Why French news from an American?

Each nation­al­ity, like each lan­guage reflects its own dis­tinct way of think­ing.
As an Amer­i­can who has lived, stud­ied and worked in France for decades, I may bring a very dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive on events. Via my pro­fes­sional life as a trans­la­tor, I have cov­ered the debates in finan­cial mar­kets, such as the cur­rent con­tro­versy over what con­sti­tutes the biggest worry for the world econ­omy, infla­tion or defla­tion, with the ensu­ing con­se­quences in terms of asset allo­ca­tion (option strat­egy, equi­ties, etc.), takeover bat­tles (Mittal/Arcelor), the pres­i­den­tial elec­tions and numer­ous lit­tle sto­ries about polit­i­cal, eco­nomic and every­day life in France.