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This week, all French eyes are on the country's Parliament, where lawmakers have just begun discussing a "controversial" new law that would raise the French retirement age from 60 to an outlandish 62. (Sacré bleu!) The proposed legislation, supported by President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Labor Minister/Partner-in-Crime Eric Woerth, has come under intense scrutiny from trade unions, members ...

The global fascination with sports thrusts professional competitors into an inescapable communal spotlight, a lesson learned long ago by the first tweeting athletes. Players and owners from both the NBA and NFL continue to draw the ire of league officials for sexual, bigoted and inopportune Twitter updates. While patronizing and condescending European "football" clubs may dismiss U.S. soccer, the ...

The latest to implement institutional or industry-wide crackdowns on Twitter, movie industry heavyweights are trying to plug the news leaks that often spring from Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites. The Hollywood Reporter (THR) writes that studios like Disney and Dreamworks are now adding to contracts clauses that would prohibit new hires from leaking news stories before ...