Brussels, 08/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - The news has been doing the rounds since Monday and now it's official: the European Commission decided, on Tuesday 8 September, to grant its conditional authorisation to the purchase of the energy businesses of France's Alstom by General Electric (GE) of America.
This operation, with a pricetag of €12.5 billion, will bring together two of the largest players on the global market for heavy-duty gas turbines. “This is a big deal”, explained...