Word: francos
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...DIED. ANTONIO SOUSA FRANCO, 61, leading Socialist candidate for Sunday's European Parliament election; of a heart attack suffered while campaigning; in Matosinhos, Portugal. As Portugal's Finance Minister, Sousa Franco helped usher in the nation's adoption of the euro...
...express my disgust. I will never forget that Americans liberated Italy, but Bush does not reflect the America of the days of World War II. I hope he will be sent packing in the next election and the U.S. will return to being a republic, not an empire. Franco Barbagallo Acireale, Italy...
...award....? Yuya Yagira, the 14-year-old star of Hirokazu Kore-eda?s poignant Japanese drama ?Nobody Knows,? won the Best Actor prize. Best Actress went to Hong Kong?s Maggie Cheung for her role as a drug addict fighting to reclaim her young son in ?Clean,? a Franco-Canadian drama - and a rather laggard, predictable one - directed by Cheung?s ex-husband Olivier Assayas. Ironically, Cheung won over Zhang Ziyi, the star of ?2046.? Cheung had shot some scenes for that film, but was not evident in the print shown at Cannes. Success is the best medicine for disappointment...
...watch what they do, not what they say: officials on both sides say the move is largely an attempt to patch up bad feelings in Germany over recent French market interventions. Berlin was openly critical of France 's active support for Sanofi-Synthélabo's takeover of Franco-German drug firm Aventis. And as it seeks to bail out ailing engineering company Alstom , France so far is blocking Germany 's Siemens from acquiring divisions...
...authorities, Yukos as a company was sound. Can Gerashchenko save the day? Roland Nash, analyst at Moscow-based Renaissance Capital, says the move is simply "papering over cracks." Still, Gerashchenko is expected to be elected chairman after shareholders meet in late June. Compensation Overdose? Igor Landau, the CEO of Franco-German drug company Aventis, fought off a hostile takeover attempt by France 's Sanofi-Synthélabo for three turbulent months. But he caved in last week and agreed...