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The French government asked two banks, France&#39;s Societe Generale SA and the Netherlands&#39; ABN Amro Holding NV, to handle the sale of the Air France-KLM stake involving some 48 million shares, according to a Finance Ministry spokesperson.
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The entertainment company plans to release movies through Sony's HD DVD format. Also: France sells off stakes in Air France & hellip;.  GM in Europe announces future cuts & hellip;. and more.
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A Japanese firm pioneers a system to share fragrances over the internet.  Also: A Bollywood movie makes its debut on cell phones & hellip;. Merck smarting from Vioxx pull & hellip;. and more.
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Air France-KLM's  bid for loss-making Alitalia  includes a share swap and a capital hike of 750 million euros ($1.09 billion), with up to 1,700 job cuts, Air France's Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta was quoted as saying.
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The French government today announced plans to sell a 9.6 per cent stake or 236 million shares in France Telecom via a placement to institutions, in a bid to reduce public debt.
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In a speech to business and trade union leaders on Tuesday, Jacques Chirac, the French president, said that by 2007 the agency would be given up to 2bn ($2.7bn, 1.4bn) to invest in promising high-growth ...
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By Victor Godinez, The Dallas Morning News  Jun. 23--PARIS -- Many of the fanciful technologies and programs unveiled at the Paris Air Show this week won't survive their first contact with the real world of budget cuts and customer demand.
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Air France  announced a $7  billion aircraft order on Thursday, split between Airbus   and Boeing .
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French industrial giant Alstom Group has sold 16 complete subway trains to the city of Shanghai worth some 130 million Euros (160 million dollars), in another deal reached here during the visit of French President Jacques Chirac.
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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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The French Defense procurement agency (DGA) gave the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) an order of 3 billion euros (about 4.02 billion dollars) for M51 ballistic missiles, French Defense ...
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Creating a defence and aerospace industrial champion centered on France may be impossible for Nicolas Sarkozy to engineer during his last days as finance minister, as political considerations cloud the ...
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BERLIN : Rumours of a possible tie-up between French defence electronics group Thales and the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Company (EADS) are to be discussed by the German and French economy ministers later this week, a German government
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NetJets Europe, which operates business jets under multiple ownership, has said that it has ordered 24 Falcon 7X aircraft from French aerospace group Dassault Aviation.
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PARIS, Aug 18  - Air France said Wednesday it was increasing its fuel surcharge by EUR 12 (USD 14.82) on long-haul flights from Monday until there is a month-long dip in oil prices.
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The use of middlemen by French aeronautic group Dassault to push aircraft sales in India raised a storm as French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier met New Delhi government leaders.
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France may push to merge EADS with Thales.