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The Bouygues group is a French industrial group founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues and since 1989 led by his son Martin Bouygues . In 2003 it had over 124,000 employees in 80 countries and generated nearly 22 billion euros in sales, of which 6 outside of France.

Originally in the building and public works businesses, Bouygues has since diversified into:

Bouygues is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and is a blue chipA stock is called blue chip when thought to be a well-established company with a stable core of earnings and no huge liabilities (relative to the size of earnings). Most blue chip stocks pay regular dividend, even in times of worse than average business. in the CAC 40The CAC 40 is a stock market index, which represents the 40 most significant values among the 100 highest market caps on the French stock market. Evolution of the CAC 40 between 1993 and 2003 CAC 40 companies as of January 12 2003 Accor AGF Air Liquide Al stock market indexA stock market index is a listing of stocks, and a statistic reflecting the composite value of its components. It is used as a tool to represent the characteristics of its component stocks, all of which bear some commonality such as trading on the same st.



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