All posts tagged France
France to raise €4.2bn from sale of stakes in EDF and GDF Suez
The French government is likely to receive as much as EUR4.2bn (USD5.5bn) from selling portions of its stakes in utilities Electricite de France SA (EPA:EDF) and GDF Suez SA (EPA:GSZ), Reuters reported. A senior government source told the news agency …
Technip acquires Norwegian Ingenium
French oil services group Technip SA (EPA:TEC) said today it had agreed to buy Norwegian offshore engineering and services contractor Ingenium AS, without specifying how much it had
French government mulls investment in car group Peugeot
France's government could participate in a capital hike at PSA Peugeot Citroen SA (EPA:UG) if needed, in an effort to help the carmaker limit its increasing losses, daily
French government to bid for submarine cable unit of struggling Alcatel-Lucent
The French government wants to buy into the submarine cable business of loss-making telecommunications equipment specialist Alcatel-Lucent SA (EPA:ALU), which could sell for between EUR600m (USD783m) and EUR700m,
France’s Credit Agricole offloads Greek arm Emporiki to Alpha Bank
French bank Credit Agricole SA (EPA:ACA) said on Wednesday it had inked an agreement to sell the share capital of Greek unit Emporiki Bank of Greece SA to
France’s Credit Agricole still interested in selling stake in Spanish Bankinter
French banking group Credit Agricole SA (EPA:ACA) views the stake it owns in Spanish peer Bankinter SA (MCE:BKT) as non-strategic and it is still considering all options regarding
French retailer Casino takes full control of Monoprix in €1.175bn deal
French retailer Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA (EPA:CO) said today it had sealed a deal to buy Groupe Galeries Lafayette's 50% stake in hypermarket chain venture Monoprix for EUR1.175bn (USD1.444bn). The
France’s Publicis acquries Israeli creative agency network BBR Group
French communications major Publicis Groupe (EPA:PUB) said on Monday it had agreed to take over Israeli creative agencies network BBR Group for an undisclosed sum. The buyer added that
France’s Saint Gobain acquires UK insulation firm Celotex
French building materials and glass producer Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (EPA:SGO) announced on Friday it had agreed to purchase UK insulating foam producer Celotex Group Ltd, to enhance
French Rexel boosts US presence with €300m deal to acquire Platt
French electrical supplies distributor Rexel SA (EPA:RXL) on Wednesday said it had agreed to take over US sector player Platt Electric Supply Inc for an enterprise value of



















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