AXA
AXA Private Equity said it had signed an agreement to buy a majority stake in online travel agent Go Voyages from Groupe Arnault and Belgium's Companie Nationale a Portefeuille . A source close to the deal said Go Voyages was bought for an enterprise value of 400 million euros.
Takeover target AXA Asia Pacific has held talks with Australia's competition regulator, hoping to sway its decision to block an agreed $13 billion takeover deal by National Australia Bank.
SANOFI-AVENTIS
Shareholders in the drugmaker approved the appointment of Serge Weinberg to the board of directors and the company appointed him chairman.
ACCOR
Accor Services, the prepaid services company splitting from French hotel group Accor, plans to accelerate growth by expanding in new countries and snapping up rivals, the company said in documents released by French regulator AMF.
VEOLIA, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
Veolia is in pole position to win a contract to regulate drinkable water for the Ile-de-France region, Les Echos said. Suez Environnement was also in the running for the contract. A spokesman for Veolia had no comment.
TOTAL
Total Petrochemicals reported intermittent plantwide flaring at its 232,000 barrel per day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, according to a notice filed on Monday with Texas pollution regulators.
EADS
Boeing Co said it would boost production of its narrow-body 737 model to 34 aircraft per month, citing strong demand from airlines as they rebound from a steep downturn in 2008 and 2009.
Boeing also said it intends to bid in a multibillion-dollar U.S. Air Force refueling plane competition although it remains concerned that rival bidder EADS could have an advantage in the competition because of government subsidies.
CARREFOUR, CASINO
French food retailers pledged on Monday to limit their margins on fruit and vegetables this summer in a gesture timed to coincide with a farm bill that the government says will revive ailing agricultural revenue.
CFE
The Belgian building conpany said revenue fell by 4 percent in the first quarter and reiterated its forecast that turnover would contract slightly in 2010.
KINEPOLIS
The Belgian cinema group said that visitor numbers increased by 10.4 percent year-on-year up to mid-May and that its core profit margin increased in the first quarter in all countries.
RHJ INTERNATIONAL
The Belgian holding company said that the UK Financial Services Authority and the Guernsey Financial Services Commission had approved its purchase of Kleinwort Benson from Commerzbank. It expects the change of control to take place in July.
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