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| | Guardian | Stake sale returns Le Figaro to French hands |
 | | Le Figaro, one of France's leading daily newspapers, is back fully in French ownership after US equity firm, Carlyle Group, sold its 40% holding. |
 | | Le Figaro, which was first published in 1826 and which became a daily 40 years later, sells just over 300,000 copies a day on weekdays - the circulation increases on Saturdays - and is seen as traditionally right wing. |
 | | Le Figaro, too, is said to have looked at the possibility of a market listing but is unlikely to go in the near future. |
| www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4383349-103676,00.html (328 words) |
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