Encyclopedia - Vivendi Universal: Encyclopedia - Vivendi Universal
Vivendi Universal (VU) is a French company active in media and communications with activities in music, television and film, publishing, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - France In Indochina
France, which had lost its empire to the British by the end of the eighteenth century, had little geographical or commercial basis for ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - The British In India
Imperialism in Asia - Portuguese French and British competition in India 1600-1763. The English sought to stake out claims in India at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - Postwar Era
Imperialism in Asia - Decolonization and the rise of nationalism in Asia. In the aftermath of the Second World War, European colonies, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - Early European Penetration Of Asia
Imperialism in Asia - Medieval European exploration of Asia. In the 13th and 14th centuries, a number of Europeans, many of them Christ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnp Paribas: Encyclopedia - Bnp Paribas
BNP Paribas (Euronext: BNP, TYO: 8665 ) is one of the main banks in Europe and France. It was created 23 May 2000 through the merger of B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - Portuguese And Spanish Trade And Colonization In Asia
For further detail see Portuguese Empire. Imperialism in Asia - Portuguese monopoly over trade in the Indian Ocean. In Asia, European p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alstom: Encyclopedia - Alstom
Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - Dutch Trade And Colonization In Asia
Imperialism in Asia - The rise of Dutch control over Asian trade in the 17th century. Portuguese decline in Asia was accelerated by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera: Encyclopedia - Opera
Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content is conveyed to the audience as much through mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colonialism: Encyclopedia - Colonialism
Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory and people outside its own boundaries, often to facilitate economic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - Russia And The Great Game
Tsarist Russia is often not regarded as a colonial power such as Britain or France because of the manner of Russian expansions: unlike Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - Imperialism In China
Imperialism in Asia - Imperialist penetration of China. During the 18th century merchants from Western Europe came to China in increasi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France Télécom: Encyclopedia Ii - France Télécom - History
Up to 1988, France Télécom was known as the Direction Générale des Télécommunications, a division of the Ministry of Posts and Tele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danone: Encyclopedia Ii - Danone - Corporate Governance
Current members of the board of directors of Groupe Danone are: Bruno Bonnell, Richard Goblet d'Alviella, Michel David-Weill, Emmanuel Fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnp Paribas: Encyclopedia Ii - Bnp Paribas - Events In 2005
BNP Paribas - Subsidiaries. Banque de Bretagne CETELEM CortalConsors BNP Paribas Lease Group BancWest (Bank of the West & First Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alstom: Encyclopedia Ii - Alstom - History
The name of the company derives from the French region of Alsace and the surname of the engineer Elihu Thomson. The company always writes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peugeot: Encyclopedia Ii - Peugeot - Company History
Although the Peugeot factory had been in the manufacturing business for some time, their entry into the world of wheeled vehicles was by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sncf: Encyclopedia Ii - Sncf - Scope Of Business
SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, literally "high-speed train") and some s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sncf: Encyclopedia Ii - Sncf - Scope Of Business
SNCF operates almost all of France's railway system, including the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, literally "high-speed train") and some s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carrefour: Encyclopedia Ii - Carrefour - Carrefour Around The World In June 2005
Carrefour - Americas. Carrefour is the first operator in Latin America, with a presence in 4 countries: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vivendi Universal: Encyclopedia Ii - Vivendi Universal - History
Vivendi Universal was created in December of 2000 with the massive merger of the Vivendi media empire with Canal+ television networks and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vivendi Universal: Encyclopedia Ii - Vivendi Universal - History
Vivendi Universal was created in December of 2000 with the massive merger of the Vivendi media empire with Canal+ television networks and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Citroën: Encyclopedia Ii - Citroën - History
The story of Citroën begins with the founder of the company himself, André Citroën. After serving in the French army, he set up a gear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Société Générale: Encyclopedia Ii - Société Générale - History
Société Générale - 1864 - 1893. The bank was created during the second empire, on May 4, 1864, to support the development of commer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Électricité De France: Encyclopedia Ii - Électricité De France - Major Reform 1996-2007
Électricité de France - The opening of the electricity market. The decision to open the electricity market to competition at European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France Télécom: Encyclopedia Ii - France Télécom - Subsidiaries
France Télécom operates through several divisions, like Wanadoo (first internet service provider in France, second in Europe), Orange (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnp Paribas: Encyclopedia Ii - Bnp Paribas - History
BNP was created in 1966 by the merger of Banque Nationale du Commerce et de l'Industrie (BNCI) and Conservatoire Nationale d'Escompte de ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnp Paribas: Encyclopedia Ii - Bnp Paribas - Activity
BNP Paribas - Some figures. BNP Paribas is the largest bank in the Eurozone by market capitalization and profit. It employs 87 000 peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alstom: Encyclopedia Ii - Alstom - Products
Alstom's products include: TGV high-speed trains Prima diesel and electric locomotives Citadis trams Coradia and Adelante trains Pendoli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peugeot: Encyclopedia Ii - Peugeot - Motor Sport
The company has had much success in international rallying, notably with the durable Peugeot 504, highly developed four-wheel-drive turbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peugeot: Encyclopedia Ii - Peugeot - Peugeot Model Numbers
Peugeot names the models of their cars in the x0y format; x describes the size of the car (and hence its class), whereas y describes the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peugeot: Encyclopedia Ii - Peugeot - Other Products
Peugeot also makes power tools, pepper and salt grinders. Peugeot also produced bicycles starting in 1882 in Beaulieu, France (with ten T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peugeot: Encyclopedia Ii - Peugeot - Vehicle Models
Peugeot - Numbers. 104, 106, 107 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307, 309 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sncf: Encyclopedia Ii - Sncf - History
SNCF was formed in 1938 following the nationalisation of France's five main railways. These were: Chemin de Fer de l'Est Chemin de Fer d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carrefour: Encyclopedia Ii - Carrefour - Former Countries
Carrefour - Czech Republic and Slovakia. In September 2005, Carrefour sold to Tesco (the biggest UK retailer) 11 stores in the Czech Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Société Générale: Encyclopedia Ii - Société Générale - Activity
Société Générale is the 3rd largest Corporate and Investment bank in the Eurozone by net banking income. 7th largest French company b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Électricité De France: Encyclopedia Ii - Électricité De France - Distribution Network
The electricity network is subdivided by: a transport system of high voltage electricity and very high voltage (100,000 km of lines). Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Électricité De France: Encyclopedia Ii - Électricité De France - Edf's Rivals
Électricité de France - Electrabel and Endesa. Apart from the producers and foreign distributors, in France, there are some important...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Électricité De France: Encyclopedia Ii - Électricité De France - The Edf Group
EDF is present in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia. Électricité de France - Main partners. In Europe EDF owns parts or all of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - U.s. Expansion In The Pacific
As the United States emerged as a new imperialist power in the Pacific, one of the two oldest Western imperialist powers in the region—...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperialism In Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperialism In Asia - Japan
In 1641, all Westerners were thrown out of Japan. For the next two centuries, Japan was free from Western influence, except for at the po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cars: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cars - Canada
List of cars - A-E. Acadian Allard Canada Bricklin Brock Motors Chatham Motors Company Colonial Motors Chalmers Motor Car of Canada Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cars: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cars - United States
There were over 1800 automobile manufacturers in the United States from 1896 to 1930. Very few survived and only a few new ones were star...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In France: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In France - Roads
Total: 893,300 km (including 10,300 km of Motorways) (1998 est.). Most motorways in France are toll and operated by private companies (su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abebooks: Encyclopedia Ii - Abebooks - History
Abebooks began in 1996 with four bookshops and started providing booksellers with an affordable means of selling to a worldwide market. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera - History
Opera - Origins. The word opera means simply "works" in Latin, the plural of opus suggesting that it combines the arts of solo & ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera - Sociology Of Opera
All art forms have a social context, and opera likewise cannot exist in a vacuum. A string quartet exists in manuscript and printed score...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera - History
Opera - Origins. The word opera means simply "work" in Italian, coming from the Latin, the plural of opus suggesting that it combines t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - New Sweden - History
By the middle of the 17th century, the Realm of Sweden had reached its greatest territorial extent and was one of the great powers of Eur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoplait: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoplait - History Of The Yoplait Brand
In 1964, over 100,000 French farmers merged their regional dairy co-operatives in order to sell their product on a national level. In 196...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Helicopter Models And Identification
In identifying conventional helicopters during flight it is helpful to know that when viewed from below, the rotor of a French, Russian, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helicopter: Encyclopedia Ii - Helicopter - Helicopter Models And Identification
In identifying conventional helicopters during flight it is helpful to know that when viewed from below, the rotor of a French, Russian, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Merry Widow: Encyclopedia Ii - The Merry Widow - Operetta Versions
The Merry Widow - Chappell and Glocken. Die lustige Witwe was subjected to many revisions during translation and adaptation in the earl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tupolev Tu-144: Encyclopedia Ii - Tupolev Tu-144 - Development
The development of the Tu-144 is said to be closely related to industrial espionage against the French company Aérospatiale, which was d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia Ii - 2005 Civil Unrest In France - Assessment Of Rioting
Assessments of the extent of violence and damage that occurred during the riots are under way. Figures may be incomplete or inaccurate. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manga: Encyclopedia Ii - Manga - Distributors Of Manga
Manga - Major Japanese distributors. Akita Publishing Co., Ltd. Chuokoron Shinsha Hakusensha Kadokawa Shoten Hayakawa Publishing Kodan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genericized Trademark: Encyclopedia Ii - Genericized Trademark - Genericized Trademarks Non-english
Non-English genericized trademarks are trademarks or brand names which have become words in common usage in that language. Genericized t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia - France
1 See Languages section for regional languages 2 Whole territory of the French Republic, including all the overseas departments and terri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia - France
1 See Languages section for regional languages 2 Whole territory of the French Republic, including all the overseas departments and terri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Demographics
Since prehistoric times, France has been a crossroads of trade, migrations, and invasions. Four basic European ethnic stocks - Celtic (Ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Military
The French armed forces are divided into four branches: Army (Armée de Terre) Navy (Marine Nationale) Air Force (Armée de l'Air) Genda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Government And Politics
Image:A17.jpg Main articles: Government of France, and Politics of France, and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Economy
France's economy combines extensive private enterprise (nearly 2.5 million companies registered) with substantial (though declining) gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Geography
While the main territory of France (metropolitan France; French: la Métropole, or France métropolitaine) is located in Western Europe, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Economy
France's economy combines extensive private enterprise (nearly 2.5 million companies registered) with substantial (though declining) gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Government And Politics
Main articles: Government of France and Politics of France The constitution of the Fifth Republic was approved by referendum on September...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Geography
While the main territory of France (metropolitan France; French: la Métropole, or France métropolitaine) is located in Western Europe, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Culture
France - Marianne. Main article: Marianne Marianne is a symbol of the French Republic. She is an allegorical figure of liberty and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Culture
France - Marianne. Main articles: Marianne, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]] M ... See also:France, France - Geography, France ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Government And Politics
The constitution of the Fifth Republic was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958. It greatly strengthened the authority of the exe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - History
The borders of modern France are roughly the same as those of ancient Gaul, which was inhabited by Celtic Gauls. Gaul was conquered by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Geography
While the main territory of France (metropolitan France; French: la Métropole, or France métropolitaine) is located in Western Europe, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Military
The French armed forces are divided into four branches: Army (Armée de Terre) Navy (Marine Nationale) Air Force (Armée de l'Air) Genda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Administrative Divisions
France has 26 administrative régions: 21 metropolitan régions, the territorial collectivity of Corse (Corsica) (commonly referred to as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Culture
France - Marianne. Marianne is a symbol of the French Republic. She is an allegorical figure of liberty and the Republic and first appe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Economy
France's economy combines extensive private enterprise (nearly 2.5 million companies registered) with substantial (though declining) gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia Ii - France - Terminology
France - Origin of the country's name. The name France comes from Medieval Latin Francia, which literally means "land of the Franks, Fr...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - L
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - L . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article