1.   But this year, he found work as a programmer again, fixing millennium bugs on the Unisys computer of a pen maker.

2.   French stocks surged as a rising dollar prompted investors to snap up big exporters such as pen maker Bic SA and hotels company Accor SA.

3.   Nonetheless, I believe the pen maker will do better to use aniline dye on a white or neutral-colored wood like maple or birch.

4.   The pen maker, which is sells lighters and pens in the U.S., lost ground after U.S. shares slumped in the closing minutes of French trading.