an announcement from siemens. >> >> germany's industrial giant siemens is set to undergo major restructuring to make it more competitive. there were reports more than 11,000 positions would be eliminated. >> now ceo joe kaeser has rushed to calm fears, saying the jobs will be affected, but not all of them will cut. he is looking to save siemens one billion euros with a plan called vision 2020. our correspondent chirstoph kober joins us with the deals -- details. what we were hearing earlier about massive job cuts -- now siemens says 11,600 jobs will be affected, not necessarily lost. >> there is an example of poor communication, isn't it? the siemens ceo was in new york during the week, and in a meeting he dropped the figure of more than 1000 -- 11,000 jobs possibly being cut. that stirred up the commotion, and today he began to backpedal, saying the 11,600 positions could be affected by the restructuring of the company that is going on at the moment. siemens is eliminating one entire level of management and administration. how many jobs and positions will actually be cut? that the company d

siemens is pushed by the french government to make an offer. >> is there anything that siemens couldo to appease oust him -- to appease alstom? >> the only thing that siemens can do is to improve its offer. we understand that siemens might make an offer in cash of 7 billion euro. this is compared with general electric's bid. needs is to get a lot of cash. the only thing that siemens can do is to improve on the offer. i do not think there will be a bid from siemens which will board ofstom's oard -- administration. >> is there not a concern that siemens and alstom could raise some regulatory concerns? if you combine the trains and the energy units, aren't there going to be concerns for the competition authorities? >> exactly. the swap posed by siemens is not good. i think there is some issue regarding the competition in the european union. let's not forget, there are many bidrlaps if there is a between siemens and alstom. on only thing we can focus and we understand in france is that the french government is pushing siemens to make an offer in order to get a better offer from general e

siemens has announced a review. the elephant in the room is what is happening with -- there is an analyst conference going on right now. they keep on coming back to that elephant. what do they want to get out of alstom? >> some sort of one-sided offer and wee heard about conveyed her interest that we would be willing to talk to shareholders. line, joe kaeser wanted to be given the opportunity to have a look and that is what they are doing. they're not going to consider any type of three-way bid with the general electric. >> he came under political pressure in germany when he went to russia after the annexation of crimea. to beela merkel said extremely annoyed about that. he is still on the intent of -- on the agenda for the st. petersburg for him. onthe amount of things going in our organization, the dedication and leadership it takes to get this sorted out in a meaningful and long-term way, this requires me to be here. >> he will have to cancel. righto what i believe is and not what the mainstream says i should be.

let's start with those numbers from siemens. >> a lot of news surrounding siemens. it announces its strategy review today. it has bought some energy assets from rolls-royce. it is involved in this battle for various assets. lots to talk about. i have to deal with the earnings. david will deal with all of the other parts. second quarter income from continuing operations, 1.6 one billion euros. the analyst estimate was for a 1.78 billion. above last year's figures. the good news for investors, the company has confirmed its forecast for the sheer of 15% earnings per share growth. .t has confirmed that forecast earnings per share will be 15%. markets remain challenging in 2014. despite the fact that it has confirmed the growth forecast for this year, markets to remain challenging. it is a massive day for siemens. let's talk about the company's new strategy. let's stop to david tweed. he is live at the headquarters in berlin. we will start with the earnings. a lotis all about about of other factors. >> it is all about this massive strategy review that siemens has been lo

of newse a lot coming out of siemens. you have first-quarter earnings and more importantly you have this strategic review, an entire level of bureaucracy taken out of siemens. four sectors becoming nine units. the health-care care sector, speculations that will be separated just like we saw within finian. you have the turbine business from rolls-royce. a lot going on. i will be back with my interview with the ceo of little bit later. >> we will get back to that shortly. in paris, you are watching ahlstrom have a bidding war getting more politically -- more political. conference is just about to start behind me the focus will be on whether i'll strom -- i'll strum -- al will put up for the 70 billion on the energy unit. will this -- the share holders vote on the energy units in the fourth quarter. thisl bring you this with with figures from the french finance minister in a moment. >> thank you. we are watching alibaba, the chinese retailer, it filed to go public. it is the biggest ipo ever. we'll have more on the story lat

executive wants to lift margins at siemens because siemens has been lagging , general electric has beenagging, abb. they want to get rid of the companies which are not performing so well, get rid of those units that are not performing so well, bring onboard units that are performing better. the growth that story about siemens wanting to buy the wind turbine from rolls-royce last week. good margins there. now, we're hearing the story that might be decided for good by tomorrow, the siemens wants to sell its airport infrastructure, basically baggage handling business very his business or 900 million last year, its margins in the single digits. siemens wants to move it on. >> is amazing when you do sit and wait for your bags to arrive. now we're waiting, getting the same thing in germany from merkel, yeah? he wants to see mrs. merkel putting her full political weight behind the bid it siemens for alstom. seems he is very worried about general electric's bid, because i would really make general electric much more competitive in one of siemens strongest industries, and is energy and energy po

siemens has made in there and themr -- siemens has made in their informal offer, not to have job lossesears. it is how credible a promise like that is if they are cutting elsewhere. kaeser and time, siemens are interested in alstom's energy business. the decision will be made by alstom's board and the french government, which will be attuned to the french people. especially after the disastrous poll results. does hollande want to show he can do something to revitalize france? is it a bit from an outside where american company? we are going to be talking about this. fascinating. >> great angles. thank you so much, hans nichols joining us from berlin. of the rightthink to be forgotten. google's next big challenge after bowing to an eu roluling about personal information online. there's a task force that will respond to the policies. our european correspondent caroline hyde is back. ais is europe saying if citizen decides it wants information it thinks is incorrect removed it has the right to do it. is a phenomenal challenge for google and other web giants. they are going to have to pick t

let's take a step back and look at the siemens -- ge deal.ye french minister they're talking about the need for creating to european powerhouses. it kind of backfired. in part, or member, siemens made this deal and they made all kind of assurances that they would make new job cuts for three years. here, the script is flipped. here's what the ceo saying. keep 20% of combined r&d in the u.k.. that will be for at least five years. a substantial manufacturing facility would stay in macclesfield. that is what it seems to have gone in france. it is too early to tell in both cases. it seems that the public has a better sense of whether or not it will lead to more jobs are fewer jobs. >> i think the public is probably slightly less engaged in this deal then maybe the french are. probably less engaged than the british were when it came to dbury's. p look, this down to, is what we have seen so far in the siemens deal. it is one example. the board still has to decide. we have to agree on price. there's a lot that still has to happen with astrazeneca. >>

the head of siemens' french unit.that was important because the french finance ministry is getting impatient about siemen'' bit, urging them to come forward. thefrench unit said that bid would come by june 16 at the latest and that would include a swap were all -- where alstrom ofld get the valuing's siemens. they make the high-speed train. that would be combined with the offerd that siemens' would have the offer of the government. >> let's see how this plays out. joining me now is andy lynch. great to have you with us. big you see this kind of deal getting done, what do you make of it? this is political and economic theater, isn't it? >> it is. we saw yesterday that it was a foot back to the roman days of bread and circuses. people being thrown to the lions on a regular basis. as far as theater, an important story going on. as technology gets more and more complicated, you need more and more scale to exploit that technology efficiently. that is the story behind the deal. economy develops, we are going to see more and

is are we expecting from siemens?strategy is to lift the margin. the markets seem to have had, i should say confidence that siemens will be up to do something like that. if you look at the share prices, up 17%. it has been shaky so far. a lot of people are folks on what will go on at the meeting on wednesday. we will be speed to jerry kaiser after the meeting. -- we will be speaking to jerry kaiser at the meeting. >> the weekend brings easter your -- eastern ukraine the worst of violence and has seen. regionntrol over the contains to flip. at china's slowing down, manufacturing contractor for the door -- for the fourth straight month. will party leaders pulled the trigger on a new stimulus? that is a key store for the global economy. at the moment, they do not want to do that and want to manage the slow down. and youon the move," can follow me on twitter. let's take a short break. see you after that. ♪ >> good morning. welcome back. you are watching "on the move." off today anda is joining the holiday here in the u k

11 thousand 600 positions, that is what siemens plans to cut. it is all part of the restructuring and cost-cutting ser. joe kae >> the right to be forgotten is all about allowing europeans to disappear from the internet. more on that later. guy coming back to you. >> we're forgetting anything here today, caroline. the european markets are about to open. it will be interesting to see how bnp paribas deals with that news this morning. let's find out what is going on. manus cranny standing by at the touch. >> we have seven straight weeks of gains in the european equity market. the question is how will we close out the week. this is the longest judge in european -- since 2012. is making record highs. the yen is rising. the question is, is it the wrong kind of inflation? willet temper the view from the bank of japan in terms of their ability to deliver more stimulus to bring the yen lower. prices rise for the 15th month in a row according to home craft. confidence is rising here. we have a positive number in the gf k index. for the first time since 2

of course, siemens is also waiting in the wings. give me a clue here. siemens, what will they do? they going to make a move? what is the thinking? >> there is a report out from reuters over the weekend that they are going to offer 7 billion in cash along with their rail unit, and then siemens would hand over that rail unit. they get the nuclear energy business and that is what siemens gets. we don't have a formal offer from siemens. >> ok, hans. up, a new president and a new path. will ukrainians benefit from a closer relationship with europe? we will discuss the issue of .kraine and emerging markets ♪ >> welcome back to "on the move." 30 minutes into the trading day, equity markets are finding it difficult to get an exact direction. it is going to be about what draghi says to the markets. today is about postelection examination. that is what the market is going to look for. let's get to john farrell and some stocks to watch. >> there is only one stock i am watching, and that is intercontinental. biggest gainer here in europe. an 11 year high. no comment from the company. rumor is

but we know he would prefer a deal with siemens. as you mentioned last week, the french government issued a dekreeg allowing it to block any foreign takeover of a french company in the strategy sector. it's an extension of a loose offer only the defense and nuclear sector roughly have plenty of other activities including transport or energy. that would be something that they could use to block a deal with alstom. it is not clear if the french government wants to favor a deal with siemene but it will force general electric to sweeten its original bid and could transfer to alstom. >> we'll see what happens on that. >>> deutsche bank is one of the biggest losers in germany this morning in the stock exchange. investigators react to raise 8 billion euros in fresh capital. the german launch a capital height over the weekend in a bid to put an end to questions about the capital strength. this after raising $10.2 euros in 2010 and a further 3 million in 2013. the katari family is taking measures to existing shareholders. in a statement the

the german rival siemens before we speak against war panel would say hello to james cream this story has been around the world hasn't the council on the discussion in the american press with that of course the g day interests and also in the german press for siemens is a quick look of what's been said a lot of criticism for the french government's involvement in the wall street journal the north of the word they're saying that this isn't a feature that french economic governance since the end of the second world war d the season as it's known are the direct involvement in economic or business affairs i did the point that the failure of the earth and indeed the involvement over the government in previous cases recently such as netanyahu's that the takeover old tv motion blur. and it's still doesn't sleep so indeed there is uncertainty chris and susan boyle without certainly that is the case to end the german press and if you go has been talking to various articles for example in the dash beagle. we are that he has been pretty cool all at the same year old of stones in the icu to get i

siemens is actually right now. so now we have four big divisions after which we'll see nine subdivisions, less management, faster decisions and, of course, higher profitability. s society general analysts are expecting that before 2016. all of that is viewed positively by the market site. in general, they are also announcing that they are ipo'ing their hearing aid division and also they're carving out their health care division, potentially also planning an ipo here. ross with that, back to you. >> annetta, thank you. let's get to the other side of that deal. stephan is with us. here's the key question. if patrick decides he's going to sign a deal with ge, does he fear the french government will block it? do they have the power to do that? >> alstom has some activities in the nuclear sector that could be considered a strategic -- a potential veto from the french government, regarding the earnings released this morning, the situation was difficult, not critical. he explained at the press conference the net profit de

on the side of siemens, chairman of siemens france said yesterday through a committee of the french parliament, that the company would make formal offer on the 16th of june at the latest. and he confirmed that it would propose an asset swap in order to create two european champions, one in rail with alstom and one in energy, in power with siemens. but that's all we know for now. we don't know what would be the strategy of siemens in terms of job creation. the latest is that ge improved the offer in order to get the blessing from the french government and from what we knew, that's definitely a good step in order to get the approval from the government. as we know, that's the job protection in france was the top priority for the french government. i propose we can perhaps listen to what jeff immelt, the ceo of general electric, said to the french lawmakers yesterday evening. >> alstom will not disappear. through our industrial project, france will have more jobs in the global power business than you do today. you will have more decisionmaking with four headquarters. there will be more r & d in f

covering siemens as it sheds jobs to cut costs.ith an eu ruling on privacy means setting up a task force. caroline hyde has all the details on that. it is the world's first smart racket. it is changing tennis for pros and amateurs alike. --will test it this our on u.s. authorities are seeking $10 billion from bnp party about to settle an investigation. our markets editor manus cranny is here with the details. how did we get to $10 billion? >> it just keeps going. i think it is a combination of things. facts do not get in the way of the benchmark where you go with finds relevant to breaking sanctions. 2002-2009, those other factual periods of time. the moods of regulators are changing. the severity is rising. retribution is what is wanted. this will be the first french institution under the obama administration which they go after. let's take that down. that is for little bit later. that is a watch and see. >> the scale of the finest bigger than anything that has been handed out before. it is a lot more than they put aside. >> one p

they are urging siemens to come forward with a fair offer.said this would come by june 16 at the latest. treatment,e equal equal access to their books. would be their offer where theyf swap would get the rail unit in exchange for the energy unit. that kind of swap is obviously having the favor of the french government because they are really in favor of an alliance andeen france and germany, they say that saves the transport unit. >> thank you for joining us from paris. let's tell you about a breaking news story and the engineering space in the u.k. they do not intend to make a further bid at resident. they are abandoning plans to buy after the latest offer was rejected. they do not plan to pursue the opportunity any further. we believe they made a compelling proposal but said that meso rejected that proposal . that was an offer put on the we continue to watch that story. an 51en of trade is minutes time. after the european parliament elections the focus has shifted to electing the next head of the european commission. junker --d jean-claude

. >>> germany's siemens requested further information from alstom. this is the latest development in the ongoing battle between ge and siemens to acquire the energy and transport giant. stephan, earlier on this week, we got reports that siemens was going to make an offer as early as this week. with the latest new now, do you think that will be delayed? >> we don't know. we don't even know what type of information siemens has been requesting from alstom. alstom claims that siemens has been given access to the same nonpublic information as general electric. we are still expected the german group to make an offer for the power units of alstom. it's going to offer probably its business plus cash. also to get the french approval, siemens is now expected to hand over the wind and nuclear assets to another french company. yesterday the ceo of another company said they would be interested in the wind buyings of altom as siemens could make an offer by the end of this week. so far, general electric made a formal bid, it's offering 1 $.9 billion for the power u

siemens is still planning to submit its takeover offer which will likely include job security guarantees. well i checked in on the wednesday trading action starting off in frankfurt where the banks finished up just slightly higher. teachers books and a nine thousand six hundred and three the euro stocks fifty down by three cats one percent finished with a thirty one ninety eight russell and echo wall street the dow up also slightly pretty bizarre sixteen thousand five hundred and sixty six points and the euro higher against the greenback in value when us dollar thirty eight sixty nine unemployment has fallen again in europe's largest economy germany. the jobless figure for the month of april is two point nine million six point eight percent of the german workforce is now without employment last year the last time rather than figure was that low was two decades ago. germany's labor agencies is fair spring weather gave a boost to the construction site. a botched execution by lethal injection in the us state of oklahoma has reignited the debate about the death washington the white house is

this certainly started out as seeming a bit half-baked, the notion of a siemens counterbid.o point out is that is actually an asset swap that would result in alstom becoming a much bigger rail manufacturer and siemens taking on a bulk of the energy assets. as for the termination of the french government to throw a wrench into this deal, has become more clear, the siemens bid has gathered steam. hassiemens chief executive started to sound more definitive about this. there is no question, ge is farther along. this is the gog conceived of and executed in advance of siemens getting involved, so this is not a straight up battle between two equally matched rivals. veryench politics is colorful, let's say. talk about the political context that ge is playing in. secret france can be a tough place to do business, particularly a top listed do business for american companies trying to make big acquisitions but once again, i do not want to overstate the role of the french government. we had a not too dissimilar situation a while ago with vivendi who were looking to sell their mobile pho

. >>> siemens is readying a former offer for alstom. the deal reportedly involves the transfer of its rail activity and less than 7 billion euros in cash. the cash component is smaller than ge's offer, half of what the u.s. giant is offering. both siemens and alstom have declined to comment on the report. >>> shares in intercontinental hotels group trading significantly higher after press reports that the hotel has rebuffed a 6 billion pound takeover bid from a u.s. rifle. according to reports on sky news and in the telegraph newspaper, the board of the crown plaza and holiday inn operator met a few weeks ago to consider the offer but agreed it was too low to accept. according to analysts cited, the missfully bidder could be starwood or a specialist investment firm. we don't know. stay tuned. we'll be talking with william vereker, head of corporate client solutions at emea. that's coming up at 11:00 cet. any questions or thoughts for yannick, get me @worldwideexchange or tweet me @juliachatterley. you can also e-mail at w "worldwide exc

the french government clearly prefers the siemens bid. new rules in france, the has new decrees to block some of these proposed takeovers. at the same time, everything appears to be going against ge. the ceos said you have to trust us a little bit to know what we're doing. they are not going to give up one of their core businesses which is locomotive manufacturing. the french government may want alstom to want. that is that. we will know in three weeks. >> could they have done anything to make this process a bit smoother in their interests? they may have wanted to hire a lobbyist in paris sooner to massage and talk to the french government the whole way through. the challenge with that is that you lose the element of surprise. the french government could have signaled its opulent -- its opposition a lot easier. om and the ceo.st that has aggravated french authorities. >> let's head back to st. petersburg for another bloomberg exclusive as the west threatens tougher sanctions on russia. companies are bracing for the fallout. >> the ceo of

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the head of rival siemens also asked feith to lawmakers earlier, saying siemens will be formalizing its bid for the energy units i the 16th of june at the latest. he said the opportunity to combine the two won't happen again. >> the european choice would not be meaningless in a globalized world. it would be the only way to ensure the sustainability of our decisions, our productions, our research and investment. the opportunity of an alliance between these two great european companies with an experience or expertise will not pop up again. >> we are going to take a look at the european stock market. they set up shop this tuesday with the dax about half of that, brought higher by shares in deutsche hop. they say they will profit from online retail sales. other businesses in europe trading higher -- the london ftse up more than .4%. hour, united states this round about 45 minutes or so left of trading, we see indices trading higher. shares are being pumped up i stronger than expected sales for big to get items in april. consumer confidence is showing signs of hurting of the nasdaq at this h

you work with siemens and alstom.e me some specifics. >> from this point of view, i cannot count any actual result of the sanctions which is helpful to russian railways so far. russia's largest borrower, one of the largest corporate borrowers. have you seen a rise in your borrowing costs? >> this is one of the largest companies in the world, not only in russia. haveurse, our developments influenced the development of russian economists. we did not see any harm, so far, done by those sanctions. it is not very good from the point of view of eurasians with the business community. for those people, we have long-standing conflicts. it is not accepted. those people would like to continue. they would like to develop. that it is ang one-sided decision. toi suppose it is helpful political atmosphere, . this is not good for russia, america, or europe. >> you mentioned a word personally. how has the fact that you have been personally sanctioned, banned from traveling to the u.s., any money that you had there would be frozen. you

and if you bring that siemens run into germany a much bigger company and been awesome in france. it's been a total logical sense to move most of the management to to germany not even a trend towards gop would actually keep alive a decision made in france pm there have missed it i'm thinking that too much on point of view the gt offers probably the better one. we just didn't get this whole issue of the view of the european champions opposes him in the crown jewel to the americans were getting a lot of reactions when you're populism here we come for sen shaven off with a former mayor then phone has a lot of. i'll still use the activity is located compares oust him take over to nineteen forty defeat against germany. and on but come on that night and i will be seen if you've read the french press. the german press and the us press is quite predictable on the part of journalists answer as to which one hour to go to a day and yes with the anglo saxon process and has been very scathing of the way the french government has been rampant since i'm like the recent to get well number one tha

siemens may announce the sale as early as this week. >> record loss of shares in tiger air. a look at how bad this tiger story is. i think shares were down 8% at one point, right? now. much as 9% it is not looking good for tiger air at the moment. currently down about 9% -- 7%. 10 out of 11 analysts say sell the stock and that is weighing on tiger air. tiger air had such a turbulent time. it had three straight years of losses, pretty painful for the airline. as a result, it is taking measures. grounding 15% of its planes by the end of march next year. means clipping about eight planes, 44 international operations. stoppinglking about flights to lumbar, services to macau. there has been intense competition in the budget airline space. just too many players, too little demand to fill the seats. so tiger air has had to take to make sure it returns to profitability. little demand, you say, that is something we were talking about earlier. enough homelarge market for this company. >> you are right. yous not big enough when compare it to indonesia or malaysia where the population o

mitsubishi has many clients in a show while siemens. milicic years orders from europe the two firms aim to sharpen their competitive edge in the global market by expanding their product lineup is expected to adventure to boost their total sales in the twenty percent by twenty twenty. aye aye aye aye aye aye. prime minister shinzo latte has pledged to deepen ties with europe during his six country toward the japanese leader says he wants closer relations on issues including economics security and other areas is also pushing japan's role in promoting global stability. i'm on iraq. i am old. the crisis in ukraine is also a concern for asia. it is very significant. european leaders and by reaffirmed that we should not tolerate any change of status quo by reports that the principles of the rule of law and freedom of the high seats yet for all this visit. i've been convinced that japan's diplomatic and security policies are on the right triangle a diplomatic staff oh she'll pull on them all they held talks with european council president herm

siemens may announce the sale as early as this week.he unit were first announced by siemens two years ago. another tiny state owned company plans to lift. china's national nuclear power is said to raise at least $2.6 billion in an ipo in shanghai. the money will go towards projects in eastern and southern parts of the country to help ease and anticipated power shortage. those are your company headlines. i am rosalind chin. >> investigators hunting for the missing the malaysian aircraft have begun a meeting to plan a new phase of the search after finding no clues at all in nearly two months. paul allen has been covering the story from the beginning. what happens now? well, the meeting is underway and has been for about 30 minutes in the australian capital. this is between a malaysian, chinese, and australian search officials. the head of the australian search efforts and yes houston -- angus is really to houston said this is really to formalize the way forward. we are 60 days into the search, and so far, absolutely nothing has been found

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the deal will be similar to the one we're expecting from siemens. in response, ge says the deal was good for alston and france, but the u.s. company says it is open to further negotiations with alston or with the french government changing the original deal would be for the government a way to escape from that story in a positive way in terms of communication in france. not sure that it would be the best option for ge for alston and even for french employees. >> staying with a and h, m and astrazeneca has received approval for a new drug. >> and this is the kind of medicine that they will rely on to fight off the bid from pfizer. i think it will be a little disappointing and you see this in the share price. this is an interesting treatment for a particular condition. but it's only really going to be analysts think maybe a $200 million a year seller. that's not really a blockbuster, that won't restore the lost sales astrazeneca's pipeline. so what we hear is the new cancer drugs which will probably come on stream 2017, 2018, expecting more of those l

i do not think siemens is totally out of this. andhas the upper if you look at the shares today for alston, they are down in a flat market. not massively. investors are willing to give ge the benefit of the but -- of the doubt. >> let's talk about a different story. the british prime minister is coming under pressure to back out of this transaction. thats been telling people he is in favor of the transaction and that the u.k. could secure decent guarantees as a result. >> there is an interesting interplay going on. fromis a $106 billion bid pfizer to astrazeneca. the government said it was confident in the guarantees on jobs. astrazeneca seems to be saying we would like the government to be more neutral or perhaps even opposed to the disappearing of this very large british company into a big american company. we will have to see where that lands. this is a coalition government. junior partners are more skeptical about this deal than conservatives. we will have to see how the coalition plays out as the head unfolds. it is very acti

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siemens?bout ge and where do they stand on bidding? in a bit of a question timeframe on that. its case to be public and the politicians. this is all about getting the french government to support ge's deal. frenchelement within the government that tried to get the siemens two big counter offer. ge has a bit of an uphill battle but they are still ahead of are the one who has the agreement of the target company. >> as this takes longer, does the environment get better or worse for ge or siemens? >> i do not think it is getting any better. we had over the weekend what one right politician described as an earthquake in the european elections. that indicates a lots of the populace, concern about the economy, concern about jobs, the national front is a populist party. that has francois hollande concerns, as he should be, about forg seen to be sticking up french industry. was never government benign for ge, and it is now getting more difficult as time caps on -- goes on. >> thank you. moving and shaking this hour, new jersey governor chris ch

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