Greifeld can't find a bargain in London ...

摘要

Bob Greifeld's window of opportunity closed a lot sooner than anyone expected. The Nasdaq Stock Market CEO made a bold £2.4 billion ($4.2 billion) bid for the London Stock Exchange on March 10, hoping to swoop in while other potential suitors were occupied elsewhere. European competitors Euronext and Deutsche Boerse were being pressed by their shareholders to merge with each other rather than spend too much money acquiring the LSE.