Word: pechiney
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...daunting task of proving executives had inside knowledge that motivated their stock deals at the time of transaction. Maréchal says that has often been difficult to do under French law, explaining why there have thus far only been two major insider trading convictions: cases involving canning group Pechiney, and bank Société Général in the late 1980s. Maréchal says sentencing in those cases suggests anyone eventually condemned for illegal trading of EADS stock will face stiff fines rather than actual jail time. "But the maximum financial penalties...
...have upgraded to AP35 and have AP50 under development. AP originally stood for Aluminum Pechiney, and it is numbered by the amperage of the cells. So AP35 is technology that uses 350,000 amperes. It improves the capital efficiency of the plant and the energy efficiency of using the electricity. Today it's about 95% efficient, whereas when I started 30 years ago, 85% was typical...
...laws allow independent repairers to gain "authorized" status from manufacturers, giving them access to technical specifications previously off-limits. A spanner in the works for carmakers. Forging Ahead Canadian aluminum maker Alcan won European and U.S. regulatory approval for its 34 billion bid for French rival Pechiney after agreeing to spin off assets to satisfy the authorities' concerns. The go-ahead clears the way for the creation of the world's largest aluminum company...
...firm Thomson Financial, Peterson keeps track of companies around the world who are buying and selling each other. And after some very slow years, he saw the urge to merge suddenly come rushing back. On Monday, Canada's Alcan launched a hostile j3.4 billion takeover bid for France's Pechiney, only the second such attempt in France in the past decade. The combined firms would be the world's largest aluminum company. The next day, three companies in the U.S. announced separate acquisitions valued around $1 billion or more each. "That's the first time [for three...