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Credit conditions are tight and trade tensions with the US are high
Aldi expression of interest in Leader Price would help asset-sale plan
David Schwimmer is under pressure to make the deal work after HKEX makes £32bn bid for UK bourse
Competition regulator says worries about higher prices and less choice must be addressed
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HKEX’s £32bn bid for the London Stock Exchange caught everyone by surprise. It now faces a host of hurdles just as tensions between China and the west intensify
