<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080131/bs_nm/socgen_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080131/2008_01_31t120711_450x299_us_socgen.jpg?x=130&y=86 &q=85&sig=Zuus_Ny9ohr3nhRBZrKtPw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The logo of French bank Societe Generale is seen at the entrance of its headquarters in La Defense, outside Paris, January 31, 2008. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - BNP Paribas confirmed on
Thursday it was studying a bid for scandal-hit rival Societe
Generale that could bring the country's two biggest banks
together, while France told foreign predators to stay away.</p><br clear="all"/>

View the entire article: BNP eyes SocGen, France warns off foreign bids
(Reuters)