Workers at the state-affiliated utility Électricité de France and the gas company GDF Suez walked out, as did some employees of banks and big international companies.

国有化公司法国电力及法国天然气公司的工人们也参与了罢工，同时还有银行以及一些大型国际化公司的部分员工也都纷纷参与罢工。

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In February Mr DE Villepin brokered a merger of Gaz DE France, the state-controlled gas utility, and Suez, a private water-and-power company, to prevent a hostile bid for Suez from Italy's ENEL.

二月份，为了抵御意大利能源巨头enel的恶意收购，德维尔潘安排了法国天然气，一家国有天然气企业，和Suez，一家私有的水利能源公司之间的合并。

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If he could combine his utility with a gas company, a new world of trading opportunities would open up.

FORBES: Trading Places

This Canadian utility company supplies natural gas and electricity to customers in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. It reorganized several years back, but earnings continued to grow.

FORBES: Cast A Wide Net For Yield

At the same time Priory was looking for a partner in the gas business, Paul Anderson , chief executive of Panenergy, a big Houston gas pipeline company once known as Panhandle Eastern, was looking for a utility.

FORBES: Trading Places