Special Report: How Singapore lost Down Under in ASX bid

Reuters, 21 Apr 2011
(Reuters) - Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan was in the South Korean coastal city of Gyeongju preparing for meetings with G20 finance ministers when he heard the news.
An adviser had to pry the politician's attention from his mountain of summit paperwork to relay the story hitting the news wires that Friday afternoon in October: the Singaporean and Australian stock exchanges were in takeover talks.
Swan was stunned. Full story

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