France struggling with outsourcing woes
469897
Stephane Zervos first suspected his job was threatened when his bosses removed most of the heavy equipment from the car-wheel factory where he'd worked for 24 years.
513367
Opinion: Bruce A. Stewart thinks too many companies don't manage their outsourcers properly.
205849
"I'm worried about the growing attacks that France is deploying against its European allies, against the Germans, the Luxembourgers, against all of the European countries."  France faces thinly concealed and growing frustration from Paris' European partners, irked at President Nicolas Sarkozy's strident position towards EU spending limits and attacks on the ECB. via Raw Story
753022
The decision to outsource and offshore is more complicated than just counting costs.
422181
French winemakers are beginning to claw back their dominance of the global wine market after years of problems in responding to innovation from the New World.
659287
PARIS : French companies and farmers have reeled in deals reportedly worth up to five billion euros (dollars) in China during a state visit to the country by President Jacques Chirac, but executives were said to be disappointed that bigger business was
652221
The French press is struggling to overcome one of its most desperate crises of recent times as readers desert leading newspapers, managements seek job cuts and journalists accuse employers of heavy-handed ...
666460
Problems can include the lack of management tools, incompatibilities and support issues,  one consultant explains.
106164
Businesses are starting to sour on Asia and turning to Latin America and the U.S. for IT services.
492718
France has millions of DSL customers, who pray nothing goes wrong. High-tech service in France is like service in a Parisian cafe -- intermittent and snooty.
427636
The French government piled pressure Tuesday on Societe Generale chairman Daniel Bouton over the handling of unauthorised deals by a junior trader which ended in 7.1 billion dollars of losses.
455928
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has debunked fears of job losses in industrialized nations due to outsourcing of services to developing nations.
385456
France&#39;s newspaper industry sank deeper into crisis this week after two of its top dailies stepped up rescue talks with investors, leaving observers skeptical about the likelihood of an imminent recovery.
496152
President Nicolas Sarkozy has sprinkled the parched French economy with dozens of little enticements since his election in May, all paving the way for an assault on the crux of France's woes: the labor laws.
612649
Indian automakers are plagued by a shortage of skilled workers, inferior product quality and deficient highway infrastructure, among other challenges.
195693
France Telecom  and Apple   are struggling to come to an agreement on the  distribution of the U.S. group's iPhone in France, Challenges  reported on Thursday on its website.
201242
French business confidence slips in September after a sharp drop in export demand.