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Latest update: 28/04/2011 - France - France Telecom - suicide - unions Self-immolation shows that France Telecom suicide saga not over An employee of France Telecom-Orange set himself on fire in his office parking lot on Tuesday, reviving the painful memory of a string of suicides that has gripped the telecommunications giant for three years. By FRANCE 24 A 57-year-old man committed suicide on Tuesday morning by setting himself on fire in the parking lot of a France Telecom-Orange office. It was the second suicide among the staff of the telecommunications operator this year, and a painful reminder of the...

PARIS (AFX) - France Telecom (Paris: FR0000133308 - news) said its TPSA unit, in which it owns a 47.5 pct stake, will cut 3,500 jobs in Poland next year, out of a total of about 30,000. Another 500 jobs will be cut by employee retirements, a France Telecom official said, after the group informed labour unions of the job cuts on Monday. TPSA has been cutting jobs since France Telecom acquired its stake in 2000, when the operator had some 75,000 employees. About 6,000 jobs were cut at TPSA in 2004, France Telecom said

France Telecom announces resignation of chairman, huge loss PARIS, Sep 13, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Debt-laden France Telecom on Friday announced the resignation of its chairman and reported a 12.18 billion euro (dlrs 11.9 billion) net loss for first-half of 2002, its biggest loss since going public. French Finance Minister Francis Mer said a successor for Michel Bon, whose resignation as head of the firm was announced overnight, would be named by the end of the month or early next month. Mer said the government, the firm's majority shareholder with a 55 percent stake, would work with...