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France warns UK it will be inflexible over EU exit

  Paris, France / AFP French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said the EU should act quickly and firmly if Britain votes next week to leave the European Union. Britain’s EU referendum will be held on Thursday, with an EU summit set for a few days later on June 28 at which Macron said EU leaders should take a firm stand with ...

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Fiat’s Marchionne mulls Maserati e-sportscar as Tesla competitor

  Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne is considering adding full electric vehicles to the carmaker’s line-up including the Maserati Alfieri sportscar and a small city car. “I’ve always thought the economic model that supports Tesla is something that Fiat Chrysler could replicate as we have the brand and the vehicles to do it,” Marchionne told Bloomberg Television in Venice. ...

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Angst grows over agrochemical mega-mergers

  Paris, France / AFP Three mega-mergers in the agrochemical sector, including Bayer and Monsanto, have raised concerns among farmers who fear higher prices and consumers for more genetically-modified food. Even before Bayer successfully woos US-based Monsanto, German civil society has erupted in protest against a national champion acquiring a producer of genetically-modified seeds and Roundup, the world’s leading but also ...

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