Border controls.(items include the planned sale by the French government of Thomson Multimedia to the South Korean company Daewoo, despite growing opposition to the transaction)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
Economist (US), The, November, 1996
France's prime minister, Alain Juppe, promised to hold a parliamentary debate on the transfer of Thomson Multimedia to Daewoo, a South Korean company, as part of the government's plan to sell Thomson SA, a state conglomerate, to the Lagardere group. Opposition to a sale of the consumer-electronics arm to the Korean firm is growing.
After winning over a recalcitrant Denmark, European Union foreign ministers formed a united front against America's anti-Cuba legislation. European legislation will make it illegal for EU firms to comply with American court rulings on the issue.
Italy's privatisation plans were boosted when its heavily oversubscribed sale of 14% of ENI, an energy giant, raised 7.7 trillion lire ($5 billion). The sell-off, which was the country's...
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