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  "id": 14242227,
  "title": "London Stock Exchange owner in talks to buy US financial data group Octus for £2.6bn from private equity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/london-stock-exchange-owner-in-talks-to-buy-us-financial-data-group",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T16:27:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
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    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16206191/London-Stock-Exchange-owner-talks-buy-US-financial-data-group-Octus-2-6bn-private-equity.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "London Stock Exchange Group is in talks to buy New York-based financial data business Octus (£2.6bn) in a reversal of the trend for US predators to snap up British firms.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}