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NYSE nears competition deal
Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have proposed to sell equity-option businesses across Europe and to give rivals access to a major derivatives clearinghouse, in an effort to win support for their merger from antitrust regulators. People working directly on the $9bn deal said yesterday that the exchange operators submitted the plan to the European Commission last night, the deadline for the companies to propose concessions meant to address competition concerns.