France powers up GDF Suez as new world energy giant
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The French government tied up the long-delayed merger of Suez and state-owned Gaz de France on Monday, giving the country another world energy champion in a sector that Paris was eager to protect from foreigners.
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Italian electricity group Enel -- which has seen its ambitions to acquire French group Suez blocked by a plan for Suez to buy Gaz de France (GDF) -- said on that it made a net profit of nearly 2.0 billion euros in the first six months of the year.
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Russian natural gas monopoly OAO Gazprom said it has chosen France's Total SA as a partner to develop the giant Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea.
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Gaz de France  and Suez  on Monday agreed to create the world's third-largest listed power and gas company after President Nicolas Sarkozy stepped in to prevent the 18-month old deal from collapsing.
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The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom chose French oil major Total on Thursday to help develop its giant Shtokman gas field, in an apparent breakthrough for troubled Russian-EU energy relations.
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French state-controlled energy group Gaz de France said Tuesday that its net profit in 2006 rose by 29 percent to its highest-ever level.
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The plan to create a giant French energy group with Suez and GDF was stuck in embarrassment and uncertainty after two days of setbacks made a merger this year unlikely.
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Utility giant Suez SA and state-owned Gaz de France agreed Sunday to new terms for a long-stalled merger that would create a global energy behemoth minority-owned by the French state, an official said.
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French President Jacques Chirac welcomes   his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday at a time when   Russia is showing growing willingness to use booming oil and   gas revenues to boost its global economic clout.
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European equities were higher on Friday, led by French power supplier EDF after a court criticised government energy tariff controls.
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The long-delayed merger of French energy groups Suez and state-owned Gaz de France could be announced next week, creating one of Europe&#39;s biggest power companies after 18 months of delays, a source told AFP on Friday.
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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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Shares in French energy services company Technip  surged more than 14 percent on Friday after media reports that Italian oil major ENI  or Saipem , the engineering firm ENI controls, could launch a 6-billion-euro ($7.8-billion) bid.
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Russia's Gazprom chooses French energy firm Total as a partner to develop the Shtokman gas field.
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France has reported a big increase in its trade deficit to a record of 29.2 billion euros (37 billion dollars), but Trade Minister Christine Lagarde blamed high oil prices.
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President Jacques Chirac has inaugurated the world&#39;s highest bridge, a creation taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer then the Champs Elysees and
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French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France announced their merger Monday, creating the world&#39;s fourth biggest energy company by market capitalisation.