July 8, 2010
The foreign trade deficit widened in May to 5.5 billion euros, according to figures released by Customs on Wednesday. "This is the worst result since October 2008," says Alberto Balboni, an economist at Xerfi. The consensus of analysts expected a decline of 4 billion trade deficit. The accumulated deficit ...
April 24, 2010
The clouds are gathering over Goldman Sachs. After the announcement of a complaint by shareholders against the directors, the Wall Street Journal revealed on Saturday that five of them have sold their shares after the bank had been informed that an investigation by the SEC, the U.S. stock Constable ...
April 9, 2010
The pension reform could be financed by a levy increase. A statement in the entourage of the Elysee yesterday suggests, according to Les Echos on Friday. It would be a levy on a specific population group. The source relayed by the newspaper indicate that "nothing is arrested" and that ...
March 12, 2010
"Unity, solidarity, modernity" Laurence Parisot wants to build "Medef 2.0. Thus she concludes the first note of his blog (laurence-parisot.com), launched on Thursday to explain "the men and women who love the spirit of enterprise" why she is seeking a second term as head of MEDEF. With the official ...
March 11, 2010
The crisis has changed the ranking of richest people worldwide. The twenty-fourth annual list prepared by Forbes magazine, published last night in the United States, and devotes the Mexican Carlos Slim as the richest man in the world with a fortune estimated at nearly 53.5 billion dollars. This is ...
March 7, 2010
"It should stand on a cow so we can better see!" At the Salon of Agriculture, a crowd of onlookers quickly formed over the course of Nicolas Sarkozy, despite an early arrival more than expected Saturday morning. Instead of starting the tour at 9:30 am as originally indicated, Nicolas ...
February 4, 2010
The merger announced last September between the activities of Orange Mobile and the T-Mobile in the United Kingdom could not overcome the obstacle of the OFT (Office of Fair Trading). The regulator of the sector concerned, in fact, that this fusion impedes competition in the telecommunications sector in Britain, ...