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Features

France’s Central Bank Heeds Call For Currency Innovation

Based on a desire to avoid fragmentation in settlement procedures, the central bank will review and adjust the conditions under which it provides financial intermediaries with central bank money.

News

France To Fill State Coffers By Levying Digital Tax

Tax regimes are finally catching up to the rise in e-commerce.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

New Air France CEO Brings Customer-Service Savvy

Air France gets its first female CEO.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Will Missing Linchpin Hinder Unusual Automaker Alliance?

Fallout from Nissan ChairmanCarlos Ghosn's shocking arrest puts the future of three automakers at risk.

News

Air France-KLM’s New CEO To Face Headwinds

Can new leadership overcome persistent labor strife?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Orange Telco Moves Into Digital Banking

French telecom company moves aggressively into the banking sector.

Features

Sustainability In Search Of Metrics

Companies worldwide struggle to measure and report how well they are “doing good” as they do well for their stakeholders.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

French President Macron Takes Diplomatic Lead

The UK’s decision to leave the EU and the dwindling strength of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who saw her party diminished in Germany’s recent federal elections, have given Macron a rare chance to bolster French influence.

News

Le Maire: New Face Of The New Economy

Bruno Le Maire, France's new minister of the Economy — is appointed by Emmanuel Macron following the French presidential elections

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Iconoclast Economy Minister Mixes It Up

He’s a kickboxer and a football fanatic, an accomplished pianist and possibly the next president of France—and only 38.

Data

Household Tax Rates

The tax wedge is the ratio of total labor taxes to total labor costs. It is often lower for families with children and single parents with children than for individuals or couples without children. The tax wedge has an impact on employment growth.

Features

Value and Number of Cross-border M&A by Region/Country 2011-2013

Emerging markets overtook developed markets both in terms of sales and purchases of foreign acquisitions - accounting for 56% of total cross-border transactions in 2013.