NYSE And Deutsche Boerse To Possibly Merge

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 10: (EDITORS NOTE - a fisheye lens was used in the creation of this image) The DAX Index board is pictured during a trading session at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on February 10, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. According to media reports Deutsche Boerse, which owns the Frankfurt exchange, is in talks to buy NYSE Euronext, which owns the New York Stock Exchange as well as exchanges in Paris, Lisbon, Amsterdam and Brussels. Should the acquisition go through the new company would be home to publicly traded companies worth USD 15 trillion, or about 28 percent of global stock-market value. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)