Financial Markets
1 week ago
French authorities are formally investigating UBS for allegedly helping wealthy clients open undeclared bank accounts in Switzerland.
Food & Drink
by CNBC (RSS feed) - 3 weeks ago
France's wine sale is going much better than expected.
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Economics
by CNBC (RSS feed) - 3 weeks ago
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed that France, Poland, Slovenia and Spain will get two year extensions to meet budget deficit targets, even as it added that spending cuts in France are "crucial" as unemployment is a continuing source of concern.
Economics
by CNBC (RSS feed) - 3 weeks ago
The French central bank chief urged President Hollande and his government to stop hiking taxes and to cut government spending. His comments on Tuesday echoed ratings agency Standard & Poor's calls for France to make budget cuts to prevent a downgrade.
Entertainment
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 4 weeks ago
Georges Moustaki, the Egyptian-born French singer-songwriter who provided the lyrics for Edith Piaf's international 1958 hit Milord, has died at his home on the French Riviera, aged 79. Famed for his repertoire of simple romantic ballads, Moustaki wrote in the region of 300 songs, many of them performed by a galaxy of much-loved Gallic stars, including Yves Montand, Juliette Greco, Pia Colombo, and Tino Rossi.
Entertainment
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 month ago
It has divided the critics, who have either praised it for its exuberant, operatic, roaring approach to its material – or derided as a crass, tin-eared rendering of F Scott Fitzgerald's precisely tuned text. But, as The Great Gatsby opened the 66th Cannes film festival, its director and co-adaptor, Baz Luhrmann, defended the film, saying that his chief concern was the healthy box office.
Economics
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
The eurozone's recession will be even deeper than previously feared this year, the European commission has warned, as it slashed its outlook for crisis-stricken Cyprus and downgraded the prospects of the bloc's biggest economies.
Financial Markets
2 months ago
BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and Credit Agricole, which spent much of the European-crisis years fixing operations outside France, are now counting the cost of the economic slump at home.
Entertainment
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
Might it be the most star-studded Cannes jury in history? The world's most famous film festival has announced that this year's president, Steven Spielberg, will be joined by a cavalcade of heavyweight figures – including Oscar winners Ang Lee, Christoph Waltz and Nicole Kidman.