France Telecom agrees to raise stake in Egypt cellphone venture Middle East Online | PARIS - France Telecom said on Monday it had signed a non-binding accord to acquire most of the stake held by Egyptian mobile phone services company Orascom in their ECMS cellphone joint venture. | Orascom will sell its 20-percent holding in Mobini...
France impounds African autocrats' 'ill-gotten gains' The Guardian | French authorities are investigating the conspicuous Paris fortunes of three serving African leaders and their families Eleven supercars worth up to €5m have been seized from outside an African leader's Paris mansion as part of money-laundering i...
Special Report - The great French breast implant scandal The Star | By Alexandria Sage, Natalie Huet and Jean-Francois Rosnoblet | MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - In March 2010, a pair of health inspectors acting on a tip paid a three-day visit to a factory in this hilly town on the Mediterranean coast. An employee o...
Deadlock in Davos as pressure on Greece rises The Independent | The move to make Greece hand over control of budgetary policy as the price for agreeing a €130bn rescue package would represent a humiliating blow to Greece's hopes of controlling its own destiny but could offer a means of staving off financial ruin. | The proposal was made by Germany as the euro group considered how extra finance should be off...
