Suez-GDF merger frozen until after French presidential elections
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The merger of French energy groups GDF and Suez hit more trouble when the Constitutional Council, which rules on the legality of government legislation, said the deal should be delayed until July next year.
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Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed until the end of next week, a senior political source said on Friday, announcing the 11th delay to a vote first due to have been held more than three months ago.
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Business & money: French president will confirm today the â¬90bn (Â£61bn) merger between energy groups Suez and Gaz de France.
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A plan to create a French Suez-GDF energy giant was in deep trouble and seemed likely to exacerbate factional strains within the government only months before a presidential election.
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Lebanon's presidential election was postponed from Monday to February 11, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Sunday, announcing the 13th delay of a vote blocked by the country's political crisis.
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Suez chairman Gerard Mestrallet gives a press conference in Paris, August 2005. French parliamentarians are this week to begin debate on the privatisation of Gaz de France , which the government hopes will be ...
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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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The boards of state-owned Gaz de France and utility giant Suez SA were meeting Sunday night to discuss a new merger deal, as expectations grew that an agreement on the long-stalled tie-up was imminent.
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French lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve legislation to privatize Gaz de France, helping clear the way for the natural gas company's state-backed merger with Suez SA.
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French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France (GDF) were believed Sunday to be on the brink of announcing a long-delayed merger to create a new European power giant.
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Gaz de France and Suez on Monday cleared the way to create the world's third-largest electricity and gas company after their boards approved the revised terms of a politically charged merger.
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French President Jacques Chirac said that a controversial government-backed merger of Gaz de France and French utility group Suez was needed to create a French champion in the gas sector.
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France to suspend diplomatic contacts with Syria until progress is made on choosing a new Lebanese president.
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French parliamentarians are this week to begin debate on the privatisation of Gaz de France (GDF), which the government hopes will be the next step towards its merger with water and electricity group Suez and the creation of a European energy giant.
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BEIRUT - The Lebanese Parliament, which was scheduled to elect a new president yesterday, postponed the vote until Oct. 23 after it failed to muster a quorum because of the deadlock among the country's political factions.
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The French government could be about to unveil a mooted merger of state-owned Gaz de France and private utility group Suez, the newspaper Le Figaro said Wednesday in a report denied by the country&#39;s economy minister.
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France appeared to have removed a threat  to one of Europe&#39;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.