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...firms were built around water concessions first granted in the 19th century. The Compagnie Générale des Eaux, which evolved into Veolia, was born in 1853 when the progressive councilors of Emperor Napoleon III granted a group of investors the concession to provide water to the city of Lyon. It was such a hit on the Paris stock market that the company soon spun off its own bank, Société Générale. Competing bank Crédit Lyonnais parried in 1880 with the creation of Lyonnaise des Eaux, which is the core of Suez's water business today. Though...
...killer of a white victim is 30 times more likely to be executed than the killer of a black victim, the documentary cited. In a panel discussion following the film, panelists stressed the importance of fairness in selecting a jury and having competent court-appointed lawyers for defendants. Rachel Lyon, the film’s director, said she believed Tarver was “deeply involved in the death,†but wanted to show that the legal system was looking to convict him. “It was important to me to show that they didn?...
Roman Abramovitch, the George Steinbrenner-like owner of the big London soccer team Chelsea, so prized Ghana's exquisite midfielder Michael Essien that he splashed out 36 million pounds to pry the man loose from the French league champions, Lyon. Essien was worth the money, his presence on the pitch helping Chelsea to the Premiere League championship...
...fighting two battles these days. And both their opponents are unpredictable. One fight, of course, is against the highly pathogenic h5n1 strain of avian flu, which reached France last month. So far, the only infection of commercial birds has been in the Dombes wetlands of the Ain region near Lyon, around 600 km to the east of the Landes. Several dozen wild birds have died of the infection in Ain. Could the Landes be the virus' next target? With its high concentration of domestic birds, and its lakes along the Atlantic coast favored by migratory waterfowl soon due to return...
...make a tradition of contributing life-sustaining resources to those whose suffering knows no holiday. If the merely comfortable of the world pooled their modest gifts, they could make a difference that no individual hero or celebrity can ever achieve. Let us all be heroes. Denise Couling South Lyon, Michigan...