April 4, 2011
The race in the contactless payment technology is launched. Ingenico and look forward to pioneer in this field: it announces the purchase of electronic payments business to Hypercom for U.S. $ 54 million (38 million) in cash.The French manufacturer of payment terminals, thereby strengthening its market position in the ...
February 20, 2011
A few hours of the end of the summit of G20 finance ministers of the richest countries of the world have finally reached an agreement on how to measure global economic imbalances. "We have an agreement, everyone has put his own," said the president. This agreement was possible ...
February 16, 2011
The limited effect of the AMF recommendations on ethics surprise you market it? Not really because they are not binding. The AMF, which is a stock market regulator, must set rules for markets to function properly. Beyond the ethical problem, what is at stake is the integrity of ...
January 28, 2011
"We ask for nothing, just stability and economic coherence. The president of the French Federation of Insurance Companies (FFSA), Bernard Spitz, has responded cautiously Thursday to advertisements Nicolas Sarkozy on life insurance. On Tuesday, the president had expressed the wish that these funds, the stock exceeds 1 300 billion, ...
December 17, 2010
The U.S. stock market opened slightly higher Friday. The Dow declined 0.04%, while the Nasdaq advance of 0.18%. Wall Street took a breather after closing Thursday at its highest level in two years through a series of statistics smiling bode well in this season. After mixed accounts for ...
November 4, 2010
"The ball is in the camp ministry, assured on Wednesday morning the main pilots' union, SNPL Alpha France. It was understood. Accordingly, the SNPL lifted its strike call in air transport, which was scheduled for November 5 to 8. The three unions of pilots and crew (France SNPL Alpa, ...
October 12, 2010
The Inter promised a mobilization of "very large" Tuesday and confirms another day of action this Saturday, October 16. In several sectors, notably transport, energy, public service or refinery, the federations have called for strikes renewable. Transportation • SNCF The seven federations of railway (CGT, UNSA, ...
September 28, 2010
The French group Technicolor, specializes in equipment and services for film and television, sells most of its stake in U.S. advertising network Screenvision. Technicolor, which currently owns 50% stake in the U.S. that do retain 18.8%. The buyer is an investment fund Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II, specializing in ...
August 23, 2010
At the Paris Bourse, the atmosphere was positive on Monday. At the fermture equity markets, the CAC 40 ended up 0.77% comfortable with 3553.23 points. Note that just before the opening of Wall Street, the index had risen to 3583 points. But U.S. indexes quickly took down the slope, ...
August 22, 2010
Major operations are continuing in the commodities sector. After the takeover of the Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton on the Canadian Potash and the takeover of British Power by GDF Suez International, an English exploration company Dana Petroleum is the subject of a hostile takeover by the Korean group Korea National ...