Lionel Laurent

France’s Hollande pledges more transparency for banks, politicians

August 24, 2021 at 7:19 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - French banks must give more details on their operations in tax havens, while ministers will disclose personal assets from next Monday, President Francois Hollande said in a...

France confirms death of al Qaeda’s Abou Zeid in Mali

August 24, 2021 at 6:26 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - France confirmed "with certainty" on Saturday that Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, one of al Qaeda's most feared commanders in Africa, had been killed in Mali last month in...

Analysis: BNP Paribas takes a second swing at Asia growth plan

August 24, 2021 at 5:34 a.m.

HONG KONG/PARIS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas's second attempt since 2010 to expand in Asia is a bold move by the bank, as it plans a big hiring push at a...

BNP Paribas eyes 1 billion euro overhaul to cut costs

August 24, 2021 at 2:30 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas plans to spend 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) over three years to pare down its businesses in response to lackluster growth in Europe,...

Inside David Lynch’s Paris art-studio hideaway

December 25, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Behind the doors of a 19th-century printworks in south-central Paris, filmmaker and painter-by-training David Lynch takes a cigarette break after hours of etching abstract shapes and twisted...

Inside David Lynch’s Paris art-studio hideaway

August 24, 2021 at 12:11 a.m.

BNP Paribas to grow as rivals shrink: executive

December 25, 2018 at 10:54 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas , France's No. 1 bank, is confident it can profit from rivals' distress after a year of cutting assets and staff to meet tougher regulations,...

Hollande expected to soften bank stance

December 25, 2018 at 9:42 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - France is expected to reject tough rules proposed by Europe to curb the riskier activities of banks, after months of lobbying by the industry. The draft rules...

Paintbrushes at dawn as mega-galleries sprout in Paris

May 14, 2019 at 2:02 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - A white horse quietly munches hay in the corner of a new warehouse-sized art gallery in the Paris suburb of Pantin, an oblivious player in a giant...

Paintbrushes at dawn as mega-galleries sprout in Paris

August 23, 2021 at 8:51 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - A white horse quietly munches hay in the corner of a new warehouse-sized art gallery in the Paris suburb of Pantin, an oblivious player in a giant...

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