07/08/2009 07:42AM
1. What is the G8? The G8’s membership comprises the main industrialised countries. It is not an international organisation, nor does it have an administrative staff with a permanent secretariat; it is rather a process that culminates in an annual Summit at which the Heads of State and Government of
02/27/2009 08:44AM
PARIS (Dow Jones)--Agricultural prices in France rose 4.2% in January pulled by strong domestic demand for cereals and buoyant exports to North Africa, state statistics agency Insee said Friday.
On the year, however, overall agricultural prices tumbled 11.6%, the data show.
France is one of Europe
02/19/2009 04:21PM
BRUSSELS (AFP)--The European Commission on Thursday proposed extra funding for France and Italy in a controversial multi-billion-euro energy project package, which Germany slammed as "a jumble of national wish lists."
The new plans would reduce funding for projects in Britain and Germany.
The Commission
02/13/2009 01:05PM
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--European Union governments next week will begin to tackle the controversial issue of whether to force France and Greece to allow planting of a genetically modified corn developed by U.S. biotech giant Monsanto Co. (MON).
The European Commission, the E.U.'s executive arm, has recommended
02/12/2009 10:17AM
BRUSSELS (AFP)--France will maintain a ban on genetically-modified corn from U.S. biotech giant Monsanto Co. (MON) until the environmental risks are clarified, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Thursday.
"France is maintaining the suspension while it awaits a (European) Commission decision
02/09/2009 08:07AM
OAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) announced today that global comparable sales increased 7.1% in January.Systemwide sales for McDonald's worldwide restaurants were up 2.6% for the month, or 9.1% in constant currencies.
"2009 is off to a good start
12/17/2008 09:34AM
SMITHFIELD, Va., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) announced today that the merger of Campofrio Alimentacion S.A. ("Campofrio") and Group Smithfield Holdings S.L. ("Groupe Smithfield") has been finalized. The new company will be known as Campofrio Food Group and will
12/08/2008 08:42AM
LONDON (AFP)--The leaders of U.K., France and the European Commission meet in London Monday for talks on the world financial crisis with around 50 leading businessmen and economists.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown was to host French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission President Jose Manuel
11/24/2008 08:16AM
Seven imported cattle have tested positive for the disease Bluetongue, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said.
The animals, which came from France, were infected with the BTV8 strain. A vaccination program against the strain started earlier this year. Six of the cattle