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DAMASCUS, (SANA)- Minister of Trade and Economy Dr. Amre Hosni Lutfi underlined that development of the Syrian-French relations in all domains will contribute to increase volume of the trade exchange,... ... Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 26 days ago
PARIS (AP): French building materials giant Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA said it would slash 6,000 jobs as part of a euro435 million ($682 million) cost-cutting plan to adapt to worsening global econo... ... Source: www.eubusiness.com --- 44 days ago
Action must be taken to revive slowing growth in Europe while at the same time stabilising record inflation, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said Monday. ... Source: www.lloydslist.com --- 24 days ago
THE French Riviera Cruise Club has recently celebrated its first year of operations and is continuing its quest to raise awareness of the value of cruise shipping to the local Economy, writes Sandra Speares. ... Source: www.independent.ie --- 8 days ago
French industrial production, which accounts for 15pc of the euro-area's second-largest Economy, unexpectedly declined in June as car sales fell. ... Source: www.propeller.com --- 37 days ago
The Tour de France! Bastille Day! These are welcome diversions from America's triple disasters: the Economy, the election and the iPhone launch. Uncle Jay explains this week's news with just a touch of ze French flavor. No Jerry Lewis jokes. Channel: Popular Videos Tags: Le Uncle La Jay Explahneaux. Lea Newx ...
Source: www.slate.com --- 13 days ago
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Trader Mitt: As if John McCain didn't have enough reason to keep quoting JFK's line that life isn't fair, consider this: According to the political futures markets, Mitt Romney now has a better chance of being McCain's running mate than McCain has of winning.Since the primaries, Romney has steadily gained ground in the VP sweepstakes through hard work and a disciplined message: He'll help on the Economy, he grew up in the swing state of Michigan, and he makes his current home in the right wing of the Republican Party. He seems at ease with the unattractive chores of being the vice-presidential nominee: raising money, playing the attack dog, telling the base what it wants to hear.On paper, Romney's VP bid looks as picture perfect as his presidential campaign once did. Yet even as Mitt watchers revel in the current boomlet, we can't help wondering whether this Romneymania will last.With that in mind, Romneystas everywhere need to start making new and urgent arguments on his behalf:The French Are Coming!: Romney was widely mocked last fall when he warned that France posed a clear and present danger to the American way of life. But after watching French President Nicolas Sarkozy embrace Barack Obama in Paris last week, conservatives may finally warm to Mitt's "First, Not France" slogan after all. Romney has impeccable credentials as a Francophobe; Sarkozy would never dream of saying of him, "If he is chosen, then Fran ... Source: www.theglobeandmail.com --- 39 days ago
When Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes 40 other leaders to Paris tomorrow to launch a new international body called the Union of the Mediterranean, he will be urging everyone to ignore his better known title, President of the French Republic, and instead recognize him as the president of something far larger and more important, a global superpower whose 500-million citizens share a single democratic, federal government and operate the world's largest Economy. ...
Source: www.suntimes.com --- 16 days ago
Lewis Lazare: The Economy may be suffering, but that doesn't mean consumers aren't willing to pay top dollar for a quality entertainment experience. Witness Cirque du Soleil's high-end Tapis Rouge (French for "red carpet") experience, which, based on a recent visit, is still pulling in plenty of customers at $215 a pop. ...
Source: www.marketwire.com --- 35 days ago
PARIS (MARKET WIRE) Spacelabs Healthcare, a pioneer in patient monitoring, has been selected by L'Union des Groupements d'Achats Publics (UGAP), the French Public Purchasing Authority, as one of only three global companies approved for the sale of patient monitoring products through UGAP to public institutions, including university and general hospitals as well as specialized health centers. UGAP is a public and commercial company placed under the authority of both the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry and the Ministry of Youth, National Education, Teaching and Research to facilitate purchases by ...
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The LFB submits: Overall: Markets were unsure about what effect the Russian/Georgian conflict would have on oil prices, which right now are playing a crucial role with regards to the dollar and equity markets. News of a possible supply disruption on geo-political tensions has been a good enough reason to see oil appreciate fairly strongly in the past (indeed, a flat tire in Nigeria was previously reason enough), but the present bearish sentiment on the commodity seems to be outwieghing this. After turning almost 1% higher in the overnight session, oil went negative at about 11:00 EDT as equity indexes turned positive and that allowed the dollar to resume its rise against the major currencies. The euro (Eur/Usd) rose as high as 1.5082 in overnight trading as oil rose 1%, then continued its decline from last week as oil fell 1.8% during N.Y. trading. In Germany, the Federal Statistics Office said wholesale prices in July rose 1.4% and increased 9.9% in the year, bringing the y/y rate to the highest since November 1981. In France, the Euro zone's second largest Economy, the Insee statistics office said industrial output for June was down 0.4% following a 2.9% fall in May that was 0.3 percentage points more than originally reported. On the daily chart, it looks as though EUR/USD will form a bearish pin bar on the close. French CPI will be reported on August 12 at 02:45 EDT. Complete Story » ... Source: meganmcardle.theatlantic.com --- 11 days ago
Michael Lewis has a pretty hilarious column about the French: Most nations gain their advantage by making things more efficiently, and at lower cost, than their competitors. To the extent that the French enjoy a natural advantage, it is in their inefficiency: They are the world's most efficient producers of structured indolence. They are the kept women of the global Economy; their status depends, in part, on their practical uselessness. Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans. It is only somewhat marred by the fact that I have heard its opening anecdote from, to a first approximation, every single American I have ever met who has spent any time at all in Britain. I find it hard to believe that every one of my compatriots, even those who spent a month on a course at Oxford, have been so unlucky as to encounter hapless shopkeepers who stop stocking things because "we kept running out". I find it especially hard to believe that they stopped stocking Chocolate-dipped McVities Digestive Biscuits (which are indeed one of the world's most delicious convenience foods), which are to British grocers as 97 versions of diet coke are to the modern American convenience store. Besides, the story about ordering 20 channels of cable, and finding out that this consists of 10 channels during the day, and 10 other channels at night, is much funnie ... Source: wonkette.com --- 34 days ago
Alaskan Congressman Don Young, whose wife is a leading advocate of Capitol Hill’s chattel slavery Economy, has a new pet project: the interstate slave monkey trafficking business. Now many of you are French and liberal and probably assume this harbors racial connotations. Well you keep eating that cheese, Jacques, because we’re talking about actual slave [...] ... Source: www.thealarmclock.com --- 12 days ago
AIG (AIG:NYSE) today delivered a bombshell instead of the profits analysts predicted. Are we at tech:stocker surprised? Hardly. We've bashed AIG and it's absence of leadership from CEO Robert Willumstad in previous posts. More recently on August 1 we stated our disbelief that Fidelity Investment's Magellan Fund increased its investment in the company to $865.1 million. While we questioned fund manager Harry Lange's confidence in a company that needs leadership along the lines of General Patton versus a CEO who resembles French Major-General Gustave-Marcellan Armingeat, we thought he might have seen something in AIG that we didn't. This obviously is not the case. So what can we take away from this debacle? Just because you manage $37.6 billion in assets or have the title "analyst" on your business card doesn't mean you aren't going to make big mistakes. It will be interesting to see how everyone recovers from this debacle especially now that Mr. Willumstad is going to deliver his plan for the company later than he originally hinted. Mr. Willumstad is either hoping an improved Economy will do the job for him or is trying to figure out how to expand the company's profitable aircraft leasing division. Whoever... ... Find more results for French Economy on RSSMicro.com |
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One of the delights of Paris is a leisurely meal and a glass of wine at a roadside cafe. I was taken aback to read The Times story: “The world economic crisis has hit borrowers in the US, banks in Britain and homeowners in Spain. Now it has claimed perhaps its most startling victim to date: the Gallic gastronome. “Lunches are being skipped, dinners shortened and apéritifs overlooked as the French cut back on their most cherished pleasure in an attempt to save their euros, according to new figures. Restaurants, bistros and cafés are reporting an historic drop in takings this summer amid signs that le pays de la gastronomie is turning to sandwiches and picnics.” More here… ...
Let's face it: Most fuel-saving adaptations for existing cars either turn drivers into total road-hogging jerks, or are simply flat-out gimmicks. Hypermiling sounds great, but just try explaining it to a police officer after you spin out on an exit ramp. "See, officer, I had my ignition turned off..." Ditto to hitting the brakes on the freeway. Though It's a proven fact that decreasing your highway speed will save gas in most cars, you'll inevitably end up tailgated by Sammy Hagar . And if you actually bought one of those ridiculous " fuel saving devices " from the same online retailers who peddle "V1agra," we know a deposed Nigerian king who would love to talk with you about investment opportunities. How about a cheap modification that saves gas and gets you street cred with grandmas, lowriders, tree huggers ,the French, and the Wal Mart parking lot car show crowd ? Just add fender skirts . Popular on postwar Studebakers and Nashes, the widespread use of the fender skirt ended with the 1996 GM B-Body cars (with the exception of the 94+ Caprice and Impala). While they helped the fuel Economy of the Insight and EV1, fender skirts certainly didn't help those erstwhile vehicles fit into the automotive mainstream. Now, the lowly fender skirt has been resurrected by "Ecomodders" -- car-owners who make physical modifications to their cars in order to increase fuel mileage. While any boy racer can tell you that stickers on a '91 Integra ...
Diners named Muffin may well become the face of future dining as the Economy tightens and the leisure industry scrabbles for new ways of luring customers through the door. French restaurants - for all their chic superiority - rarely turn a hair at dog-tot Submitted by Kate P. to Offbeat | Note-it! | Add a Comment ...
The worst of the recession has finally hit us where we live. Forget about housing and energy and our greenbacks suddenly being equal to Canadian play-money—the worldwide reversal of fortune is depriving us of breasts! The beaches of France, long renowned for their topless bathing beauties, are being plagued by tops this summer. According to people who study such things, when women are not feeling happy about their economic and social status, they feel less inclined to expose their flesh to the viewing public. "French academic Dr. Guy Fournier said while female beach goers in France have traditionally bared their breasts without a second thought, the trend has declined due in part to the declining Economy, The (Britain) Daily Mail said Friday. 'Bare breasts are viewed as a totally natural state on the beach,' Fournier said. But public morality follows people's confidence and optimism in their wealth and lifestyle.' "'During an economic downturn, women are less inclined to let it all hang out and more likely to cover up.' "The Mail said similar changes in beach fashion occurred in 1929 during the Great Depression and after World War II. Such negative events appeared to influence beach goers to wear more clothing during their leisurely beach activities, the newspaper said." [ UPI ] ...
The ‘air car’ is still making headlines since just the thought of a car that runs on compressed air excites the imagination. But some skeptics are wondering if such a vehicle is even possible. Some in the scientific community believe that the volume of air needed to propel a vehicle would require a very large compressor that would need to be gasoline driven. Though the inventors claim a 100+ MPG range, some are not so sure this is even possible. Over at CNN an article states: Plenty of skepticism exists, but with many Americans trying to escape sticker shock at the gas pump, the concept is generating buzz. The technology has been the focus of MDI, a European company founded in 1991 by a French inventor and former race car engineer. New York-based Zero Pollution Motors is the first firm to obtain a license from MDI to produce the cars in the United States, pledging to deliver the first models in 2010 at a price tag of less than $18,000. The concept is similar to how a locomotive works, except that compressed air — not steam — moves the engine’s pistons, said Shiva Vencat, vice president of MDI and CEO of Zero Pollution Motors. Experts aren’t sure Americans will be zipping around in air cars and getting 106 mpg, or more than twice the fuel Economy of hybrid-electric vehicles such as the Toyota Prius. It is possible to power a car with compressed air, but the mileage claim is “at the edge of possibility,” said John Callister, director of ...