Step taken to privatize Gaz de France
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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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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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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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PARIS - French airports are set to be opened to private investors after the government unveiled privatisation plans last week that stirred anger among trade unions and the opposition.
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French utility Gaz de France wants to join the European Union&#39;s flagship Nabucco gas pipeline, the French gas giant&#39;s chief operating officer Jean-Marie Dauger said here Friday.
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The French government is looking to raise up to â¬5.8bn to help pay its debts by selling some of its France Telecom shares. As this will reduce its shareholding to just over 40 per cent, the move will allow
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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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Arnaud LagardÃ¨re, a shareholder in the European Aeronautical Defence and Space company, yesterday signalled a new shake-up of Europe&#39;s defence industry which could see EADS swallow up its smaller French rival, Thales, and acquire Dassault&#39;s fighter
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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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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.
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French utility Suez gives its chairman permission to talk to Gaz de France about their long mooted merger.
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Russia's Gazprom will supply gas directly to French homes for the first time as part of a deal with Gaz de France.
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The French government will further privatise Areva in the first half of 2005, bringing the listed capital to 35-40 percent of the world's leading civilian nuclear energy group, Economy Minister Nicolas Sarkozy revealed.
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Changes to the rules, course and anti-doping measures for the Tour de France are unveiled.
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The company has decided to leave the public markets.
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Dieter Zetsche's DaimlerChrysler opens the door to divestiture.
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A new round in a bitter fight over French energy privatisation has begun in parliament over a plan for Gaz de France to merge with Suez which also spotlights deep strains in European energy policy.