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Bouygues
Image:bouygues_logo.gif
Type Public (Euronext: EN)
Founded 1952
Headquarters Paris, France
Key people Martin Bouygues, CEO
Industry Industrial holding
Products Construction
Media
Telecommunications
Revenue € 23.402 billion (2004)
Employees 113,300
Website www.bouygues.com

Bouygues (Euronext: EN) is a French industrial group listed on Euronext Paris. It is a blue chip in the CAC 40 stock market index, founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues (educated at the École Centrale Paris, 1946) and since 1989 led by his son Martin Bouygues. In October 2005 it had over 113,300 employees in 80 countries. In 2004, it generated €23.4 billion in sales. Bouygues is also active in movie production, through the CiBy 2000 subsidiary (Little Buddha, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 116 × 62 pixelsFull resolution (116 × 62 pixel, file size: 917 B, MIME type: image/gif) Bouygues logo This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securites (i. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris[1] and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In large construction projects, such as skyscrapers, cranes are essential. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris[1] and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris[1] and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... A blue chip stock is the stock of a well-established company having stable earnings and no extensive liabilities. ... Price evolution of the CAC 40 between March 1, 1990 and February 1, 2005 The CAC 40, which takes its name from Paris Bourses early automation system Cotation Assistée en Continu (Continuous Assisted Quotation), is a French stock market index. ... A stock market index is a listing of stocks and a statistic reflecting the composite value of its components. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... École Centrale Paris is one of the leading French Grandes Écoles of engineering. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A movie studio is a location, room, building, or group of buildings and/or sound stages, offices and storage facilities, which may include a backlot, where movies are made. ... Little Buddha is a 1993 movie by director Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Bridget Fonda and Keanu Reeves. ... Fire Walk With Me is a 1992 movie directed by David Lynch and starring Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, Mädchen Amick, Phoebe Augustine and Dana Ashbrook. ...


Bouygues has 5 divisions:

In 2006 The Economist reported a complex series of transactions between 1989 and 1997 through which Martin and Olivier Bouygues were able to personally acquire assets in the firm, to the detriment of other shareholders.[1] In large construction projects, such as skyscrapers, cranes are essential. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... TF1 is a private French TV network, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. ... The Bouygues Télécom (IPA: ) is a French mobile phone company, part of the Bouygues group. ... The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ... A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or company (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a joint stock company. ...

  1. ^ "Special Report: Bouygues", The Economist, December 2nd 2006

The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ...

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Société Générale (Euronext: GLE) is one of the main European financial services company with extensive activities in others parts of the world too. ... STMicroelectronics is an international leading supplier of semiconductors. ... SUEZ (Euronext: SZE, NYSE: SZE) is a leading French-based multinational corporation, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management. ... This article concerns the media and entertainment company. ... Total S.A. (Euronext: FP, NYSE: TOT) is a French oil company headquartered in Paris, France. ... Vallourec is a French group made of companies specialised in Expandable Tubular Technology, Automotive parts and Stainless steel. ... Veolia Environnement SA is a leading French-based company with activities in four main areas - water, waste management, energy and transport services. ... VINCI (Euronext: DG) is a French construction company, formerly called Société Générale dEnterprises. ... Vivendi SA (formerly known as Vivendi Universal) is a French media conglomerate with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet as well as video games. ...


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