Nicolas Sarkozy

  • For Some, French Retirement Age Goes Down, Not Up

    By Cecile Brisson  |  June 6, 2012

    France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age from 62 to 60 years old for certain workers, bucking a global trend in a gesture to unions that critics say is a costly mistake.

  • Week in Pictures | May 11, 2012

    By Michael K. Stanley  |  May 10, 2012

    The Treasury Department begins to unload AIG stock, new doctor incentives for keeping patients healthy? elections in France and Greece and the implications back home and Obama is done ''evolving" on the gay marriage issue. This and more in this week's Week in Pictures.

  • Most EU Nations Sign Pact

    By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 31, 2012

    Germany pushed through a treaty for the European Union on Monday that contains almost automatic sanctions for member countries that fail to control their budget deficits, with 25 out of 27 nations signing off on the document.

  • Bright Spots, Dark Clouds: Obama Seeks Right Tone

    By Jim Kuhnhenn  |  January 2, 2012

    Bullish yet wary, President Barack Obama is highlighting recent economic bright spots while taking care not to overstate a recovery that still has not put millions back to work.

  • Week in Pictures | November 4, 2011

    By Michael K. Stanley  |  November 3, 2011

    As the Group of 20 industrialized nations met in Cannes, Ben Bernanke tempered optimism in the U.S. economy with sober projections for U.S. growth. Meanwhile, lawmakers urged a debt supercommittee to reach a compromise. This and more in the week that was.

  • Greek PM Scraps Referendum on Greek Debt Plan

    By Elena Becatoros  |  November 3, 2011

    Ignoring increasing calls to step down, Greece's prime minister announced Thursday he would seek emergency talks with the opposition conservatives after they agreed to back the latest European bailout for Greece.

  • Week in Pictures | October 28, 2011

    By Staff Writer  |  October 27, 2011

    A bloodied Iraq War veteran, a submerged Bangkok and hopes that China will lend a hand in the European debt crisis and more in This Week in Pictures

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