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...Appearing via video link from a locked down Madrid, Ms Botin said those estimates were based on a “V-shaped” recession — a sharp shock followed by a rapid recovery, but stressed this was only one possible...
...(v) Restructuring continues. Of course it does. But what about that Tesla, eh?...
...Zika disappointment Sanofi has halted its Zika vaccine project, pointing to reduced US funding. The drugmaker had come under fire over its intended pricing strategy....
...Ralph Whitworth, a leader among the activist investors who are shaking up US corporate governance, has stepped down as interim chairman of Hewlett-Packard and will take a leave of absence from his hedge...
...A US prosecutor barely started her argument to defend an insider trading conviction when judges on a US appeals court stopped her in her tracks....
...He also has served on the board of Genzyme, the biotech company sold to Sanofi-Aventis this year for more than $20bn....
...Last week Stephen Chu, the US energy secretary, was grilled for an entire day on Capitol Hill over the bankruptcy of Solyndra, the solar-panel maker, which had been kept afloat by a $535m taxpayer guarantee...
...In a research note on Monday, Cowen argued that a number of the large pharmaceutical groups, led by Eli Lilly, Sanofi-Aventis and Pfizer, would be worth more if they divested separable business units, which...
...Sanofi-Aventis has continued aggressively to acquire others, including ultimately winning support for the takeover of US group Genzyme after raising its bid above $20bn....
...Diabetes medications still make up about 17 per cent of Lilly’s $22bn revenues, but in recent years it has lost ground to rivals such as Merck and Sanofi-Aventis....
...Sanofi-Aventis stepped up its pursuit of Genzyme on Sunday, outlining publicly its interest in a takeover deal as it inched closer to making a hostile offer for the US biotech company....
...US-listed shares in Sanofi-Aventis fell 1.6 per cent to $33.58. As the earnings season drew to a close Tyson Foods was one of the last companies to report....
...High factory automation has helped contain V-Zug’s costs, including a smart new computerised logistics centre opened this year. “Productivity is a key success factor for us,” Mr Buhofer says....
...US-listed shares in Sanofi-Aventis fell 1 per cent to $28.63....
...Chief executive of Blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman, said that he received more than 7,000 emails from Liverpool fans urging him not to do a deal with Mr Hicks and Mr Gillett, but said his reasons for pulling...
...In pharmaceuticals, the government engineered the merger between Sanofi and Aventis to create a new champion rather than allow the Swiss Novartis to swallow it up....
...A study by a British medical journal reported that a blood-thinning pill developed by the company worked better than Plavix, a rival drug made by Sanofi-Aventis....
...Sanofi under pressure Analyses of Lantus, the diabetes blockbuster from Sanofi-Aventis, sharply depressed the French pharmaceutical company’s share price at the end of last week....
...The World Health Organisation on Monday said that leading vaccine producers including Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi-Aventis had requested “wild type virus” samples of the A (H1N1) virus....
...Then again, now that the Dutch group has flagged its interest in a takeover, Sanofi-Aventis and its rivals may come back with counter offers....
...Bernstein saw Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Aventis among potential buyers of the franchise....
...His appointment comes as GlaxoSmithKline also seeks a new US head of operations, following the recent departure of Chris Viehbacher, who takes over as chief executive of Sanofi-Aventis of France at the start...
...There again, now that the Dutch group has flagged its interest in a takeover, Sanofi-Aventis and its rivals may come back with counter-offers....
...Swiss drugmaker Novartis gained 23.7 per cent to SFr59.50 while in France, Sanofi-Aventis climbed 17.2 per cent to €44.44. Germany’s BMW was boosted by an upgrade from Goldman Sachs....
...Mr Buffett also added to his positions in Ingersoll-Rand, a maker of refrigeration gear, and Sanofi Aventis, the French drugmaker....
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