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...Danone has announced plans to raise its dividend as the French maker of yoghurt and bottled water said it had delivered on key milestones two years into a turnaround process....
...GDP in the eurozone’s second-largest economy was flat in the three months to December, in line with economists’ forecasts in an earlier Reuters poll and following a 0.1 per cent decline in the third quarter...
...The stalling of French gross domestic product in the fourth quarter followed a similar outcome in the third quarter, which was revised up on Tuesday from an earlier estimate of a 0.1 per cent contraction...
...The US accounted for a quarter of sales in its most recent quarter, while Asia accounted for just under 40 per cent....
...The French economy slowed sharply in the three months to September compared with the previous quarter, as a drop in exports and a drag from inventories offset a rebound in household spending....
...The French economy grew slightly faster than expected in the first quarter because of a rebound in domestic demand and investment, setting the stage for the wider eurozone to tentatively emerge from its...
...French GDP expanded 0.2 per cent in the first quarter, according to official figures also published on Tuesday, ahead of forecasts for 0.1 per cent growth....
...drop thanks to a strong equities trading performance in the first quarter....
...Shares in property groups Mitsubishi Estate and Sumitomo Realty are up 40 per cent....
...In a rare sign of dissent, almost a quarter of the 251 MPs in Macron’s alliance voted against the plans or abstained, and the health minister resigned....
...Vodafone confirmed it was still “in active discussions in Italy” after French billionaire Xavier Niel said last week the group rejected Iliad’s proposal to merge their Italian businesses....
...The French group, the world’s second-biggest train maker after China’s CRRC, has been seeking to slice €2bn off its debt including through asset sales to avoid a credit downgrade to junk status....
...In its fourth-quarter results on Thursday, SocGen pointed to some signs of improvement, including a slight recovery in earnings from loans in its domestic business — echoing its French rival Crédit Agricole...
...It followed a 0.1 per cent decline in the previous quarter and meant the eurozone grew 0.5 per cent last year, the EU’s statistics office said on Tuesday....
...TotalEnergies posted a 22 per cent drop in adjusted net profit to $5.1bn in the first quarter, still beating forecasts, as the French energy major grappled with faltering liquefied natural gas prices....
...The bank is due to report first-quarter results on Friday....
...Hiscox: Shares in the specialist insurer fell 4 per cent after it said insurance contract written premiums in London contracted in the first quarter and warned of an elevated level of risk....
...Arval’s revenues fell 5.8 per cent in the first quarter....
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...French luxury group Hermès defied slowing sales in the luxury sector to deliver 17 per cent growth in the first three months of 2024 carried by strong demand for its exclusive handbags....
...Big share price moves in Europe today include French biotechnology equipment maker Sartorius, UK-based airline easyJet and German chip component maker Aixtron: Sartorius: Shares in the French biotechnology...
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