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Lagardere announced Tuesday it had completed the bulk of the sale of its international magazines in U.S. Hearst, which should have a negative impact of EUR 35 million on operating profit of Lagardere Media for 2011.
These disposals will impact is the objective announced in March a growth of around 10% of its 2011 [...]

The Minister of Agriculture has however requested the establishment of a working group in Brussels to develop proposals to help farmers. The Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, the international exhibition of reindeer herding, in September 2010.
The French Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, said Monday he did not support the establishment of a [...]

Europeans see the victory of the Minister of Economy acquired after the declaration in favor of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Europeans consider the appointment of Christine Lagarde at the head of the IMF for granted after the declaration of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised his candidacy, it was said an EU [...]

Wendel and Saint-Gobain announced Thursday it had established the principles of long-term cooperation covering both strategy and governance, an agreement aimed at establishing peaceful relations between the group of building materials and its majority shareholder .
The investment company Wendel who made a sensational and controversial entry into the capital of Saint Gobain in [...]

Contributions to French life insurance products fell sharply in April, a trend since the beginning of the year amid rising performance of the Livret A and competition from other banking products.
Net inflows, the difference between contributions and benefits, amounted to 12.2 billion euros last month, down 48% compared to April 2010, according to [...]

The Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti said on Sunday that his country would respect its commitments to its creditors. Lecce, in Puglia, Italy
The Italian Minister of Economy Giulio Tremonti said on Sunday that his country would respect its commitments to its creditors, after lowering by Standard & Poor's (S & P) to "negative" at [...]

The speakers of Lens and Nancy were selected at the expense of Toulouse and Saint-Etienne designated as reserve cities. The new stadium planned Vélodrome
The Federal Council of the French Football Federation has appointed Friday nine cities, including Lyon, despite the delay in building the new stadium to host matches for Euro-2016 to be held [...]

The Paris Bourse continued its rebound in early trading Thursday, following U.S. markets in favor of the "rally" of raw materials.
Investors are nevertheless concerned about the Greek debt after differing statements of European leaders and the announcement of the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the manager of the International Monetary Fund.
The CAC [...]

The cinemas have recorded more than 206 million tickets last year, including 74 million for fms French. A historical record.
With a little over 206 million visits, attendance at cinemas in France recorded a record, ever since 1967, officials said in Cannes at the National Centre of Cinema. "2010 was an excellent year for French [...]

The ECB and the European Commission claim that the indictment of the IMF chief will have no impact on programs of economic support provided to countries in the euro area. Ewald Nowotny, a member of the Governing Council of the ECB, gave a press conference Monday.
After the shock of the DSK case, officials of [...]