![]() Hemscott | Nasdaq launches £2.7bn LSE bid Times Online - By Miles Costello. Nasdaq the American stock market has launched its second formal takeover assault on the London Stock Exchange tabling an all-cash offer of £12.43 per share for a bid that values the UK exchange's shares and debt at £2.9 billion. Nasdaq in £2.7bn stock exchange bid Nasdaq raises bid for LSE |