Despite Losses and Bailouts, France Stays Devoted to Disney

In Latest Rescue, State Bank
Offers $500 Million Deal;
Parks Seen as Job Creators

By
Jo Wrighton in Paris and
Bruce Orwall in Los Angeles Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

For years, France has fought what it sees as an American cultural invasion, powered by Hollywood movies, U.S. pop music and giant brands like Coca-Cola.

Now, it is going to great lengths to save an American cultural icon in its backyard: Disneyland.

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