France Faces Protests and a Bond Sell-Off Amid Fiscal Stress

A market post says 500,000-plus people protested over the weekend and, citing CNBC, says Paris stocks, bonds and the euro fell Monday. Another post says France's 10-year yield spread over Germany widened to 146 basis points as the government proposed €43 billion in deficit-reduction measures. It also says a nationwide strike is planned for November 5. The first post voices debt-crisis fears.