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...Raab’s comments were greeted with amazement by some in the travel industry. Brittany Ferries said: “This is madness....
...On Tuesday, French government minister Sarah El Haïry told LCI television that the government had used its “diplomatic channels” to request the video be taken down....
...It’s always implicit,” says one industry executive. “But with CNews, Vincent Bolloré went much further....
...“We are ready to take some steps in the direction of the United States, we have proposed a certain number of them,” Mr Le Maire told French television broadcaster LCI on Monday....
...“The position of the French state is clear,” Ms Borne told LCI television. “We are against legalising cannabis for recreational use. There is an ongoing discussion about medical use.”...
...“Of course they could exit from the alliance, technically,” said Thomas Besson, an auto industry analyst at Kepler Cheuvreux....
...But within the industry, there is talk of proposals to establish dedicated vegetable patches in the outskirts of Paris and ambitious refurbishment plans for the Jules Verne....
...Laurent Berger, general secretary of the CFDT union, on Friday said that the “industrial project” for Vivarte was sound, telling LCI radio that the problem was “impossible financing” laid on by the private...
...It has appealed to voters with promises to revitalise local industry with the help of the state....
...Crispin Maunder, executive chairman of Lease Corporation International, whose LCI Helicopters specialises in leasing aircraft to operators, says the market overall has fallen....
...● Kevin Bourne and Gordon Morrison, founders of LCI Risk, have joined FTSE Group’s new ESG unit....
...“The government is fully aware of the strategic nature of this business, Ingenico, for the French electronics industry,” Mr Besson told LCI television on Monday....
...enough, it is a very important step, “said Eric Besson Monday, the Minister of Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, on LCI.”The state talks with Safran and with leaders of course (…) and the State...
...Tony Blair’s support while premier for super-casinos prompted a flood of Las Vegas operators to set up offices in the UK, led Harrah’s of the US to buy LCI and Malaysia’s Genting to snap up Stanley Casinos...
...He said some of Warburg Pincus’s best deals in the 1990s, such as Mellon Bank, LCI Communications and Veritas, all had negative or flat returns for the first four years....
...Michael Beckett, chairman of LCI said: “We are delighted that Harrah’s and Genting have agreed terms as it removes the principal uncertainty for other LCI shareholders....
...The US gaming industry had been frustrated by the UK government’s gambling legislation, which watered down original plans in the face of fierce opposition from anti-gambling lobbyists....
...Genting has otherwise stayed silent on Harrah’s £279m bid for LCI in which Genting has a 30 per cent stake....
...Harrah’s took control of LCI, which has seven casinos in the UK, in October after a bid of around $570m....
...Mr Lee said the attraction of LCI to Harrah’s was their upmarket quality....
...Genting retains a 30 per cent stake in LCI and sources said they were going through the offer document of Harrah’s and “reviewing their options”....
...Gambling on the UK Anyone concerned that deregulation of the UK gaming industry is going to turn the nation gambling-crazy will take no comfort from the deal-mania gripping the listed gaming sector....
...It is the first major move into Britain by a US casino operator but, with the regulations of the UK casino industry being relaxed, it is unlikely to be the last....
...Our leisure industries correspondent, Roger Blitz, has his money on Genting being the bidder....
...Yet they bid handsomely for LCI and Stanley when it was already clear that deregulation would yield just one “trial” regional casino and 16 smaller establishments....
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