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U.S. ECONOMY
The American Bull Is Back
All together now: "Phew!" The U.S. Federal Reserve has made it official. The recession, if it ever happened, is over. Happy figures tell the story. Forecasts from the stodgy International Monetary Fund, due out this week, predict growth of 1.4 percent for 2002, in contrast to a 0.4 percent fall in last year's third quarter. More upbeat economists expect far better: annualized growth so far this year is sizzling near 5 percent. Jobless claims look like they may soon fall. Housing starts are racing along at their fastest pace in three years. The consumer price index rose by 0.2 percent in February, reflecting ...
- In France, voters learn to love the 'Super Liar' Sunday's presidential runoff...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor May 3, 2002 700+ words
...politics has grabbed just about everyone's imagination. The boys leaping off a park bench on a recent day shouted: "I am Super Liar," a reference to President Jacques Chirac, so dubbed by a satirical television program here. The show has featured a latex...
- Balladur spitting mad about his declining image
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London MARY DEJEVSKY March 9, 1995 700+ words
...the politicians by their Bebete names. Les Guignols de l'info is the show favoured by young...Nicolas Sarkozy, who is thus depicted in Les Guignols. Recently Canal Plus, which screens Les Guignols, devoted a programme to the question...
- Very droll; French humour.
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) December 20, 2003 700+ words
...fiercest critics of the government, "Les Guignols de l'Info" ("The News Puppets...Spitting Image", is a huge success. "Les Guignols" has become sharper, even crueller...will let me off for ill health.' "Les Guignols" has felt obliged to apologise only...
- Back on the road to success.
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Business (London, England) March 24, 2002 700+ words
asatirical puppet show on French television called Les Guignols recently showed a skit of Jean-Marie Messier, chairman...Poking fun at Messier has become a regular bit on Les Guignols, which airs on Vivendi's own CanalPlus TV network...
- OLDEtonian Hugh Laurie's hugely successful [...].(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 9, 2009 700+ words
...s hugely successful TV persona, Fox's Dr Gregory House, is satirised on French TV's equivalent of Spitting Image, Les Guignols de l'info. His curmudgeonly character House is seen mocking President Sarkozy's health reforms. Quite an accolade for...
- OLD Etonian Hugh Laurie's hugely successful [...].(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 9, 2009 700+ words
...s hugely successful TV persona, Fox's Dr Gregory House, is satirised on French TV's equivalent of Spitting Image, Les Guignols de l'info. His curmudgeonly character House is seen mocking President Sarkozy's health reforms. Quite an accolade for...
- Canal plus dials VOD.(introducing video-on-demand service )(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Guider, Elizabeth October 20, 2005 700+ words
...subscribers will be able to download programs aired on the paybox's flagship channel, such as satirical puppet show "Les Guignols de l'Info," newscasts and football programming, said Canal Plus director of development Bruno Thibaudeau. "It is about...
- Nicolas Sarkozy and the reform of France; French politics.(The French finance...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) July 17, 2004 700+ words
...Balladur, in the 1995 presidential election, is riding a wave of popularity that may end in confrontation. These days "Les Guignols de l'Info", a satirical television show, shows Mr Sarkozy burying Mr Chirac alive. This week, Mr Chirac again said...