Archive for the ‘world’ Category
September 30, 2011
Of the 600 amendments to the bill on consumption currently being debated in the National Assembly, MPs have finally decided to limit to 12 months duration of mobile phone packages. The maximum consumer engagement remains at 24 months. "I do not want a ban long packages. It is the ...
September 24, 2011
"HP is an icon for the Silicon Valley, California, United States and the world. But HP has disappointed investors in recent quarters and I'm not happy, "said Meg Whitman, just named CEO of HP. Its mission statement is clear: to reassure financial markets. Its purpose is not simple. It ...
September 16, 2011
The rebound posted the day continues. After closing the session in the green, with a gain of 1.87% to 2949.14% points, the CAC 40 index opened his session by small increase of 0.69% to 2969.46 points, in the wake of Wall Street and Asian stock markets. The increase has ...
September 14, 2011
It was expected, it is now official. Moody's announced this morning that the degradation of a notch ratings to Credit Agricole and Societe Generale. However, the rating agency has maintained its rating of BNP Paribas. In fact, the financial services group believes that the long-term debt and financial strength ...
August 27, 2011
Deception: the New York Stock Exchange has dug its losses immediately after the speech, as expected, Ben Bernanke on Fed Measures to support a U.S. economy at risk of recession. Around 16:15, the Dow gave 1.47% and the Nasdaq 1.03% after opening on decreases of 0.60% and 0.58%. Markets ...
August 18, 2011
When in 2007 the Merkel government has created an additional income tax of 45%, Germany was against the current. At the time, it was time to lower taxes to encourage work. But the crisis and rising public deficits have changed everything. Germany has become more and more followers. In ...
August 16, 2011
The Paris Bourse is expected to hold its breath on Tuesday. Combined these as on global markets, all eyes will be on the Elysee Palace in Paris to take place a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, to improve governance in the area euro. ...
August 9, 2011
The new housing market has definitely signs of weakness. The Federation of developers (FPI) released on Monday of new home sales down 19% in the first half of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010. "It's a market downturn. We are concerned whether the second quarter marked a ...
July 25, 2011
The French government continues to implement measures to reduce labor migration to France. After fixing in April the goal of reducing by half the number of work permits granted to foreigners in France, the Ministries of Interior and Labour recently issued a new list of occupations open to non-Europeans. ...
July 20, 2011
At 48 hours of extraordinary EU summit which will be dedicated Thursday to "financial stability in the euro area" and "aid program to Greece," the tension was extremely high Tuesday in the chancery, trading rooms and neighborhoods General of Financial Institutions. Especially Angela Merkel has once again maintained the ...