DEALTALK-Lafarge-Holcim a tale of many cities
April 07, 2014 at 12:39 PM EDT
LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - The secret project to merge Holcim and Lafarge to create the world's biggest cement maker was codenamed "Cities" in reference to their fabric but it could equally have applied to the many meetings across Europe that were needed to get to the $55 billion deal announced on Monday.