To the casual bystander, the planned merger of bourses London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE) and Deutsche Boerse always appeared to be an interesting tie-up under the circumstances of the UK referendum.
This seems now more apparent than ever as the German exchange is now mulling changing approval levels required from shareholders, in order to keep this union on track.
Yesterday, the Deutsche Boerse said it was concerned that the 75% threshold of shareholder approval might prove difficult to cross.
It was a story gaining traction as the new week begins, and as Portuguese football fans celebrate a historic European championship win and Britain starts to get used to the fact it has a tennis champion, made to last.
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The keeping-his-head down George Osborne has even resurfaced this morning to urge the US not to abandon Britain after the Brexit vote as he meets Wall Street investors today.
It comes as the UK's macro economic picture is increasingly under scrutiny after the vote, with fears over a stagnation in growth and increasing noises that the Bank of England will lower already bargain basement rates this week.
In company news, there appeared to be a lot of Euro-linked news despite the EU vote.
British engineering stalwart Rolls Royce (LON:RR.) was in focus as it will pay €720mln to buy completely the Spanish aero engine component manufacturer Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP).
Sticking to the theme, the future of UK steel story continues as it emerges India' Tata group is in talks with industry groups, like Germany's Thyssenkrupp AG, about a possible joint venture, after the Indian conglomerate pressed the pause button on a sale of the Port Talbot plant after Brexit and other factors. The future for employees at the site is still quite uncertain.
In small cap news, Surface Transforms PLC (LON:SCE) saw shares add 11.59% to 19.25p as it inked a pre-production technology development agreement with a German performance car manufacturer.
The carbon fibre group said the agreement is expected to lead to series supply of its carbon ceramic brake discs in the financial year 2018-19.
Meanwhile, gold tailings recovery firm Goldplat (LON:GDP) shed 20% to stand at 5.25p as news emerged that the company is in dispute with one of its major business partners, the Rand Refinery.
The company also noted that for “operational reasons” the Rand Refinery will not be able to accept any product from Goldplat for refining during the month of August.
In other, more high-flying news, Virgin Atlantic is set to announce an order for at least 10 of Airbus's A350-1000 models worth more than $3.5 billion at list prices, on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow, which kicks off today.
Meanwhile, also at the start of the show, Boeing (LON:BOE) and the UK government announced a deal to create 2,000 jobs and an aircraft contract, which involves buying nine new Boeing P8 maritime patrol aircraft and expanding the US giant's UK research operations.