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The Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (French for 'French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea') or Ifremer is an oceanographic institution in Brest, France. A state-run and funded scientific organization, it is France’s national integrated marine science research institute.
In 1957 the SFCCE became the Société française pour le commerce avec l'Outre-mer (SFCO). [1] In 1975, with West Indian sugar production gradually declining, the company again entered the trade in Bordeaux wine. In 2005 the company left this business and focused on financial investments.
The Archives nationales d'outre-mer in Aix-en-Provence is a branch of the Archives Nationales of France that documents the French colonial empire. According to one scholar, "half the history of France overseas was represented in the mass of papers" first assembled in Aix in 1966.
The merged bank was renamed "Banque Canadienne Nationale" (BCN) (English, "Canadian National Bank"). In 1968, BCN, in conjunction with a number of other banks, launched Chargex, the first credit card to be issued by a Canadian bank. During the 1970s, Quebec-based rival Provincial Bank of Canada expanded rapidly through a number of acquisitions.
Port-aux-Français: 7,215 [27] Population: 45 researchers in winter, 110 in summer. Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands: Amsterdam Island: Martin-de-Viviès: 66 [27] Saint Paul Island: Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean: Banc du Geyser: Saint Pierre, Réunion: 0 Mozambique Channel: Claimed by the Comoros and Madagascar. Bassas da India: 1 [27 ...
The Société des Bains de Mer (SBM; English: Society of Sea Baths), officially the Société Anonyme des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers à Monaco [1] (French: [sɔsjete de bɛ̃ d(ə) mɛʁ e dy sɛʁkl(ə) dez‿etʁɑ̃ʒez‿a mɔnako]; English: Society of Sea Baths and of the Circle of Foreigners in Monaco), is a publicly traded company registered in the Principality of Monaco.
Each overseas department is the sole department in its own overseas region (French: région d'outre-mer) with powers identical to the regions of metropolitan France. Because of the one-to-one correspondence, informal usage does not distinguish the two, and the French media use the term département d'outre-mer (DOM) almost exclusively.
Like the other Canadian chartered banks, BCN issued its own paper currency until the Bank of Canada Act of 1934 created the Bank of Canada and it relinquished this right. In 1968, Banque Canadienne Nationale was one of the four original banks to form CHARGEX Ltd. through a licence from BankAmericard , providing Canada with its first interbank ...