Paris 'threatens' BAE Saudi deal
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Dassault has revealed that the French government is trying to undo a Â£6bn UK defence deal with Saudi Arabia.
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The French government will not allow the crisis-hit bank Societe Generale to be the target of a "hostile" takeover bid, Prime Minister Francois Fillon warned on Tuesday.
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A British company allegedly paid a Saudi prince more than $2 billion as part of an $85 billion arms deal between Saudi Arabia and Britain in 1985, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Monday that it would be "catastrophic" to resort to military force in confronting Iran over its suspect nuclear program.
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Soaring Eurotunnel shares prompt an unusual warning from the French stock market regulator.
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Amid speculation the French oil group Total could attempt a hostile takeover of rival Royal Dutch/Shell, remarks by a top Total executive and market analysts suggest the time is not right for such a move.
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Deals worth more than $300m are expected to be signed at the Paris air show, yet the industry faces significant challenges reducing noise and air pollution.
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BAE Systems Plc, Europe&#39;s biggest weapons maker, said profit from its largest contract, the Al Yamamah arms program, will decline in 2005 as more of the work is carried out in Saudi Arabia.
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British fraud investigators have stopped a probe into a multi-billion pound arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the country's attorney general said after Riyadh warned it would cancel the deal.
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German and French leaders raise fears  over the impact of job cuts at Airbus before a key summit on Friday.
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DEFENCE contractor BAE Systems today warned profit margins on its controversial 25-year-old Saudi contract, Al Yamamah, and weakening support work margins for the Ministry of Defence here would crimp earnings growth next year.
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Defence firm BAE Systems will next week clinch a 20-billion-pound deal to supply 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia, a report said Friday.
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CANNES, France  - Concerns about soaring oil  prices and terrorism have injected fresh caution into global  markets over the last six months, executives and investors said  at a technology conference in Cannes.
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Raytheon Co. , BAE Systems PLC , and their rivals said they expect six Persian Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, to buy more military equipment, such as missiles and drones, in 2007 amid rising concern over Iran.
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Saudi Arabia reportedly may pull out of a contract to buy 72 new Eurofighter aircraft from British firm BAE Systems because of a row over an investigation into an alleged slush fund.
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Pakistan is trying to buy French missiles and radar for a jet fighter it is developing with China, a defense journal said Thursday, and experts warned that such a deal risked the technology falling into Chinese hands despite a European arms embargo on China.
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Saudi Arabia warns it will sue global tobacco firms unless they pay the costs of treating smoking-related illnesses.