News Tribute to 100 years of heritage
The Paris News Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:05 AM PST
The Paris Branch NAACP celebrated the 100th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in style Saturday. 2006 hunting incident trial slated for May 18 CLARKSVILLE â€" The long awaited trial of Red River County resident Melvin Wear is back on the court docket in Clarksville. |
Europe stocks extend losses on fears over financials
KYIV Post Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:04 AM PST
PARIS (Reuters) - European stocks slid in early trade on Tuesday, echoing sharp losses on Wall Street and in Asia as lingering fears over the stability of the financial sector rattled investors. |
Chinese artifacts allowed to be sold
The Malay Mail Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:02 AM PST
PARIS: A French judge yesterday refused to halt the sale of disputed Chinese bronze fountainheads heading for Christie’s auction block as part of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent’s estate. |
Foreign contraction at the L.A. Times
LA Observed Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:16 AM PST
Even before last week's new round of departures from the Times, the paper's once-signature foreign staff had shrunk. The bureaus in Tokyo, Paris and Rome have been listed as vacant... |
Saint Laurent collection breaks world sales record
New Kerala Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:03 AM PST
Paris, Feb 24 : The world may be sinking into a depression, but lovers of modern art outdid themselves in bidding for artworks from the collection of late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, which went on the auction block late Monday in Paris. |
French Stocks: Alstom, Axa, Bastide, Maurel & Prom, Vallourec
Bloomberg Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:00 AM PST
Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- France’s CAC 40 Index dropped 15.28, or 0.6 percent, to 2,712.59 as of 9:27 a.m. in Paris, sinking closer to a six-year low. The SBF 120 Index decreased 0.5 percent, a seventh daily decline. |
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
The Columbus Dispatch Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:57 AM PST
Raspberry report Mike Myers and Paris Hilton were the big "winners" at the weekend Razzies. The actor and hotel heiress nabbed three Golden Raspberry Awards each -- Myers for The Love Guru and Hilton for The Hottie & the Nottie and Repo!: The Genetic Opera. Razzies founder John Wilson said of Hilton: "She is famous for who she hangs out with. She's not famous for any talent she has exhibited." |
Orange France ordered to open sports channel to rivals
Digital Media Europe Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:56 AM PST
(Telecompaper) The Paris Commercial Court has ordered Orange France to open its up Orange Sport TV channel to competitors within one month of 23 February, reports Les Echos. According to the ruling, Orange must propose a wholesale offer to all TV distributors such as ISPs and Canal Satellite, or be fined EUR 50,000 per day. The case was brought by ISPs Free and SFR. The court found Orange guilty ... |
French consumer spending shows bounce in January
AFP via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:53 AM PST
PARIS, (AFP) - French household spending on manufactured goods rebounded in January, rising 1.8 percent after sliding 0.9 percent in December, the national statistics institue INSEE reported Tuesday. |
French wounded in Cairo attack head home
Channel NewsAsia Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:52 AM PST
CAIRO: Nine French tourists wounded in a deadly bomb attack near a famed bazaar in Cairo left for Paris with their relatives on Tuesday, an airport source said. |
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