Renault offers trade-in for its German clients

Owners of Renault’s disel vehicles which meet the Euro-5 or older emission standards are eligible to receive credits for trade-in for newer, and cleaner models. On Tuesday, France’s Renault has become the first foreign company to play a positive role in Germany’s anti-pollution efforts. Renault stated, it has begun offering German-owners of its older diesel…

China’s state controlled chipmaker Tsinghua Unigroup acquires French smart chip components maker Linxens for $2.6 billion

The deal is yet to be finalized since it has yet to get clearance from Linxens’s union, and regulatory approval from France and Germany. According to 5 sources with direct knowledge of the matter at hand, Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, China top state-controlled chip manufacturer has signed a deal with Linxens, a French smart chip components…

Peugeot SA plans on launching EVs in the U.S.

Having acquired Opel from GM, Peugeot SA is now banking on the expertise of Opel’s engineers to surge back in the race of automated, autonomous self-driving vehicles. In a significant development, Carlos Tavares, the CEO of French automaker Peugeot SA disclosed that it will capitalize on Opel’s engineering know-how to develop electric vehicles and re-enter…

No new taxes to be introduced in France upto 2022: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire

French President Emmanuel Macron is on target to meet the euro zone’s public sector deficit target of below 3% of France’s GDP. On Friday, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire stated that he will not introduce any new taxes during the French President Emmanuel Macron’s five-year mandate which runs upto 2022. The sizable housing tax,…

French insurer AXA to sink in $10.60 billion in environmentally friendly projects by 2020

With the world threatened by global warming, France has taken the lead in making wealthy countries aware of this menace and is pushing for increased financing in projects that mitigate the effects of this risk. On Tuesday, French insurer AXA disclosed, it would quadruple its investments in environmentally-friendly projects by 2020 to $10.60 billion (9…

French government will defend its national champions against hostile takeovers

French Prime Minister made it amply clear that France will not tolerate any takeover which is deemed as hostile for its national industries. On Monday, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe made it clear that the French government will put its weight behind national companies and will not allow any takeover that are deemed as hostile.…

French insurer AXA confirms commitments to 2020 financials midst management reshuffle

While confirming AXA sticking to it’s financial targets for 2016-2020, CEO, Thomas Buberl, has unveiled an intrinsic operating model that simplifies and refocuses the firms resources so as to boost shareholder’s value. On Tuesday, French insurer AXA confirmed that it was on on the path to meet its key 2020s financial targets thus extending the…

France-based Worldline acquires Digital River World Payments for undisclosed sum

This merger assumes significance midst the growing global clamour for going cashless. In a significant development, French payments processing company Worldline has agreed to acquire Digital River World Payments (DRWP), its Swedish peer. The move marks a pickup in the merger activity in the payments sector. Although Worldline did not disclose the quantum it had…