French unrest hits business confidence, growth prospects

PARIS (Reuters) - French business confidence plunged to a more than two-year low in December after violent anti-government protests as the economy closes the year on a rough note, official data showed.The confidence slump implies the economy has slowed since growth peaked this year in the third quarter at 0.3 percent, which Friday's data showed was weaker than previously thought.The INSEE statistics agency said its business confidence index fell to 102 points in December from 105 last month -..