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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Alstom to spurn Siemens' request for more bid information - source

View of a Haliade 150 offshore wind turbine at Alstom's offshore wind site in Le Carnet, on the Loire Estuary, near Saint Nazaire, western France By Sophie Sassard and Jens Hack LONDON/MUNICH (Reuters) - Alstom is set to reject a request by suitor Siemens for more information about its power business, a person close to the French company said, reducing the chances of a bid to rival General Electric's $17 billion (10.07 billion pounds) approach. The source said Alstom would not give Siemens the information because that would force the French power and rail firm to disclose the same data to U.S. conglomerate GE. Alstom is already in talks with GE over a 12.35 billion euro ($16.9 billion / 10 billion pounds) bid for its power arm, which it is due to review by June 2. Under pressure from the French government, however, it has opened its books to Siemens as well.




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