Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax
SpaceDaily Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:04 AM PST
PARIS, Dec 30 (AFP) Dec 30, 2009 French President Nicolas Sarkozy faced an embarrassing setback Wednesday after the high court struck down a planned carbon tax to fight global warming, just days before it was to kick in. |
In France? Now you can club all night
AsiaOne Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:22 AM PST
PARIS, FRANCE - Discotheques across France can now stay open until 7:00 am under new regulations that business leaders said Monday would liven up Paris and other French cities. |
Paris Hilton talks about Hugh Hefner's 'pole' love
New Kerala Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:16 AM PST
London, Dec 30 : American socialite Paris Hilton has revealed that chief creative officer of Playboy, Hugh Hefner, can never get enough of the dancer's pole she installed at her nightclub. |
French Stocks: Alcatel, Euromedis, Schneider, Theolia, Unibail
Bloomberg Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:16 AM PST
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- France’s CAC 40 Index added 4.34, or 0.1 percent, to 3,964.32 at 9:38 a.m. in Paris, gaining for a seventh day. That’s the longest winning streak since July. The CAC 40 is heading for a 23 percent increase this year, its biggest annual gain since 2005. |
Polanski thanks backers as extradition wait goes on
AsiaOne Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:10 AM PST
PARIS - Roman Polanski has thanked people who have sent messages of support during his battle to avoid extradition from Switzerland to the United States over a case of having sex with a 13-year-old in 1977. |
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-30 08:28 UPDATE 1-French debt rises to 75.8 pct of GDP at end Q3
Interactive Investor Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:58 AM PST
PARIS, Dec 30 (Reuters) - France's public sector debt at the end of the third quarter rose to 75.8 percent of gross domestic product, national statistics office INSEE said on Wednesday, as a frail economy hurt revenues and pushed up state spending. INSEE said public debt amounted to 1,457.4 billion euros ($2,089 billion), an increase of 29.4 billion euros from the second quarter and overshooting ... |
French public debt hits record
Straits Times Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:51 AM PST
PARIS - FRANCE'S public sector debt at the end of the third quarter rose to 75.8 per cent of gross domestic product, national statistics office INSEE said on Wednesday, as a frail economy hurt revenues and pushed up state spending. INSEE said public debt amounted to 1,457.5 billion euros ($2,933 billion), an increase of 29.4 billion euros from the second quarter and overshooting the European ... |
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-30 08:25 European stocks halt brisk X'mas rally as oils dip
Interactive Investor Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:42 AM PST
PARIS, Dec 30 (Reuters) - European stocks edged lower in early trade on Wednesday, halting their sharp Christmas rally, as investors booked a portion of their recent lofty gains on shares of oil producers. At 0805 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 0.1 percent at 1,046.00 points. Total was down 0.3 percent and BP was down 0.2 percent. Shares of financial institutions ... |
Swanson's Salon tasting room designed for leisure
The St. Helena Star Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:24 AM PST
Imagine a Paris salon in the middle of the Napa Valley. Alexis Swanson Traina, creative director for Swanson Vineyards and daughter of winery founder W. Clarke Swanson, came up with the idea of The Salon, which opened in 2000, to enhance the dialogue between wine and its surroundings. |
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