LSE board poised to decide fate of Hong Kong exchange's $39 billion offer
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HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange's board will meet in coming days to make a decision on the Hong Kong bourse's surprise $39 billion (31.64 billion pounds) takeover proposal, a source close to the British company said on Thursday, as the market poured cold water on the deal.The unsolicited takeover offer is not expected to succeed given a preference among LSE investors for the exchange to complete its $27 billion proposed acquisition of data and analytics group Refinitiv,..