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France Telecom Arm to Go Ahead With IPO
France Telecom SA’s phone directories unit, Pages Jaunes, said Tuesday it will go ahead with one of the largest initial public offerings seen in Paris in two years despite difficult market conditions.
The plan to float Pages Jaunes – “Yellow Pages” in French – values the company at between 3.6 billion euros and 4.2 billion euros ($4.4 billion to $5.1 billion).
“I still believe the underlying value of Pages Jaunes is largely over 4 billion euros,” said Michel Combes, France Telecom’s CFO and chairman of the Pages Jaunes supervisory board.
Disgraced Ex-CEO, No Longer Master of the World
PARIS (Reuters) – Jean-Marie Messier, who once celebrated a transatlantic mega-merger with a sound-and-light show in a courtyard of the Louvre, awoke on Tuesday in a Paris police cell.
The man who once dubbed himself J6M — “Jean Marie-Messier, me myself master of the world” — and transformed a dowdy water utility into a media empire at a cost of $50 billion, turned himself over to police on Monday as they carry out an insider trading probe.
Messier was set to spend a second night in a fraud squad cell on Tuesday, a far cry from the $18 million New York loft he lived in as Vivendi chief.
American, 23, in Paris — seeks good conversation
If you’re a native English speaker looking for good conversation in Paris, I’d love to write or have coffee.
If you’re a French English-speaking person and you can 1) tolerate my English and 2) tolerate speaking it around me, I’d love to meet you, too. I barely know any French, but I am eager to learn and currently taking classes to learn this fine language. And around me, you’re instantly an expert on everything. That can’t be so bad. Write: billym004@aol.com (those are zeros, not ‘o’s. And forgive me for the Aol part).
Billy,
Formerly of America (also known as ‘Etat Unis’, but for us, it’s basically the ENTIRE Western Hemisphere. Mexico and Canada have failed to come to terms with the fact that they are our 51st and 52nd states. Sorry, Europe, you’re next!).
single canadian looking to move to france
hello all!
i am a 19 year old canadian girl looking for a change of scenery. i have wanted to live in france since i was very young. i am looking for a penpal who can help me understand a bit more about french life/culture..ie what to expect, their experiences etc. i would also like to know of a good place to settle. maybe even someone who could put me up until i find a place of my own?
please contact me at: x_afireinside_x@hotmail.com
thank you 
-marti
Honeymooning in France
Hello. I’m getting married on August 1st, then heading to France (Paris for starters) for my honeymoon. Does anyone have any advice for someone who would prefer not to drive, and would therefore take the train to get from place to place withing France. Wed like to check out Reims, Bordeaux, Beaune, Dijon, Lyon, Avignon, and perhaps more. The plan is to basically book a hotel for the first few nights in Paris then play it by ear.
Does anyone have any advice for us? Any areas of particular interest for honeymooners? Does anyone know of a good but inexpensive hotel in Paris that is romantic?
I appreciate any advice anyone may be willing to offer.
Mark
A month in France…what to do?? Paris suggestions?
Hello all… first let me say that I am new to the boards (curtsey)… so forgive any faux-pas please!
I am traveling to Paris next week for a study abroad program. I will be taking two classes which will occupy my time Mon-Weds during the day. This leaves evenings in Paris, and weekends free to visit, travel, etc. I am looking for suggestions for bars/clubs to visit in Paris, along with other sights I should not miss. Also, I’d like to see more of France on the weekends… herein lies the problem… I am now 26 (ancient?
short stay vacation
Hello, Is there anybody who could help me find a room for at least a two weeks stay somewhere in Versailles. I would also want to know how much the accommodation will be. It will be be for me and my wife for vacation tour. Thanks.
short stay vacation
Hello, Is there anybody who could help me find a room for at least two weeks stay, somewhere in Versailles. I would like to know how much will be the accommodattion. It will be a for me and my wife on a vacation tour. Thanks.
where to stay in marseilles
Hello there!
I’ll probably be in Marseilles at the beginning of August and I’m going to stay for about 10 days. Could anyone recommend a decent hostel at a reasonabe price? Or does anybody know of any other type of lodging available (flat sharing or renting a room for 10-15 days)?Please help, I could help you with finding a place in my home town, Krakow (a wonderful historic city in the South of Poland). Hope to hear from someone. Take care! Monika from Poland.
Recherche correspondant us ou d'autres pays: looking for a non-french people
Bonjour, je m’appelle Bastian, j’ai 30 ans, je suis fiancé et je travaille en indépendant (libéral), je suis passionné par NYC et les USA mais je n’y suis jamais allé. J’aimerais parler avec des personnes qui connaissent ou qui y vivent. Ceci en prevision d’un futur voyage.A bientôt.
English version (don’t blame me if it’s too bad)
Hello, I’m Bastian, I’m 30, I am promised in marriage and I work of independent (liberal), I ‘m impassioned by NYC and the USA but I have never went. I’d like to speak with people who know or who live there. This in prevision of future trip in USA. @+, bye.