Come forward to this January, and Mr Jospin's new-year wishes have been modified.
Moving the verdict to December 27th, when the West was in a Christmas lull and Russians were busy with new-year shopping, looked designed to bury it.
Although this coincides neatly with the new-year fall in share prices, much of the extra cash remained untouched in the banks, rather than burning holes in consumers' or share-buyers' wallets.
Pompey have also tied down reserve goalkeeper Asmir Begovic until 2011 after the Bosnian-born 21-year-old agreed a new three-year-deal.
The Dow Industrials moved sideways last week after trading to a new multi-year year high at 13, 653.24 on September 14 and a new year-to-date closing high at 13, 596.93 on Thursday, September 20.
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The Championship club then offered the 22-year-old a new four-year deal, with which Ledley was unhappy.
We looked at rolling five-year periods, with new 5-year periods beginning daily, during nearly 50 years from January 2, 1962 through December 9, 2011, and used trailing 12-month earnings figures.
This comes with the offer of a brand-new 10-year defence deal between the two countries.
Ms Moore has had to tear up her company's five-year plan and draft a new two-year one instead, focusing on two things: internal reorganisation and innovation.
This was encouraged by the launch this year of their new five-year economic plans, traditionally a time for starting big new projects.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old defender Sam Hutchinson has signed a new four-year contract at Stamford Bridge, following Scott Sinclair's commitment to a long-term deal last week.
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The 24-year-old former Liverpool trainee had initially been offered a new two-year-contract at Brunton Park.
The 62-year-old Smith extended his second hugely-successful spell at Rangers by signing a new one-year contract after retaining the Scottish title and winning the Co-operative Insurance Cup.
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Laird has made 92 appearances for the Championship side and signed a new one-year extension at the New Den in June.
Captain Darren Gough included himself in Yorkshire's side for his last home appearance before retiring at the end of the season, while Somerset brought back Gough's former England fast-bowling colleague Andy Caddick - recently given a new one-year contract.
Yet just two days later, the Tehran Stock Exchange reached a new high continuing gains that began when the markets reopened after the Iranian Nav Roz - or New Year - celebration on March 20th.
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The IYB activities, including those of UNESCO, contributed significantly to the successful outcome of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) which took place in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010 where a new ten-year strategic plan and a new international treaty on access and benefit sharing from genetic resources were adopted.
Later this year Hagar will introduce a new three-year reserve, tentatively titled Golden Eagle.
Pompey had been linked with the left-back but he signed a new four-year deal at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
The Nokia Lumia 928 is available for purchase in white or black at Verizon Wireless stores and online beginning Thursday, May 16 for USD99 after a USD50 mail-in rebate, with a new two-year customer agreement.
In October 2010, an international symposium on urban futures and human and urban well-being elaborated plans for a new three-year initiative to promote sustainable urban development and improve the relationship between cities and the ecosystems of which they are a part.
Thus, the dollar was sold to a new multi-year low and stocks were pushed to new highs.
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After the tournament, Ronaldo revealed that he would like to leave United, but at the end of the 2006-07 season the forward agreed a new five-year contract.
The country had marketed a five-year bond with a yield that was expected to have been around 5%, and a new 10-year bond at around 6.125%.
Hart arrived at St Andrew's in June on a season-long loan eight months after signing a new five-year contract with Manchester City.
Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) decision is based on new three-year data from a clinical trial designed to test the effect of Vioxx on preventing colorectal polyps.
Manu came to England in 2006 to play for Castleford, moving to Hull a year later, and recently signed a new two-year deal after producing the best form of his career, earning him a place at McNamara's 37-strong gathering.
The Premier League and European champions have also been linked with David Silva, Thierry Henry, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Roque Santa Cruz, who signed a new four-year contract with Blackburn on Friday.
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