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Credit Agricole bid rejected by Alliance & Leicester
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Mar 30, 2006 Alliance & Leicester shares rose over 4pc this morning following a report that the bank had spurned an informal takeover approach from France’s Credit Agricole

Georgia cyclist Raisin in coma after fall
Macon Telegraph, GA - Apr 6, 2006 condition at first was not thought to be serious, but worsened on Thursday morning, said Roger Legeay, sporting director for Raisin’s Credit Agricole team.

Credit Agricole Profit More Than Doubles
Bismarck Tribune,  USA - Mar 8, 2006 PARIS (AP) — French bank Credit Agricole SA said Wednesday its fourth-quarter net profit more than doubled on recovering financial markets and the strong

A&L reportedly spurned 5.8 bln stg Credit Agricole bid - UPDATE
Forbes - Mar 29, 2006 LONDON (AFX) - UK mortgage bank Alliance & Leicester PLC recently spurned a 5.8 bln stg informal offer from French rival Credit Agricole SA, but indicated it

3-Oil back up at $68 on Iran, Nigeria supply risks
Ninemsn, Australia - 6 hours ago $68.00. “It’s all more fodder for financial investors,” said Mike Wittner of investment bank Calyon, part of Credit Agricole. Oil

Alliance and Leicester spurns 5.8 billion pounds bid
Reuters.uk, UK - Mar 29, 2006 LONDON (Reuters) - Alliance & Leicester has rejected an informal approach from France’s Credit Agricole SA (CAGR.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), saying the 5.8

Paris shares close down on profit-taking; Thomson surges UPDATE
Forbes - Mar 27, 2006 Credit Agricole fell 0.18 eur or 0.6 pct to 30.39. A Credit Agricole spokesman said company policy is to refuse to comment on market rumours.

Capitalia ready to merge with Banca Intesa if Credit Agricole
Forbes - Mar 15, 2006 MILAN (AFX) - Capitalia SpA is ready to merge with Banca Intesa SpA if the French bank Credit Agricole’s stake is diluted to below 10 pct of the merged entity

Georgia cyclist Raisin in coma after fall
Macon Telegraph, GA - Apr 6, 2006 condition at first was not thought to be serious, but worsened on Thursday morning, said Roger Legeay, sporting director for Raisin’s Credit Agricole team.

egypt: Bank of Alexandria headed for privatization
Monday Morning, Lebanon - 7 hours ago As a first step in the sale, potential buyers, thought to include such heavyweights as Barclays, Paribas and Cr dit Agricole-Indosuez, will be able to acquire

Live report
Cyclingnews.com - Apr 2, 2006 this Spring Classic takes place in a country where cycling culture is a Teams Cr dit Agricole, Chocolade Jacques, T-Mobile and Davitamon-Lotto were invited to

Live report
Cyclingnews.com - Apr 9, 2006 difficult for a few of us, because some of us were with Credit Agricole. is because Marc Madiot (who won PR twice himself) promotes the right cycling culture.

90th Tour of Flanders - Preview
Daily Peloton - Apr 1, 2006 for its system of canals as well as its quiet beauty and culture. Ag2r Prevoyance), Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom) Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and Staf

Top sprinters to race Dwars door Vlaanderen
Cyclingnews.com - Mar 21, 2006 sprinters Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) and Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) will also Although a country with a strong time trialing culture, England failed

European shares gain ground; LSE sinks in London
Investors Business Daily - LONDON (MarketWatch) — European markets gained ground on Thursday as stronger mining stocks, a higher close on Wall Street and more M&A news fuelled investor interest. Notably, the London Stock Exchange (LSELSE) sank as the Nasdaq Stock Market

Charles Pretzlik: Banker disappointment over ITV
Financial Times - March 31 : Much to the disappointment of investment bankers and private equity bidders around town, the Goldman Sachs-led attempt to seize control of ITV has failed. The bidders, who also included Apax and Blackstone, sweetened their proposals last

Raisin remains in coma, team doctor says
Velo News - Saul Raisin remains in a coma Friday in a French hospital and doctors say the next two to four days are very important to see improvement. The condition of the 23-year-old American has stabilized following surgery Thursday and physicians say the

AFX European summary - midday
Forbes - LONDON (AFX) - Leading shares remained in demand at midday, with Kazakhmys leading the mining sector higher and ongoing bid talk continuing to underpin heavyweight banks, dealers said. At 12.15 pm, the FTSE 100 was 35.6 points higher at 5994.9, while

NCR lands deal with French bank
Dayton Business Journal - The largest French banking group will be rolling out 30 NCR automated teller machines, NCR Corp. announced Thursday. The ATMs will be in Credit Agricole Martinique bank branches in France and French Guinea, according to a press release. The ATMs are

US Stocks Are Little Changed as Oil Rises; Wal-Mart Falls
Bloomberg - 41 minutes ago April 10 (Bloomberg) — US stocks were little changed as record oil prices overshadowed optimism that first-quarter earnings will show corporate profits are strong. Retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Home Depot Inc.

Karzai invites India Inc to invest in Afghanistan
DailyIndia.com - 5 hours ago By Indo Asian News Service. New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday urged India Inc to set up manufacturing bases in his country in areas like cement, energy and communications as well as build hotels and open banks.

A&L reportedly spurned 5.8 bln stg Credit Agricole bid - UPDATE
Forbes - Mar 29, 2006 LONDON (AFX) - UK mortgage bank Alliance & Leicester PLC recently spurned a 5.8 bln stg informal offer from French rival Credit Agricole SA, but indicated it

egypt: Bank of Alexandria headed for privatization
Monday Morning, Lebanon - 7 hours ago As a first step in the sale, potential buyers, thought to include such heavyweights as Barclays, Paribas and Cr dit Agricole-Indosuez, will be able to acquire

Agricole misses out on 53-kg podium
Seychelles Nation, Seychelles - Mar 18, 2006 FEMALE weightlifter Clementina Agricole must have shed some tears on Friday. Not tears of joy but tears of disappointment after

French bank Credit Agricole posts 55-percent surge in net profit
People’s Daily Online, China - Mar 8, 2006 Leading French bank Credit Agricole reported on Wednesday a rise of 55.6 percent in its net profit in 2005 to 3.891 billion euros (4.646 billion dollars).

UPDATE 7-Oil up 2 percent on Iran, Nigeria supply risks
FXstreet.com The Futures Market, Spain - 19 minutes ago barrel. “It’s all more fodder for financial investors,” said Mike Wittner of investment bank Calyon, part of Credit Agricole. Oil

SocGen backs organic growth to ward of predators
MarketWatch - 11 hours ago Apart from La Banque Postale’s huge post office network, Credit Agricole (4507.FR) boasts 9,000 branches and the Caisse d’Eparne/Banques Populaires merged

SHAREWATCH with Robin Morton: 04/04/06
Peterborough Evening Telegraph, UK - Apr 4, 2006 The stock rose to over 12 per share as the rumour mill continued to link the UK bank to France’s Credit Agricole and Spain’s Banco Santander Central Hispano.

Credit Agricole eyeing UK, may target Alliance & Leicester
Forbes - Mar 12, 2006 LONDON (AFX) - Credit Agricole SA, France’s biggest retail bank, has expressed an interest in entering the British market and has begun to run the slide rule

Kenyan military plane crash kills 14
Reuters - 3 hours ago By Wangui Kanina. MARSABIT, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan military plane crashed into a hillside on Monday and burst into flames, killing 14 people including two deputy ministers and four members of parliament.

Fat-busting laser may help cellulite, acne, heart disease
Food Consumer - 2 hours ago By Kathy Jones. April 10 (foodconsumer.org)- American scientists have developed a new tool to fight fat - a high intensity laser beam. This beam, which originates from a machine called a free-electron laser

Lots of bills, no accord on health care
TMCnet - 5 hours ago (Sacramento Bee, The (CA) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 10–Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Wednesday plans to approve a universal health insurance bill so popular with both Republicans and Democrats

Google exploring new search technique
CNET News.com - 4 hours ago Google has launched a new search project with an Australian university student, designed to let people view more information per search result without having to click open every link. Ori Allon, a doctorial

It’s a boy for Gwyneth and Chris
Tonight - 47 minutes ago Screen beauty Gwyneth Paltrow and her rock musician husband Chris Martin have announced the birth of their second child - and this time, it’s a boy. The child, who has been named Moses Martin, was born in

Karzai invites India Inc to invest in Afghanistan
DailyIndia.com - 5 hours ago By Indo Asian News Service. New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday urged India Inc to set up manufacturing bases in his country in areas like cement, energy and communications as well as build hotels and open banks.

Legge ’spins’ a little magic
Edmonton Sun - 10 hours ago By ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI, EDMONTON SUN. Despite starting 17th on the grid and losing a lap when she spun out midway through the Grand Prix of Long Beach, rookie Katherine Legge roared back yesterday with the best

Humala looks set for Peru run-off
BBC News - 1 hour ago A nationalist ex-army officer, Ollanta Humala, has taken a lead in Peru’s election but looks set for a run-off. It is still unclear who he will face as there is less than a percentage point difference between

Bush Dismisses Reports of Military Strike Against Iran
New York Times - 32 minutes ago WASHINGTON, April 10 President Bush today dismissed reports that his administration is accelerating plans for a possible military strike against Iran, calling them “wild speculation.”. Asked at a foreign

Joseph Deiss plaide pour l’accord de libre- change agricole (T l vision Suisse Romande)
Ce trait , qui fait actuellement l’objet d’un examen, serait “globalement favorable” aux agriculteurs, a assur M. Deiss. Toutefois, il leur demanderait ” nouveau de s’adapter”.

Maroc-RDC : une exp rience partag e (Le Matin.ma)
Le secr taire d’Etat charg du D veloppement rural, Mohamed Mohattane, a r it r , vendredi Rabat, la disposition du Maroc faire profiter la R publique D mocratique du Congo (RDC) de son exp rience dans les domaines agricole, de l’ levage, de la p che et de la formation.

DuPont et Syngenta cr ent une coentreprise commune (France 2 Bourse)
DuPont et Syngenta cr ent une coentreprise et concluent des accords de licence en mati re de mat riel g n tique et de caract res biotechnologiques pour les semences. Ce rapprochement permettra aux agriculteurs am ricains et canadiens de disposer d’un plus grand choix de produits et de technologies.

Des opposants aux loups bloquent la voie rapide Chamb ry (France Info)
Quelque 300 agriculteurs, bergers et leveurs, selon la police, un millier selon les organisateurs, ont bloqu lundi midi la voie rapide qui traverse Chamb ry, o deux bergers doivent compara tre dans l’apr s-midi pour avoir tu un loup en juillet 2005.

La proposition de loi (texte int gral) [10/04/2006 17:25] (Nouvel Observateur)
Proposition de loi sur l acc s des jeunes la vie active en entreprise d pos e par MM. Bernard ACCOYER, Jean-Michel DUBERNARD et Laurent HENART Expos des motifs La situation que connaissent aujourd hui les jeunes n est pas acceptable.

Market report: Pru rallies as bid speculation pushes blue chips to year high 
Daily Telegraph - Apr 06 5:42 PM
Renewed bid talk helped Prudential to secure a spot on the FTSE 100 leaderboard as dealers hoped that a bid from France’s Axa could be on the cards.Save to My Web