ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) investments

- United Kingdom: French investments in the United Kingdom, in the first quarter 2001, have been more than six time higher than those of the previous quarter, reaching EUR 7 billion against 1.1 billion in the last quarter 2000, indicates the research office Zephus Corporate Finance Knowledge. This growth is largely due to the acquisition of the British cement producers BLUE CIRCLE by its French competitor LAFARGE and the acquisition of the British Internet access provider FREESERVE by...