1.  A French company has been accused of racism after sacking three Algerian workers.

2.  A French company has landed a contract to supply computers to China.

3.  A French company has reportedly cut a deal to produce software for government agencies.

4.  In the end we lost out to a French company because they could do the job cheaper.

5.  The French companies are registering stellar profits.

6.  Grossbancher, an executive with the French company Bouygues Offshore, had been working with the Angolan state oil company Sonangol.

7.  With the economic slowdown both major and minor French companies were obliged to restructure and cut the workforce.

8.  Early in the year, de Gaulle approved a policy aimed at restricting American takeovers of French companies.

9.  Peter Grimes was put on in Paris, but the first time a French company has put on Peter Grimes.

10.  American investors are active in the French market and many French companies are sensitive to the U.S. economy.