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France’s Total is one of the world’s top seven oil and oil products companies and is involved in every aspect of the oil chain from extraction to sales. In the early 2000s, it merged with Elf Aquitaine and was called TotalFinaElf before changing its name back to Total.

TADJIKISTAN FRANCE 23/10/2013

New El Dorado for top French groups 

Taking their cue from the Total oil group that acquired [...]

FRANCE 09/10/2013

Tug of war between Total and DGSE 

The small world of French intelligence has been roiled by the case for over a month. Working for the Total [...]

FRANCE 28/08/2013

Investors mull stake in Risk & Co 

Bruno Delamotte’s firm may be a step closer to having new shareholders by the end of this year. [...]

Insiders ASIA EUROPE 18/07/2013

Dick Evans, the Kazakhstan connections of an arms industry high-flier 

After having served as the high profile chairman and chief executive of BAE Systems from 1998 to 2004, Richard "Dick" Evans has been putting his talents to use in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan. President Nursultan Nazarbayev recruited him in October 2006 to run the country's sovereign fund, Samruk. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE QATAR 26/06/2013

Soulié, deal broker for French groups 

Qatar, which President François Hollande visited on June 22-23, is not only Paris' ally in the Middle East and a principal foreign investor in France, it is also a key country for French groups such as Thales and Total. [...]

FRANCE 26/06/2013

Internal intelligence hiring 

The fledgling Direction Generale de la Securite Interieure (DGSI) is to benefit from a 13% increase in personnel over the [...]

FRANCE RUSSIA 26/06/2013

Total regains control in Russian dispute 

In a significant victory for Total, Austrian Andreas Reiner has [...]

FRANCE 26/06/2013

Total under new security management 

Thierry Bourgeois is poised to take over from Jerome Ferrier [...]

FRANCE 26/06/2013

EDF devises physical protection against Stuxnet 

Seclab and the R&D department of EDF have developed a physical filter to remedy the weaknesses of the USB protocol. [...]

UNITED STATES 12/06/2013

Ex-CIA chief Petraeus heads KKR strategic unit 

Like Carlyle in the 1990s, the private equity giant KKR has been recruiting former CIA officers. David Petraeus was recently put in charge of its research centre. [...]

FRANCE 29/05/2013

Maori protects Total's Margerie 

A clutch of companies have cornered the market in the close protection of French stock market-listed group CEOs. [...]

Insiders EUROPE MIDDLE EAST 14/05/2013

Dominique de Villepin, businessman poet 

Since 2008, Dominique de Villepin has been reaping the benefits of a network of business contacts built up over 30 years in the corridors of power. His law firm, Villepin international, which opened in April 2008, is devoted to his new profession of business facilitator. [...]

QATAR 24/04/2013

Thales and Soulie settle, say sources 

Thales has reached an out-of-court financial settlement with consultant Jean-Paul [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES EUROPE IRAN 10/04/2013

Iran: US lays down law to French groups 

Fearing that their reputation would be damaged by a US lawsuit over alleged corruption or sanction-busting in Iran, the oil company Total and leading French banks BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and Crédit agricole have agreed to comply with a set [. [...]

LEBANON 10/04/2013

Chagoury scouts for Total in Lebanon 

Total is bidding to play catch-up in the Middle East by getting into Lebanon's sought-after offshore oil industry with the help of its long-standing partner in Africa, businessman Gilbert Chagoury. [...]

FRANCE KURDISTAN 27/03/2013

Ex-ambassador Boillon advises Suez 

According to our sources, French water and waste management group Suez Environnement, a 35% owned subsidiary of GDF Suez, has [...]

UNITED STATES 13/03/2013

Defence groups make beeline for Algeria 

Emboldened by the strengthening military and security links between the [...]

LEBANON SYRIA 27/02/2013

Oil in the Levant attracts intermediaries 

Impending oil exploration in the strategic Golan Heights and off the coast of Lebanon has inspired a number of ex-political figures to hone their advisory skills. [...]

FRANCE NIGERIA 27/02/2013

GDF picks Brits to talk to Boko Haram 

GDF Suez, whose expatriate workers are covered by Hiscox Kidnap & Ransom insurance, has tasked one of the firm's contractors [...]

UNITED STATES 13/02/2013

John Brennan 

John Brennan, the White House's candidate to head the CIA, [...]