DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: There is talk this morning that the Nasdaq is deep in discussions that could give it a long-sought foothold in Europe.</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: Ian Roger, international news editor of the "Financial Times," has details for us now. He's at the "FT"'s London newsroom. Good morning, Ian.</s>IAN RODGER, "FINANCIAL TIMES": Good morning. Yes, you're right. Now, this is a story for our viewers, because Nasdaq, as you say, has been trying for a long time to get into Europe. And the point is to offer longer trading hours and more stocks for people who are just getting out of bed in the U.S. and desperately want to do some trading. So they tried first to get to bed with the London Stock Exchange and then with Frankfurt, and then they thought they'd get together with the two of them, and now with Easdaq. Now Easdaq, as you can tell, sounds a lot like Nasdaq. It was only started four years ago. But they tried to do a deal then and it didn't work.</s>HAFFENREFFER: Interesting. All right, thank you, Ian. Ian Rodger over at the "Financial Times" in London, thanks for the update.
'Financial Times': Nasdaq in Talks to Take Over Europe's Easdaq