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Wednesday 11 November 2015 8:18 pmPortuguese Socialist Party tries to stop imminent privatisation of state-owned airline day after ousting centre-right governmentBy: Chris PapadopoullosShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleWell that didnrsquo;t take long. Portugalrsquo Socialist Party has penned a letter requesting that state-owned company Parpublic halt the privatisation of airline TAP.The letter, which has been seen by Reuters, comes just a day after a Socialist-led co
stanley cup uk alition managed to oust the centre-right government from office. The new left-wing coalition could be brought into office within days unless the Portuguese Presidents opts for a new general election and appoints a caretaker government.The Socialist Party does not accept that the state does not maintain a controlling stake, as it should have a direct say and presence in the strategic path of this company, the letter sa
stanley tumbler id.As the centre-right is now ruling in a caretaker capacity, the legal and political conditions are not present for the TAP sale to go ahead, said the letter. The sale of the airline was expected to be concluded tomorrow. The situation echoes that of Greece when the far-left Syriza party took over in January and immediately tried to halt all privatisations arranged by the previ
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Tuesday 01 June 2010 9:02 pm|Updated:Friday 31 May 2019 10:22 amEuropean insurers line up to buy half-stake in Barclays VieBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleA QUEUE of European insurers is waiting in the wings to snap up half of Barclaysrsquo; French life insurance business, Barclays Vie, after the bank last week entered talks to offload a 50 per cent stake in the venture for around euro;65m pound;54.2m .French groups CNP Assurances, Axa and La Mondiale are all thought to have tabled preliminary offers of interest, as have Britainrsquo Aviva, Germanyrsquo Allia
stanley kubek nz, Italian insurer Generali and Swiss Life, according to Francersquo La Tribune newspaper.Any tie-up is likely to run along similar lines to Barclaysrsqu
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stanley cup uk lays Vida y Pensiones Compantilde;iacute;a de Seguros BVP to CNP Assurances just last year. As part of that deal, CNP paid euro;140m in cash for the stake, in addition to an additional consideration of up to euro;450m, payable in cash over a 12-year period depending on the future performance of the venture. Barclays also entered into a 25-year agreement with CNP to market and distribute its life and pensions products through its retail network in Spain, Portugal and Italy.Barclays held a preliminary round table meeting last week to kick