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French Economy Enters Recession

After Ireland, it's the second EU nation in economic trouble

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 3, 2008 9:08 AM CDT

(AP) – France has entered a recession. The national statistics agency projects that the economy will contract by 0.1% in the third and fourth quarters of 2008, meeting the generally accepted definition. Finance Minister Christine Lagarde blamed the troubles on high oil prices, the strength of...   Read full story »

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