world business BRIEFING | EUROPE: France: Court Blocks Meeting on Merger
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A French court rejected an appeal from Gaz de France to allow a board meeting in which the company had been expected to complete its contested merger with the utility giant Suez. The appeals court in Paris upheld a judgeÂs decision supporting a request by Gaz de FranceÂs workers for more time to examine the deal before the board is allowed to meet to vote on it. The initial court ruling came 24 hours before the Gaz de France board was to meet on the deal. Any prolonged delay could endanger plans by the two companies to merge.
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French unions won a legal bid to postpone a crucial board meeting of Gaz de France  on its planned 80 billion euro ($102.5 billion) merger with utility Suez , dealing a blow to the government-backed deal.
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LONDON, September 28  - An EU appeals court has overturned the European Commission&#39;s four-year old decision to block a proposed merger deal between the US-based telecom companies, WorldCom and Sprint, which was subsequently abandoned.
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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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The European Commission has decided to block a deal to combine Portugal's main power and gas groups because of competition concerns, national news agency Lusa quoted economy minister Alvaro Barreto as saying.
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A top European court has summoned all the parties involved in the European Union&#39;s antitrust case against Microsoft to a meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday after two prominent opponents of Microsoft withdrew from the proceedings, a court official has said.
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The head of private French energy group Suez has written to President Nicolas Sarkozy in an attempt to unblock its stalled merger with state-controlled Gaz de France, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
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A Canadian court postponed making a ruling on Monday on a Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) refinancing deal for Canada&#39;s No.
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The European Commission was wrong to bar the takeover bid by U.S. telecoms firm WorldCom for rival Sprint, a European Union court said on Tuesday, annulling the action taken four years ago.
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today issued a decision that paves the way for the Finnish Supreme Court to block Budejovicky Budvar&#39;s use of an alleged trade name in Finland.
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A Luxembourg-based European courton Wednesday turned down an appeal by Microsoft to delay sanctions imposed on the software giant by the European Commission (EC), the executive arm of the European Union (EU).
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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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Judges hearing a High Court challenge to the decision to halt an arms deal inquiry have adjourned.
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The merger of French utilities firm Suez with state-run Gaz de France is approved, but is postponed after a court ruling.
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MOSCOW A Moscow court has barred the embattled Russian oil company Yukos from holding an emergency meeting at which shareholders were to vote on liquidating the company, an executive at another oil giant said Thursday.
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Dealing Microsoft a major legal setback, a European court yesterday rejected the software giant&#39;s appeal to suspend antitrust sanctions imposed by European regulators in March.
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A decision on whether to suspend the EU antitrust ruling against Microsoft will be taken between 18 and 20 December. The testimonies brought against Microsoft by Novell and the Computer and Communications