>>> US Early premarket gappers

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>>> ALSTOM: French govt would study a colution implying EDF...(Le Nouvel Obs)

ALSTOM: French govt would study a colution implying EDF...(Le Nouvel Obs)
ALSTOM /EDF story:

State to sell 6bn€ of EDF, 3bn useed to recapitalise Alstom, 3bn to buy the Bouygues stake

Gov has 84% stake in EDF so if they place part of the stake via a ABB it could pave the way for the goverment to get involved in the deal and avoid it falling into foreigner hands (GE or SIEMENS)..

Apparently this is Hollande's favourtie scenario.. and the article mentions the EDF CEO is close to the Alstom CEO and this could be a good opportunity for the EDF CEO to show his patriotism...

FT : Client BG Group investors say Finlayson’s exit raises takeover prospect

Client BG Group investors say Finlayson’s exit raises takeover prospect

Chris Finlayson’s abrupt departure as chief executive of BG Group has increased the chances that the FTSE 100 oil and gas producer could be taken over by a larger rival such as ExxonMobil, say some shareholders.
The company announced on Monday that Mr Finlayson had resigned as CEO after only 15 months in the job, citing personal reasons. Chairman Andrew Gould will step in to run the company until a permanent replacement is found.
In a statement, Mr Gould – a former CEO of oil services company Schlumberger – said that while there would be no change to BG’s strategy, the company “must accelerate the creation and delivery of the longer-term value for our shareholders, while delivering the group’s business plans”.

However, a top 10 shareholder said that, with BG now rudderless, it had become a prime takeover target. “It’s a green light to a potential bidder,” the investor said, noting that Pfizer’s approach to UK pharmaceuticals group AstraZeneca had shown that the “era of the megadeal is back”.
This view was supported by Charles Whall, co-portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management, who also holds a stake in BG. He said ExxonMobil might be attracted by BG’s holdings in Brazil and Tanzania, and its successful liquefied natural gas-trading business.
He added that any acquirer would be encouraged by a sharp fall in shareholders’ expectations over the past two years. “People were aspiring to £20 a share 18 months ago, and now they might settle for £15 or less,” he said.
ExxonMobil declined to comment.
BG had been a stock market favourite for many years, as it grew from a medium-sized explorer to an oil and gas major, with huge projects in some of the most promising parts of the world for exploration.
But market sentiment towards the company has soured in recent years with investors disappointed by repeated revisions to production forecasts and a profit warning in January.

Mr Finlayson had been regarded as a competent operations manager who kept BG’s Brazilian and Australian mega projects on track, but was less successful as a dealmaker, said one person familiar with the company.
,With BG needing to unlock the value of some of its assets by “farming down” its stakes, forming joint ventures and making divestments, such dealmaking skills were essential, the person added.
“There needs to be more active portfolio management,” he said. “BG can’t do everything at once.”
On Monday, BG also issued a trading update that pointed out the continuing problems it faces in Egypt, where political instability meant the Cairo government was unable to honour agreements on BG’s gas exports. The company said Egypt remained “challenging”, with volumes in the first quarter declining 35 per cent from the fourth quarter of last year to 66,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d). It said its gas continued to be diverted to the domestic market, where BG is entitled to a lower share of production.
The company left its 2014 production guidance unchanged at 590,000-630,000 boe/d, though it said output was now expected to be at the lower end of the range given the issues in Egypt. The deterioration there would also affect 2015 production, it said.

(Le Monde) Alstom: State takes the AMF

Alstom: State takes the AMF

Link to translation ;{http://bit.ly/1rIdcq0}
Link to French Article :{http://bit.ly/1rIdflN}

Governments should take , Tuesday, April 29 in the morning, the Autorité desmarchés financiers (AMF) in order to ensure that the process of selling the energy division 's Alstom is "open, transparent and non- discriminatory, "according to a source familiar with the matter.
Alstom then two months talking with General Electric (GE) to him give his energy division, the government wants to give to its German rival Siemens guarantee it will have the same opportunities as the U.S..
Read our decryption: Redemption Alstom Power: What can the government do?
Clearly, management Alstom must treat GE - to whom she scored a clear preference - on a par with Siemens, which has a project in which the French supplier does not believe.
ALSTOM WILL Tuesday AFTERNOON
The Board of Directors of the industrial lights, which met late Tuesday afternoon, should indeed decide not to close the game in favor of General Electric . Whatenable Siemens, which filed Saturday a simple letter of intent to make a firm offer.But the German group has repeatedly asked to have access to the same information that his American rival could benefit .
While the AMF Board, senior decision-making body and prosecution authority, met Tuesday morning, the government commissioner of this forum should expose the concerns of the executive. Such an approach by the government is exceptional.
According to our information, Arnaud Montebourg, the minister of economy, shouldreceive unions Alstom in the morning, so they do share this referral to the AMF, but also respond to their demand for nationalization, partial and temporary, the French industrialist.