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Arnaud Montebourg, Minister of Industrial Renewal of France, has a new target in his sights, the French public procurement group UGAP . Here is some background information about UGAP.
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Please consider China Cotton: Bale of a Tale It is never easy to put a positive spin on buying high and then selling low. Then again, the cotton that China plans to start selling from its vast state reserves this week, at a price below what it paid for this year’s harvest, might be rather hard actually to spin, period. Cotton can go brittle if stored for a long time.
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Eurozone Flash PMI Shows Slight Growth, France Back in Contraction The rosy eurozone growth estimates of a few months ago have bitten the dust already with the possible exception of Germany. The Markit Flash Eurozone PMI signals slowing growth for second successive month in November, with France leading the way. Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index at 51.5 (51.9 in October)