State to sell France Telecom chunk
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French telecommunications operator France Telecom is to pass into private hands, with the state cutting its stake below 50% to cut the national debt two years after helping the group dig itself out of a corporate debt crisis.
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France could tax new computer, television  and mobile phone sales by 1 to 2 percent to help fund its  state-owned TV channels, Les Echos newspaper reported on  Thursday.
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A â¬700 million (Â£484 million) stake in Air France-KLM was put up for sale by the French Government yesterday, as part of an effort to more than halve its holding in the carrier to below 20 per cent.
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US phone company SBC  Communications agrees to buy its former parent AT&T for about $16bn (Â£8.5bn).
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Merger with T-Mobile on the cards? Deutsche Telekom is close to making a â¬1.6bn ($2.2bn) bid for mobile operator Orange Netherlands - owned by France Telecom.â¦
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State-owned development bank KfW is selling up to 4 billion euros ($4.9 billion) worth of shares in Deutsche Telekom, the latest step in the privatization of the former German phone monopoly.
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THE French government accelerated its privatization effort yesterday, saying that it would sell as much as 12.1 percent of France TÃ©lÃ©com, the former state monopoly, and take its stake
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The French government accelerated its privatization effort, saying it will cede control of its former phone monopoly.
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Germany is selling a 4.45 billion-euro ($5.5 billion) stake in Deutsche Telekom AG, making it the fourth European government to sell state assets in the past six weeks to help reduce a deficit that exceeds European Union limits.
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German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom is considering selling its French Internet access provider Club Internet.
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France Telecom reported third quarter operational earnings of 4.86 billion euros (6.2 billion dollars), up 3.9 percent from the same period last year.
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The French government said Thursday it is selling a 17.7 percent stake in Air France-KLM, the world's largest airline, in a move that will help the state reduce its debt and scale back its influence on the Franco-Dutch carrier.
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KB Home can sell its French homebuilding division Kaufman &amp; Broad to private equity fund PAI Partners, European Union regulators ruled Friday.
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The French bank offered millions of new shares to investors at a fire-sale price Monday, seeking to replace the more than $7 billion it lost in a trading scandal.
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A France Telecom-led consortium on Friday took control of 51 percent of state-owned Telkom Kenya in a drive to expand its presence in Africa's burgeoning mobile phone and internet sectors.
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France was selling almost half its stake in Air France KLM on Thursday as part of a wider deal which could see its remaining stake cut to below 20% and give staff shares in return for pay cuts.
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Telecom Italia plans to use cash for a bigger-than-expected chunk of a 20 billion-euro ($26.69 billion) buyout of its mobile unit TIM, a source close to the deal said on Monday.