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...Parisian restaurant beloved by tourists and locals alike. But these days - with the euro still strong and economies seizing up around the globe - the foreign visitors that typically make up a third of Bonduel's clientele have been thinning out and spending less. To make matters worse, many French visitors to his restaurant, Au Bon Saint-Pourçain - a stone's throw from the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris' tony sixth arrondissement? - are also eating and drinking less than usual. "I've checked the accounts, and I know I'll make no profit this month," says Bonduel...
...cash flow, then sell those assets to the public, letting shareholders take over the debt. Macquarie and imitators like Australia's Babcock & Brown make money at every step, with fees for the deal, for advice, and for managing the assets. Macquarie runs toll roads in America, bridges in Portugal, French autoroutes, a tunnel in Germany, and airports from Sydney to Copenhagen. About 290 million people ride its buses each year, and 17 million light...
...French President Nicolas Sarkozy is used to his decisions sparking street demonstrations, but he probably hadn't counted on Italian citizens flocking to picket the Elysée Palace. That's the threat Sarkozy now faces after reversing a pledge to extradite a former Red Brigades member Italy has convicted of murder. Amid accusations of justice denied, the Italian Association of Terrorism Victims says its members will travel to Paris on Saturday to denounce the reversal, which was at least partly the work of the President's Italian-born wife, Carla Bruni...
...Since she was put in a French prison, however, Petrella has descended into a profound depression. Her family and doctors say she has lost the will to live, her body weight has fallen to 85 lbs., and that further detention would probably kill her. Citing that prognosis, Sarkozy reversed the extradition order, leaving Petrella a free - albeit seriously ill - woman in France...
...Roberto Della Rocca, who survived seven shots fired at him in 1980 by the Genovese faction of the Red Brigades, would not comment on the First Lady's role, saying that it is Sarkozy who must take responsibility for his actions. "We ask a very simple question to the French authorities and the French people: What if the situation was reversed? What if French people had been shot and murdered and kidnapped, and the Italian government was providing sanctuary to the culprits?" Della Rocca said Petrella's medical condition would be cared for just as well in Italy, which...