PARIS (AP) - Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Saturday announced plans for a merger between energy and utilities company Suez SA and Gaz de France. The move would block a potential hostile bid from Italy's Enel SpA.
Villepin said that Suez and Gaz de France, or GDF, had been discussing a deal for months to bring their "close and complementary'' activities together in power production and distribution.
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