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The German economy, an island of prosperity in a continent devastated

May 15, 2012

  The happiness of others is felt as an insult when you yourself are in trouble. The relatively strong expansion of the German economy (2% annual rate in the first quarter) in contrast to the recessions of most other major countries (by population), plus Portugal and Greece. As for the ...

Germany adjusts his tandem with France

May 7, 2012

  It is a blow to Angela Merkel. German Chancellor has lost Sunday night for its closest ally to win against its European partners in managing the crisis of the euro. The defeat of Nicolas Sarkozy, she has supported all the way, is also a bit his. However, his political ...

"Magic" Johnson goes in baseball but remains in Los Angeles

May 2, 2012

  The Lakers star ball changes. After the pumpkin orange basketball, he moved to the little white ball in baseball. Playmaker of the "Dream Team" of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, but the Los Angeles Lakers is the large-figurehead of a consortium that will spend the equivalent of 1.6 billion ...

Digital radio is trying a comeback

April 30, 2012

  Terrestrial digital radio (DAB) will she set up in 2012? The Higher Audiovisual Council (CSA) and wants just updated the call for tenders launched in March 2008 to Paris, Nice and Marseille. A call to cover twenty new cities to follow. The regulator does and apply the law of ...

Lyon: the old prison converted into campus

April 22, 2012

  Photo credits: Azylum

Reduced notary fees would hurt departments

April 20, 2012

  Ease the cost of a property purchase by cutting transfer taxes - that is to say, much of the Notary fees - the idea has appeal to future home buyers. All the charges amount to about 7% of the asset price, a substantial sum when money is tight. The ...

H & M will launch an upscale brand

March 30, 2012

  The clothing giant Hennes & Mauritz (H & M) has, once again, makes investors wince and smile fashionistas. The chain has indeed saw its stock fall by 4% in session Thursday after yet displayed, for the first quarter, sales growth (+13%), to 3.14 billion euros and net income up ...

The French press has its declining diffusion

March 23, 2012

  No turnaround but no collapse either. Dissemination of the mainstream press has eroded again in 2011, an average of 2.26%, a decrease of similar magnitude in 2010, according to figures presented Thursday by the OJD, the body diffusion control of the press. According to the Observatory, the French have ...

The Swiss say "no" to more holidays

March 12, 2012

  Swiss citizens have said "no" referendum, the establishment of "six weeks of vacation for all", or fifteen days of paid vacation and more. The initiative launched by the unions was rejected by 67% of voters. The text called for the passage of six weeks compulsory leave to a minimum, ...

The thriving trade of radioactivity

March 10, 2012

  The Little Shop Becquerel Center is nestled in the popular district of Tokyo Ueno, in the shadow of one of the countless train lines overhead. Since December, people in Tokyo may be measuring the radioactivity of their products, self-service. Two tables out of sight of prying neighbors ...

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