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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
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
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
July 14, 2003
Ewing & Matlack |
A New Deal in Europe? With labor's power flagging, serious reforms may be around the corner |
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
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
July 19, 2004
John Rossant |
France's Poweo: Aiming To Spark A Revolution Can a new private electric utility become a serious rival to France's electricity monopoly? That's just what Poweo founder and chief executive Charles Beigbeder has in mind. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004
John Rossant |
France: Chirac's Protege Is No Poodle 71-year-old President Jacques Chirac is facing an unprecedented challenge from his onetime protege, Nicolas Sarkozy. |
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
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
November 21, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Man In The Middle Of A Firestorm As riots rage, France's Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is feeling the heat for his tough policing tactics. |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004 |
French Assets Are Back On The Block With the stock market rebounding, France is dusting off privatization plans at major state-owned companies. The government announced on Feb. 24 that it will publicly float a "substantial" part of its 97% holding in aerospace group Snecma before summer, while retaining a majority stake |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Jack Ewing |
A Specter Is Haunting Europe: The Left Can Europe's long-splintered traditional Left come back as a real political movement? |
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
October 27, 2003
John Rossant |
Give This Employment Policy The Guillotine France's 35-hour workweek has been a disaster -- so why is it intact? |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
David Fairlamb |
Europe's Pension Problem: Too Few Cradles, Too Few Graves Population trends are forcing drastic reforms in Europe, including reducing people's benefits |
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
May 10, 2004 |
Will France's Payroll Taxes Be Hiked? In a blow to efforts to curb France's welfare state, the center-right government could be forced to restore $1.4 billion in unemployment benefits . |
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
June 13, 2005
Carol Matlack |
For Europe, Opportunity Knocks Why the votes against the EU constitution may strengthen 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. |
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
November 21, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Crisis In France How welfare state economics failed a generation in France. |
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. |
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. |
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
February 7, 2005
Jack Ewing |
The Downside Of Higher Productivity A small jump in labor productivity may inspire complacency -- and slow the push for labor reform in Europe. |
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
January 9, 2006
Carol Matlack |
Mon Dieu, A Media Breakthrough France's Presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy is the first to make his pitch in a podcast. |
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
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
France: Stumbling Over The High Euro And Oil After putting in a solid showing at the end of 2004, France's economy may be shifting into a lower gear. |
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
February 23, 2004
John Rossant |
Is France's Center Coming Unglued? Behind all the ethnic turmoil, the idea of France itself is eroding |
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. |
BusinessWeek
December 5, 2005
Andy Reinhardt |
The Telecom Exploits Of Iliad The upstart Free has brought lower rates and new services to France - and the Continent. |
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. |
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
September 6, 2004
Carol Matlack |
The Discreet Charm Of A House In France Overseas buyers, especially the British, are sparking a boom in French property prices. |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004 |
A New Fight Over Deficits In Europe? Chalk up one victory for small countries in Europe angry at big nations such as France and Germany for bending the rules. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Kevin Cheng |
The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population |
Chemistry World
December 21, 2009
Ned Stafford |
French researchers get funding boost French President Nicolas Sarkozy caught the Christmas spirit early this year, announcing plans to increase spending by 35 billion Euros to boost the nation's scientific and technological competitiveness. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2008
Toby Shute |
Buffett's New Buyout Battle France's EDF makes a fresh offer for 50% of Berkshire Hathaway's Constellation's nuclear business. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 10, 2005 |
Readers Respond: What's the Future of Globally Organized Labor? Some readers believe unions are on their way out because of market pressures and ineffectiveness, while others think they provides a valuable service and can adapt to changing conditions. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
An E.ON of Power German utility company is looking to electrify as much of Europe as it can. Nobody should confuse E.ON for a growth stock, but investors looking for a solid, reasonably priced income producer might do well to delve a bit deeper into E.ON |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2009
Rich Smith |
Cheese-eating Surrender Monkeys ... Packing Heat? France's Dassault Aviation is working hard to capture a $7 billion contract to equip the Brazilian air force with three dozen Rafale fighter jets. |
BusinessWeek
August 30, 2004 |
The Sarkozy Express: Straight At Chirac The French Finance Minister is a big favorite to become head of President Jacques Chirac's center-right Union for a Popular Movement later this year and has made clear he would use the post as a springboard to run for President in 2007. Can he be stopped? |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2006
Sweet & Cherry |
Maman Bell: A French Regulatory Edge Alcatel will take control of what was once AT&T Bell Labs, until recently the world's premier research outfit. How is it that one of France's favored national companies has acquired control of the top U.S. telecom equipment maker? |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
E.ON's Plan B Unable to buy Scottish Power, this German utility giant targets a Spanish peer. Investors, stay tuned to see how the various governmental bodies handle a cross-border buyout of this magnitude. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2012
Subhadeep Ghose |
France Telecom Aims to Lighten Itself France Telecom sells Swiss subsidiary to British group. |
