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PARIS — Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky has launched a takeover bid for French-based electronics and appliance retailer Fnac Darty — a deal valuing the struggling group at around 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion), the company said on Monday. Kretinsky is already Fnac Darty’s largest shareholder, with 28.5 percent, and has …

Greencoat Renewables has agreed to acquire a 65MW portfolio of operating wind farms in France from Switzerland’s largest renewable energy generator Axpo, it announced on Tuesday. The AIM-traded firm said the acquisition comprised four wind farms, all of which benefited from long-term contracts with the French government. It said the …