Balance sheets: - France: - The oil group TOTALFINA had net results of EUR 1.73 billion in 1999, up 14% from 1998, and turnover of EUR 42 billion, a 20% rise; - for its first fiscal year in the wake of its merger (1999), the pharmaceutical group SANOFI-SYNTHELABO had consolidated turnover of EUR 5.35 billion, up 8.1% over the combined results of the two groups prior to the merger. - Sweden: - The Swedish telecoms giant ERICSSON has announced a slight decline in its net results in 1999, with...