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India’s one-man band

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France’s nuclear industry

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A struggling and loss-making national champion is set to be taken over

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PARIS

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Finding flaws in Flamanville

Finding flaws in Flamanville

PLANS for rescuing France’s ailing nuclear engineer, Areva, became a little clearer this week when the new boss of Electricité de France (EDF), Jean-Bernard Lévy, described on May 19th the role that the utility was prepared to play. Mr Lévy made the case for an “ambitious” takeover by EDF of Areva’s nuclear-reactor business, leaving Areva with uranium mining, fuel treatment and decommissioning. The price would have to be right. The government, which owns around 85% of both companies, is expected to make a final decision early next month.
Ministers are anxious to restore to health an industry in which French firms have hitherto led the world, and on which their economy …<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
Source: Utilities
France’s nuclear industry: Arevaderci

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Marks &amp; Spencer

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Britain’s biggest clothing retailer is quietly turning into an upmarket grocer

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CR

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THE past year has been rough on Britain’s retailers. Undercut on price by Aldi and Lidl, a pair of German discounters, three of Britain’s biggest four supermarkets have reported losses, with Tesco, the largest, last month revealing a stonking shortfall of £6.4 billion (.6 billion). Clothing retailers, facing competition from online outfits with lower overheads, have not fared much better. In March BHS, a loss-making high-street chain with 171 stores, was sold to a group of venture capitalists for just £1. But a glimmer of hope for the sector has come from an unexpected source: the long struggling Marks &amp; Spencer.
On May 20th the food and clothes retailer announced a 6.1% increase in profits, to £661m, in the year to March, the first year-on-year increase since 2011. That came on top of …<div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
Source: Retailing
Marks &amp; Spencer: From pants to panettone