France moves to cut Air France KLM stake
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France was selling almost half its stake in Air France KLM on Thursday as part of a wider deal which could see its remaining stake cut to below 20% and give staff shares in return for pay cuts.
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Airline KLM Royal Dutch says it is cutting its fuel surcharges by as much as 5 euros in response to falling oil prices.
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France appeared to have removed a threat to one of Europe's largest energy deals on Sunday after the boards of Suez and Gaz de France voted on a politically charged merger delayed by disputes over strategy and control.
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Air France-KLM said Thursday that fiscal second-quarter profit rose 26 percent, but shares of Europe's biggest airline fell as much as 8 percent after it announced tentative talks on a tie-up with Alitalia.
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Air France  announced a $7  billion aircraft order on Thursday, split between Airbus   and Boeing .
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France is selling almost half its stake in Air France KLM, in a deal set to raise at least 700 million euros ($933 million), sources close to the operation said.
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Air France-KLM's  bid for Alitalia  includes a share swap and a capital hike of 750 million euros ($1.09 billion), with up to 1,700 job cuts, Air France's Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta was quoted as saying.
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The French government plans to sell as much as 5.8 billion euros ($7.1 billion) of shares in France Telecom SA to reduce debt that breaches European Union limits.
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Air France-KLM  on Thursday  posted a 32.5 percent rise in 2006-07 operating profit, led by  passenger traffic growth, and announced a plan to save 1.4  billion euros over three years, boosting its shares.
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Air France KLM said on Wednesday it  would slash KLM ticket prices to all 66 European destinations  from Amsterdam by around 40 percent on Jan. 1 in an attempt to  compete more effectively with low-cost carriers.
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The French government will give up at least five percent of its stake in France Telecom and use the money to reduce national debt, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said in a statement Sunday.
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Air France-KLM  on Thursday posted a 32.5 percent rise in 2006-07 operating profit, led by passenger traffic growth, and announced a plan to save 1.4 billion euros over three years, boosting its shares.
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Paris - French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Tuesday confirmed plans to cut 10,000 jobs at European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, French broadcaster RTL reported.Comment
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Air France-KLM plans to keep Alitalia  (AZPIa.MI) as a separate company overseen by a board of  trustees once it has taken over the Italian airline, according  to a news report on Sunday citing details of the French offer.
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Air France-KLM, the world's leading airline, said Thursday it was prepared to invest in a tie-up between US carriers Delta and Northwest.
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Air France said Monday it is considering a tie-up with Spanish carrier Iberia among other options.
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German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler has agreed to reduce its stake in European aeropace giant EADS to 15 percent from 22.5 percent, ensuring a balance between French and German shareholders.