“PPR SA’s electronics retail chain Fnac is in discussions to distribute Apple Inc.’s iPhone handset in France, French daily Le Figaro reports Tuesday,” MarketWatch reports.

“Denis Olivennes, head of the Fnac chain, [says] France Telecom SA’s Orange brand’s exclusive rights for the iPhone in France are ‘inadmissible.’ If the discussions are unsuccessful, Fnac plans to take legal action,” MarketWatch reports.

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So, now that large retail chains are threatening to sue Apple into letting them sell the iPhone, will the one or two goofball (and/or scheming) analysts who work for second- and third-tier investment research firms continue to voice “concern” about Apple’s ability to sell a measly 10 million units in 2008?