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Job Journal
June 12, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: France's 35-Hour Mistake France admits its shortened workweek was a faux pas.   |
BusinessWeek
November 1, 2004
John Rossant |
...But A Harsh Diagnosis For Europe Over the past 20 years most of Europe has been in deep denial. Now, the Continent is finally waking up to the policies that constrain it. And European politicians are starting to take some action. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Carol Matlack |
France's Economic Reforms: Fizzling Out? Is economic reform the latest victim of France's deadly summer heat wave? |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Curing France's Economic Malaise Even turnaround whiz Thierry Breton may not be able to help energize France's economy. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
France: Not A Lot Of Gas In This Job Engine Will a new year mean more new jobs for French workers? President Jacques Chirac has made better employment growth a focus for 2005. But private economists are skeptical that France can grow fast enough to generate a pickup in hiring. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
Carol Matlack |
Can A Lame Duck Keep French Reform Alive? It's the ax that didn't fall. Just about everyone in France expected Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin to lose his job after the poor showing of the ruling center-right coalition in elections on Mar. 21 and 28. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
John Rossant |
France's Industrial Power Trip Paris can't stop interfering with the economy -- and that's bad news for Europe. |
CFO
September 1, 2007
Janet Kersnar |
View from Europe: The French Disconnection Friendly, but not friends -- such is the relationship between France's new President and CFOs. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Ewing & Matlack |
A New Deal in Europe? With labor's power flagging, serious reforms may be around the corner |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
Carol Matlack |
Sarkozy's Free-Market Muscle France's Finance Minister Lagarde could help President Nicolas Sarkozy cut spending and reduce red tape. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
Carol Matlack |
France Is Shooting Itself In The Pied Its rigid labor policies are driving off desperately needed foreign investment |
BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
Carol Matlack |
France: More Talk, Little Action Is that a bracing wind of political change blowing across France, or just a lot of hot air? With President Jacques Chirac temporarily sidelined, the campaign for President in 2007 has suddenly picked up momentum. |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
John Rossant |
In Europe, Every Little Reform Counts A slew of modest economic policy moves in Germany and France may add up to brighter growth prospects for 2005. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Megan Sever |
French Science Crisis On March 9, more than 2,000 French science research laboratory directors and team leaders tendered their resignations of administrative and management duties in protest over what they call "draconian cuts" in government scientific spending and research jobs. |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Ewing & Matlack |
The Lazy Men of Europe No More? Longer working hours will help make Germany and France more competitive with lower-wage countries. |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
John Rossant |
The Pernicious Rise Of "Core Europe" Germany and France are building a bloc to preserve their political and economic influence. |
BusinessWeek
June 21, 2004
Carol Matlack |
Time To Tame This Electrical Storm Workers may be up in arms, but France should privatize its giant utility Electricite de France. |
Chemistry World
July 17, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
France says no to shale gas French President Francois Hollande has stated categorically that France will not pursue fracking to access alternative energy sources. |
BusinessWeek
September 20, 2004
John Rossant |
France: Fraying Ties To The Arab World Its pro-Arab diplomacy isn't helping in the wake of a kidnapping in Iraq. |
Chemistry World
September 26, 2012
Andrew Turley |
Sanofi to cut 900 jobs in France It is not planning to move or close any of its industrial sites in France, but the future of the R&D site in Toulouse, which employs over 600 people, remains uncertain. |
BusinessWeek
June 14, 2004
John Rossant |
The U.S. And Europe: Friends Again, For Now Are transatlantic relations on the mend? The mood music surrounding George W. Bush's early June trip to France promises to sound downright friendly. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004 |
A Bold Move By Paris And China? The French aerospace and defense industries see China as a potentially lucrative market. But sales of French missiles and other defense products would raise concerns in Washington, which still restricts technology sales to China. |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
Kerry Capell |
The French Lesson In Health Care The French health care system - a complex mix of private and public financing - offers valuable lessons for would-be health-care reformers in the U.S. |
BusinessWeek
November 21, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Crisis In France How welfare state economics failed a generation in France. |
BusinessWeek
April 12, 2004
John Rossant |
Europe Is Playing With Fire Just about everywhere you look in Europe, the protectionist rhetoric is rising. Keeping national control over key companies and industries is seen as a way to make sure jobs don't evaporate. |
BusinessWeek
August 25, 2003
Carol Matlack |
A Rollback in France? France's plan to take a 31% stake in troubled French engineering giant Alstom underscores the center-right government's ambivalence about laissez-faire capitalism. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Carol Matlack |
For Europe, Opportunity Knocks Why the votes against the EU constitution may strengthen Europe. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2007
Stanley Reed |
What Blair Could Teach Sarkozy France's new President might learn a lot from Tony Blair about building a vibrant economy. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Liberte, Egalite...and Blogging What are so many French writing about? Find out on our tour of some of the country's key blogs friendly for English speakers. |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005 |
Fallout From The Olympics Decision Embattled French President Jacques Chirac will be further weakened by the rejection of Paris' bid for the 2012 Olympic games. |
Chemistry World
October 14, 2010
Laura Howes |
France and Spain commit funds to research The 'knowledge economy' has been declared a priority for the governments of both France and Spain, as they announce extra funds for higher education and research in their 2011 budgets. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
John Rossant |
The Real War Is France vs. France Resentment of the U.S. is being challenged by a growing cadre of French thinkers. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
John Rossant |
Liberte, Egalite, Affirmative Action An Algerian-born executive is leading the French campaign to counter racism in hiring. If no action is taken, France runs the risk of a social explosion. |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Revolution and Reform France's trouble with retirement reform has done little to sway investors away from the country. |
Reason
April 2007
Brian Doherty |
Google Envy In 2005 France and Germany decided to subsidize and develop a new Internet search engine that would not have to be channeled through American technology. However, a government Google may not be so successful. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
A French Crack at FairPlay The French government thinks it's an inalienable human right to be able to play any digital music file on any digital music player, but Apple Computer said such a right could only be part of a "culture of piracy." |
Reason
November 2007
Juliet Samuel |
Speed for Sale Highway robbery in France: At least one French market has taken off -- the trade in speeding penalties. |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2010
John Glover |
France Suddenly Looks Risky Could France be the next to fall? |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004 |
A New Twist In The Alstom Rescue France's plan to rescue the engineering group is straining relations with Germany. |
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali |
France Just Banned Work Emails After 6 P.M. The Guardian reports that the country just made it illegal for employees to attend to "work-related material on their computers or smartphones" after they clock out for the day. |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Rossant & Bonnet |
France's Crackdown On Islamic Radicals As French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin forcefully led the fierce diplomatic opposition to U.S. and British plans to attack Saddam Hussein. Now, as his country's Interior Minister, Villepin is applying the same bold style to countering Islamic radicalism at home. |
Information Today
September 24, 2015 |
Google Loses 'Right to Be Forgotten' Appeal in France France's data protection regulator rejected Google's appeal of the order to expand "the right to be forgotten" to all of Google's websites around the world, according to The Wall Street Journal. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2012 |
Born in the USA, Made in France: How McDonald's Succeeds in the Land of Michelin Stars To make it in France, McDonald's made itself look like a French company and offered French favorites. |
Reason
May 2003
Charles Paul Freund |
Potter Mouth French director Bertrand Tavernier thinks the special effects in American movies are making French kids dumber. But might that be France's fault? |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2005
Rich Smith |
A Tip of the Beret to Piracy Plunder is still illegal on the high seas, but the digital equivalent could become a reality in France. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Rachel Tiplady |
Not A Vintage Era For French Winemakers With domestic consumption way down, they're losing power, prestige, and profits |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Carol Matlack |
The EU: One Pricey Constitution To win support for a new constitution, European states may have to shelve reform. But is that too high a price to pay? |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2007
Seth Jayson |
A New Chance for France It was more than the usual defeat for French Socialists. France's economy continues to lag much of the rest of developed Europe, a situation most observers blame on hide-bound bureaucracy, stifling labor laws, and a rampant over-reliance on public-sector employment. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2011
Cliff D'Arcy |
French Banks Take a Beating Shares in French banks have slumped on fears of a Greek debt default. |
Searcher
September 2005
Pascal Lupien |
Le Meilleur (The Best) de l'internet: A Review of French-Language Information Sources The movement by the French government to create a European digital library is in part a response to Google Print, and the fear that French literature on the Web will be filtered through English speakers. The number of French databases online, however, is growing quickly. |
