Euro Unity? It's Germany That Matters The New York Times | PARIS — Ten years after the euro, it’s still all about Germany, which isn’t the way it was supposed to be. | In the run-up to the common currency’s debut in 1999, the air was thick with talk about harnessing Germany’s economic power, then enshrined in the mark. A fail...
Eurotunnel Ekes Out Profit for 2009 Despite Disasters The New York Times | PARIS — Eurotunnel Group said Tuesday that it managed to make a profit in 2009, despite lingering repercussions from a 2008 fire and the disastrous breakdown of Eurostar trains at the height of the year-end travel season. | Net profit fell 96 percent from a year earlier to €1.4 million,...
Eurotunnel Ekes Out Profit for 2009 Despite Disasters The New York Times | PARIS — Eurotunnel Group said Tuesday that it managed to make a profit in 2009, despite lingering repercussions from a 2008 fire and the disastrous breakdown of Eurostar trains at the height of the year-end travel season. | Net profit fell 96...
France punts global nuclear power surge Business Report | By Angela Charlton Paris | Submit your comment | French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and rich lenders to help pay for it, but stood firmly against countries that "cheat" and used th...
Total protesters clash with French police in Paris BBC News | Police clashed with protesters at the headquarters of French oil giant Total which is closing a site in Dunkirk. | Demonstrators managed to break into the building in western Paris before police used tear gas to repel the surge. | Dominic Kane repo...
Protesters and police clash at headquarters of Total oil giant west of Paris Star Tribune | LA DEFENSE, France - Police using tear gas clashed with protesters Monday at the headquarters of French oil giant Total, which is permanently closing a site in northwest France. | Police pushed back about 200 to 300 demonstrators who were smashing ...
Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy The Miami Herald | PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and rich lenders to help pay for it, but stood firmly against countries that "cheat" and use the technology to make weapons. | "We need nuclear...
Air China Cargo launches flight to Paris China Daily | BEIJING - Air China Cargo (ACC), China's largest cargo airline, launched its service to Paris on Saturday as the company saw a pickup in air cargo market following global recovery from the economic downturns. | It was the fourth ACC cargo service b...
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Business events scheduled for the coming week Syracuse | (AP) - PARIS-Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss Greece's financial crisis. | KANSAS CITY, Mo.-H&R Block Inc. releases f...
Wounded European banks lick crisis scars Business Report | RBS posts loss as debt rises | By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Sudip Kargupta London and Paris | Submit your comment | Europe's banks showed the scars of the financial crisi...
In Paris, streetwear takes cue from space age Newsday | March 4, 2010 JENNY BARCHFIELD (Associated Press Writer) | (AP) — A retro space age mood permeated Paris' ready-to-wear shows on Thursday, as Balenciaga and emerging Indian madcap Manish Arora sent out looks perfect for a stewardess on an i...
Business events scheduled for the coming week Syracuse | (AP) - PARIS-Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss Greece's financial crisis. | KANSAS CITY, Mo.-H&R Block Inc. releases financial results. | ATHENS, Greece-Greek tax officials plan to walk of...
Wounded European banks lick crisis scars Business Report | RBS posts loss as debt rises | By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Sudip Kargupta London and Paris | Submit your comment | Europe's banks showed the scars of the financial crisis yesterday as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) posted a big loss as bad d...
Euro Unity? It's Germany That Matters The New York Times | PARIS — Ten years after the euro, it’s still all about Germany, which isn’t the way it was supposed to be. | In the run-up to the common currency’s debut in 1999, the air was thick with talk about harnessing Germany’s economic power, then enshrined in the mark. A failure to move toward monetary union would lead only ...
