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French govt backs 75 tax rate scraps exec pay cap
May 24, 2013 Businesses rather than employees will foot the bill for a new 75 percent tax on salaries over EUR1 million, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said in an interview with Les Echos on Thursday, while a plan to cap directors' pay has been dropped. French businesses will face a 75 percent tax on employees' salaries above EUR1 million a year under new legislation set to ...
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Frances Air liquide wins gas contract in China
/enpproperty--> PARIS - French energy company Air Liquide announced on Friday a long-term deal to supply industrial gas to the private Chinese group Fujian Shenyuan. "Under the terms of the contract, Air Liquide will invest in an industrial gases complex of eight units including an Air Separation Unit of 2,000 tons of oxygen per day, a Gasification unit, a Purification unit of synthesis ...
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Tennis-Damp Paris a danger for claycourt ace Nadal
Roland Garros - an event which is supposed to be one of the summer highlights of the French sporting calendar. Yet the Spaniard, in pursuit of a record-extending eighth title, is likely to be greeted by cold, grey and damp weather and few would blame him if he turned up at the French Open with thermals covering his bulging muscles. After being out of action for seven months with a knee ...
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France and Germany team up for a New Deal on youth unemployment
Germany and France are to tackle mass youth unemployment gripping southern Europe with a ‘New Deal’ aimed at curbing the mounting anger that is threatening to tear the eurozone ...
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Emirates Opens Luxury Refurbished Lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
WAM PARIS, May 24th, 2013 (WAM) -- Emirates, has inaugurated its refurbished Paris Charles de Gaulle Lounge for First Class and Business Class passengers as well as Platinum and Gold members of Emirates Skywards - the airline's frequent flyer programme. It is the first of the airline's existing worldwide network of lounges to be refurbished in the new interior design, originally ...
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Boy not killedIsrael Government Review France 2 Al-Durrah Report its Consequences and Implications
Contrary to the report's claim that the boy is killed, the committee's review of the raw footage showed that in the final scenes, which were not broadcast by France 2, the boy is seen to be alive. [For a copy of the complete report: http://bit.ly/15YM5zS ] Publication of the Report of the Government Review Committee Regarding the France 2 Al-Durrah Report, its Consequences and ...
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French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers
Twisted metal lies at the site of a morning car bomb attack inside a military camp in Agadez, in northern Niger, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to ...
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EU Lawmakers Back French Demands to Limit U.S. Trade Talks
European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to limit the scope of a proposed free-trade deal between Europe and the United States, backing French demands to leave out culture and potentially irritating Washington. The European Parliament, which can veto EU trade accords, voted 460 in favor and 105 against with 28 abstentions to limit Brussels’ room for maneuver in talks on a deal that ...
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French special forces intervene in Niger amid Al-Qaeda attacks
Terrorism French special forces assisted Nigerien troops in an operation at an army base in Niger to flush out Al-Qaeda-linked militants suspected of a string of deadly attacks Thursday in the West African country. At least 21 people were killed and dozens more wounded in coordinated car bombings and assaults on a uranium mine run by French company Areva in the town of Arlit, and at a ...
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2013 French Open Seeds
Defending champion Rafael Nadal, whose world ranking slipped to No. 4 after he spent seven months recovering from a knee injury, is seeded third in the upcoming French ...
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Serena soars after Paris flop
Serena Williams shock first round loss in Paris last year may have been one of the best things that has happened to her. Photo by: Riccardo De ...
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Djokovic Adopts Head in Sand Approach for French Open
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France wont force companies to cap executive pay
PARIS — The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy. Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici announced Friday that the government no longer plans to push for a law to cap executive salaries in the private sector. Instead, Moscovici told reporters that he was in discussions with ...
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Tennis-Nadal Djokovic on semi-final collision course in Paris
Nadal , who beat Djokovic in last year's final, could face the Serbian in the semis. Nadal plays Daniel Brands of Germany in the first round and could face home ...
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Nadal Novak set for French Open semis clash
Rafael Nadal was drawn in the same half as Novak Djokovic in this years French Open, setting up the possibility of them meeting in the semifinals. Photo by Clive ...
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Movie reviews Fast Furious 6 Ishkq In Paris
Fast & Furious 6Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Luke EvansDirection: Justin LinRating: It is tough getting it right the sixth time around. You have been fast, you have been furious over five films. What's more, the fifth one pretty much seemed to define the heights a heady combo of guys, guns, chicks and cars ...
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IHT Rendezvous Pictures Tell the Story of Portuguese in France
PARIS -- The seven-year-old in the black-and-white photograph bit shyly on her finger, concealing a slight smile. Maria da Conceição TinaMelhorado looked at her long and hard. "I knew it was me," Ms. Melhorado, 54, said, recalling her first encounter with the image in 2010, when a friend called her about it. "But the date in the caption was off by a year, so I had ...
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Kerry Lavrov to meet on Syria in Paris on Monday
AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet privately in Paris on Monday to discuss their efforts to bring Syria's warring parties to a peace conference, a U.S. official said on Friday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the two men would "continue their conversation (from) Moscow," a reference to ...
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BHA will respond quickly if French authorities clear Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori hopes to be given the all-clear to resume his career in the saddle in time for next week's Derby. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty ...
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Letter from Europe Qatari Hopes for Paris Saint-Germain Meet Reality
On May 12, the Paris Saint-Germain soccer team clinched its first French championship in 19 years to the wild delight of its players, its fans and its owners, Qatar Sports ...
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Nadal Djokovic in same half of French Open draw
Rafael Nadal, shown giving the 2012 French Open men's singles championship trophy a bite -- as is his tradition -- will be seeking a record-tying eighth French Open title when the tournament begins Monday. The pairings for the event were released Friday. UPI/David ...
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French Open Mens Singles Draw
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Rafael Nadal seeded No. 3 for French Open
Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals a year after they met to decide the title. Friday's draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament placed Nadal and Djokovic on the same half of the field, while Roger Federer could face David Ferrer in the other semifinal. Federer, the owner of a record 17 major titles including the 2009 ...
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Laura Robson to face Caroline Wozniacki in French Open first round
Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros.Robson has never won a main draw match in Paris but has developed a welcome habit of pulling off big wins at grand slams, while 10th seed Wozniacki is in the midst of a terrible run that has seen her lose four straight matches on clay.Among the other British players, Elena Baltacha will play Marina Erakovic of New Zealand while Heather Watson, who returns to ...
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Frances Areva says one dead 14 wounded in Niger twin bombings
French nuclear reactor producer Areva said one was killed and 14 wounded after a car bombing struck its plant in northern Niger on early Thursday morning. "AREVA has learned with the deepest emotion of the death of one of the injured victims during the attack on the site of Somair" at Arlit, the French nuclear company said in the statement, while confirming that 14 people were ...
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Paris has one of the largest and most emulated bike-sharing systems in the world
Paris is becoming ever more eco-friendly with bike-sharing becoming the major fad of daily commuters and public transport users. The system is so popular, major expansion plans have been announced.
Paris is already home to the largest bicycle-sharing system in the world, but the corporation set up to manage the city’s most eco-friendly form of public transport, Velib, has extensive expansion plans for the network, which is also one of the most copied in the world. Read more
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