Fortis Banque France S.A.

European firms may face record write-downs to balance their books.(Business Report)
The Star (South Africa); 1/27/2009; 1681 words; ...licences, the bank's study showed. Alcatel...trading that day. It's a catastrophe for...Forneris, a manager at Banque Martin Maurel in France. Considering the...including London's Heathrow, dropped...Guillaume Duchesne at Fortis Private Banking said...

Bad harvest; French banking.(France's retail banks go in over their heads)
The Economist (US); 11/29/2008; 1265 words; ...lender, but France's finance minister...and supervision. France has set aside [euro...Belgian assets of Fortis, a Belgo-Dutch...But unexpectedly, France's mutuals, traditionally...terms of a merger with Banque Populaire, a smaller...

Lazard Ltd Reports Nine-Month and Third-Quarter 2008 Results.(Financial report)
Biotech Week; 11/12/2008; 2004 words; ...acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's packaging business; and...year, such as InBev's $52 billion acquisition...in its discussions with Banque Populaire to create France's second largest banking...insurance businesses of Fortis; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial...

France : BNP Paribas to take part in French Govt.s investment plan; to issue EUR 2.55 bln hybrid debt.
TendersInfo; 10/22/2008; 845 words; ...dEpargne 1.1 billion euros, and Banque Populaire 0.95 billion euros...said, With the acquisition of Fortis businesses, BNP Paribas both...Belgian banking operations of Fortis (FTZBF.PK) from the Belgian...insurance operations of the Fortis Group in addition to a 66...

2 banks behind Natixis discussing a merger A CRISIS IN FINANCE
International Herald Tribune; 10/9/2008; 605 words; ...operating units, Banque Federale des Banques...Caisse d'Epargne and Banque Populaire need to...Luxembourg operations of Fortis, which collapsed...Caisse d'Epargne and Banque Populaire took the...200 branches in France and nearly 100...Banque Populaire's strength is in small...