Economy
Four Fortune Global 500 have their head offices in this arrondissement: PSA Peugeot Citroën, PPR, Lafarge, and Veolia. In addition Lagardère has its headquarters in this arrondissement.
At one time Aérospatiale had its head office in the arrondissement.
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Famous quotes containing the word economy:
“It enhances our sense of the grand security and serenity of nature to observe the still undisturbed economy and content of the fishes of this century, their happiness a regular fruit of the summer.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Anthony, Sir Eden (1897–1977)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)