May 4 (Reuters) - Alstom ALSO.PA :
* CEO says Alstom has no "vital moves" regarding mergers and acquisitions
* CEO comments came during a conference call after Alstom reported higher profits and kept its financial targets Talks about uniting the rail operations of Germany's Siemens SIEGn.DE and Canada's Bombardier BBDb.TO are being complicated by the desire of both companies to keep control of a merged business, two people close to the matter said on April 12 The two groups are talking about a joint venture that could compete better with Chinese state-backed market leader CRRC 601766.SS , which is expanding aggressively abroad and would still be twice their combined size by revenue.
* The three main rivals to CRRC -- Bombardier, Siemens and France's Alstom ALSO.PA -- have talked to each other about combining their businesses in various arrangements over the past years
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