The CAC-40 and DAX indices are down 17.9% and 13.7% as of Nov 4, 2011. Both these indices were off much higher in early October but have since recovered some of the losses as some clarity has began to emerge on the solution to the Euro crisis. Click to enlarge Source: Yahoo Finance French and …
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Carrefour SA of France is the second largest retailer in the world after Wal-Mart(WMT) and is also the largest retailer in Europe. The group operates four main grocery store formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets, hard discount and convenience stores. Carrefour currently has over 15,500 stores worldwide, either company-operated or franchises. The major markets for Carrefour are: Asia, …
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The 10 largest publicly-listed most profitable French companies that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: [TABLE=572] Related ETF: iShares MSCI The France (EWQ)
Societe Generale SA, one of the largest banks in France raised the dividend today by 33% to 1.2 Euros a share. SoGen trades in the US in the OTC market with ticker SCGLY. Some of the key points in the 4th Quarter,2008 earnings report: French consumer lending helped the bank offset losses in international operations …
Unlike Canada or Canada,there are not many French stocks listed in the US. Other than the iShares France ETF (EWQ) there are some French companies that trade in the The following are three stocks worth looking into: 1.CGV Veritas(CGV) provides technical services to oil and gas companies or exploration.Year-to-Date the stock is down nearly 62%.CGV …