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...France around, though they should not be afraid to act on their own if need be. Just the same, if France continues its unwillingness to put pressure on Iraq, a review of our snack food nomenclature may be in order. After all, France admits it: French fries are from Belgium...
...family commitments as possible reasons. And statistics reveal that manual workers are more likely to be absent from work than their white-collar counterparts, thanks to injurious working conditions and lack of economic incentives. Unfortunately, some strategies to verify illness have made the absenteeism issue more opaque. In Belgium, citizens who want to take time off sick present employers with an easy-to-obtain medical certificate which specifies how long they will be off work. As a result, the language of absenteeism is intrinsically bureaucratic: when one American working in Brussels asked after the health of a stricken secretary...
...Germany to Libya and Cuba, you don't need much imagination to see that we must be careful," he says. And he's not alone. There's a growing fear among German, French and Belgian businesspeople that their countries' dovish stance on Iraq could harm trade with America. In Belgium, where diamonds account for 25% of trade with the U.S., the industry has warned of "disturbing" signals from American buyers. In France, cheese dealers report falling sales and a raft of angry messages from U.S. customers. In Germany - where the U.S. is the country's second-largest trading partner, with...
...products below their cost price - a tactic designed to tempt consumers into the store. And discounts on individual products or fully-fledged store sales are subject to rigid rules. In the Netherlands, for example, retailers can offer two products for the price of one as a special promotion, but Belgium only permits three for the price of two. In France, the value of a gift premium must not exceed 7% of the cost of the goods it comes with. "That means, if you buy two shirts and get a free tie, you'll only get a bad tie," says Axel...
...acerbic judge in the U.S. and British versions) and Simon Jones, head of FMusic TV, part of FremantleMedia, the company that jointly owns and produces the Idol format globally. South Africa and Poland have had their versions, the Netherlands is deep into its own, versions in Norway and Belgium (Idool) started this month, and a pan-Arabic version is scheduled for February...