Syntagma Media’s newest blog London Stock Exchange Latest is now live.

We’ve pushed this one out in record time because of the surprise bid by Nasdaq on Friday. There are also reasons to suppose that the New York Stock Exchange may be preparing a bid.

These are heady times on the trading floor as the wild dance of merger and acquisition between the borses and exchanges takes centre stage.

The LSE is the preferred partner for all the rest. So far it has preserved its 300-year independence.

Watch LSE Latest if you want to stay up to speed on this one.