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Claude Guéant, general secretary to Nicolas Sarkozy, said on France 24 on Thursday that the government would order a ban on stock options and bonuses next week for top executives from bailed out French companies.
Workers at the GDF-Suez gas terminal of Fos-sur-Mer, near the southern French city of Marseille, went on strike on Wednesday night in protest against stock options awarded to two of the group's executives.
Abandoning stock options will not help solve the financial crisis, says Philippe d'Arvisenet of BNP Paribas in an interview with FRANCE 24. Only a “globally coordinated plan” will curb the effects of the financial crisis.
The FTSEurofirst 300 slipped 2.4 percent to 1,198.30 points, its worst one-day percentage fall since March. The French CAC 40 dropped 2.43% to 4,426, its lowest close since Janurary. The German DAX ended down 2.39%, and the Eurostoxx50 lost 2.72%.
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