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...remove the geopolitical uncertainty from the economic equation, which in turn would boost consumer and business confidence. It would cause an updraft in the American market, which would help European exporters. And it would drive oil prices down, making life cheaper for consumers and manufacturers. According to Christian de Boissieu, professor of economics at the Sorbonne and the head of Paris' Chamber of Commerce economic forecasting unit, French growth could certainly average 1.8% this year, "if there's a war, and it's short. But if it's not over quickly, our scenario is over-optimistic." The second thing...
...Jones Stoxx 50 index have declined 24%. That bonfire of capital has been fueled only in part by the revelations of corporate sleaze on the other side of the Atlantic. "Even if Europe hasn't had a scandal like Enron or WorldCom," says Sorbonne economist Christian de Boissieu, "the situation confronting our telecom operators, who are all deep in debt, means that we're facing similar problems." To the well-known troubles of France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, add the pains at tech giant Alcatel. Or the fiasco at media and utilities conglomerate Vivendi, which soon after booting Jean-Marie...
...Michel de Boissieu, 64, an E.N.A. graduate and a veteran government official, who will take over as head of the Banque Rothschild, where he served as an executive for 19 years...
Charles de Gaulle once described the French armed forces as "the rampart of order." Today that rampart looks as if it were part of a half-ruined fortress. Morale in the ranks is so low, warned General Alain de Boissieu in a top-secret report that leaked to the press last December, that an upheaval similar to the one that racked France in May 1968 could break out within the army. Even the professional cadre of officers, wrote Boissieu (who happens to be De Gaulle's son-in-law), "have lost confidence in the hierarchy...
With glacial calm, Madame de Gaulle asked that news of the General's death be withheld "until I can notify my family." She quickly reached her daughter Elizabeth in Paris, who set out for Colombey with her husband General Alain de Boissieu. Son Philippe, a navy captain stationed in Brest, was more difficult to locate. As a result, Pompidou was not notified until 4 a.m., and it was not until 17½ hours after his mentor's death that he finally went on television. "General de Gaulle is dead," he said. "France is a widow...