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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) -The chances of a global deal on how multinational companies are taxed have never been higher, although it might take until October to finalise an agreement, the OECD’s head of tax said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Outside view of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD) headquarters in Paris September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been coordin...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) -The chances of a global deal on how multinational companies are taxed have never been higher, although it might take until October to finalise an agreement, the OECD’s head of tax said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Outside view of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD) headquarters in Paris September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been coordin...

Chances of deal on cross-border tax reform never been higher - OECD Reuters 5/5/2021 © Reuters/Charles Platiau FILE PHOTO: Outside view of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD) headquarters in Paris PARIS (Reuters) -The chances of a global deal on how multinational companies are taxed have never been higher, although it might take until October to finalise an agreement, the OECDs head of tax said on Wednesday. Popular Searches The Organisation for Economic Coop...

SocGen in talks over $979 million sale of Lyxor to Amundi Published 2 hours ago By Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) – French bank Societe Generale is in exclusive talks to sell most of asset manager Lyxor to Amundi for 825 million euros ($979 million), as SocGen continues its corporate restructuring while Amundi seeks to increase its market share. SocGen said on Wednesday that the capital gain from the Lyxor sale would be around 430 million euros, adding that the transaction would con...

3 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) -Societe Generale is in exclusive talks to sell most of asset manager Lyxor to Amundi for 825 million euros ($979 million) and complete the French bank’s corporate restructuring while boosting Amundi’s market share. FILE PHOTO: A Societe Generale sign is seen outside a bank building in Paris, France, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo SocGen said on Wednesday that the capital gain from the Lyxor sale would be around 430 million euros, adding th...

Culture Our pick of Brussels’ best activities – online and off – for the coming week La Monnaie continues to livestream concerts and operas scheduled for this season. Up this week, it’s young Paris versus old Vienna as the house’s symphony orchestra offers both Mozart’s Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra and Symphony Nr 39. Carrying on the Mozart series is Der Schauspieldirector ( The Impresario), his wonderfully amusing take on the vanity within the opera world itself. La Monn...

Frances Macron aims to tackle tobacco and alcohol in 10-year cancer plan Reuters 2/4/2021 By Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron wants the generation that will turn 20 in 2030 to be the first tobacco-free one, and also promised on Thursday to do more to warn about the dangers of alcohol, as part of a 10-year strategy to fight cancer. Macron told the French Cancer National Institute - a public entity coordinating scientific research on cancer - tha...

UPDATE 1-Coronavirus variant accounts for up to 20% of cases in Paris - hospital executive Reuters 2/2/2021 (Adds details, quotes, context) By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The highly contagious variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain now accounts for up to 20% of infections in the wider Paris region, a leading hospital executive said on Tuesday, calling for more restrictive measures to rein in the disease. Frances main COVID-19 indicators h...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read PARIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 22,086 new coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours on Tuesday, up sharply from Monday’s 4,240 and close to last Tuesday’s level of 23,608, adding to fears of a third national lockdown. The number of people being treated in intensive care units (ICUs) for COVID-19 was also up, at 3,081, staying above the key 3,000 threshold for the second day running. A drop below 3,000 led the government to re...

French spirits group Remy Cointreau beat third-quarter sales forecasts on Friday and said it was confident that demand for its premium cognac in China and the United States would fuel a profit recovery this year.