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Areva to book a $4.5 billion loss: paper
Source: Reuters
French state-controlled nuclear group Areva will post a 2014 net loss of about 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion), French daily Le Figaro reported on Friday.
The paper gave no further detail but cited several sources.
Areva, which will release 2014 results on March 4, declined to comment. Earlier this month, weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche reported the company could post a 2014 loss of more than 3 billion euros.
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Areva swung to a 694 million euro first-half 2014 loss as struggling utilities cut maintenance costs and the nuclear sector remained in the doldrums following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/02/20/us-areva-results-idINKBN0LO0OK20150220
