Deborah Cohen covers small business for Reuters

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Russia HAVAS (EURC.PA) Havas said it redeemed Oceane convertible bonds for a totalcost of around 450 million euros. ID:nWEA0653 GDF SUEZ (GSZ.PA) Russian gas supplies to France plunged by 70 percent onTuesday in a deepening price dispute between Russia andUkraine, GDF Suez said, adding it would ensure security ofsupply to all its customers. ID:nL6609487 SES SESFg.LU (SESFd.PA) Luxembourg's SES says after-market that its subsidiary SESASTRA has a deal to distribute Orange TV in France for theFrance Telecom subsidiary Value of deal not available. SESFg.LU SESFd.PA GECINA (GFCP.PA) French property group Gecina said on Tuesday it had agreedto sell 500,000 treasury shares to U.S private investment fundSAGE.

ID:nL661240 UNIBAIL-RODAMCO (UNBP.PA) Unibail-Rodamco said it would pay a 1.75 euro dividend on15 January. Deborah Cohen covers small business for Reuters . She can be reached at By Deborah L. CohenThe global credit crisis has ravaged large financial institutions such as Citicorp and Wachovia and put thousands of professionals on the street. Smaller banks are fairing relatively well, however, and that's putting them in a position to go after a caliber of talent they might not have been able to attract in prior years."What we're seeing in the area of recruiting is that it's a tremendous time for them, better than any in their history," says David Lewis, president of Operations Inc., a Stamford, Connecticut-based human resources consulting firm that specializes in small to mid-sized companies.