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Technology Stocks : Alcatel (ALA) and France -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bertrand bidaud who wrote (174)	11/3/1998 5:17:00 PM
From: lebo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3891

Bertrand, Enfin un brave Francais Alors on remonte a 30 bientot ou pas. Moins je pense que oui. Quel est ton avis

To: bertrand bidaud who wrote (174)	11/3/1998 5:45:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Respond to of 3891

Thanks Bertrand, great stuff. I tried to run it through the translator at altavista.com. Here's what it came up with... Alcatel Space wants to grow quickly Alcatel Space, joint subsidiary of Alcatel (51 %) and Thomson-CSF (49 %), " aims at a very significant growth of approximately 20 % per annum as from 1999 ", declared its president, Jean-Claude Husson, in an interview published by the weekly magazine Air and Cosmos. time-out the new unit, resulting of reorganization of electronics of defense carry out by the government with the regrouping of activity space of Alcatel, of CSF and of aerospatiale, have for objective " to increase the profit as of the year next and to reach a profitability correct with horizon 2000 ". Jean-Claude Husson have however not quantify its objective of profitability. For 1998, the estimated turnover of the group, which employs 6.000 people, is 10 billion francs " Our strategy is very clearly to reach a world dimension, while being pressed on our international partners and our French groups, Alcatel and Thomson-CSF. Besides thanks to its technologies, this last will help to develop us, in particular in the systems of navigation by satellites (GNSS) ", indicates the president. Since nearly one year, Alcatel works indeed on a system of navigation by satellites to ensure the independence of Europe with respect to the American system.