Event to benefit Sunshine Foundation The Brantford Expositor Tue, 04 May 2010 06:18 AM PDT Volunteers will be out in force on Wednesday at local McDonald's restaurants encouraging diners to get McHappy. McDonald's longest-running and best-known fundraising event, McHappy Day, will be held at four city restaurant locations and one in Paris. During McHappy Day, more than 1,400 McDonald's [...] | NYSE Euronext 1Q profit jumps 25% Crain's New York Business Tue, 04 May 2010 06:18 AM PDT Trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Tuesday its net profit rose 25% in the first quarter on a steep jump in trading of European fixed-income derivatives and U.S. equity options. The operator of the New York Stock Exchange and markets in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels reported earnings of $130 million, or 50 cents per share, for the three months ended March 31. That compares ... | French opposition presents softened anti-veil bill WFMJ Youngstown Tue, 04 May 2010 06:16 AM PDT PARIS (AP) - France's opposition Socialists have presented a bill that would ban Islamic face veils in places such as hospitals and banks. The bill could complicate President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts for a full-out ban. | French firm Alstom posts profits rise despite economic crisis EARTHtimes.org Tue, 04 May 2010 06:07 AM PDT Paris - French transport and energy equipment manufacturer Alstom said Tuesday that net profits for the fiscal year 2009-10 rose by 9.7 per cent, to 1.217 billion euros (1.6 billion dollars), over the same period one year ago.... | France moves towards returning Maori warrior heads Reuters Tue, 04 May 2010 05:20 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French parliament is set to approve on Tuesday the restitution of tattooed, mummified heads of Maori warriors to New Zealand, centuries after they were brought to Europe and displayed as exotic oddities. | Woman in court over video Straits Times Tue, 04 May 2010 05:18 AM PDT PARIS - A FRENCH woman who filmed a home video of Tony Parker shooting baskets in a parking lot at age 12 sought 800,000 euros (S$1.4 million) from the basketball star in a Paris court on Tuesday. | | |
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