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BMW cuts shift at U.K. Mini plant, and eliminates the jobs of 850

Feb 17, 2009
PARIS: Bayerische Motoren Werke, the German luxury carmaker better known as BMW, announced Monday that it would eliminate 850 jobs at its plant that makes the iconic Mini car in Oxford, England, in response to the slump in global demand.
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Gentili may head merged French bank -paper

Feb 17, 2009
PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Steve Gentili could replace Philippe Dupont as the head of the new entity to be formed from the merger of French mutual banks Groupe Caisse d'Epargne and Banque Populaire, La Tribune reported on Monday.
Gentili is head of B...

France says Germany now backs its econ policy stance

Feb 17, 2009
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany appears to be coming round to the French view that euro-zone countries should coordinate their economic policies, two senior French officials said on Monday after meeting the German economy minister.
Patrick Devedjian, min...

Nicolas Sarkozy 'threatened to boycott' Nato party over seating plan

Feb 17, 2009
President Sarkozy objected to normal diplomatic protocols seating the Western Alliance's leaders in alphabetical order by name of their countries.
Germany and France are hosting the special Nato summit in early April during symbolic celebrations whi...

In sleepless Paris, an all-night celebration of the audacity of hope

Nov 6, 2008
By Rakesh SinhaBecause it didn’t have a vote, Paris couldn’t sleep last night. Wine bottles flew off shelves, the chatter in pubs picked up every hour, TVs blared from hotel rooms and, for once, market worries melted as the city uncorked ...

Eiffel Tower cuts twinkling time to save energy

Oct 20, 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - The Eiffel Tower is cutting down on its display of sparkling lights to set an example of energy saving, its management said Friday.The Eiffel Tower has twinkled for 10 minutes every hour on the hour during the evening since January ...

Paris Fashion Week: A surprise sacking

Oct 14, 2008
By Lisa ArmstrongValentinoSomething odd is going on at a house that, until last year, had had the same designer at its helm for more than four decades. On Valentino's retirement the company announced that he would be replaced by Alessandra Facchinett...

Picasso meets his masters in vast Paris show

Oct 14, 2008
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Over 200 paintings by Pablo Picasso and an all-star cast of great masters he admired -- Titian, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Goya among others -- went on view in Paris on Wednesday.Organisers of the "Picasso and the Masters" exhibiti...

UPDATE 1-G8 summit will take a month to set up -France

Oct 14, 2008
By Francois Murphy PARIS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - It would take at least a month to set up a G8 summit on the financial crisis, an official in French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said on Tuesday, adding that Sarkozy aimed to hold it by the end of No...