By Blaise Robinson and Alexandre Boksenbaum-Granier PARIS (Reuters) – Alcatel-Lucent could rejoin Frances blue-chip CAC 40 index next month as the telecom gear makers turnaround gains traction and its stock hits two-year highs, analysts and fund managers said. If restored to the CAC 40, Alcatel would benefit from demand from index trackers of about 255 […]

By Leila Abboud PARIS (Reuters) – Loss-making telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent plans to raise 955 million euros ($1.3 billion) from shareholders and $750 million from a high-yield bond to cut debt and drive what its boss has called a last-ditch effort to save the group. Chief Executive Michel Combes launched his Shift plan in June, […]