GRRRR(izzly)

GRRRR(izzly)
Originally uploaded by francophony.

And suddenly, in a crazy world, this documentary about bears is a little moment of poetry

the female moth

Blue Ball

2005 07 22 - 20 40 58
Originally uploaded by weird rubik's cube.

all my youth : Le Havre bay harbour

WeatherGirl

Buenos Aires	Paris

Crying Kid

01-02
Originally uploaded by draier.

No, I don't want to come !

1H30 to drive out of the sub parking of the Galeries Lafayette

Locked in sub parking
Originally uploaded by bc2.

We couldn't breathe because of the high toxicity of the 50 cars gaz. Traffic was completly jammed in the streets so we couldn't advance and a lot of cars felt in mechanical hazards in clouds of pesting smoke.
Car ? No klar !

Extra terrestre

Extra terrestre
Originally uploaded by bc2.

Saint Germain des Prés

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Vivendi told to pay Messier $23.5m

Mr Messier has asked for his golden handshake

The media company, Vivendi Universal, has been ordered to honour a $23.5m (20m euros) pay-out to its ousted chief, Jean-Marie Messier.
A New York tribunal told the Paris-based company it would have to adhere to the severance clause in Mr Messier's contract.
However, Vivendi said that it would challenge the ruling.
"After reviewing the tribunal findings, Vivendi Universal intends to challenge this decision through all available legal actions, both in France and the United States," it said in a statement.
It's indecent that Mr Messier asked and could get 20m euros for an American contract unapproved by the board of directors (Jean-Rene Fourtou, Vivendi chief executive)
Mr Messier, the former chief executive and chairman, was ousted a year ago after shareholders became increasingly angry about the company's finances and a $30bn pile of debt.

'Indecent'

Jean-Rene Fourtou, who replaced Mr Messier, described the tribunal's decision as "scandalous".
Vivendi had asked for the clause on employment termination in Mr Messier's contract to be voided.
The company also argued that the clause had not been approved by the company's board of directors.
"It's indecent that Mr Messier asked and could get 20m euros for an American contract unapproved by the board of directors when one thinks about his responsibility in the very dire situation Vivendi Universal was confronted with last summer," said Mr Fourtou.

Firesale

Since Mr Messier's departure, Mr Fourtou has put many of Vivendi's assets up for sale to reduce its debt burden.
The company is currently considering bids for its entertainment holdings in the US.
Vivendi became a media company after Mr Messier merged a French utility company with the Universal entertainment holdings of the US company Seagram in 2000.
The utility arm has since been spun off and is now known as Veolia Environnement.
The New York tribunal is a US body that provides arbitration for out-of-court settlement of disputes.