According to police sources, three persons have been arrested on Thursday during an inquiry into the accused tax elusion and cash laundering. The people were reportedly close to France's wealthiest woman, Liliane Bettencourt.

In France, surgeons managed to perform a full face transplant that is said to be the first and the most complex of its kind. Surgeons operated on a 35-year man, last month, in an operation that lasted for almost a day. The patient used to have disfigured skin, as a result of a tumor that spread through his tissues.

Employers can utilize existing law to get around the state pension age and 'objectively justify, why some groups of workers deserved to retire in advance, as is the case in France, said David Yeandle, Head of Employment at manufacturers’ body , the EEF.

The studio Quantic Dream has put a hold on the development Heavy Rain Chronicles DLC for an indefinite period. The news is not a rumor and has been confirmed by a report from the Game Informer.

The project was placed on hold due to a request from Sony to develop a Move patch for Heavy Rain Chronicles. The news will not be liked by the fans of the popular gaming title.

French Economy Minister, Christine Lagarde, at a press conference in Paris on Wednesday said that financial regulation was "an imperative response to restore confidence in the markets".

The euro zone's top two economies, Berlin and Paris have requested the Commission to ban the short selling of shares and sovereign bonds in EU.

Louis Vitton will now offer a unique frame of sunglasses for those who love vintage style, which is a trend developed specifically at the turn of the ’50s and 60, and thereby characterized by ’80s period for being etiquette, chic and elegant without getting to any kind of excess.

Credit-rating Companies responded to market chaos, when decreasing some European countries, annoying the region's crisis by failing to provide opportune risk assessments, shared Banque de France Governor Christian Noyer.

A novel study, led by Liwei Chen, Assistant Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans has depicted a surprising association between sugar in drinks and blood pressure.

The research has outlined that by reducing the daily intake of sugary drinks by just one serving a day, can assist in lowering their blood pressure.

After the results of the first quarter of 2010 were announced it was seen that on Thursday Alcatel-Lucent's shares fell 5%.

Publicis Groupe, a French advertising company, is showing great signs of recovery which is great news for the advertising industry. The industry was hit badly due to the economic downturn. The company's profit surged up and it reported a 3.1% rise in revenues in first-quarter and predicts that the second quarter will exceed its expectations.