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Nasdaq renews European efforts

By Jeremy Grant

Published: February 8 2010 02:00 | Last updated: February 8 2010 02:00

When chief executives clinch big deals, they often describe them as a "win-win". But that was not good enough for Bob Greifeld, chief executive of what was in 2007 still Nasdaq.

At the time, the US exchange had agreed to pay $3.7bn to buy OMX, the Swedish-based operator of bourses in the Nordic region - a "win-win-win", he said.

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