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Only Renault SA's 12-year strategic alliance with Nissan Motor Co. seems to have flourished.

Suzuki Requests Divorce From VW Chester Dawson 2011

OLKILUOTO, Finland—Areva SA's state-of-the-art nuclear reactor may not be connected to the electricity grid until 2014, its Finnish utility client said Tuesday, suggesting yet another delay to a troubled project that has suffered from cost-overruns and delays.

Areva High-Tech Reactor Hits New Snag Max Colchester 2011

Pernod Ricard SA's Irish whiskey brand Jameson was made in Dublin until the 1970s, when its distillery was turned into a tourist center.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

Europe's Banks SocGen Profit Slump Squeezes Share Price Société Générale SA's second-quarter net profit fell more steeply than analysts had expected and the French lender warned that its 2012 target could take longer to achieve, as it was hit by the cost of the Greek rescue plan and from choppy markets.

Financial Briefing Book: Aug. 4 2011

The Federal Trade Commission notified a trio of drug makers it believes their failure to inform antitrust authorities of patent infringement deals involving Sanofi-Aventis SA's Ambien CR was illegal.

FTC Says Firms Failed to Report Drug Patent Pacts Matt Jarzemsky 2011

Under similar shareholder pressure, Nestle SA's former chief executive and current chairman Peter Brabeck had to give up his double mandate at the helm of the world's largest food maker several years ago.

Novartis payouts irk some investors Goran Mijuk 2011

NEW YORK—Shareholders who bought Vivendi SA's stock outside the U.S. are barred from bringing fraud claims against the company here in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision from last year, a judge has ruled.

Vivendi Fraud Claims Ruled Limited to ADR Holders Chad Bray 2011

ZURICH— Zurich Financial Services AG entered a deal valued at up to $2.09 billion to buy Banco Santander SA's insurance operations in Latin America, underlining its hopes to generate growth from emerging markets.

Santander Sells Americas Insurance Operations Anita Greil 2011

Insurance Santander Sells Americas Insurance Operations Zurich Financial Services AG entered a deal valued at up to $2.09 billion to buy Banco Santander SA's insurance operations in Latin America, underlining its hopes to generate growth from emerging markets.

Financial Briefing Book: Feb. 23 2011

However, SFR faces increased competition in the French telecoms market, where operators are preparing for the arrival of fourth mobile operator Iliad SA's Free Mobile next year while they were hit by an increase in value added tax at the start of the year.

Vivendi First-Quarter Net Profit Surges Ruth Bender 2011