PARIS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - 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.
AIRBUS AIR.PA :
Qatar's defence minister has signed a letter of intent to
purchase 24 Typhoon jets from British defence group BAE Systems
BAES.L , in a move that could anger other Gulf countries
boycotting Doha.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a joint project between BAE,
France's Airbus AIR.PA and Italy's Finmeccanica SIFIF.UL and
supports an estimated 40,000 jobs in Britain. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1LY0S2
FRENCH HOUSING:
The French government aims to rein in its massive spending
on housing allowances while softening the blow for beneficiaries
with rent cuts, an official said in a newspaper interview
published on Sunday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1LY0ED
HURRICANE MARIA:
A second powerful storm in as many weeks was bearing down on
a string of battered Caribbean islands on Sunday, with
forecasters saying Maria would strengthen rapidly into a major
hurricane in the next two days and rip into the Leeward Islands
on Monday night. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1LY0I6
NEOVACS ALNEV.PA :
French biotech company Neovacs ALNEV.PA is confident that
its experimental drug to treat lupus could grab significant
market share from standard treatments of the auto-immune
disease, its chief executive said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1LV65C
VIVENDI VIV.PA :
Vivendi VIV.PA notified the Italian government on Friday
about its holding in Telecom Italia TLIT.MI (TIM) as required by
the authorities, a source close to the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1LW56X
Pan-European market data:
European Equities speed guide................... EUR/EQUITY
FTSE Eurotop 300 index.............................. .FTEU3
DJ STOXX index...................................... .STOXX
Top 10 STOXX sectors........................... .PGL.STOXXS
Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors...................... .PGL.STOXXES
Top 10 Eurotop 300 sectors..................... .PGL.FTEU3S
Top 25 European pct gainers....................... .PG.PEUR
Top 25 European pct losers........................ .PL.PEUR
Main stock markets:
Dow Jones............... .DJI Wall Street report ..... .N
Nikkei 225............. .N225 Tokyo report............ .T
FTSE 100............... .FTSE London report........... .L
Xetra DAX............. .GDAXI Frankfurt items......... .F
CAC-40................. .FCHI Paris items............ .PA
World Indices..................................... 0#.INDEX
Reuters survey of world bourse outlook......... EQUITYPOLL1
European Asset Allocation........................ EUR/ASSET
Reuters News at a glance:
Top News............. TOP/NEWS
Equities.............. TOP/EQE
Main oil report........... O/R
Main currency report..... FRX/
Keywords: FRANCE BENELUX MARKETS/