I see hacks at the venerable FT have finally woken up to what Betaville has been banging on about for several weeks: a multi-billion dollar takeover bid for CBOE, the massive US options exchange. Below is the link to the FT story:
https://www.ft.com/content/c05613d0-601d-42a6-a191-18788549970b..
After this morning's UNCOOKED Alert a charming chap from Bloomberg got in touch to apologise for the mistake in aggregating Betaville content accurately.
And I understand Bloomberg has corrected its story from yesterday, which is very gracious of the global financial media outlet.
So, no hard feelings then from Betaville's end.
Now let's get back to competing for scoops and stories!..
Dear Bloomberg,
If you are going to rip off little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alerts with attribution it would be great if you could accurately reflect what this website has published...
Cboe Global Markets Inc, the US-listed options and stock exchange operator, is at the centre of bid talk.
People following the situation said a mystery bidder has been stalking Cboe, which owns the Chicago Board Options Exchange and BATs Global Markets, for several weeks.
However, the identity of the potential purchaser remains unclear, said people following the situation...