The LSE board may prefer the approach from Euronext--the owner of the Paris and Amsterdam stock exchanges, which pledged to give London significant control over the U.K.'s markets.

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The LSE, which counts 350 companies from over 50 countries on its markets, including American Express, BP, General Motors and Vodafone, has also attracted interest from Euronext, the owner of the Paris and Amsterdam stock exchanges, and Deutsche Boerse.

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Clara Furse's LSE, which counts 350 companies from over 50 countries on its markets, including American Express, BP, General Motors and Vodafone, has also attracted interest from Euronext, the owner of the Paris and Amsterdam stock exchanges, and Deutsche Boerse.

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When Investcorp floated the company on the Amsterdam and New York exchanges in 1995 and 1996, Mr De Sole was at last able to run Gucci properly.

ECONOMIST: A question of inheritance

Exchanges in Australia, Frankfurt, Stockholm and Amsterdam have all shed their mutually owned structure, and some have also become publicly listed companies.

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We have markets in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Brussels and Lisbon, and we have relationships with other countries and exchanges spanning the globe.

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The remaining 20% is traded on a handful of exchanges, of which the most active is the European Climate Exchange, which is based in Amsterdam but trades through a platform in London.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

Exchanges in London, Toronto, Germany, and New York (and by extension Paris, Brussells and Amsterdam) have announced tie-ups.

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