France Said to Suggest New Controls for Its Banks
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The French government is calling for tighter risk-control measures and a broad review of bank rules in response to losses from the trading scandal at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale.
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Societe Generale , the French bank hit by a trading scandal, faced further pressure on Monday with a government report set to criticize its risk control and as an unrelated money-laundering trial starts.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday he wants to use his country's upcoming presidency of the European Union to thrash out an agreement on changing the fishing quotas system.
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France's center-right cabinet discussed plans to reform ailing universities on Wednesday and to curb some strike rights, a move that could put President Nicolas Sarkozy on collision course with trade unions.
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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Societe Generale followed market rules when it unwound unauthorized transactions by a rogue trader in a move that cost the bank billions, but urged tighter controls on banks in France.
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Europe appears to be on the brink of a period of sustained economic growth but it is essential that governments step up the pace of structural reform, the French central bank chief has said.
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BNP Paribas, the French bank, said on Thursday that it would reopen three funds next week that it had frozen in a step that accelerated a slide in financial stocks.
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The French government asked two banks, France&#39;s Societe Generale SA and the Netherlands&#39; ABN Amro Holding NV, to handle the sale of the Air France-KLM stake involving some 48 million shares, according to a Finance Ministry spokesperson.
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A look at the measures announced Thursday by President Nicolas Sarkozy to improve France's environmental reputation:
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The European Central Bank's president called on banks Wednesday to disclose how much they could lose in the wake of a financial crisis that has tightened credit conditions.
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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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The European Union told Italy, France and Germany &#151; the three biggest economies in the euro area &#151; Wednesday to do more to bring their budgets in balance as required by the rules of Europe's single currency.
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LONDON/SINGAPORE  - France's Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Thursday of a threat to world growth posed by the U.S. home loan crisis but a Bank of Japan policymaker said the recent market turmoil had been overdone.
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US mortgage banks have begun looking to Europe for funding options outside the Federal Home Loan Banking system, in part as a response to proposed changes to how the system is regulated.
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France urged Ukraine's new authorities under reformist president Viktor Yushchenko to take a gradual approach in preparing for eventually joining the European Union and urged Kiev to uphold good ties with Russia.
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The Bank of France has warned that globalization could aggravate inflationary pressures that would justify greater vigilance on monetary policies.
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The owners of France's 60,000 bars, brasseries and cafes say they want to provide better service.