Alstom shares higher after good third quarter
Company posted a 10 per cent quarterly sales jump at its rail business
Background: Siemens stirred into action to trump GE gambit
Siemens hopes asset-swap deal will defeat GE’s offer
Siemens counters GE bid for Alstom with tie-up plan
Non-binding asset-swap proposal represents dramatic intervention by Siemens
General Electric in talks to buy Alstom’s power arm
Alstom chief executive confirms talks about ‘industrial deal’ without naming GE
Alstom to sell €2bn in assets by end of 2014 in cost cutting drive
Possible disposals include a minority stake in train and railway-equipment unit Alstom Transport
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