Bloomberg.com Region - France News http://www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg LP en-us Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that about half of bank losses from the global financial crisis have yet to be revealed. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=ay2MiTrFzQYI&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ay2MiTrFzQYI Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:10:01 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- France’s CAC 40 Index increased for the first time in five sessions, adding 83.81, or 2.3 percent, to 3,813.17 in Paris. The SBF 120 Index added 2.1 percent. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=adDb_BW4WTi8&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=adDb_BW4WTi8 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:31:32 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Vivendi SA, the majority shareholder of French pay-TV chain Canal Plus France, agreed to buy the 9.9 percent stake held by co-owner Societe Television Francaise 1 for 744 million euros ($1.1 million). http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=agK5KGiqhDes&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=agK5KGiqhDes Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:13:02 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks surged the most in five weeks as data on the region’s services and manufacturing industries and U.S. home sales added to signs the economic recovery is strengthening. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=ahZPPepnHTjo&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ahZPPepnHTjo Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:29:54 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar and yen dropped against all of the other major currencies as sales of existing U.S. homes rose to the highest level since February 2007, increasing demand for higher-yielding assets. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=aQMuiekH59LA&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aQMuiekH59LA Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:21:09 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The euro may rise to a record against the dollar should it strengthen beyond a resistance level in a range of $1.5050 to $1.5095, according to Societe Generale SA, citing trading patterns. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=aQbFAXLhyfTA&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aQbFAXLhyfTA Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:52:57 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Electricite de France SA, Europe’s biggest power generator, and other French utilities will start publishing individual power plant data next year, catching up with rivals in neighboring countries. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=a_RA1tBf1Aqg&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a_RA1tBf1Aqg Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:36:29 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Europe’s services and manufacturing industries expanded at the fastest pace in two years in November after a reviving global economy helped the euro region emerge from the worst recession in more than 60 years. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=av3X5OYWMCEg&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=av3X5OYWMCEg Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:55:12 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Eastern Europe, where currencies and equities combined to produce total dollar-denominated returns of about 50 percent this year, is showing signs of unraveling as the continent’s favorite investment because of runaway debts. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=akSgDIFucHdU&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=akSgDIFucHdU Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:53:06 EST General News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu deaths have doubled almost every two weeks since mid October in Europe, with 169 occurring in the past week, the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=adxxAngg8MQU&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=adxxAngg8MQU Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:06:33 EST General News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Italy’s finance police arrested three people for allegedly using as much as 200 million euros ($299 million) of fake bonds to fraudulently make money from borrowers. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=aTSpZPAp1Has&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aTSpZPAp1Has Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:03:44 EST General News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, and the WWF said climate change is pushing the world closer to temperature thresholds that could unleash devastating environmental, social and economic changes. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090&sid=aZmS4BiJKDNI&refer=france http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aZmS4BiJKDNI Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:31:08 EST