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Global Regulation "found Wanting": AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters UK) - Weaknesses in the regulation of the global financial system have been revealed during the recent credit crunch, the chairman of the Financial Services Authority said on Sunday. "Throughout the world, regulation has been found wanting," Financial Services Authority Chairman Callum...; Tags: Financial, France, Risk Management, Regulations, Financial Planning, Chairman, Citigroup Inc.; News items 2008-07-06
Global Finance Regulation "found Wanting": UK's FSA: AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - Weaknesses in the regulation of the global financial system have been revealed during the recent credit crunch, the chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority said on Sunday. "Throughout the world, regulation has been found wanting," Financial Services...; Tags: Regulations, Financial Planning, financial system, France, regulation, Britain, chairman, Thomson Reuters Corp., risk management, financial, bank; News items 2008-07-06
Air France KLM June Traffic Up 2.6 Percent: PARIS (Reuters UK) - Air France KLM AIRF on Monday reported a 2.6 percent rise in June passenger traffic, bringing the increase in its first fiscal quarter to 3.7 percent. The Franco-Dutch airline's load factor -- a measure of how well it fills planes -- fell...; Tags: Airline, France, Traffic, KLM, Franco-Dutch Airline, Operational Accounting, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-07-06
Irish Baker IAWS to Buy Stake in Hiestand: DUBLIN (Reuters UK) - Irish baker IAWS IAW will buy a 32 percent stake in Swiss peer Hiestand HIEN from private equity group Lion Capital for 12.7 million new shares in IAWS and 30 million euros (24 million pounds) in cash, the companies said on...; Tags: Merger, France, IAWS, Hiestand, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Statement; News items 2008-06-09
France: A New Landscape for Employer-Provided Retirement Plans: France still has many fundamental demographic problems with its population and Social Security arrangements. For a long time, France has not attracted much attention from multinationals as a hospitable country in which to do business. But now could be a good time for companies to take another look at France....; Tags: Mercer, France, Social Security, tax; White papers 2006-03-14

How France Can Win From Offshoring: France is relatively new to off-shoring, but the trend will probably accelerate as French companies try to keep pace with foreign competitors that increasingly send service jobs to countries with low-cost labor. Resisting the off-shoring trend would be counterproductive over the long term. Off-shoring helps companies to reduce costs, thereby...; Tags: Outsourcing, McKinsey & Co., offshoring, France, job, worker; White papers 2005-08-01
Terrorism Risk Coverage in the Post-9/11 Era: A Comparison of New Public-Private Partnerships in France, Germany and the U.S: Terrorism is now recognized as a national issue because it has a potentially debilitating impact on the social and economic activities of a country. This paper investigates how the public and private sectors have established partnerships for covering terrorism risk as a reaction to the 2001 terrorist attacks. The paper...; Tags: Homeland security, University of Pennsylvania, terrorism, France, Germany, economic activity, terrorist attack, insurance, partnership; White papers 2004-10-01
U.S. Distributor Puts Plan for Major Sales Growth on the Boil: Macna is the exclusive U.S. distributor of high-end, super-efficient boilers made in France. Up to now, Macna has sold boilers made by France's De Dietrich & Cie primarily to the commercial and institutional sectors. To handle growth in sales, Macna would need to keep at least 35 more units on...; Tags: Sales strategy, Keller International Publishing, France, sales, U.S.; Case studies 2004-02-01
The Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Industry in France: This paper identifies describe innovation structures and mechanisms in the pharmaceutical sector in order to establish, on the basis of national analyses, the public policy components or actions likely to prove effective in furthering the development of biotechnology in France. It identifies all the factors which stimulate or constrain the...; Tags: biotechnology, pharmaceutical company, France; White papers 2004-01-01
External Knowledge Sourcing in Different National Settings: A Comparison of Electronics Establishments in Britain and France: In a detailed comparison of matched samples of electronics establishments in Britain and France, this paper finds that the two samples of establishments were operating in distinctively different national labour markets for engineers and scientists, reflecting structural differences in national higher education systems and a far higher level of individual...; Tags: France, Knowledge, Electronics, Establishment, Britain; White papers 2003-05-28
Reaching Higher Productivity Growth in France and Germany: Sector Case: Telecommunications Services: The telecom services sector reached double-digit annual productivity growth rates in the 1990s. It contributed substantially to overall productivity growth in the three countries being analyzed: France, Germany, and the US. The paper depicts that while most other sectors lag, telecommunications services have given a big boost to productivity in...; Tags: Telephony, McKinsey & Co., France, Germany, telecommunications service, telecommunications, mobile; White papers 2002-10-01
Reaching Higher Productivity Growth in France and Germany: Sector Case: Automotive: France, Germany, the US and Japan are the world's four largest automotive producing countries. The automotive sector is a major employer, contributor to GDP, and contributor to the value added in the national economies. Under threat of declining sales and stagnating vehicle markets at home and abroad, in the early...; Tags: McKinsey & Co., France, Germany, Japan, gross domestic product, sales; White papers 2002-10-01
Reaching Higher Productivity Growth in France and Germany: Sector Case: Retail Banking: Retail banking is one of the largest industries both in terms of value added and employment. It also accounts for over 10 percent of national IT spending, making it especially interesting for the examination of the role of IT innovations. Despite improved labor productivity in retail banking from 1994 to...; Tags: Strategy, McKinsey & Co., France, Germany, IT-spending, banking, information technology, payment, bank, industry; White papers 2002-10-01
A Price Index for Advertising Services: This paper deals with the tracking of advertising prices in France and contains four additional presentations concerning the experience of other countries (UK, USA, Australia, New-Zealand). The paper will first describe the organisation of the advertising sector in France, then the price determination methods currently used in this sector. The...; Tags: France, advertisement, analysis; White papers 2002-09-10

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The guns of empire: 18th century martial muskets: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The period from roughly 1689 to 1815 was often called "The 2nd 100 Years War," because of a constant state of belligerency between England and France. It eventually involved the major European nations in a worldwide conflict over colonial possessions and ascendancy. The smoothbore,...; Articles 2008-08-01
Watch those story ideas: Anyone working for a gun magazine should never write in an article that he has enough guns and is willing to settle for what he has especially in a magazine my wife may pick up and scan. Surely some suitable punishment could be worked out such as banishment to England,...; Articles 2008-08-01
Wasn't Brigitte Bardot unforgettable, archetypal, Eve herself on the loose in France?: Wasn't Brigitte Bardot unforgettable, archetypal, Eve herself on the loose in France? Think of her in And God Created Woman. Once she decided to make no more movies, her transformation into angry matriarch was a bit of a shock. First she took up animal rights, and then she began to...; Articles 2008-06-30
Ben Arfa's arrival paves way for Nasri departure: SUMMER SALES Transfer news *MARSEILLES The club has confirmed the signing of France forward Hatem Ben Arfa right for 15m (12m) from Lyons subject to a medical - seemingly paving the way for Samir Nasri's transfer to Arsenal. The French club have not revealed the length of...; Articles 2008-06-26
Sports on TV, radio: TELEVISION GOLF Open de France, GOLF, 7:30 a.m. LPGA: U.S. Women's Open, ESPN, 10 a.m. PGA: Buick Open, GOLF, 1 p.m. Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic, GOLF, 4:30 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ...; Articles 2008-06-26
Scouting the NBA's top five small forwards: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Joe Alexander sat in a courtside chair at the Kings' practice facility after a closed draft-audition workout that included time matched against, he said, small forward Nicolas Batum, power forward Darrell Arthur and point guard Russell Westbrook. The versatile wing from West Virginia was...; Articles 2008-06-26