France's new finance chief causes a stir
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She's French. She's female. And she is causing quite a stir. Christine Lagarde, the first woman finance minister for a G-8 nation, was rated the best minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government last month by one of France's top-selling newspapers. Not bad for a political newcomer who only two years ago was unknown outside legal and business circles, and who is vocally pro-market in a capitalism-wary nation.
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In April, France's new finance minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, met with US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington.
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PARIS -- France's finance minister said he would use a visit to Berlin today to iron out ''misunderstandings&quot; over his interventions to protect French companies, which have irked German politicians and business leaders.
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An uproar over anti-Israel remarks cost Alain Menargues, head of news at the state-owned Radio France International, his job Monday, October 18.
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THE French president promoted a staunch ally to replace a popular finance minister, strengthening his hand ahead of an expected struggle for the governing party&#39;s 2007 presidential nomination.
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Under his predecessor Bernard Laporte it was regarded as a dirty word, but Marc Lievremont's desire to make flair once more synonymous with French rugby has paid an immediate dividend.
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A new French executive team starts work  at Airbus parent group EADS on Monday after the European  aerospace group forced out two top executives blamed for a  two-week crisis over aircraft production blunders.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy took over the ruling conservative party Sunday at a glitzy American-style congress that put him on course to launch a presidential bid and possibly challenge Jacques Chirac.
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French interests named the head of Airbus, Noel Foregeard, to be one of two new pilots running the EADS aeuronautics group after weeks of reported tension over his role.
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France's political scene changed dramatically when Nicolas Sarkozy, the ambitious finance minister, was formally named the new leader of the ruling conservative party -- widely seen as the start of his march to replace Jacques Chirac as French president in 2007.
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Credit Suisse made the surprise  appointment of investment banking head Brady Dougan as new  chief executive after posting stronger-than-expected results on  Thursday, sending its shares sharply higher.
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The surprise resignation of  the International Monetary Fund&#39;s head prompted calls for the  search for his replacement to reach beyond Europe, but European  finance officials quickly laid claim to the succession.
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France's president is heading for a showdown with European finance ministers over its budget deficit.
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The debate on harmonizing capital-gain taxes in the European Union a ' roughly split between new and old members a ' took a turn for the worse when a French minister this week proposed to bar the distribution ...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he wants Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister and member of the opposition Socialist Party, to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund.
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PARIS In a move that could change the face of French politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, the popular finance minister whose personal and ideological differences with President Jacques Chirac are well known, took over the helm of the governing center-right party on
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be in the hotseat next week in Brussels where his plans to slow French momentum toward a balanced budget have unsettled some European partners.