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DUBAI (AFP) – Borse Dubai, a majority stake-holder of Dubai Financial Market, has sold a 672 million-dollar share of its stake in Nasdaq OMX to help repay a 2.45 billion-dollar loan that matures in February.

The company sold 22.78 million shares for 497 million dollars to Nasdaq OMX itself, and eight million shares worth 175 million dollars to Nomura, it said in a statement carried by local media on Friday.

Borse Dubai, owned by the Dubai government holding group Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), also raised 428 million dollars through a three-year loan arranged by Nomura and government-owned Emirates NBD bank for the repayment of the same loan.

It said it reached an agreement with its existing banking group to complete the refinancing of the remaining portion of the 2.45 billion-dollar loan which matures by the end of February.

The Financial Times said Friday that Borse Dubai was forced into a quick sale as the maturity date of its loan loomed while it failed to conclude a strategic sale of its assets.

"We are very pleased to have completed this refinancing and to have partially de-leveraged and partially extended the term of Borse Dubai's facility for a further three years," ICD chief executive Mohammed al-Shaibani said in the statement.

"Borse Dubai remains a committed, long-term shareholder of Nasdaq OMX and by entering into these transactions it has been able to achieve its financing objectives while retaining substantial economic interest in Nasdaq OMX," he said.

He pointed out that Borse Dubai "remains the single largest shareholder of Nasdaq OMX."

Borse Dubai had acquired a 28-percent stake in Nasdaq OMX in 2008 through a deal in which it sold its then recently acquired Nordic and Baltic stock exchange operator OMX to the US exchange, Nasdaq.

It also holds a stake of about 20 percent in the London Stock Exchange and a one-third stake in Nasdaq Dubai, with DFM holding the other two thirds.

The deal comes after Dubai announced it might sell some of its assets in order to repay debt piled during five years of economic boom.

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Treasury Board gave its final participation for $10. 5bn later Monday, profit of $6 85bn on the transaction. Including dividends, the U.S. taxpayer has realized a profit of $billion after the Government purchased the Bank to prevent its collapse.

Tim Massad, the Secretary of the U.S. financial, said stability as the sales offer Government the opportunity to "lock in substantial benefits for the taxpayer and avoid future risks".

Investors on Wall Street has welcomed displacement of the issue, which some have expressed the hypothesis could be pushed in 2011. The Treasury Board has been gradually sell 27pc its stake in Citi - acquired at the time where he converted $used money from bailout actions – in this year.

"Exit arrived earlier than expected, a quarter, and the property of the Government was one of the things holding investors return, we expect agreement is welcomed, and should buy some people expect pressing return on the market," said Glenn Schoor, an analyst at Nomura, who recommends that investors buy shares.

Mr. Schoor said Citi moves to float free 100pc and resumed his position in several major indices, followed by investors indexes will have to buy more than 450 m shares of the Bank.

CITI shares increased by 16 cents to $4.61, leading banking stocks.

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It is understood that Wellstream, led by President John Kennedy, pressed GE to raise its offer to the more than 800 p to gain access to his books.Which would value the Newcastle-based company oils 805 million from ￡.

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Schroders, which has seen since the 740 p, falling stock price steps initiated discussions between Wellstream and GE.The p 750 inclination was second GE.National Oilwell Vargo offers also submitted a proposal the month last 700 p.

Petrobras, the Brazilian Group raised $70bn income of (￡ regarding) month last fields offshore funds and accounts for more than 50pc Wellstream.GE wants to ensure if he was buying Wellstream Petrobras relationship remains the same.

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