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3 Stocks Bucking the Downtrend

Source: The Motley Fool

Orly :: France | about 9 hours ago | Business News

Shanda Interactive , sending its share price down to the single digits late in the year. But the company remains profitable, and it posted double-digit earnings gains in the third quarter. With no debt and more than $100 million in...

Borders replaces CEO amid weak sales

Source: CNN

Gap :: France | about 11 hours ago | Business News

Book retailer Borders Group Inc shook up its top management, naming a new chief executive and chief financial officer, as it reported a more than 11% sales drop for the holiday season. Borders, whose shares fell nearly 9%, said Monday...

European snowstorm forces Eiffel Tower closure

Source: USA Today

Paris :: France | about 10 hours ago | No category

A winter storm brought blankets of snow across Europe on Monday, forcing the closure of an icy Eiffel Tower in Paris and causing flight cancellations. Up to four inches of snow was recorded in parts of France, the national weather...

Minogue and new beau on getaway

Source: The Courier-Mail

Paris :: France | about 11 hours ago | Entertainment News

Kylie Minogue in 2009 after the Australian pop star saw in the new year on a French snowboarding holiday with a new beau. Minogue, 40, and Spanish model Andres Velencoso Segura, 10 years her junior, were spotted in Chamonix, where...

Lebanon parliamentary elections set for June 7: minister

Source: Middle East Political News

Paris :: France | about 5 hours ago | Political News

Lebanon will hold parliamentary elections on June 7, the interior ministry announced on Monday. "The ministry of interior announces the promulgation of a decree calling on voters to elect legislators," a statement said. It added that the vote will take...

Snow strands hundreds at Paris airport

Source: Leader Post Online

Paris :: France | about 5 hours ago | No category

Hundreds of passenger were stranded Monday at the main Paris airport of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle by snow after scores of flights were cancelled. Some "1,658 people will be accommodated by Air France Monday evening in hotels at the airport hub at Roissy...

Confident Federer focused on more titles

Source: The Times Of India

Paris :: France | about 10 hours ago | Sports News

Roger Federer says he still expects to dominate the world of tennis in 2009 despite having lost two of his Grand Slam titles and the world number one ranking last year. Federer also reckons 2009 will be a special year...

Strikes planned as French public sector broadcasters ditch ...

Source: The Guardian

Paris :: France | 1 day ago | Business News

Described as a "big bang", Sarkozy's plans to transform state broadcaster France Televisions have already sparked protest marches by journalists and 80 hours of heated rows in parliament. Critics have also likened him to Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, keen to wrest...

Family of man killed by BART officer plan to sue

Source: The Union

Bart :: France | about 21 hours ago | No category

An attorney representing the family of a man slain by a transit agency police officer early New Year's Day says they will file a multimillion dollar lawsuit. Attorney John Burris says the family of 22-year Oscar Grant plans to file...

French warship foils attacks by Somali pirates

Source: Sify News

Paris :: France | 1 day ago | Business News

A French warship on Sunday foiled attacks by Somali pirates on two commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden, the French president's office said. Patrolling off the Somali coast, the French warship "Jean de Vienne" captured 19 Somali pirates when...