https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Renault shares plunged on Thursday after Italian-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler said it had withdrawn a proposal for a merger, saying it would be unable to reach an agreement with the French government. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190606/fiat-chrysler-withdraws-merger-offer-renault Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:19:56 +0200 fiat-chrysler-withdraws-merger-offer-renault After the recent Titan-Goodyear rumble France's industry minister Arnaud Montebourg has got himself into another scrap over a potential US takeover of a French firm, this time over Yahoo!'s bid for Dailymotion. He was slammed on Thursday for interfering. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130502/minister-slammed-for-no-to-yahoo-bid-for-dailymotion Thu, 02 May 2013 14:30:00 +0200 minister-slammed-for-no-to-yahoo-bid-for-dailymotion The collapse of the $45-billion defence merger between EADS and BAE Systems, widely blamed on German resistance, will not harm ties between Paris and Berlin, Germany's economy minister said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121012/talk-collapse-will-not-harm-french-ties-german-minister Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:25:00 +0200 talk-collapse-will-not-harm-french-ties-german-minister Tom Enders, the chief executive of aerospace group EADS, said Wednesday he was taken by surprise at the level of German opposition to the proposed blockbuster merger with BAE Systems. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121011/eads-boss-surprised-by-german-reaction-to-talks Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:29:00 +0200 eads-boss-surprised-by-german-reaction-to-talks Germany feared being left on the sidelines of any tie-up between European aerospace giant EADS and British arms maker BAE Systems, analysts say, after Berlin was blamed for blocking the deal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121010/germany-triggers-collapse-in-aerospace-merger-talk Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:18:00 +0200 germany-triggers-collapse-in-aerospace-merger-talk Talks to merge aerospace group EADS and defence contractor BAE Systems are deadlocked, sources close to the talks said on Friday, with the governments of France, Germany and Britain at odds over the outcome. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121005/talks-tank-over-bae-and-eads-merger Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:50:00 +0200 talks-tank-over-bae-and-eads-merger The European aerospace groups EADS and BAE Systems are exploring a tie-up that would create a global giant, but rivals in the United States might try to scupper the deal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121004/us-plans-could-sink-huge-arms-merger Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:07:00 +0200 us-plans-could-sink-huge-arms-merger A key player in European defence group EADS objected on Monday to its tie up with BAE Systems, saying that the terms of the effort to create the world's biggest aerospace group should be re-drawn. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121001/major-shareholder-grounds-eads-and-bae-merger Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:55:00 +0200 major-shareholder-grounds-eads-and-bae-merger