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THYSSENKRUPP

Thyssenkrupp said 2007/08 adjusted pretax profit was 3.5 billion euros, compared with Reuters poll average of 3.413 billion. It said 2007/08 new orders rise to 55.2 billion euros. It added that it expects economic conditions to have impact but cannot yet give concrete forecast for 2008/09.

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STMICROELECTRONICS

STMicroelectronics said the fourth quarter will be below company's forecasts. It now sees revenue between $2.2 billion and $2.35 billion and gross operating margin 38 percent plus or minus one percentage point.

ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca Plc faces a delay in getting a new drug from its recently acquired MedImmune biotech unit to market in the United States.

The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker said it had received a so-called "complete response letter" from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking for additional information on motavizumab.

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

British lender Royal Bank of Scotland said the government will take a 57.9 percent stake in the group after investors took up just 0.24 percent of the shares offered in its state-backed capital raising.

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM

Germany's telecoms regulator plans to keep charges for connecting calls between networks stable for 2009 and scrap additional fees rivals charge state incumbent Deutsche Telekom for using their networks, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.

COMMERZBANK. ALLIANZ

Commerzbank said late on Thursday it moved to seal its takeover of Dresdner Bank ahead of schedule, paying just over 5 billion euros.

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SHELL

The Anglo-Dutch oil company is delaying another Canadian oil sands project, saying it has withdrawn a regulatory application for its 100,000 barrel per day Carmon Creek thermal project as it looks to shave costs by revamping the project.

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BELGACOM

The dominant Belgian telecoms operator says it has reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of its chief executive's contract and will now request the Belgian government to renew his mandate for another six years. The group also says it will pay a dividend in 2008.

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EADS

EADS Chief Executive Louis Gallois is studying a reorganization of the group, cutting the number of divisions to 3 from 5 at present, Les Echos reported, citing unnamed sources.

The paper said Airbus and the MTA military aircraft operations would be placed within one division, space and defence activities in another, while the Eurocopter helicopter business would make up the third.

It also said the company is considering changing its name to Airbus and adopting a single HQ, in Toulouse, France, but that the German government has opposed the plan.

An Air New Zealand Airbus A320 aircraft on a test flight crashed into the sea off France's southwest coast on Thursday, killing at least two people with five still missing.

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VALEO

One of Europe's leading car parts makers, Valeo, said on Thursday it planned to temporarily shut some French plants during the year-end holidays due to declining car production. For story click on

ERAMET

French nickel and manganese group Eramet, which bought a 56 percent stake in Tinfos AS of Norway in July, said on Thursday it was cancelling the last step of the deal, citing the financial crisis.

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FAURECIA

French car parts manufacturer Faurecia said on Thursday it had finalised 1.42 billion euros ($1.83 billion) of financing "in difficult market conditions".

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THALES

Plane maker Dassault Aviation will not have to launch a bid for Thales if it buys Alcatel-Lucent's 20.78 percent stake in Europe's top radar maker, stock market watchdog AMF said on Thursday.

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(Reporting by Brian Gorman) Keywords: MARKETS EUROPE FACTORS (brian.gorman@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 9128; Reuters Messaging: brian.gorman.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

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