CURRENT NEWS ITEM: FRANCE - INDUSTRY: CRISIS HITS ALL SECTORS, FROM FOOD TO CARS

TOP - 50 RELEVANT BREAKING NEWS

1. FRANCE - INDUSTRY: Crisis hits all sectors, from food to cars

   Dijon will lose its legendary mustard: French mustard brand Amora Maille has announced the closing of its historic production sites in the capital of Burgundy. Carmakers Renault and Peugeot have also announced massive job cuts.

2. CAR INDUSTRY: BMW sales plunge as crisis hits high-end

   Bavarian luxury carmaker BMW saw his monthly sales drop 25,4% in November. Sales were down 1,8% to 1.3 million units in the first 11 months of the year, confirming the global downturn is also affecting the industry's premium segment.

3. That Sinking Feeling: Global Crisis Hits Shipping Industry Hard

   Shipping benefits from globalization more than almost any other sector. But this has also made it more vulnerable to the global economic crisis. Freight and charter rates have plunged, jobs at shipping companies are being cut and many ships are being parked for months at a time.

4. AUTO INDUSTRY: BMW sales plunge as crisis hits high-end

   Bavarian luxury carmaker BMW saw their monthly sales drop 25.4% in November. Sales were down 1.8% to 1.3 million units in the first 11 months of the year, confirming the global downturn is also affecting the industry's premium segment.

5. FRANCE - GERMANY: Merkel, Sarkozy pledge coordination on financial crisis

   Stressing the need for a unified European financial package during a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would meet with British PM Gordon Brown ahead of Saturday's eurozone talks.

6. Be prepared as crisis hits - PM

   ALL eyes are on the share market after PM Rudd tells Aussies to steel themselves as financial crisis hits.

7. Zimbabwe: Food Crisis Now a 'National Disaster'

   HUMANITARIAN organisations want the government to declare the current situation in the country -- particularly in the two Matabeleland regions -- a national disaster, to speed up the allocation of resources to needy communities.

8. Financial crisis hits global poverty battle

   Efforts to eradicate global poverty have come under threat as governments grapple with the financial crisis, international development secretary Douglas Alexander said.

9. Financial crisis may escalate food prices worldwide: UN

   The situation would be alarming enough if it were confined to a matter of hunger, but a wide-spread lack of food triggers other threats, from social unrest to environmental degradation," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said in a statement on

10. Financial crisis hits pheasant and partridge shooting

    The financial crisis could spike the guns of the country set. Neil Tweedie reports.

11. Billions lost as 'new crisis' hits

    EUROPEAN stocks hammered and Dow in decline as analysts say recession is a virtual certainty.

12. Tesla Motors hits the brakes amid credit crisis

    The country's leading electric car maker delays its next model, replaces its CEO and will lay off workers. The credit crisis has hit the country's leading electric car maker.

13. Rudd, industry leaders in crisis talks

    PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd will meet with business and industry leaders tomorrow to thrash out further ideas to protect the economy against the global financial crisis.

14. Annan: Financial crisis undercuts global food aid

    Wealthy nations are reneging on commitments to help feed the world's hungry and may cite the banking crisis as a reason why they cannot do more, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday.

15. Icelandic Bank Collapse Hits Museum Of Science And Industry

    As councils, businesses, charities and individuals across the UK count the cost of the collapse of the Icelandic banking system, one of our national museums has announced that it too could lose money invested in the beleaguered Icelandic bank, Kaupthing

16. Hunger eclipsed by financial crisis on World Food Day

    ROME (Reuters) - The world's leading crusaders against hunger voiced frustration on World Food Day on Thursday that the global financial crisis had overshadowed a food crisis tipping millions toward starvation.

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18. Financial crisis Sales of holiday homes in France plummet

    The number of Britons purchasing property in France's Dordogne has halved amid the financial crisis.

19. 10 Things the Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

    Two nutrition experts argue that you can't take marketing campaigns at face value.

20. Food crisis in retreat, but 'major emergency' still exists

    The sharp increases in commodity prices that triggered food riots this year have been all but erased amid the recent financial turmoil, but officials now fear donors will forget that the problem goes much deeper.

21. Financial crisis hits the West End

    West End shows are falling victim to the financial crisis and posting early closure notices.

22. Credit crisis hits Whistler-Blackcomb owners

    The operators of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort in B.C. say it's business as usual, despite reports the owners are struggling to stop it from becoming a victim of the international credit crisis.

23. Borrowing hits record levels as crisis bites

    The UK’s public finances deteriorated badly in September, with public sector net borrowing soaring to a record level as spending outpaced tax receipts amid the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, the Office for National Statistics reported yesterday.

24. Credit crisis hits Japanese car sales in US

    Until recently, fuel-efficient offerings from Japanese manufacturers have continued selling well as fuel prices have soared. But that relative advantage has receded quickly since the financial crisis entered its most turbulent phase in September

25. ENTERTAINMENT - FRANCE: No crisis for French Disneyland

    France's Euro Disney announced a record number of visits this year, with 15.3 million people coming to theme park despite the international crisis. In September, its sales rose 9 per cent to reach 1.33 billion euros.

26. London black cab sales tumble as financial crisis hits drivers

    Maker of the worldfamous London black cabs says drivers are struggling with fuel prices and mortgage costs.

27. Financial Crisis Shows Up on the Streets in France

    ROUEN, France, Oct. 22 -- Coralie Canterelle, who wields her scissors with easy flair, makes no claim to expertise in the world of high finance. But from the vantage point of her little hair salon in this ancient Normandy town, she said, it has become clear that Europe's financial turmoil is tric...

28. Video: Exposing food industry secrets

    Oct. 22: Katherine Hobson from U.S. News and World Report reveals five things the food industry doesn’t want you to know. (Today Show)

29. Tanzania: Apt Strategies Needed to Alleviate Food Crisis

    The right strategies and policies are the key to sound and productive actions. Without proper strategies, it is difficult to achieve anything. But policies and strategies alone, without tangible actions are useless.

30. UN: Millions suffer food crisis in NKorea

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The U.N. food agency said Thursday that millions of North Koreans face a food crisis, but a South Korean official said that Seoul has not decided whether to respond to a request for food aid to the communist country....

31. Financial Crisis: Food sales fall for first time since 1986

    Food sales have fallen for the first time in more than 20 years according to official statistics.

32. Millions suffer food crisis in North Korea: UN

    The UN food agency said Thursday that millions of North Koreans face a food crisis, but a South Korean official said that Seoul has not decided whether to respond to a request for food aid to the communist country.

33. Crisis hits profits at Samsung Electronics

    The world's top maker of memory chips and LCDS said its third-quarter net profits dropped by 44% due to the global slowdown but semiconductors showed some resilience

34. Air France problems signal bad times ahead for industry

    The Paris-based airline said the global credit crisis and slowing economic growth meant fewer tourists and business travelers.

35. North Korean food crisis worsens

    United Nations envoy estimates than half of North Koreans eat only two meals a day, as harvests remain low after floods in 2006 and 2007

36. North Korea faces worst food crisis in decade

    Millions of people in the country are facing "severe deprivations" not seen since the mid-1990s, according to a newly released UN report.

37. North Korea Faces Worst Food Crisis in Decade

    Millions of people in the country are facing “severe deprivations” not seen since the mid-1990s, according to a newly released U.N. report.

38. Financial crisis: Comfort food back in fashion as diners call for custard and sticky puddings

    Custard sticky toffee puddings and other comfort food is making a comeback as consumers try to ward off the economic crisis with nursery fare from their childhood.

39. France feels stock car will survive economic crisis

    NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France is confident stock car racing can weather the current economic crisis.

40. Financial Crisis Hits Public Transit

    Metro, BART, MARTA, and other public-transit systems are asking the government for help.

41. Hedge Fund Industry's Role in Wall St. Crisis

    Hedge funds seemed unstoppable during the boom years, lavishing riches upon their investors and managers alike. Now that those riches are quickly disappearing, some analysts are blaming them for propagating the high-risk culture that led to the crisis on Wall Street. We try to shed some light on the hedge fund industry.

42. Global financial crisis hits NFL game between New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers

    Not even the moneyed NFL has been immune from the global financial crisis.