- Breaking News San Mateo County ninth-graders struggle to stay fit
- Breaking News Food and wine events
- Breaking News Ask Amy: What To Do When the Doctor Isn t in the House
- Breaking News Ed Blonz: Keep your diet normal pre-surgery
France's Suez takes stake in Chinese water firm
0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008
SHANGHAI (AFP) — The French energy and environment group Suez said Monday it had signed a deal to acquire with its partner a stake worth 1.5 billion yuan (214 million dollars) in a state-run Chinese water company.
Suez Environment and Hong Kong partner, New World Services, will acquire a 15 percent stake in Chongqing Water Group, a major supplier of water services to the southwestern municipality with 32 million residents.
"We are excited to further strengthen our relationship through this investment, and look forward to developing services for the people and industries of Chongqing," said Jean-Louis Chaussade, Suez Environment CEO.
Suez currently manages the water supply in 16 cities for nearly 14 million Chinese residents as well as 14 million in France.
© 2008 AFP
- Getting to the root of beautiful hair: shiny, silky hair begins with a healthy scalp - includes list of resources and a recipe for an herbal scalp tonic
- Industry Experts Launch Money Management Resources to Help People Overcome Debt and Learn Proper Money Management Practices
- Made from scratch: When Honda built a plant in Alabama it also built a workforce-using local workers who had no experience in making cars - Recruitment & Hiring
- Portfolio forecasting tools: what you need to know
- Taylor Fund L.P. Gains 40.53% in Third Quarter
- A multi-class SVM classifier utilizing binary decision tree
- Why fly solo when an executive assistant can accelerate your CLNC® business?
- Banking technology, technological learning and competition: comparative case studies in Thai banking