Leila Abboud

LONDON/NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - The $35-billion merger of U.S.-based Omnicom and France's Publicis collapsed on Friday after a battle for control destroyed plans to create the world's largest advertising agency....

PARIS (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies launched its second flagship smartphone, the Ascend P7, on Wednesday as part of its effort to crack the upper tier of the mobile market...

LONDON/NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - Publicis and Omnicom have lost more than $1.5 billion of client work in recent weeks and face a fight to retain billions more, including a huge...

PARIS (Reuters) - French conglomerate Vivendi said it would pay out close to 5 billion euros in dividends and buy backs this year and next, rewarding shareholders after three major...

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - France's Vivendi said on Friday that its board needed more time to weigh two bids for its SFR telecom business, leaving business and political circles in suspense...

PARIS (Reuters) - French conglomerate Bouygues turned up the heat in its battle for control of Vivendi's telecom unit SFR on Tuesday by extending its offer to April 25 from...

PARIS (Reuters) - When Franco-Israeli telecoms billionaire Patrick Drahi entered the race to acquire Vivendi's SFR , his powerful rivals seemed to suddenly agree on a common goal: keeping him...

PARIS (Reuters) - French groups Bouygues and Numericable have both improved the terms of their bids for Vivendi's telecoms unit SFR, ahead of a decision by the seller on Friday...

PARIS (Reuters) - The traditional shoppers' warning is caveat emptor, or "buyer beware". When Vivendi's board meets on Friday to choose between two bids for its French telecom unit SFR,...