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With a Federal Court Case underway many are asking can the color of the soles of shoes be protected as a trademark. The answer may surprise you.

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. biotech firm Monsanto said on Tuesday it does not plan to sell its genetically modified maize MON810 in France this year, nor after, even though the country's highest court overturned a 3-year ban in November. "Monsanto considers that favorable conditions for the sale of the MON810 in France in 2012 and beyond are not in place," the company said in a statement, adding that it had told the French authorities about its intentions.

The giant consumer technology firm revealed in its "Apple Supplier Responsibility Report" for 2012, available for perusal here , that it had carried out 229 individual audits among its diverse and largely secrecy-shrouded supplier chain. Looking for responsible behavior across all aspects of its business, Apple paid attention to labor and human rights, health and safety, environmental impact and more ephemeral aspects like ethics and business practices

Jeanne Baret was passionate about science. So passionate that, in the 1760s, the Frenchwoman disguised herself as a man

When Pouenat Ferronnier was awarded the Enterprise of Living Heritage designation by the French government in 2009, it was the culminating honor for the iron smithery that was established in 1880. The firm’s exceptional furnishings—conjured up by such important international modern designers as Tristan Auer, India Mahdavi, and Thomas Boog, ...

How one retailer discovered the secret to expanding from three to 15 stores profitably.

How one retailer discovered the secret to expanding from three to 15 stores profitably. One retail client of ours had a small boutique business unit (selling upscale French clothing) that was a real puzzler. They were seeing great profitability in their New York boutique, significant losses from their Los Angeles boutique, and moderate profitability just down the street in Orange County.

How one retailer discovered the secret to expanding from three to 15 stores profitably. One retail client of ours had a small boutique business unit (selling upscale French clothing) that was a real puzzler. They were seeing great profitability in their New York boutique, significant losses from their Los Angeles boutique, and moderate profitability just down the street in Orange County.

Some 42,000 women in Britain are thought to have received implants manufactured by now-defunct French company

Next year's economy will be hostage to the scary Euro crisis and towering debts at home.

France recommended that estimated 30,000 French women with the implants get them removed after more than 1,000 ruptures

More than 1,000 implants have ruptured, eight women with implants developed cancer, French agency said

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More than 1,000 implants have ruptured, eight women with implants developed cancer, French agency said

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