S2E, a French multidisciplinary consortium on spatial surveillance of epidemics, has used satellites to garner relevant information on vegetation, meteorology and hydrology.

Another French consortium is bidding to build a nuclear power plant in western Turkey.

The contract for the power generation project was first awarded to a French consortium at a price of $50 million, who almost immediately asked for an upward price revision.

The kidnap victims were working for a French consortium, which is building part of the pipeline.

Only a French consortium including Altus Finance has put a formal offer on the table.

Companies A French consortium won the bidding for Executive Life.

He bought a 15 percent stake in Cegetel, a French consortium led by Vivendi, that owned France's second-largest mobile network.

The bidding for Executive Life closed out with a sweetened offer from a French consortium and seven other proposals.

But in a statement today the group said it had asked its members to approve a new plan under which it would cooperate with the French consortium.

The other two finalists are a French consortium and a group headed by Hellman & Friedman, a San Francisco investment firm.