A buyout is the most preferable option for the financial services sector. I consider that stabilization (and mitigated damage control).
KCG have no friends anywhere. I know that because they would have been quietly helped earlier. That has nothing to do with trading pennies and everything to do with relationships.
The new masters won't pay anywhere close to $200M for faulty software. Drop the price much more.
I have nothing further to add to my assessment.
... Then the sheep broke out into a tremendous bleating of "Four legs good, two legs bad!" which went on for nearly a quarter of an hour and put an end to any chance of discussion.
George Orwell, Animal Farm