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Nasdaq CEO says committed to OMX

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Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:16pm EDT

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Taizo Nishimuro (C), President of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, talks with Chris Gibson-Smith (3R), Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, as Nishimuro officially opens trading at the London Stock Exchange in central London, February 23, 2007. U.S. stock market Nasdaq said on Monday it plans to explore selling its 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange Group PLC. REUTERS/Toby Melville

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (NDAQ.O) Chief Executive Robert Greifeld on Monday said the U.S. exchange operator remains fully committed to its proposed merger with OMX, a Nordic bourse company, and that it remains flexible in how it structures a deal.

Greifeld, who spoke to analysts after Nasdaq announced it wanted to sell its 31 percent stake in London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE.L), said investment bank advisers were already in touch with "a number of interested parties."

(Reporting by Joseph Giannone)


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