Latest update: 05/10/2012 

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Are French entrepreneurs "pigeons"?!

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Pigeon is French slang for "fall guy" and that's exactly what some entrepreneurs feel they've become for the French taxman: the fall guy. "Pigeons Entrepreneurs" is a Facebook campaign that has got a lot of attention in opposition to the 2013 budget in France. Also: Valérie Trierweiler regrets "that" tweet, and we look at David Blaine's latest stunt.

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