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Concurrently, FT was</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">seeking a buyer for</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">TopAchat-Clust SA.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>FRANCE - In September 2008, France Telecom SA (FT) announced that it was seeking a buyer for Alapage.com, an Ivry Sur Seine-based provider of online book retail services. 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