French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch on March 10

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10/03/2014 07:55

(Adds futures, CIC, Imerys, Schneider, DSM) Below are company-related news and stories from French and Benelux media which could have an impact on the region's markets or individual stocks. CAC 40 futures  FCEc1  down 0.14 percent at 0716 GMT BOUYGUES, ILIAD  BOUY.PA   ILD.PA  France's Bouygues Telecom  BOUY.PA  has agreed to sell its mobile network and much of its spectrum to smaller rival Iliad ILD.PA  as a way to head off competition regulators' concerns about its pending bid for Vivendi's SFR  VIV.PA . ID:nL6N0M703X  On Monday, Iliad posted a strong rise in sales and profit last year as it recruited more fixed broadband and mobile customers than its larger rivals.  ID:nL6N0M70D4  VIVENDI  VIV.PA  A committee of board directors at the French media and telecoms group met on Saturday to review rival offers for telecoms unit SFR and prepare a meeting of the supervisory council possibly at the end of the week, sources close to the matter said.  ID:nL6N0M50FG  SANOFI  SASY.PA   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked the drugmaker and its U.S. partner Regeneron to assess potential neurocognitive side effects of their experimental cholesterol drug, Sanofi said in its annual report. ID:nL1N0M423F  UNILEVER  UNc.AS   The consumer goods company said it had bought a majority stake in water purification company Qinyuan, its biggest Chinese acquisition in ten years, without disclosing what it paid. ID:nL3N0M6097  CREDIT AGRICOLE  CAGR.PA , SOCIETE GENERALE  SOGN.PA   The French bank's global head of foreign exchange Vincent Leclercq is no longer working at the bank, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.  ID:nWEB00JXE  Separately, U.S. authorities are investigating whether Credit Agricole and Societe Generale  SOGN.PA  violated anti-money laundering rules and economic embargoes on countries like Iran, according to a person familiar with the investigation.  ID:nL1N0M41ZC  AIRBUS GROUP  AIR.PA   Top Airbus executives said they still hoped to expand the company's share of the shrinking U.S. defense market but did not see a large U.S. acquisition target in the near-term. ID:nL1N0M42DK  SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC  SCHN.PA   The electrical gear maker is in exclusive talks with funds Carlyle and PAI to sell a majority stake in its CST unit, which makes sensors, for 800 to 900 million euros, Les Echos reported. A spokesman for Schneider confirmed the company was in talks with potential buyers, but declined to give more details. Carlyle and PAI were not immediately reachable for comment. IMERYS  IMTP.PA  Imerys said on Friday it would not raise its takeover offer on U.S. minerals and materials group AMCOL International  ACO.N  any further than $45.25 a share. If Amcol decided to end the merger agreement signed by both companies, it would have to pay a termination fee in compensation, Imerys said in a statement. AREVA  AREVA.PA  The chief executive of Areva said the nuclear group had made an "important step" in negotiations with the Niger government on new contracts to mine uranium. ID:nL6N0M43PL  VEOLIA  VIE.PA  Loss-making France-Corsica ferry operator SNCM, which is partly owned by French water and waste group Veolia Environnement, plans to order four new ships, an SNCM spokesman said on Friday.  ID:nL6N0M43KO  MR BRICOLAGE  MBRI.PA , BRICORAMA  ALBRI.PA   French DIY stores will open on Sunday thanks to a new government decree published on Saturday, following a long-running legal battle.  ID:nL6N0M50C5  ROYAL DSM  DSMN.AS   The Dutch food and chemicals said it had proposed appointing Geraldine Matchett as chief financial officer after Rolf-Dieter Schwalb steps down as of December 1.  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