Le Monde Accepts Offer

June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Elliott Gotkine reports from Paris on the sale of the French national newspaper Le Monde. A group of investors, which includes Yves Saint Laurent Group partner Pierre Berge, Internet billionaire Xavier Niel and Lazard Ltd. banker Matthieu Pigasse agreed to pay 110 million euros ($135 million) to take control of the 65-year-old Paris afternoon daily, helping it avert a capital crunch. (Source: Bloomberg)