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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A Paris court on Friday rejected 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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Lawyers for Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader blamed by French bank Societe Generale for huge losses, lodged an appeal against his detention, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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Exchange officials warned Societe Generale about rogue trader Jerome Kerviel's deals late last year, a Paris prosecutor said, piling pressure on the French bank to explain why his trades were not discovered sooner.
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The head of Russia's natural resources ministry announced that foreign companies will be barred from bidding in large mineral deposit auctions in 2005, a ministry spokesman said.
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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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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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Russia&#39;s oil giant Yukos requested to block the auctioning off of its main production unit Yuganskneftegaz in Moscow on Sunday.
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PARIS The French government vowed on Monday that it would not yield to demands from militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris withdraw a ban on Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone has appealed to British finance regulators to block the US Nasdaq stock market's attempted takeover of the London Stock Exchange.
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European Commission is set to announce whether it will block the database giant's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft.
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Environmental campaign groups will today protest at Dublin Castle against their exclusion from social partners discussions.Comment
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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Societe Generale followed market rules when it unwound unauthorized transactions by a rogue trader in a move that cost the bank billions, but urged tighter controls on banks in France.
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The head of Russia's natural resources ministry announced that foreign companies would be barred from bidding in auctions for large mineral deposits in 2005.
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Lawyers for Jerome Kerviel, the rogue  trader blamed by French bank Societe Generale for huge losses,  lodged an appeal against his detention, the Paris prosecutor's  office said on Wednesday.
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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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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.