France Embraces Disney, Thanks to a Rat
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Disneyâs animated film âRatatouille,â about a rodent who dreams of becoming a French chef, has become the highest-grossing film of 2007 in France.
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Titeuf, the comic-strip prankster who has amused both youngsters and adults in France for over a decade, is now available in English thanks to a Serbian-born cartoon enthusiast based in South Africa.
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Euro Disney plans a life-saving 250 million euro (&#36;322 million) capital increase in mid-January if market conditions permit, said its finance director, adding the French theme park operator would take time to become profitable.
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The ingredients for  Pixar Animation&#39;s &quot;Ratatouille&quot; were assembled about six years  ago, but it&#39;s unlikely that the movie, which opens Friday,  would have turned out to be the fine delicacy that it is  without the superheroic efforts of Brad Bird.
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ON HER visit to France earlier this year, to mark the anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, the Queen expressed her wish for a new spirit of cordiality in relations between France and Britain.
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It has four legs and a tail like a dog or a cat, so why shouldn't man's best friend be a...rat?
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ANGOULEME, France  - For the past three years, Segolene Royal has ruled over a picturesque French region best known for its goat's cheese, Cognac and beautiful coastline.
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A movie about a rat in a kitchen  may not appear to be the best hook for a high-end merchandising  campaign, but Walt Disney Co. is using the upcoming film  &quot;Ratatouille&quot; to expand its move into upscale branding.
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As China prepares for the Year of the Rat, Thailand's fast food sellers are enjoying a boom in sales of the rodent.
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Rodent tale Ratatouille takes nine prizes at the animation industry's awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
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The films of Pixar are radical in their advanced animation techniques and digital rendering. The studio has topped even itself in the shadowy Paris quays, the bright, bustling kitchens and the humanistic expressions of its furry star in its new "Ratatouille."
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A rat chased millions of moviegoers into theaters, but the furry star of "Ratatouille" also whipped up one of the worst openings in the history of Walt Disney Co's cartoon powerhouse Pixar Animation.
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Troubled theme park operator Euro Disney SCA said Tuesday that increased spending per visitor at its French theme park lifted revenue 3 percent in its first fiscal quarter.
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Five years ago, France joined Europe's largest nations in a radical experiment: to try to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and improve the quality of life by having existing employees work shorter ...
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European theme parks are drawing investors, most notably from private equity funds.
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It's not easy being the leader of Europe's socialist "utopia," France. It takes a penchant for other people's money, a distinct anti-American attitude, and the ability to sleep on the run.
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Hugh Schofield finds out just how much the French adore their comics at a cartoon festival in Angouleme.