All posts tagged "France"

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  Eurozone’s economic growth near 6-year high: New survey

  LONDON – Businesses across the 19-country eurozone, and particularly in France, are increasingly upbeat and hiring more people despite big uncertainties – including France’s high-stakes presidential election. A closely watched survey of some 5,000 companies indicates that...

  • Posted March 24, 2017
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  End of the euro? French candidate plots return of the franc

  PARIS — If Marine Le Pen has her way, the French will soon pay for their baguettes with francs, not euros. The presidential candidate from the anti-EU, anti-immigration National Front party is all about national sovereignty and...

  • Posted February 22, 2017
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  Airbus profit dives on problems with A400M military jet

  PARIS — Surprise new costs for the long-troubled Airbus A400M military jet sent the European plane maker’s profits plunging last year and will weigh on the company’s financial prospects through next year, even as it forecast a...

  • Posted February 22, 2017
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  WikiLeaks: CIA ordered spying on French 2012 election

  LONDON — A seven-page document made public by WikiLeaks purports to show that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ordered its spies to gather information on the 2012 French presidential election. The document , which WikiLeaks published late...

  • Posted February 17, 2017
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  European Central Bank: ‘No room for complacency’ on recovery

  That was the view contained in the written account of the Jan. 19 meeting of the bank's 25-member governing council

  • Posted February 16, 2017
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  France’s Hollande chides US populism, urges European unity

  "What we are hearing from the U.S. encourages populism and even extremism"

  • Posted January 28, 2017
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  France’s hard left faces off against center left in primary

  Benoit Hamon is expected to defeat Manuel Valls in primaries

  • Posted January 28, 2017
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  French voters choosing left-wing presidential nominee

  Many disillusioned working class voters are abandoning the left for far-right leader Marine Le Pen

  • Posted January 22, 2017
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  Airbnb, others sued in France for alleged unfair practices

  They want French authorities to impose the same rules on them as those regulating the traditional rental market

  • Posted January 18, 2017
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  France raises ‘terror tax’ to support victims of attacks

  French citizens will contribute an extra $1.67 on their property insurance policies

  • Posted December 29, 2016