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Ricoh to cut 13 of French workforce
PARIS (AFP) - Japanese office equipment and digital camera maker Ricoh will cut 338 jobs in France, some 13 percent of its workforce in the country, union officials said Thursday."The management told us it intends to cut 338 posts among the 2,500 the company has in France," said CGT union representative Thang Doan following a meeting with company officials.Hit hard by the 2008-09 ...
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IMF chief grilled in Paris court over 2007 payout scandal
View Photo International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives at the French Republic Justice Court in Paris on May 23, 2013. French prosecutors were grilling Lagarde on Thursday to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance ...
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Paris hosts First Meeting in 2013 of France-UAE Strategic Dialogue
WAM Paris, 23rd May 2013 (WAM) - The France-United Arab Emirates Strategic Dialogue was convened on 22 May 2013 in Paris, its first meeting of the year, and was co-chaired by Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and Pierre Sellal, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Personal representative of the President of the ...
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France says it will protect its interests following Niger bombings
PARIS // The French president, Francois Hollande, vowed yesterday to help Niger "destroy" the militants who launched deadly attacks against a military base and a French-run uranium mine in the west African country. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously yesterday, one in a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the town of Arlit inside a ...
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Rafa targets super 8 in Paris
Rafael Nadal can become the first man to win the same Grand Slam title eight times at the French Open with few willing to risk talking down the rejuvenated Spaniard's chances.Having pulled clear of Bjorn Borg's record of six wins at Roland Garros with a seventh championship in 2012, the 26-year-old has already confounded the critics who had written him off during a seventh-month injury ...
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The French protect their language like the British protect their currency | Andrew Gallix
a new bill , which, if passed, would allow some university courses to be taught in English.Inside the paper (and in French), the editorialists urged their compatriots to "stop behaving like the last representatives of a besieged Gaulish village". The nod ...
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Eurozone crisis time for France to step up | Kenneth Rogoff
eurozone crisis must involve massive write-downs (forgiveness) of peripheral countries' debt. These countries' massive combined bank and government debt - the distinction everywhere in Europe has become blurred - makes rapid sustained growth a dream.This is hardly the first time I have stressed the need for wholesale debt write-downs. Two years ago, in ...
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IMF head Christine Lagarde in Paris court in fraud probe
Ms. Lagarde , smiling at reporters, left her Paris apartment Thursday morning and appeared at a special court that handles cases involving government ministers. She has denied wrongdoing.At the time of the ...
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French Open preview Nadal dominance to continue
The betting market suggests that there's approximately an 85% probability of either Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic winning the French ...
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Cubas Film School Celebrated in France
3 de mayo de 2013, 10:23 Paris, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The significance of the San Antonio de los Baños International Film School (EICTV) in Cuba, where young filmmakers from many countries have trained, was highlighted in France during an exhibition of films from the school. Founded 27 years ago, the institution is one of the most important of its kind in the world, and its associated ...
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Second jewellery theft hits French Riviera during Cannes film festival
Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewellery theft on the French Riviera during ...
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U.N. mine clearing work under way in Mali
An anti-land mine advocacy group said it would work with a U.N. stabilization mission in Mali to clear unexploded ordnance from the country. The U.N. Mine Action Service said it was preparing to deploy an African-led mission to work with the U.N. stabilization mission in Mali on mine abatement. UNMAS set up an office in Mali in January, the same month the government called in French support to ...
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Al-Qaida ally takes responsibility for Niger attack
Security officials in Niger are on the lookout for assailants tied to the bombing Thursday of a military camp, Niger Defense Minister Mahamadou Karidjo said. Karidjo said a car bomb was detonated at a military base in Agadez in central Niger, near the site of a French mining operation. Authorities in Niger told the BBC that several attackers died in the attack, though a fifth insurgent was ...
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Asian European Stocks Plunge on Weak Chinese Factory Data
Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled 7.3 percent after release of the report showing Chinese factory production dropped in May for the first time in seven months. It was the biggest one-day loss since Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. Stocks in London, Paris and Frankfurt followed suit, dropping about 2 percent. U.S. future indexes fell ahead of the opening of ...
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EU lawmakers back French push to limit U.S. trade talks
By Claire Davenport and Robin EmmottBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to limit the scope of a proposed free-trade deal between Europe and the United States, backing French demands to leave out culture and potentially irritating Washington.The European Parliament, which can veto EU trade accords, voted 460 in favour and 105 against with 28 abstentions to limit ...
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Fama-French Three Factor Model
The Fama-French Three Factor Model provides a highly useful tool for understanding portfolio performance, measuring the impact of active management, portfolio construction and estimating future returns. The Three Factor Model has replaced Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAP-M) as the most widely accepted explanation of stock prices in the aggregate and investor ...
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E.U. Backs French Push to Limit U.S. Trade Talks
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France wants Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list by end-June
Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah member Hussein Ahmad Abu Hasan carry his coffin during his funeral in Beirut's suburbs May 21, ...
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Kill Mittal French video game lets players attack Indian billionaire Lakshmi amid factory battle
A French video game is offering players the chance to become a virtual employee of steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal battling to keep a factory ...
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Special Report French Open A Puzzler in Paris French Open or Roland Garros
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Legendary French composer wishes to visit Baku
Legendary French composer, performer and music producer Jean Michel Jarre has given an interview to 1news.az. "I am a Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO since 1993 and I try to give full attention to this public work. Music is a true envoy of good will. It awakens in people perfect feelings which sometimes are very difficult to wake up even by words. Incidentally, during my activity I was ...
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Menez ruled out of France friendlies
France 's two friendlies in June due a back injury, the French Football Federation has confirmed. The Paris St Germain winger was called into the squad to face Uruguay and Brazil last week but has not featured for PSG since their match against Lyon on 12 May. And, after discussions ...
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Frances Trade Minister to Visit Algeria on Tuesday
Algiers, May 23 (BNA) - French Minister for External Trade Nicole Bricq is to pay a two-day visit to Algeria on Tuesday , May 28 with the aim of enhancing trade partnership between the two countries, the Algerian Commerce Ministry has announced . The ministry said in a statement issued here last Wednesday that during her visit, Bricq will meet with a number of Algerian officials and will also ...
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Niger bomb attacks target army base and French uranium plant
Niger detonated two car bombs on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit, where a French company operates a uranium mine, injuring more than a dozen people.Paris-based nuclear giant Areva said in a statement that 13 employees were hurt in the attack in Arlit, in the northern part of Niger where in ...
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Twin car bombs in Niger hit French plant
A uranium processing plant owned by French nuclear giant Areva and a military base in northern Niger have been hit by twin car bombings.The attack on Thursday wounded multiple people."There was an explosion in front of the military base at Agadez," Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo told AFP, calling it a car bomb attack."The attackers have been neutralised," he said, adding: ...
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Mutual importance of Sino-Franco relations
China and France, two major regional powers in Asia and Europe respectively, have long had steady economic relations. Cultural ties have seen a disparity, however, which is perhaps due to the recently unsteady diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the last few months though, there has been a significant improve in this area.
France was one of the first western powers to recognize the People’s Republic of China as a legitimate country and established an embassy in the country before Great Britain, Germany or the United States. Since 2008, however, France has found itself often at odds with the emerging superpower, especially over its One China policy. Read more
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