Paris to 'block any Societe bids'
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France's prime minister says his government will defend Societe Generale against any hostile takeover bids.
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Shares in French electricity generator EDF have reached record high points on a ruling delaying any possible deal between gas group GDF and Suez and also finding against controlled prices.
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The Paris 2012 Olympic team is accused of breaking bid rules by using embassies to launch thier bid.
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A Paris court rejected Friday a bid by President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife, Cecilia, to block publication of a book that says she called her former husband "ridiculous" and a womanizer.
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Neelie Kroes, the EU&#39;s controversial new competition commissioner, yesterday signalled to the French authorities that she would block any attempt to protect France&#39;s energy market by engineering a merger between its state-owned electricity and gas groups.
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France appeared on a collision course with the European Union on Thursday after Brussels warned Paris not to interfere with any foreign bids for Societe Generale in the wake of its rogue trading losses.
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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.
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A group of small brokerages wants to  block a merger between private regulators, saying it is a  backstairs way for larger firms to strip smaller companies of  their power in shaping regulations.
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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 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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A deeply discounted $8 billion rights  issue from Societe Generale, seen in part as a bid by the  scandal-hit French bank to remain independent, has not  convinced analysts that it will deter predators.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is facing a possible bidding war after receiving its second takeover approach in a week. Paris-based rival Euronext made an approach just a week after the LSE said it had knocked
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Exchange group Euronext is reported to be ready to bid for the London Stock Exchange, which rejected a German offer last week.
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The trader blamed for a $7 billion fraud at French bank Societe Generale is not on the run and will be questioned by police at an appropriate moment, the Paris prosecutors' office said on Saturday.
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30 August 2004 -- Paris said today that it will not repeal a ban on the wearing of Muslim headscarves in public schools, despite the demands of hostage-takers in Iraq holding two French journalists.
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The French government piled pressure Tuesday on Societe Generale chairman Daniel Bouton over the handling of unauthorised deals by a junior trader which ended in 7.1 billion dollars of losses.
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Manchester United has told Malcolm Glazer, the US billionaire, it will not discuss any bid for the club unless he makes a formal offer.