France warns SocGen predators
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France warned foreign banks on Tuesday not to try to grab control of Societe Generale as it reels from losses blamed on a rogue trader, but shares in the bank spiked higher on takeover speculation.
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By Peggy Hollinger in Paris, Steve Johnson in London, and Jennifer Hughes in New York. Herve Gaymard, France&#39;s new finance minister, yesterday warned of a global âeconomic catastropheâ if the US, Europe
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France stepped up efforts to restore confidence in the banking system as Societe Generale faced tough questions on Friday over why it failed to prevent the biggest financial dealing scandal in history.
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France's foreign minister warned Sunday that the world should prepare for war if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and said European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against the Islamic country.
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Societe Generale came under mounting pressure on Friday to give a full account of how a rogue trader managed to dupe his bosses and run up a $7 billion loss -- while his family said he had been made a scapegoat.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Tuesday that France will veto negotiations at the World Trade Organization if French farming interests are threatened.
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France's sports minister said on Thursday soccer teams would need more than success on the pitch to list on the Paris bourse, but analysts said new legislation could struggle to attract clubs to the market in any case.
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Societe Generale chairman Daniel Bouton faced increasing pressure from French officials to answer for the rogue trader disaster rocking the bank ahead a meeting Wednesday of its board of directors.
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The head of French bank Societe Generale  has hired investment banks to advise on the possibility of a merger with larger domestic rival BNP Paribas , Les Echos newspaper reported on Friday.
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Jean-Claude Trichet, European Central Bank president, clashed publicly with Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday, warning the French president that he was violating European Union treaties by attempting to influence monetary policy and that his actions could backfire.
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Rumors are rife in France that the beleaguered bank Soci&#201;t&#201; G&#201;n&#201;rale will be acquired by a hostile rival
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Societe Generale, the French bank reeling from a rogue trading scandal, launched a rights issue at a steep discount on Monday to bolster its balance sheet.
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Societe Generale was warned about alleged rogue trader Jerome Kerviel last year, a prosecutor says.
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Societe Generale  Chairman  Daniel Bouton told a newspaper the French bank would overcome  its "shock" at having discovered an alleged $7 billion euro  (10.3 billion pound) internal fraud.
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The French government piled pressure on Societe Generale's chairman Tuesday over multi-billion dollar losses at the bank for which rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was charged.
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The French government's note of alarm isn't  directed solely towards Tehran but Russia and China too
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Societe Generale , the French  bank hit by a trading scandal, faced further pressure on Monday  with a government report set to criticize its risk control and  as an unrelated money-laundering trial starts.