International Herald Tribune: Électricité de France will buy British Energy for $23.18 billion in a deal that gives the French company a dominant role in the British nuclear power industry, the companies confirmed Wednesday EDF raised its offer to 774 pence a share, according to a statement, from an initial 764 pence that was tendered in July for the utility. That appeared to be enough to bring on board two large British Energy shareholders, the fund managers Invesco and M&G, who had previously opposed the …