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Monday, October 6, 2014

UK retailer's 'France in decline' comment was pure cliché, PM says

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron greets his French counterpart Manuel Valls as he arrives at Number 10 Downing Street in London By William James LONDON (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls rebuked the head of a major British retailer on Monday for saying his country was "in decline", dismissing the comments as a cliched vision of France that the UK media loved to spread. In a speech to lawmakers and financiers in London, Valls rejected comments by John Lewis Managing Director Andy Street who apologized last week after advising investors, in a light-hearted after-dinner talk, to pull their money out of France. ...




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