No rush to sell Bouygues

PARIS: Martin Bouygues, asked once whether he would sell the loss-making French mobile phone business that has been his main contribution to the family empire, snapped: “And you, would you sell your wife?”

If he seals a deal with former monopoly Orange, the 63-year-old would ditch Bouygues Telecom, returning the group his father Francis founded in 1952 to its construction roots.