How about a buyout offer from, say, the French conglomerate Schneider Electric S.A., owner of U.S. electrical-equipment maker Square D?

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On Wednesday the Commission was ordered by the EU's second-highest court to pay losses to French electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric, on the grounds that it had wrongfully refused to let the company buy rival compatriot, Legrand Holdings in 2001.

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On Wednesday the Commission was ordered by the EU's second-highest court to pay losses to French electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric (other-otc: SBGSF - news - people ), on the grounds that it had wrongfully refused to let the company buy rival compatriot, Legrand Holdings (other-otc: LGROF - news - people ) in 2001.

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Duncan Miles, an Englishman who plays a member of the French 45th Regiment of line infantry, recalls having a tear in his eye as Mr. Schneider tipped his two-cornered hat to the troops during a re-creation of the 1806 battle of the Jena.

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