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• Bouygues snaps up 30.07 percent of Alstom's capital

  - 2007-10-05

  PARIS AFP — French construction firm Bouygues said Friday it had acquired 30.07 percent of French engineering company Alstom after snapping up shares over the past few months. Bouygues said in a statement its shareholding had growth from 25.35 percent on June 30 to 30.07 percent on October 5....

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• Siemens decides not to sue against state-engineered Alstom bailout

  - 2004-12-20

  FRANKFURT AFP — German engineering giant Siemens has decided not to appeal to the European Court of Justice against the publicly financed bailout of French rival Alstom. "There was a possibility of taking legal action, but we're not pursuing it," a spokesman told AFP on Monday. According to...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Alstom, Engineering, Government, Siemens AG, SOFTWARE

• Siemens eyeing Alstom's gas turbines business

  - 2004-03-15

  FRANKFURT AFP ? Siemens is trying to convince the European Commission in Brussels to force troubled French rival Alstom to sell its large-scale gas turbines business to the German group, the weekly newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported. Siemens already acquired Alstom's small and medium-sized gas turbines activities last year for...

  Tags: Alstom, Engineering, European Commission, Siemens AG, turbine

• World's biggest passenger ship leaves berth in sombre mood after accident

  - 2003-12-22

  SAINT NAZAIRE, France AFP ? The Queen Mary 2,the world's biggest passenger liner costing 800 million dollars (650 million euros) and with room for 2,600 passengers, was set to leave its French birthplace -- but in subdued mood after a major accident claimed 15 lives. The luxury QM2, whose...

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• Thousands bid farewell as Queen Mary 2 prepares to leave France

  - 2003-12-21

  SAINT NAZAIRE, France AFP ? Tens of thousands of people gathered in this French port to bid farewell to the world's largest passenger liner, the Queen Mary 2 (QM2), just five weeks after a deadly gangway accident. The QM2, built at a cost of 800 million dollars (650 million...

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• Commission Clears Alstom's Takeover Of Fiat Ferroviaria

  - 2000-09-20

  The European Commission said on 19 September that it had authorised the acquisition of Fiat Ferroviaria, the railway transport subsidiary of Fiat SpA, by French engineering company Alstom. Through the takeover, it said in a statement, Alstom will get in-house tilting train technology and a foothold in the Italian railway...

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