Last month, The Takeover Panel--the U.K.'s takeover regulator--set a put up or shut up deadline of 5 p.m. on December 15 for Macquarie Bank, Australia's biggest investment bank, to come forward with a bid for the LSE.

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"I aim to provide the backing the team requires in any way I can and I'm really pleased to know that I'll be involved in the international set-up between now and the next World Cup, " she said.

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M. and it looks set to pop--despite mounting concerns that the company may end up as just another notch on Intel's gun belt.

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