Capgemini buys Digital Services firm altran in a deal worth 3. 6 billion euros sending shares in both companies higher. And ecb Vice President denies low rates have hurt profitability of the regions banks and says foreign merger activity is indispensable. The iranian president has hit out at the latest round of u. S. Sanctions and says they will fail. He told state television that the measures show washingtons desperation and that tehran is practicing strategic programs. President trump described the u. S. Penalties as proportionate in terms of a response to irans shooting down of an unmanned drone over the strait of hormuz. He urged iran tone gauge in talktal to engage in talks. My only message is he has the potential to have a great country very quickly he should do that rather than going along this destructive path destructive for everybody. We cant let him have a Nuclear Weapon he says he doesnt want Nuclear Weapons. A great thing to say a lot of things have been said over the year