SocGen mulling merger or bid for BNP: paper
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Shares in French bank BNP rose in a falling market on Friday after a newspaper report that smaller local rival Societe Generale was mulling a tie-up that would create a combined bank ranking number three in Europe.
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The board of Northern Rock is  considering mounting a rescue plan to save the ailing British  bank from nationalisation or takeover, the Sunday Times  reported.
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UBS  is preparing a new growth  initiative in the United States that may include acquisitions  as it seeks to bolster its investment banking and wealth  management business, the Swiss group&#39;s chairman said on Sunday.
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France's top bank BNP Paribas is "thinking" about a possible takeover of its rival Societe Generale, rocked by multi-billion-euro rogue trade losses, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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France may push to merge EADS with Thales.
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The chairman of New York Times Co. has  been seeking advice from the head of a private equity firm  about arranging a takeover bid for the newspaper publisher,  Business Week reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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BNP Paribas confirmed on Thursday that it  was studying a possible bid for Societe Generale, as its fellow  French bank reeled from rogue trading losses and France warned  off would-be foreign bidders.
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Air France-KLM  could provide strategic or financial help in Delta Air Line Inc's  pursuit of a merger with another airline, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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French bank BNP Paribas revealed on Thursday it was stalking crisis-hit Societe Generale, while voices in the European Union were raised against France for warning it would ward off hostile bids.
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Pernod Ricard SA is examining a tie-up with rival drinks maker Allied Domecq PLC as one of several possible acquisitions, a person close to the company said yesterday.
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Carlyle Group , a U.S.  private equity firm, is considering a stock market listing  similar to last week&#39;s initial public offering by rival  Blackstone , Dow Jones Newswires reported on Wednesday.
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BNP Paribas confirmed on Thursday that it was studying a possible bid for Societe Generale, as its fellow French bank reeled from rogue trading losses and France warned off would-be foreign bidders.
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The planned merger between pan-European stock market Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange would allow France to boost its role in the financial world, NYSE chief executive John Thain said in the French press.
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By Pierre Tran In Paris  FRENCH football fans may soon get a chance to line up as shareholders and shoot questions at management on their choice of a defensive 5-3-2 line-up in the last season.
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France wants to buy Siemens&#39; shares in nuclear energy group Areva to create a French nuclear giant that would include Alstom and Bouygues, a German magazine reported in an article to appear Monday.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's  management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover target, but the specter of more write-downs and possible legal entanglements from the subprime credit crisis might keep suitors on the sidelines, analysts said on Tuesday.
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U.S. and European banks including  Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling  sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire  units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Thursday.