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...The rise puts it in the top five performers on France’s CAC-40 index of blue chip stocks, alongside Pernod Ricard, EADS, Renault and Lafarge....
...Also losing ground was EADS , which fell after Daimler, the German carmaker, offered to sell half its stake in the Franco-German aerospace group to the German government....
...Paris-listed drinks group Pernod Ricard jumped 6.3 per cent to €65.45 after its first-quarter sales came in ahead of forecasts, boosting the sector....
...The 6.5-metre “wings” or hydrofoils were built in Nantes by EADS/Airbus while DCNS, the French naval defence company, provides crucial technical support....
...The state has stakes in several of France’s largest companies including EDF, GDF Suez, France Télécom, EADS and Renault....
...The state has stakes in several of France’s largest companies, including EDF, GDF Suez, France Telecom, EADS and Renault....
...EADS, the largest European defence and aerospace group by market value, rose 2.3 per cent to €13 in spite of warning its shareholders that it expected profit to shrink in the second half and that “substantial...
...At the top of the CAC was EADS , the Franco-German defence group – it was upgraded by Citigroup from “sell” to “hold”. Its shares gained 4.5 per cent to €6.99....
...Pernod Ricard, the French drinks company, reported weak sales from the US as consumer confidence falls there....
...Airbus and its parent EADS are in a terrible bind....
...EADS fell 2.4 per cent to €22.26 after the aerospace company confirmed there would be new delays to deliveries of its A380 superjumbo....
...Eads led the list of FTSE Eurofirst 300 gainers with a rise of 3.3 per cent to €32.85 after its Airbus subsidiary won a significant Chinese order for 150 airoplances, potentially worth $10bn....
...The ongoing internal turmoil at EADS and Airbus is a telling reminder. Now François Pinault is handing the reins of PPR to his son François-Henri....
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