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Wed 04 Apr 2007Merged exchange seeks listings in ParisThe newly formed NYSE Euronext group is to launch a strategy intended to grab lucrative international listings - notably from China and India - from the London Stock Exchange when it starts trading today, senior executives said yesterday.The campaign is one of two priorities for the new group. The other is to find ways to expand in the US derivatives market, although its chief executive, John Thain, said he did not expect an important acquisition "in the near term".