Chirac loyalist takes finance job
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Herve Gaymard, farm minister and loyal backer of French President Jacques Chirac, takes over the finance ministry from Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg takes over as chairman of the euro group of countries this week, donning the mantle as Europe&#39;s first quasi- official spokesman for the currency they share.
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PARIS, Nov 29  - Nicolas Sarkozy, an ambitious politician aiming to replace Jacques Chirac as French president, resigned as finance minister Monday to concentrate on his new job leading Chirac&#39;s conservative ruling party.
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Outgoing French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Jacques Chirac's governing UMP party on Sunday.
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Jacques Chirac's tenure in public office in France has been legendary despite questions over his political acumen.
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Former French president Jacques Chirac was questioned Thursday by a judge looking into a party funding scam during his time as mayor of Paris, judicial officials said.
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French President Jacques Chirac named Herve Gaymard as finance minister on Monday, putting a close ally in charge of the nationâs finances in the place of a key rival.
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Comments The French president has announced his retirement Jacques Chirac has announced his retirement from politics after a career spanning more than 40 years.Comment
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Business & money: French desperate to keep bank out of foreign hands
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French President Jacques Chirac named Agriculture Minister Herve Gaymard as his third finance chief this year, charging him with reviving an economy plagued by unemployment of almost 10 percent.
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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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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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Northern Rock PLC said Friday it was replacing its chairman, after two months of troubles during which the mortgage lender took emergency funding from the Bank of England and saw the first run on a British bank in nearly a century.
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France has always had a soft spot for the lawbreaker. Now JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel, the trader who cost SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale more than $7 billion, has attracted a fan club of his own.
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The conservative French President reaches across party lines in filling a key foreign-affairs post
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The French financial trader at the centre of a massive fraud case gambled around 50bn euros, his employer says.
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Sport: Former French international has emerged as a surprise contender for the managerial vacancy