Big French Merger in Energy Seen
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France is brokering an 80 billion euro ($108 billion) merger of Gaz de France, the state-owned natural gas company, with the energy business of the private utility Suez.
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Shares in French energy services company Technip  surged on Friday on new reports that Italian oil major ENI  could launch a 6-billion euro ($7.8-billion) bid to merge it with its Saipem subsidiary.
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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.
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French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France will announce Monday a decision on whether to merge into what would be one of Europe&#39;s biggest power companies, the French presidency said Saturday.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets mainly rose Monday, but Paris shares were hit by news of a merger between utility giants Suez and Gaz de France.
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French utility groups Suez and Gaz de France agree to merge, creating a global energy firm.
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Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe and limitless energy. A multinational pact signed Tuesday may bring that dream a step closer to reality.
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The merger of the energy operations of Norway's oil giant Statoil and Norsk Hydro is approved by shareholders.
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The head of French bank Societe Generale  has hired investment banks to advise on the possibility of a merger with larger domestic rival BNP Paribas , Les Echos newspaper reported on Friday.
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France wants to buy Siemens&#39; shares in nuclear energy group Areva to create a French nuclear giant that would include Alstom and Bouygues, a German magazine reported in an article to appear Monday.
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Country's largest utility to be created in a merger with Public Service Enterprise Group.
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Utility giant Suez SA and state-owned Gaz de France agreed to new terms for a long-stalled merger that would create a global energy giant minority-owned by the French state, an official said.
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The French energy group Suez would be required to sell off some of its nuclear power operations in Belgium if it merged with gas utility Gaz de France.
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The French government plans to merge Airbus parent EADS with Thales, the country's largest defense company, to create a new European giant to rival Boeing Co., a leading financial daily reported Friday.
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French lawmakers have approved an energy bill that paves the way for the privatisation of the state-owned gas group GDF and its merger with the French company Suez.
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Negotiations in Vienna this week may give Europe the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor.
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Shares in the French oil services group Technip soared on reports it might be about to receive an offer from Italian energy company ENI or its engineering affiliate Saipem.