GE Said in Talks to Buy France's Alstom for $13 Billion

... Large infrastructure contracts increasingly require bidders to put up financing, putting Alstom at a disadvantage. Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE has the support of Alstom shareholder Bouygues SA, said the people. The French conglomerate owns about ...



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