VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Euronext attracted individual bids from three exchange firms just a week after the company was acquired by IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday including BNP Paribas, Facebook, Crocs, VTB Capital and Flybe Group.

ICE chief executive officer Jeffrey Sprecher said divestments of some of NYSE's assets was detrimental to its goal of reducing expenses of its newly-combined company.

The French government on Tuesday approved IntercontinentalExchange Inc's takeover of stock market operator NYSE Euronext but urged French market players to step in to preserve Paris as a financial centre.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday.

IntercontinentalExchange Inc Chief Executive Jeff Sprecher said on Tuesday that he expected the consolidation between his company and NYSE Euronext be completed within days.

Three NYSE Euronext executives, including Chief Financial Officer Michael Geltzeiler, would be leaving the exchange after the conclusion of its sale to IntercontinentalExchange Inc (ICE).

The merger of ICE-NYSE Euronext would not be subject to EU objection, according to individuals with knowledge of the matter.

The IntercontinentalExchange Inc set to purchase NYSE Euronext.

Qatar Holdings, the investment arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, bought the 12% stake of NYSE Euronext in the Qatar Exchange.

The major technology bourses NYSE Euronext and NASDAQ OMX Group was required by regulators to improve the technology as to back up feeds.

After making its IPO intentions public, the choice of the bourse to register takes centerstage for microblogging service Twitter.

NYSE Euronext bought a minority stake in startup ACE Group Inc.

NASDAQ OMX Group identified a software bug that had caused the three hour trading halt last August 22.

All trading on Nasdaq were halted last Thursday after the stock exchange encountered a technical issue during midday.