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D-Day ceremony in Normandy

French Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment Christine Lagarde arrives at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer to attend a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in the Normandy region of France on June 6, 2009. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)


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PARIS, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said the European Central Bank's lending rate cut this week wasn't good enough.
EU finance leaders back new regulations
BRUSSELS, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- European finance ministers approved tighter bank controls Tuesday ahead of a global finance summit scheduled for Nov. 15 in Washington.
PARIS, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The 15 countries of the Eurozone agreed Sunday on an emergency deal to guarantee financial debt for five years and to take a direct stake in banks if needed.
PARIS, July 25 (UPI) -- Economic reforms passed in France will add 0.3 percentage points of annual growth to the country's economy, the government said.
French call for suspending EU fuel taxes
PARIS, May 27 (UPI) -- European Commission officials said Tuesday that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's suggested European Union fuel tax suspensions were unlikely to occur.
PARIS, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Political pressure is building for France's scandal-plagued Societe Generale bank to fire the bank's chairman and other top executives.
PARIS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Monday that Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel "acted alone" in a $7.35 billion trading scandal.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Folks may want to check their mail to see if they're among the international luminaries invited to the 70th birthday bash for Minnesota's Carlson Cos.
PARIS, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy won his battle with the labor unions. Or did he?
PARIS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- France was crippled by mass strikes Tuesday as civil service workers walked out on the seventh day of a nationwide rail-workers strike.
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