Cycling News – On the descent, Thor Hushovd (Cr dit Agricole) bridged and Hushovd climb together Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) on his own on the Izoard Ludovic Turpin (AG2R) fights hard to stay away on the Izoard Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) drives the group on
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Easy Bourse – announced U.S. job cuts and Credit Agricole said it will issue discounted shares to help fund the acquisition of bank branches in Italy. The pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600lost 0.3% to 365.26, with losers including U.K. fixed-line operator BT Group
Paris shares AFX market data at 9.46 am; Suez jumps on fresh Pinault
Forbes – 2 pct at 123.50 and extending yesterday’s 5.3 pct gain as investors continue to speculate that the nickel mining group Credit Agricole, down 0.04 or 0.1 pct at 31.93 after announcing its 4 bln eur share capital hike will open Jan 4. The funds will
Paris share prices close up, as Axa gains offset Carrefour plunge
Forbes – 66 or 2.04 pct at 32.95 in heavy volume after the group this morning said it expects underlying EPS to be boosted by 1 pct from full year 2007 thanks to its debt restructuring. Financials were generally in positive territory, with Credit Agricole up 0
Euroshares higher midday on Wall St futures, tobaccos up on Gallaher
Forbes – But shares in Credit Agricole — down 0.32 pct — have been cut to ‘neutral’ from ‘overweight’ at HSBC as part of a banking sector News the gaming and leisure group has sold the Hard Rock chain of cafes to the Seminole Tribe of Florida for 965 mln usd
Paris shares up slightly at midday ahead of US data; Carrefour slumps
Forbes – Even if the last two weeks of December were better, the group again has to provide reassurance on France, with at least in the financial galaxy, Axa (nyse: AXA – news – people ) climbed 0.50 or 1.6 pct to 32.79, Credit Agricole
European stocks close down
CNN Money – Credit Agricole fell 2.2 percent after Citigroup ( Charts ) downgraded the stock to “hold,” citing the French bank’s weaker-than-expected revenue trends in domestic retail banking, asset management and insurance. HBOS and CS Group each fell 0.9 percent

