Bid & Ask

April 7, 2011 at 9:00 PM UTC

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This article is part of the April 11, 2011 issue of businessweek.

1. Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ), with IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), bid $11.3 billion for NYSE Euronext (NYX), topping an earlier offer from Deutsche Börse. The CEO of the all-electronic Nasdaq has pledged not to shut down the New York exchange's 108-year-old trading floor.

2. Vivendi is paying $11.3 billion for Vodafone Group's (VOD) 44 percent stake in SFR to get full control of France's No. 2 mobile carrier.