BNP Paribas (Euronext: BNP, TYO: 8665 ) is one of the main banks in Europe and France. It was created 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas. Together with Société Générale and Crédit Lyonnais it is part of the "three old" banks of France. It is part of the CAC 40. Through General Mediterrannean Holdings, Iraqi-born tycoon Nadhmi Auchi is one of its main private shareholder. BNP Paribas - History. BNP was created in 1966 by the merger o ...

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Vivendi Universal (VU) is a French company active in media and communications with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications and the Internet. The company disclosed a corporate loss of 23.3 billion euros in its 2002 annual report: the worst loss to this date for a French company. Amid intense media scrutiny, its flamboyant Chairman and CEO, Jean-Marie Messier (who had overseen the most dramatic phase of the company's diversific ...

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Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e.g. the TGV and Eurostar) and ships (e.g. the Queen Mary 2). According to the company website, in the year 2001/02 Alstom had annual sales of over €23 billion, and employed more than 118,000 people in over 70 countries. Its headquarters are located i ...

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Électricité de France - The opening of the electricity market. The decision to open the electricity market to competition at European level: directives 96/92/CE of December 19, 1996 and 2003/54/CE of June 26, 2003. Stages of the opening of the market in France are: February 19, 1999: 20% of the market - customers using more than 100 GWh. May 29, 2000: 30% of the market - customers using more than 16 GWh (1400 sites). February 10th, 2003: 37% of the market - customers using more th ...

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Électricité de France, Électricité de France - Major Reform 1996-2007, Électricité de France - The opening of the electricity market, Électricité de France - Status of EDF, Électricité de France - Issues of reform, Électricité de France - Social welfare system, Électricité de France - Opinions on reform, Électricité de France - Distribution network, Électricité de France - EDF's rivals, Électricité de France - Electrabel and Endesa, Électricité de France - Locally controlled or between local councils, Électricité de France - The EDF Group, Électricité de France - Main partners, Électricité de France - Negotiations between EDF and ENEL, Électricité de France - The directorate, Électricité de France - Statistics 2003 estimate, Électricité de France - EDF's logo, Électricité de France - External link, Électricité de France - Sources

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SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, literally "high-speed train") and some segments of the RER. In the past, SNCF owned not only the trains, but also the tracks, but this has changed due to new European Union regulations. Starting from 1997, the tracks belong to a separate government establishment, the Réseau Ferré de France; the change was intended to open the market to independent train operating ...

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SNCF, SNCF - Scope of business, SNCF - History, SNCF - Codeshare with airlines, SNCF - Environment

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Carrefour - Americas. Carrefour is the first operator in Latin America, with a presence in 4 countries: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Dominican Republic. Carrefour is active in 3 types of retail distribution : hypermarkets, supermarkets and Hard discounters Carrefour - Asia. Carrefour was the first international retailer to establish a presence in Asia in 1989, with a presence in 7 countries. Carrefour also operates in the United Arab Emirat ...

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Carrefour, Carrefour - Carrefour around the world in June 2005, Carrefour - Americas, Carrefour - Asia, Carrefour - Europe, Carrefour - Former countries, Carrefour - Czech Republic and Slovakia, Carrefour - Hong Kong, Carrefour - Japan, Carrefour - Mexico, Carrefour - United States

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The story of Citroën begins with the founder of the company himself, André Citroën. After serving in the French army, he set up a gear-making business. In 1919, however, the business started to produce automobiles, beginning with the conventional Type A. In 1924, Citroën began a relationship with American engineer Edward G. Budd. From 1899, Budd had worked to develop pressed-steel bodies for railroad cars, Pullman in particular. Budd went on to manufacture steel bodies for many automakers, Dodge being his first big auto client. In ...

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Citroën, Citroën - History, Citroën - Passenger cars and vans, Citroën - Trucks, Citroën - Prototypes and Concept Cars, Citroën - Miscellaneous, Citroën - Citroën's winners of the European Car of the Year award, Citroën - Citroen's second and third placed entrants in European Car of the Year award

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Vivendi Universal was created in December of 2000 with the massive merger of the Vivendi media empire with Canal+ television networks and the Canadian company Seagram, the owner of Universal Studios film company. What had once been Vivendi's core business (water and waste services and other utilities) had previously been spun off as a separate company, now known as Veolia Environnement. See the individual companies' articles for pre-merger company history. Vivendi Universal - 2001. In 2001, VU acquired MP3.com and a leading ...

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Vivendi Universal, Vivendi Universal - History, Vivendi Universal - 2001, Vivendi Universal - 2002, Vivendi Universal - 2003, Vivendi Universal - 2004, Vivendi Universal - 2005, Vivendi Universal - 2006, Vivendi Universal - Current assets partial list

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Société Générale - 1864 - 1893. The bank was created during the second empire, on May 4, 1864, to support the development of commerce and industry in France. The company started to hire employees and establish offices. Coverage of France went ahead at a steady rate. By 1870, the bank had 15 branches in Paris and 32 in the French provinces. It set up a permanent office in London in 1871. At the beginning, the bank used its own resources almost entirely for both financial and banking operations. In 1871, Socié ...

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Société Générale, Société Générale - History, Société Générale - 1864 - 1893, Société Générale - 1894 - 1930, Société Générale - 1931 - 1945, Société Générale - 1945 - 1964, Société Générale - 1965 - 1990, Société Générale - Since 1991, Société Générale - Activity, Société Générale - Leadership

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Current members of the board of directors of Groupe Danone are: Bruno Bonnell, Richard Goblet d'Alviella, Michel David-Weill, Emmanuel Faber, Jean Laurent, Hirokatsu Hirano, Bernard Hours, Christian Lauble, Hakan Mogren, Jacques Nahmlas, Benoît Potier, Franck Riboud, and Jacques Vincent. In 2004, the annual compensation of these individuals were: Franck Riboud, $2,426,860 Euros, Jacques Vincent, $1,511,140 Euros, ...

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Danone, Danone - Corporate governance

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The name of the company derives from the French region of Alsace and the surname of the engineer Elihu Thomson. The company always writes it in capitals, ALSTOM, even though it is not an acronym. Alstom - Alsthom. It was formed in 1928 from three companies: Alsacienne Société, Compagnie Générale d'Electricité and Thomson Houston. Alstom - GEC Alsthom. It was formed in 1988 from the heavy engineering interests of Britain's GEC and Compagnie Générale d'Electricité's (CGE) Alsthom division as GEC Alsthom. In 1991 CGE adopted the name Alcatel Alsthom and i ...

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SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, literally "high-speed train") and some segments of the RER. In the past, SNCF owned not only the trains, but also the tracks, but this has changed due to new European Union regulations. Starting from 1997, the tracks belong to a separate government establishment, the Réseau Ferré de France. ...

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SNCF, SNCF - Scope of business, SNCF - History, SNCF - Codeshare with airlines, SNCF - Environment

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Up to 1988, France Télécom was known as the Direction Générale des Télécommunications, a division of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. It became autonomous in 1990. It ceased to be a state monopoly on January 1, 1998. Its headquarters are in Paris, place Alleray. In 2004 France Télécom is likely to have to pay back €1 billion in alleged unlawful subsidies (in breach of state aid rules) it received from the French government, following an 18-month investigation by Mario Monti, the EC Competition Commissioner. It is understood that both France Télécom and the Fr ...

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France Télécom, France Télécom - History, France Télécom - Subsidiaries

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Although the Peugeot factory had been in the manufacturing business for some time, their entry into the world of wheeled vehicles was by means of the bicycle. Armand Peugeot (educated at the Ecole Centrale Paris) introduced the Peugeot "Le Grand Bi" penny-farthing in 1882 and a range of bicycles thereafter. Indeed, Peugeot bicycles have been built until very recently, although the car company and bike company parted ways in 1926. Armand Peugeot became very interested in the automobile early on, and after meeting with Gottlieb Daimler ...

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Peugeot, Peugeot - Company History, Peugeot - Motor Sport, Peugeot - Peugeot Model Numbers, Peugeot - Other Products, Peugeot - Pronunciation, Peugeot - Vehicle models, Peugeot - Numbers, Peugeot - Others

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BNP Paribas - Subsidiaries. Banque de Bretagne CETELEM CortalConsors BNP Paribas Lease Group BancWest (Bank of the West & First Hawaiian Bank) BNP Paribas Hong Kong ...

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Vivendi Universal was created in December of 2000 with the massive merger of the Vivendi media empire with Canal+ television networks and the Canadian company Seagram, the owner of Universal Studios film company. What had once been Vivendi's core business (water and waste services and other utilities) had previously been spun off as a separate company, now known as Veolia Environnement. See the individual companies' articles for pre-merger company history. Vivendi Universal - 2001. In 2001, VU acquired MP3.com and a leading ...

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Vivendi Universal, Vivendi Universal - History, Vivendi Universal - 2001, Vivendi Universal - 2002, Vivendi Universal - 2003, Vivendi Universal - 2004, Vivendi Universal - 2005, Vivendi Universal - Current assets partial list

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Peugeot - Numbers. 104, 106, 107 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307, 309 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407 504, 505 601, 604, 605, 607 806, 807 905, 907 1007 4002, 4007 Peugeot - Others. Boxer Expert Partner QuarkSee also:

Peugeot, Peugeot - Company History, Peugeot - Motor Sport, Peugeot - Peugeot Model Numbers, Peugeot - Other Products, Peugeot - Pronunciation, Peugeot - Vehicle models, Peugeot - Numbers, Peugeot - Others

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France Télécom operates through several divisions, like Wanadoo (first internet service provider in France, second in Europe), Orange (first mobile phone company in France) and Equant. France Télécom has announced that it intends to stop using the Equant and Wanadoo brand names by rebranding these services as Orange in 2006. (See "Wanadoo is to make way for Orange".) One of its most important subsidiaries was Telecom Argentina; France Télécom sold most of its shares in 2003 at the same time as it sold CTE Salvador, and now ...

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France Télécom, France Télécom - History, France Télécom - Subsidiaries

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BNP Paribas - Some figures. BNP Paribas is the largest bank in the Eurozone by market capitalization and profit. It employs 87 000 people, of which 66 000 in Europe, and maintains a presence in 87 countries. The bank is active in the finance, investment and asset management markets. In France, BNP Paribas is active in retail banking with 2200 offices. ...

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BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas - History, BNP Paribas - Activity, BNP Paribas - Some figures, BNP Paribas - Events in 2005, BNP Paribas - Subsidiaries

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BNP was created in 1966 by the merger of Banque Nationale du Commerce et de l'Industrie (BNCI) and Conservatoire Nationale d'Escompte de Paris (CNEP). BNP was privatised in 1993. Originally the Compagnie Financière de Paris et des Pays-Bas (Finance Corporation of Paris and the Netherlands), the Compagnie Financière de Paribas became simply Paribas in 1998 after a ...

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BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas - History, BNP Paribas - Activity, BNP Paribas - Some figures, BNP Paribas - Events in 2005, BNP Paribas - Subsidiaries

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