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06 Feb 12 - Countries France News
US, France hint at bolstering Syrian opposition
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said France was consulting with Arab and European countries to create a contact group on Syria to find a solution to its crisis.
BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index - Australia still strong, France slips
The BSRI assesses and ranks 44 countries that issue government bonds and provides investors with a framework for tracking sovereign credit risk by drawing on a pool of financial data, surveys and political insights.
France, Germany Want Closer Control of Greek Funds
France and Germany on Monday sought to impose tighter controls on Greece's finances and warned political leaders in Athens to agree on new austerity measures soon if they didn't want to see their country go bankrupt. President Nicolas Sarkozy of France ...
A tax tutorial for Jonathan Chait
The OECD data shows that other countries tend to have much higher tax rates than the US does but the threshold of income at which the top rate in applied is much lower.
Factbox: Key political risks to watch in France
For Sarkozy, it's less about immediate results and more about convincing voters that he is the one to guide the country out of crisis. The uncertainty leaves France and the wider euro zone at the mercy of unforgiving markets.
Karl Lagerfeld yawns at race for French presidency
By Nicholas Vinocur | PARIS (Reuters) - Chanel star designer Karl Lagerfeld is already bored with the French presidential election and believes the country would be better-run if its leaders took inspiration from successful businesses like French ...
Sarkozy Trade Helps French Bond Returns Outstrip Bunds, Gilts: Euro Credit
For strategist Spiro, the ECB loans were of direct help to Italy, which in turn helped France by easing concern about its banks' exposure to its southeastern neighbor.
UK briefly to be France's main power imports source
"For the first time, the United Kingdom and not Germany is the main country which provides us with electricity imports," Energy Minister Eric Besson told reporters at the French electricity network control centre. Germany shut down eight of its oldest ...
Indonesia latest country to sign CTBT
By AFP Indonesia became the 157th country to ratify the CTBT. PHOTO: REUTERS UNITED NATIONS: Indonesia on Monday formalised ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty at the United Nations and its foreign minister called on eight key holdout nations ...
France, Germany Agree on Business-Tax Basics, Sueddeutsche Says
France and Germany have agreed on basic principles for more standardizing of business taxes in both countries, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported, without saying where it got the information.
Six Nations 2012: France can sweep the grand old lady off her feet
Fred Goodwin may have been stripped of his knighthood but the integrity of the RBS Six Nations championship is not in doubt.
Stars from 90 nations to attend Muscat film festival this year
More than 90 countries, including the US, the UK, France, Japan, China, India, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Egypt and Iran, will be participating in this year's seventh edition of the event, from March 24 to 31, organisers told a news conference on Sunday.
France impounds African autocrats' 'ill-gotten gains'
With billions of dollars worth of assets of Muammar Gaddafi frozen by the UN and member countries, and other legal moves to recover the wealth of deposed autocrats such as Tunisia's Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, the drive to seize ...
Global broadband snapshot: Hong Kong throttles the rest of the world
The latest data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), for instance, shows Japan and South Korea near the top in terms of average advertised broadband speeds, while countries such as Sweden, Portugal and France also fare ...
Western countries cannot escape responsibility
NEW DELHI - The Western countries, in particular France and Britain, cannot escape their responsibility for an impasse which leaves the world unable to deal with the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Syria, said a leading Indian newspaper on Monday.
BRIC countries lead advertising growth
The picture is very different outside the BRIC quartet, especially in Europe, where three countries - Germany (1%), France (0.8%) and Italy (-0.2%) - are now expected to record the worst year-on-year performances. All three economies are facing the ...
Debt level spikes in Greece, but drops in Italy and overall eurozone in third ...
During the third quarter, borrowing rates were rising sharply for countries like Italy, Spain and France - they started shooting higher in August amid growing investor concern about their ability to repay their debts and the future of the euro itself.
There's cause for optimism in 2012
The stronger countries, notably Germany, France and the Netherlands, have gained a lot in terms of trade. Some southern-tier countries such as Greece and Portugal may have abused their membership by borrowing excessively at low rates to fund their ...
History stacked in France's favour
France have won 11 of their 12 most recent encounters, including the Rugby World Cup matches of 2003 (in Melbourne) and 2007 (Paris) and their triumph at the Aviva Stadium in last year's Six Nations. Thierry Lacroix, with 26 points for France at Durban ...
Dope: Contador banned, stripped of Tour de France title
Court finds Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador guilty of doping, imposes two year ban and strips him of the 2010 Tour de France title. Three-times Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Spain has been banned for two years by Court of Arbitration for ...
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