the City of London close to the [Bank of England]?
		London's free editable city guide is powered by OpenGuides (version 0.50).
	london.openguides.org /index.cgi?id=London_Stock_Exchange (154 words)

	London Stock Exchange plans to demutualise
		THE London Stock Exchange last night revealed it intends to follow the example of the New York Stock Exchange and demutualise.
		The Stock Exchange has been stung by criticism that it is slow-moving, and hopes the change of ownership structure will make it more flexible.
		The exchange also admitted that it would "seriously consider" allowing investors to trade directly with each other on the internet rather than through brokers.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/07/30/cnlse30.html (452 words)

	AM Archive - Chaos on the London Stock Exchange
		A computer malfunction caused the London Stock Exchange to suspend trading for nearly eight hours, and led to an extension of trading into the night for the first time in living memory.
		MATT PEACOCK: In a city which prides itself as being the financial capital of Europe, to have your stock exchange down for an hour is bad enough and that did happen earlier in the week from another computer glitch with the Reuters system.
		But today of all days, the end of the British financial year, when investors are frantically trading to maximise their capital gains concessions, the Exchange went down for virtually all of the day and the result was chaos.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s116569.htm (565 words)

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