http://www.mail.com/people/1324140-pierre-moscovici.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1324140-pierre-moscovici.html http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1741546-germany-france-odds-eu-banking-supervisor.html BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries are dragging themselves to a year-end summit with a heavy load of unfinished business aimed at shoring up confidence in the region in the wake of the three-year financial crisis. The 27 finance ministers remained split Tuesday on the establishment of a new European single supervisor to keep wayward banks in check, ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1741546-germany-france-odds-eu-banking-supervisor.html 2012-12-04T16:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1713024-downgraded-france-time.html PARIS (AP) — France's government has shrugged off the latest downgrade of its credit rating, saying Tuesday that it just needs time for reforms to the sluggish economy to take root. Socialist President Francois Hollande noted that markets barely budged on the credit rate cut by Moody's Investors Services, and said that was a sign the government should sta... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1713024-downgraded-france-time.html 2012-11-20T17:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1712284-moodys-downgrades-france-1-notch-weak-growth.html NEW YORK (AP) — Moody's Investors Service on Monday downgraded France, stripping it of its prized AAA credit rating due to concerns over its prospects for economic growth and its exposure to Europe's financial crisis. Moody's lowered France's rating one notch to Aa1. It kept the rating's outlook at negative, meaning it could face future downgrades. The ra... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1712284-moodys-downgrades-france-1-notch-weak-growth.html 2012-11-19T23:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1696038-greece-to-2-years-delay-to-bailout.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece's international creditors failed to agree Monday on how to get the country's bailout program back on track and put off again the release of the next batch loans that Athens is using to pay its day-to-day bills. However, European finance ministers meeting in Brussels did decide to give Greece two more years until 2016 to reform its e... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1696038-greece-to-2-years-delay-to-bailout.html 2012-11-12T23:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1695050-creditors-propose-greece-2-years.html BERLIN (AP) — Greece's international creditors are proposing granting the country two more years to meet its debt reduction targets as the country enters its sixth consecutive year of recession, according to a draft document obtained by The Associated Press Monday. But the draft memorandum of understanding lacked crucial specifics on how much additional a... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1695050-creditors-propose-greece-2-years.html 2012-11-12T17:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1662970-layoffs-perks-labor-costs-trap-french-govt.html PARIS (AP) — The 35-hour work week? Untouchable. The social safety net? Untrimmable. So how on earth can France's Socialist government keep its promise to make this country, and Europe, more competitive in the global marketplace? Slowly and carefully, President Francois Hollande says. After meetings with world finance chiefs Monday, he... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1662970-layoffs-perks-labor-costs-trap-french-govt.html 2012-10-29T16:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1615314-eurogroup-chief-lenders-greece-agree.html LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Greece and its international lenders need to agree quickly on a program of reforms so the next tranche of bailout loans can be released, the head of the group finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro said Monday. Inspectors for the so-called troika — the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the Eur... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1615314-eurogroup-chief-lenders-greece-agree.html 2012-10-08T22:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1610562-angry-birds-attack-french-tax-entrepreneurs.html PARIS (AP) — France's government is under attack by a flock of furious "pigeons." And the angry birds have won the first battle. A group of entrepreneurs calling themselves "pigeons" — French slang for someone who has been taken advantage of — have mounted a campaign on Facebook and Twitter against a new law that will tax investments along the same lines ... Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1610562-angry-birds-attack-french-tax-entrepreneurs.html 2012-10-05T15:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1593242-french-budget-heavy-taxes-hurt-hollande.html PARIS (AP) — France's new budget may be the worst of both worlds. It lacks the serious spending cuts that economists say are needed to put the country on a path to growth — but also doesn't unleash the wave of stimulus that voters expected from their Socialist president, Francois Hollande. The 2013 budget includes his infamous pledge to tax the ultra-rich... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1593242-french-budget-heavy-taxes-hurt-hollande.html 2012-09-28T17:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1593640-germany-france-launch-drive-eu-finance-tax.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Finance Ministry says Berlin and Paris have jointly appealed to the European Union's executive to prepare the introduction of a tax on financial transactions. The proposal has failed to secure a majority within the 27-nation EU. Germany and France are pressing for its introduction by the legal detour of so-called enhanced cooperati... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1593640-germany-france-launch-drive-eu-finance-tax.html 2012-09-28T10:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1559928-france-finance-minister-tools-spain.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union has the available mechanisms ready if Spain needs to request financial assistance to help deal with its borrowing concerns, France's finance minister said, praising the "determination" in Greece to see through another round of tough reforms. "Spain will have to make its own decision. It's a matter of sovereignty, b... Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1559928-france-finance-minister-tools-spain.html 2012-09-13T14:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1552448-french-tycoons-threat-shakes-socialist-tax-plan.html PARIS (AP) — Bernard Arnault — the richest man in Europe — has ignited an uproar in France over taxes, citizenship, patriotism and what policies the government needs to promote growth. It's a pretty impressive achievement for one little statement. Arnault — the CEO of French fashion giant LVMH, owner of houses like Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior — is th... Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1552448-french-tycoons-threat-shakes-socialist-tax-plan.html 2012-09-10T15:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1524640-french-fin-min-announces-gasoline-price-cut.html PARIS (AP) — France's finance minister says the price of gasoline and diesel fuel will be lowered by up to six euro cents per liter in a move aimed at fulfilling a key campaign pledge of President Francois Hollande. Announcing the move following a meeting Tuesday with oil industry leaders, Pierre Moscovici says that oil companies have agreed to cut gasoli... Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1524640-french-fin-min-announces-gasoline-price-cut.html 2012-08-28T09:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1514256-france-pm-announces-gasoline-tax-cut.html PARIS (AP) — France is to cut gasoline taxes to ease the pressure of rising prices on French households, the prime minister announced Wednesday, as the Socialist-led government attempts to quell rising concerns about the country's sluggish economy. Jean-Marc Ayrault sought to rebuild public confidence as Paris — like many other European capitals — faces t... Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1514256-france-pm-announces-gasoline-tax-cut.html 2012-08-22T15:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1500050-french-economy-sees-zero-growth-q2.html PARIS (AP) — France's economy was stagnant in the second quarter, the government said Tuesday, amid worries that Europe's No. 2 economy is hovering on the edge of a new recession. The preliminary estimates released Tuesday by the state statistics agency Insee mark the third straight quarter without growth. The figures were in line with Insee's earlier for... Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1500050-french-economy-sees-zero-growth-q2.html 2012-08-14T06:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1464742-us-germany-stress-cooperation-to-euro-crisis.html BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his German counterpart stressed the need for coordinated action Monday in the face of the eurozone debt crisis and faltering global growth, but left open what joint steps Europe and the United States would take to shore up the world economy in the coming months. Geithner traveled to the German Nor... Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1464742-us-germany-stress-cooperation-to-euro-crisis.html 2012-07-30T23:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1458052-frances-socialists-take-aim-with-budget.html PARIS (AP) — President Francois Hollande's new Socialist administration is starting to shake up French policy on whom to tax and how to spend —changes that would effectively roll back much of what ex-President Nicholas Sarkozy and his center-right government accomplished. Under an amended 2012 budget being pushed through Parliament, wealthy people and lar... Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1458052-frances-socialists-take-aim-with-budget.html 2012-07-27T14:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1453586-european-economic-downturn-gathers-pace.html LONDON (AP) — Any hopes for recovery for Europe's faltering economies suffered a series of blows Wednesday following the latest round of bad news from the debt-ridden region. Official figures showed Britain, which does not use the euro and has Europe's third-largest economy, slipped deeper into recession as the government pressed on with tax hikes and spe... Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1453586-european-economic-downturn-gathers-pace.html 2012-07-25T16:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1452042-france-spain-bank-rescue-to-fast.html MADRID (AP) — France and Spain called Wednesday for swift implementation of the rescue plan for Spanish banks to ease concern that the country may need a full-blown sovereign bailout. In June, the 17 countries that use the euro agreed to lend Spain up to €100 billion ($121 billion) to save those of its banks that are laden with soured investments followin... Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1452042-france-spain-bank-rescue-to-fast.html 2012-07-25T15:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1367288-socialists-take-french-parliament-sweep-power.html PARIS (AP) — Francois Hollande is the man in charge after his Socialist Party swept France's parliamentary election. Voters welcomed the French president's vision of injecting government money into Europe's economies in hopes of helping the joint euro currency stave off disaster. Socialists now have an unprecedented lock on politics in France, and plan to... Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1367288-socialists-take-french-parliament-sweep-power.html 2012-06-17T21:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1364146-affairs-politics-heart-mark-french-election.html PARIS (AP) — Back-room deals, black lists and bitter duels. Political and personal intrigue has wormed its way into Sunday's final round of French legislative elections. President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party is battling to ensure a solid majority and fulfill his vows to boost growth in Europe and redefine the French presidency as one beholden to t... Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1364146-affairs-politics-heart-mark-french-election.html 2012-06-16T16:56:00Z