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Icap lifts Plus purchase price to £500,000 in an effort to win over shareholders

Icap has moved to appease dissident shareholders looking to derail its acquisition of Plus Stock Exchange by raising the purchase price to £500,000 from £1.

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Turmoil at Plus Markets continues as dissident shareholders look to oust executives

Dissident shareholders of Plus Markets Group have tabled a resolution to oust the chairman and chief executive over their proposals to sell the small cap exchange business to Icap for £1.

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Capgemini wins big bank deals in Australia and Brazil

Australia's ANZ has inked a software testing outsourcing contract with Capgemini that will see 360 of the bank's IT staff move to the French vendor.

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Plus Markets dismisses rival bid to Icap's £1 takeover of Plus SX

Plus Markets has turned down a rival bid for small cap exchange Plus SX from Gulf Merchant Bank in favour of an agreed £1 cash offer from interdealer broker Icap.

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CGI agrees £1.7bn Logica acquisition

Anglo-Dutch IT services giant Logica has agreed to be acquired by Canada's CGI Group in a £1.7 billion cash deal.

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Bloomberg buys PolarLake; launches EDM services

Bloomberg has acquired Dublin-based software provider PolarLake and revealed plans to launch its own enterprise data management (EDM) service. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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ICE and HKEx go head-to-head in battle for LME

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing (HKEx) are set to go head-to-head in the race to acquire the London Metal Exchange (LME) after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange followed Nyse Euronext in being eliminated from the bidding for the 140-year old metals market.

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Nomura sells Swedish tech unit to Cinnober

Nomura has sold its Swedish technology outpost to local trading IT supplier Cinnober.

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Icap agrees to buy Plus Exchange for £1 cash

Intedealer broker Icap has agreed to acquire loss-making Plus Stock Exchange, the smaller company equity exchange, for £1 in cash.

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Calypso and Cinnober shortlisted for LME Clear

Calypso and Cinnober will go head-to-head in a battle to win the contract to build a new clearing house for the London Metal Exchange.

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Icap in talks to buy Plus Markets' exchange business

Icap is in talks with Plus Markets Group to acquire the distressed small cap market's equities exchange business "for a nominal sum".

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Markit to buy Cadis

Financial information vendor Markit has agreed to buy enterprise data management (EDM) specialist Cadis. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Nasdaq OMX to buy GRC specialist BWise

Nasdaq OMX Group has agreed to acquire BWise, an enterprise governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) software vendor. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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LCH.Clearnet in discussions to acquire IDCG from Nasdaq OMX

European clearing house LCH.Clearnet has confirmed that it is in discussions to acquire International Derivatives Clearing Group (IDCG) from Nasdaq OMX as it bids to grow its interest rate swaps business in the US.

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Plus Markets says considering several takeover proposals

UK exchange operator Plus Markets says it has had "a number of indicative proposals" since putting itself up for sale in February.

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Intuit buys m-commerce start-up AisleBuyer

Intuit has acquired Boston-based mobile commerce company AisleBuyer in a deal reported to be worth up to $100 million.

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S&P Capital IQ buys Quanthouse

McGraw-Hill unit S&P Capital IQ has acquired market data and trading technology vendor Quanthouse. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Google buys payments firm TxVia; loses Wallet co-founder to Square

Google has acquired payments technology company TxVia for an undisclosed fee as it scrambles to give its Wallet service a much-needed shot in the arm. Meanwhile, the firm has lost Wallet co-founder Rob von Behren to rival Square.

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CVC/ValueAct walk away from Misys bidding

CVC Capital Partners and ValueAct Capital have withdrawn from the race to take over Misys, leaving Vista Equity Partners as the sole surviving bidder for the UK-based banking software house.

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LSE offloads Tokyo Aim stake to TSE

The Tokyo and London stock exchanges are bailing out on their joint venture market for growing companies in Japan, with the TSE agreeing to buy out its former partner.