Sentences with phrase «french appelation»

PARIS, April 26 (Reuters)- Record output and high oil prices helped French oil and gas major Total report a consensus - beating rise in net adjusted profit during the first three months of the year, with Total adding it would surpass its production target for 2018.

If your coffee lover doesn't have a French press yet, they're missing out.

French bond yields widened their gap against German bunds on Tuesday morning as opinion polls showed increased uncertainty regarding who will become the next president of France.

«At the same time, there are clear downside risks: political uncertainty, including in Europe; the sword of protectionism hanging over global trade; and tighter global financial conditions that could trigger disruptive capital outflows from emerging and developing economies,» the former French finance minister said.

Michigan: Named for Lake Michigan, which stems from a French spelling of Old Ojibwa (Algonquian) meshi - gami, meaning «big lake.»

Serena is bidding to become the first woman to win all four major tennis titles, the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, since Steffi Graf accomplish the feat in 1988.

The gap between the 10 - year French and German government bond yields has widened to a five - day high as political uncertainty returned to France.

The euro reached a five - and - a-half month high against the dollar when markets opened Sunday evening as exit polls in the French presidential election indicated a victory for centrist Macron.

Emmanuel Macron, the investment banker turned politician, has been the surprise in French politics over the past few months, gathering more popular support than his center - left rivals.

Reuters reported that Fininvest, shareholder of Mediaset, hadn't received any proposal from the French media group Vivendi to resolve a dispute between the firms.

Other companies that said they had been hit by a presumed cyber attack included Russian metal maker Evraz, French construction materials firm Saint Gobain and the world's biggest advertising agency, WPP — though it was not clear if their problems were caused by the same virus.

«Given France's cultural ties and economic ties around the emerging markets and the presence of major international French banks already in London and internationally and large pension funds like Amundi, I think France and Paris have a great chance of becoming even more of an international market than it already is,» he said.

As one French entrepreneur puts it, «I'm finally doing only the work I enjoy, but would never have launched into on my own before.»

Vintage glassware from Indigo Seas in Los Angeles, $ 65 to $ 180 each: «This is 19th - century French bistro and barware — great champagne flutes and absinthe cups.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a black box had been located at the crash site and «will be immediately investigated.»

And the European Union, perhaps still smarting from the mothballing of the Anglo - French Concorde in 2003, spent $ 7 million ($ 9.8 million) on the 36 - month Long - Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies (LAPCAT) study, examining the possibilities of producing engines for aircraft that could far exceed the speed of sound.

The French eyewear company Essilor and the Italian eyewear Luxottica announced Monday a 46 billion euros ($ 49 billion) merger deal and the merger will create a «clear leader in the optical industry,» UBS said in a note.

The French flag - carrier was an early target of the US National Security Agency and its British counterpart GCHQ as it was seen as a terrorist mark and it carried out tests in 2007 on allowing the use of mobile phones on its aircraft.

But the IMF has become far less doctrinaire under the leadership of Christine Lagarde, the former French finance minister.

French drug maker Sanofi and HSBC released their latest figures before the bell.

The list of power players who sport Swatches goes on: Tony Blair has one, as does French president Francois Hollande.

With only a few weeks to go until the first round of the presidential election, it seems clear that the French are dissatisfied with European politics.

Macron, 39, is close to becoming the youngest president in French history but before achieving that he needs to win against the far - right candidate Marine Le Pen, who has gathered increasing support using an anti-immigrant rhetoric.

• L'Addition, a French fintech company that helps restaurants bill their clients, raised $ 5 million ($ 5.3 million) in funding from Galia Gestion and CM CIC Capital Privé, according to Tech.eu.

Germany's finance minister has played down concerns over the impact of the upcoming French election on the euro.

In Europe, the frontrunner to the French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, said that there should be an international military intervention against the Syrian regime if it is proved that it is using chemical weapons.

Potato chips and french fries in particular have been found to contain a high level of the chemical.»

The French bank Societe Generale hopes to reach settlements with authorities over recent regulatory investigations in the next weeks or months, its chief financial officer told CNBC Tuesday.

That, too, worked like a charm (and we still work for the French client).

Ottawa's MBA program has always taken advantage of its location to build connections to government and Ottawa's business community in both French and English.

Lynn Gordon, proprietor of French Meadow Bakery in Minneapolis, started her bread - making business in her kitchen, producing 40 loaves a week for local co-ops.

Eric Heraud of the French Civil Aviation Authority said the Germanwings plane lost radio contact with a control centre at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, but «never declared a distress alert itself.»

The first recorded use of the word wasn't even in Spanish, it was in French — taco stood in for the cloth plug that held the spherical bullet of an arquebus.

Choose between Buttermilk Pancakes, three slices of French Toast or a Belgian Waffle.

Indeed, the family - run business is a mainstay across the province (and in French communities in New Brunswick and Ontario) where loyal customers favour the simple, low - price goods to competitors» high - end cosmetics and designer perfumes.

«Invention,» as the French mathematician Henri Poincarà ‰ said, «is discernment, choice.»

The principles of further steps toward euro area's economic and political integration will be spelled out in a joint French - German document the countries» leaders are scheduled to announce next June.

His surname ultimately comes from de la werre, meaning «of the war» in Old French.

Another good idea is one touted by Emmanuel Macron, the independent centrist who is the favourite to win the French presidency.

Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far - right Front National (FN) party candidate in France's 2017 presidential election.

Macron said that in a similar context, if the French people were asked to vote on EU membership, then they would probably have chosen to leave the bloc.

The new German finance minister, Olaf Scholz, raised some of those issues with his French colleague Bruno Le Maire while their bosses were basking in bonhomie and raving about an invincible European Union in the splendors of the Elysee Palace.

European papers call the election result a resounding slap in the face for French conservatives.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy isn't feeling much love these days, and we're not talking about media speculation over an alleged affair between his wife, Carla Bruni, the French - Italian model / singer, and musician Benjamin Biolay.

Calyxt is backed by French biotech, Cellectis.

The biggest political concern in Europe is the French presidential election, which has its first round on April 23rd.

Cellnex Telecom closed near the top of the European benchmark on Wednesday after news it had reached a deal with the French Bouygues Telecom for the construction of 3,000 sites in France.

He's the youngest ever French President.

«First of all, we think it unlikely that the Dutch, French, German or (possible) Italian elections will deliver more extreme, populist governments,» Credit Suisse analysts said in the note.

In the French Alps, police working to recover remains from the crash site said they so far have recovered between 400 and 600 pieces of remains from the victims.