French and Benelux stocks - Factors to watch on June 25

PARIS, June 25 (Reuters) - Below is company-related news and leading stories from French and Benelux newspapers which could have an impact on the region's markets or individual stocks.

EDF (EDF.PA)

The subscription level for French state-controlled power group EDF's bond issue for retail investors, designed to raise broadly around 1 billion euros, has already surpassed 2 billion euros, Investir.fr website reported, citing banking sources. [EDF.PA]

AREVA (CEPFi.PA)

Duke Energy Corp (DUK.N) Chief Executive Jim Rogers sees Areva and Toshiba's (6502.T) Westinghouse emerging as front-runners in the design of reactors for a much-anticipated U.S. nuclear revival, he said in an interview. Duke is the third-largest U.S. nuclear power provider. [ID:nN24240307]

BOUYGUES (BOUY.PA)

French group Bouygues won a contract worth 335 million euros with the Tangier Mediterranean Special Agency for the design and construction of a second deep-water port complex in Tangier. The operation will be carried out by a consortium with Saipem, Besix, and Somagec.

Goldman Sachs analysts raised their rating on the stock to "buy" from "neutral". [BOUY.PA]

TF1 (TFFP.PA)

France's first commercial channel, TF1, will not merge its 24-hour news channel, LCI, with rival i-Tele of Canal Plus, its chairman and chief executive, Nonce Paolini, said in Le Figaro newspaper. [TFFP.PA]

TOTAL (TOTF.PA)