Natalie Huet

France picks GE for Alstom, but says still work to do

August 25, 2021 at 5:43 a.m.

By Jean-Baptiste Vey and Natalie Huet PARIS (Reuters) - France chose General Electric to form an alliance with Alstom on Friday, rejecting an offer from Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,...

GE reshapes Alstom offer to appease France

August 25, 2021 at 5:55 a.m.

By Natalie Huet and Benjamin Mallet PARIS (Reuters) - General Electric GE.N revised its bid for the power arm of Alstom ALSO.PA on Thursday, offering alliances in energy and rail...

France tells GE and Siemens: Alstom proposals still not good enough

August 25, 2021 at 5:46 a.m.

By Natalie Huet and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - The French government raised the stakes in the battle for engineering group Alstom on Tuesday, telling rival suitors General Electric and...

Exclusive: Siemens seen making formal Alstom bid as early as this week

August 25, 2021 at 5:04 a.m.

FRANKFURT/BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens is working on a formal asset-swap offer for Alstom's power business that could come as early as this week and see France take a stake...

Holcim, Lafarge agree to merger to create cement giant

August 25, 2021 at 3:41 a.m.

PARIS/ZURICH (Reuters) - Holcim of Switzerland unveiled a deal to buy France's Lafarge on Monday to create the world's biggest cement maker, with $44 billion of annual sales, and launch...

Alstom shares sink on risk of fine in U.S. bribery probe

November 4, 2021 at 1:34 a.m.

PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alstom shares fell sharply on investors' fears that the French engineering firm could face a heavy fine from the U.S. Justice Department as a result of a...

Alstom shares sink on risk of fine in U.S. bribery probe

December 23, 2018 at 11:12 p.m.

PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alstom shares fell sharply on investors' fears that the French engineering firm could face a heavy fine from the U.S. Justice Department as a result of a...

Sanofi faces make-or-break verdict on big dengue vaccine bet

May 14, 2019 at 5:47 a.m.

NEUVILLE-SUR-SAONE, France (Reuters) - Sanofi expects final clinical results for its vaccine against dengue by late September, the French drugmaker's project leader has told Reuters, and has already gambled on...

Sanofi faces make-or-break verdict on big dengue vaccine bet

August 25, 2021 at 3:19 a.m.

Bouygues could turn from predator to prey in French telecoms war

December 23, 2018 at 10:52 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - French conglomerate Bouygues, having lost out in a takeover battle for Vivendi's telecoms business SFR, risks becoming prey rather than predator in a domestic mobile market with...

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