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  Tax-Weary U.S. Millionaires Move to Cayman Islands, Hong Kong for Relief

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2013

  Nigel Green, CEO of a global advisory firm, says he has seen a 48% rise in wealthy Americans inquiring about permanently relocating outside the U.S.

• Osborne Challenges Bank Capital Rules

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 3, 2012

  In the wake of a failure to reach agreement on proposed bank capital rules at a meeting of E.U. finance ministers that ended early Thursday morning, George Osborne, the British chancellor of the Exchecquer, was outspoken in his criticism of other ministers’ efforts to reach agreement.

• Juncker to Step Down as Head of Eurogroup

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2012

  Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister of Luxembourg and head of the Eurogroup assembly of euro zone finance ministers, confirmed that he will step down in the middle of the year from the post he has held for seven years.

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  France Will Tax Financial Transactions Starting in August: Sarkozy

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 30, 2012

  France will unilaterally begin to tax all financial transactions at 0.1%, beginning in August, according to President Nicolas Sarkozy. Saying that he wants to 'set an example,' Sarkozy is determined to make good on a pledge he made to impose the tax when France was president of both the G8...

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  S&P Downgrades French Banks

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2012

  Standard & Poor's downgraded four French banks on Monday, saying that its action came as a result of its downgrade of France itself earlier in the month.

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  Moody’s Downgrades French Banks

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 9, 2011

  Moody’s Investors Service cut France’s three largest banks by one notch, citing a 'very high' probability that the French government would intervene with support.

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  El-Erian, World Bank, Ministers Warn Euro, U.S. Leaders

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 15, 2011

  PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian has warned that further missteps by U.S. and European leaders risk turning today's raging crises into something more devastating. That warning came as France and Germany ruled out talks on Eurobonds.

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  Growth in French Economy Grinds to a Halt in Q2

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 12, 2011

  Despite the fact that economists had expected growth of 0.3% in the French economy in Q2, consumers cut back and there was no growth at all for the period.

• French Banks Fall Again on Debt Fears

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 11, 2011

  After a day of pummeling on the markets on Wednesday, French bank stocks led world markets lower once again on Thursday as investors fearing contagion in the euro zone turned their attention to Paris.