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...March, French aviation firm Dassault bought an 82% share in conservative Le Figaro. Last week Libération, the feisty left-leaning tabloid daily, was getting the eye from Edouard de Rothschild, scion of the banking family. The real acid test will come, however, with Le Monde, which is seeking €50 million in new investment and is in talks with defense and media conglomerate Lagardère, as well as Madrid's daily El País. If it gets the new funds, Le Monde will have to pay for layoff packages for about 90 employees, work down...
...labeled a sellout by British Euro-skeptics, he packaged his work in Brussels as a series of valiant sorties to preserve British sovereignty. Pro-E.U. pundits in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy assailed Blair for watering down the pact. "The greatest paradox of the European Union," said Le Figaro, "is that its most skeptical member calls the shots." French President Jacques Chirac helped Blair's reputation back home by denouncing his intransigence. "The ambitions for the constitution are reduced - especially on tax and social security - by the clear position of one country ? the United Kingdom," he complained. Blair...
...INDICATORS Lining Up The Soldiers Aircraftmaker Groupe Dassault will boost its stake in Socpresse, owner of periodicals such as Le Figaro, from 30% to 80%. The move strengthens ties between the French media and defense industry; Lagardère, owner of magazine powerhouse Hachette, has a 15% stake in defense concern EADS...
...doesn't really understand." The French, however, know a literary sensation when they see one. Le Ventre de l'Atlantique (The Belly of the Atlantic), a bittersweet account of immigration and exile, is currently at the top of the French best-seller lists. The French daily Le Figaro gushed: "There are a thousand clichés about immigration, and in one novel Fatou Diome sweeps them all away." Diome, 35, has created a headstrong heroine, Salie, with a more than passing resemblance to herself. The character leaves her native Senegal for France where, after years of struggle and isolation...
...soloist under Yannatos’ direction at several concerts—including a 1967 performance at Carnegie Hall, where Adams is now composer-in-residence. Adams also conducted the Bach Society Orchestra from 1967-68, as well as a Leverett House Opera production of The Marriage of Figaro...