France fuel strikes falter
The Herald Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:08 PM PDT
PARIS. Oil refinery strikes in France against an unpopular pension reform lost steam yesterday, with walkouts ending at several plants and unions sounding keener on talks with employers than pursuing the showdown. |
Infant dies after ‘Devil’ sighting
The Herald Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:07 PM PDT
PARIS. AN infant girl died and another one was seriously injured after jumping out of the window on the outskirts of Paris together with their nine relatives frightened by a "devil", local media reported. |
Broadband InfoVision Awards Winners Announced
Business Wire Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:06 PM PDT
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The winners of the 2010 Broadband InfoVision Awards were honoured at a special gala dinner awards presentation cruise during the Broadband World Forum in Paris tonight. The Broadband InfoVision Awards, which have long been established as the industry’s leading awards event celebrating excellence within the broadband marketplace, saw the industry’s top-level executives ... |
Schlumberger Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Results Conference Call
Business Wire Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:05 PM PDT
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) will hold a conference call on January 21, 2011 to discuss the results for the fourth quarter and full year ending on December 31, 2010. The conference call is scheduled at 9:00 am (US Eastern Time) â€" 3:00 pm (Paris time). The results are expected to be released at approximately 6:00 am (US Eastern Time) â€" 12:00 pm (Paris time) that same ... |
Google executive pushes privacy concerns
The Toledo Blade Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:55 PM PDT
ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM â€" Google’s global privacy counsel says he’s surprised by how few people choose to control what ads are steered their way â€" a tool which the Internet search giant launched, albeit with minimal fanfare, over the past year. Paris-based global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer said Tuesday that the tool â€" which enables users to prevent targeted ads or alter the parameters ... |
European morale buoyant
Gulf Times Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:39 PM PDT
Reuters/Paris Consumer morale perked up this month in strike-plagued France, hit half-year highs in Italy and stayed buoyant in Europe’s growth engine Germany as concerns eased about job prospects in the eurozone’s three biggest economies. |
French Senate passes bill to raise retirement age from 60 to 62
Kitchener - Waterloo Record Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:36 PM PDT
PARIS - French garbage collectors waded through mounds of reeking trash as they headed back to work Tuesday and some oil workers deserted their picket lines â€" signs of fading momentum in the battle against raising the retirement age. |
Primitive Human Picture Discovered [Image File]
Gawker Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:19 PM PDT
# imagefile Zooming in on an 1842 photograph of Cincinnati, bloggers identified two human figures at the edge of the Ohio River, possibly collecting water. It's younger than this 1838 Paris daguerreotype , but still one of the first pictures of living humans. More » |
Refineries reopen as France strike slows
Channel NewsAsia Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:18 PM PDT
PARIS: France's strike-hit refineries gradually reopened on Tuesday as the mass movement to defend the right to retire at 60 showed signs of losing steam. |
No happy anniversary for French Barbarians
thewest.com.au Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:17 PM PDT
PARIS (AFP) - The match between the French Barbarians and 2007 World Cup semi-finalists Argentina as part of the hosts 30th anniversary celebrations was cancelled on Tuesday because the Pumas cannot assemble a good enough side, the Barbarians announced. |
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