Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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Jean Taquet: The Dark Side of Auto-Entrepreneur Status
Written by Jean Taquet   
pencil_pusherAs of the end of 2009, half of the people who had registered for Auto-Entrepreneur status – created on the first day of 2009 – had no other job activity and were registered as being unemployed. French and American people will interpret this very differently, because they will focus on two different issues.
 
Jean Taquet: The Auto-Entrepreneur Status
Written by Jean Taquet   
new bizThe French government is allowing most self-employed professionals to sign on to the Auto-Entrepreneur status, providing that they comply with all of the requirements. Primarily, annual sales must be less than 32,000 euros, and family income from all sources, including the revenues from the business calculated as sales minus all professional expenses, must not exceed 25,926 euros for the year 2008.
 
Get Your Fish Therapy
Written by Priscilla Lalisse-Jespersen   
fish-therapyThe first fish therapy center, located near the Pantheon, has opened up in Paris. This is where you go to have small fish exfoliate your feet. I’m not kidding! Your fish therapy consists of letting your feet be surrounded by um... fish... followed up with massage therapy and a pedicure. Hmmm….any takers? Believe it or not but these centers already exist in Asia (believable) and America (they must be in be LA). The lady at the accueil assured me that the fish involved are not piranhas (I’m still traumatized by the 1978 film).
 
President Obama, Former Presidents Clinton & Bush on Recovery & Rebuilding Effort in Haiti
Written by Press Release   
haitiPRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. In times of great challenge in our country and around the world, Americans have always come together to lend a hand and to serve others and to do what's right. That's what the American people have been doing in recent days with their extraordinary generosity and contributions to the Haitian people.
 
Despite Financial Crisis French Spend Lavishly on Wine
Written by Karolina Stefanski   
maison des millesimesOnce an unknown Parisian wine shop located in the heart of Saint Germain des Près, the Maison des Millesimes (Vintage House), has become an internationally renowned wine cellar and one of the best-known and most successful wine shops in France, recognized for its exquisite collection and quality to price ratio, especially in Bordeaux wines. It’s easy to be impressed by the depth and diversity of wines and the success of this 300 square foot wine shop run and owned by Thomas Noël, 29, oenophile and master of his trade.
 
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