Online gambling firm GVC bids for bigger rival Bwin.Party

Sports betting and gaming company GVC Holdings Plc said it had submitted a bid for bigger rival Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc, which put itself up for sale last year. Bwin’s shares were up 9.6 percent at 98.00 pence at 1422 GMT (10.22 a.m. ET) on Friday.

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France’s Sarkozy attracts mockery with Twitter chat

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy drew a wave of mocking comments about his judicial woes when he launched a rare question-and-answer session on Twitter on Friday. As soon as the Q&A session was announced, dozens took to Twitter to question him on issues such as his decision to rename the conservative party “The Republicans” and the financing of his political campaigns

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