State reduces stake in Air France
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The French government sells 17.7% of its stake in Air France-KLM amid reports it may cut its holding in the airline to as little as 18%.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (CP) - With final calls for boarding, France on Monday was shutting down one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa, an airlift that flew 5,000-plus westerners and others from violence pitting France against its former
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HervÃ© Gaymard, France&#39;s new finance minister, yesterday made his first move towards reducing the state&#39;s hefty budget deficit by selling almost half of the government&#39;s holding in Air France-KLM for a total of â¬682m ($906m).
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The French government today announced plans to sell a 9.6 per cent stake or 236 million shares in France Telecom via a placement to institutions, in a bid to reduce public debt.
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Now, Air France is talking with Alitalia.
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Air New Zealand was left with the New Zealand Government as its only substantial shareholder yesterday after Singapore Airlines sold its remaining 6.3 per cent stake in the Kiwi carrier for $NZ61.
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Weak energy and banking stocks pushed European shares lower on Thursday, while Air France  shares fell on news it was in tentative merger talks with ailing Italian airline Alitalia .
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A French legal inquiry into the July 2000 Concorde crash near Paris has placed much of the blame on the American carrier, Continental Airlines.
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The government, goaded by presidential candidates into responding to large job cuts at the airplane maker Airbus, said it was ready to pump cash into the company and shake up a Franco-German power-sharing pact. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin also called on the parent of Airbus, the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, to abandon paying a dividend this year to its shareholders, which include the French government, after announcing plans to cut 10,000 jobs. Some 4,300 of those jobs are in France. Mr. Villepin, above, said the government stood ready to participate if the holding company decided to tap its shareholders for more cash through a capital increase to shore up a company badly hit by delays to the new Airbus A380 superjumbo airliner. âThe state will play its role,â he said. However, EADSâs biggest private shareholder, the German car company DaimlerChrysler, has battled for years to prevent what it regards as state meddling.
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Low-cost air travel has brought the British in droves to snap up cheap French real estate as retirement or vacation retreats.
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French Economy and Finance Minister Thierry Breton has said that the French state and other three European governments would participate in financing the A350 airliner programme.
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Morgan Stanley downgraded the airline to
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The Italian government announced plans Friday to sell down its 49.9 percent stake in cash-strapped Alitalia SpA as part of its efforts to turn around the nation's flagship airline.Comment
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The French state yesterday sold close to half its stake in Air France-KLM, Europe&#39;s biggest carrier, cutting its share to around a quarter, in a fresh effort under new finance minister HervÃ© Gaymard to slash its debt and budget deficit below the eurozone
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Air France-KLM is not interested in buying a stake in Alitalia, which is being privatised by the Italian government, Air France-KLM chief executive Jean-Cyril Spinetta said on Thursday.
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The French Government is to sell part of its stake in France Telecom to help reduce the country's debt, the finance ministry says.
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France's foreign minister admitted that a deal for European aerospace giant EADS' unit Eurocopter to supply 197 helicopters to the Indian army had been officially cancelled.