Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
September 9, 2011
François-Henri Pinault, who wanted to wrap by the end of the sale of Redcats, the pole distance selling of PPR (La Redoute, Cyrillus, Vertbaudet ...) may have to wait many more months. The financial market crisis, in fact, makes potential buyers more cautious. "Access to finance is a critical ...
August 25, 2011
"A strict policy to allow France to remain sovereign in the economic and social development." François Fillon Thus he justifies the battery of measures, presented Wednesday to prevent any slippage in the deficit in late 2011 and 2012. In the context of extreme nervousness of the markets and growing ...
August 18, 2011
The Paris stock exchange plunges into the red on Thursday, after a session already very hesitant. After starting down 1.15% at 3216.77 points, the CAC 40 unscrews from 3% to 3156.70 points at 11:30. The falling movement is identical on all European Stock Exchanges: London lost 2.08%, 2.97% Frankfurt, ...
August 7, 2011
By degrading Friday night the note of the long-term debt of the United States, the rating agency Standard and Poor's (S & P) has taken a historic decision that put a lot of pressure on other countries rated "AAA", such as France. Thus, invited on the air on France ...
August 5, 2011
After one week on the black market European markets, policymakers in the euro area seized by the horns of the question. Nicolas Sarkozy must indeed meet this Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, then with the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero. These exchanges aim to take stock after ...
August 4, 2011
The CEO of BNP Paribas, Baudouin Prot, presented solid first half results Tuesday. Despite the heavy impact of the Greek crisis, the bank shows a profit of 4.7 billion euros, up 8.5% year on year. The head of the largest bank in the euro area, which has actively participated ...
July 10, 2011
Hiring marking time in the United States and much disappoint. The U.S. economy created only 18,000 jobs in June, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. This figure confirms the slowdown in the job market in the United States observed in May (25,000 jobs created, against 217,000 ...
June 29, 2011
Nearly three years after the financial crisis, the first sanctions against the banks fall. And the bill is particularly salty for Bank of America. The U.S. bank agrees to pay $ 8.5 billion to end the prosecution of several investors and placed in warranty provisions of $ 5.5 billion ...
June 20, 2011
China's monopoly on the rare earth is growing again. The country, which provides 95% of exports of these metals, has announced the establishment of a restructuring plan that will require a strengthening of the weight of the state-owned Baotou Iron and Steel. This will make the acquisition of four ...
June 18, 2011
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