Posts Tagged Social affairs

Does France have right plan to revive its economy?

FOR STORY SLUGGED FRANCE SHRINKING ECONOMY -  In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, French Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg delivers a speech after meeting workers and trade union representatives of ArcelorMittal, in Florange, northeast France.  The 50-year old lawyer Montebourg, is the man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest in the country, but according to some analysts he is fast gaining a reputation for doing the opposite, as public spats with international companies, and efforts to block employee layoffs are being seen as the epitome of what is wrong with the French economy. (AP Photo/Mathieu Cugnot, File)

PARIS (AP) — The man charged with reviving France’s shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.

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NM judge poised to uphold law on private schools

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge appears poised to rule that the state can continue to pay for textbooks for private school students in New Mexico.

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Tiger will return to Begay’s charity event

VERONA, N.Y. (AP) — Tiger Woods is returning again to play a charity event hosted by Notah Begay III, his former teammate at Stanford.

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Donors help after girl’s stand shut down at track

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donors have helped a 10-year-old girl raised hundreds of dollars more for charity than she expected to since her lemonade stand was shut down at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Carroll names Carson Cunningham men’s hoops coach

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Carroll College athletic director Bruce Parker announced Tuesday that former Purdue basketball player and DePaul instructor Carson Cunningham has been named the men’s basketball coach for the Fighting Saints.

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