French ban on instructor ratings site

Earlier this week a French tribunal decided to shut down the French instructor rating site note2be.com, ordering them to stop several site rating functions and pay damages to some 50 instructors named on the site. Educational Minister, Xavier Darcos, supported the actions saying that teachers and professors should be protected from "anonymous attacks on the Internet."





For more on the tribunal's actions against the site:
Le Monde: La justice interdit les notes nominatives des professeurs sur note2be.com

French consumers take Soldes online

If you've ever been in France during "Soldes" you know what a big deal it is to have reduced prices on almost any merchandise you can imagine. But apparently French consumers didn't purchase as much in stores this year as they have in past years. What may have been lacking in brick and mortar sales though was more than made up in Internet sales. Some say a French public that is more aware of the country's economic state of affairs is responsible for the change.



For more on this years Soldes:
Le Figaro: Soldes d'hiver : l’incroyable boom d’Internet