Archive for February, 2012

European shares open up

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

European shares open rebound Tuesday, pending an abundant liquidity to three years of the ECB Wednesday tempering fears of rising oil prices undermine the recovery é ; global economic. In Paris, around 9:35, the CAC 40 gained 0.54% to 3,460 points. In London, the FTSE advance of 0.33% and ...

G20 hopes to increase IMF resources in April

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

The G20 finance ministers pledge to do in April the stock of progress in strengthening the resources of the International Monetary Fund, have we learned from officials G20. At their next meeting in April, the G20 agreed to agree on a financial firewall around 2,000 billion dollars (1.487 ...

Football business: Brics can they compete with Europe?

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Brazil, Russia, India and China are needed on the football transfer market. But their clubs and leagues are still economically very far from Europe. But the road to growing up is fraught with pitfalls. Nicolas Anelka's shirt poses with his new club, Shanghai Shenhua at the press conference for his ...

Enthusiasm on the Stock Exchange about a possible alliance PSA-GM

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

The prospect of a possible alliance between the French PSA Peugeot Citroen and General Motors Wednesday raised the enthusiasm on the stock market but also concern about the employment front, factories Europé ; Ennes both manufacturers suffering from overcapacity. PSA announced Tuesday evening study a proposed alliance, without ...

Alcatel-Lucent aims to compete with the best

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Alcatel-Lucent can now aspire to eventually reach the same level of profitability that the best class in the sector of telecom equipment, said its managing director Ben Verwaayen. This aspiration may seem ambitious for a group whose time some investors doubted the chances of survival and that has ...

The future of Greece in the hands of the Eurogroup

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Finance ministers from the euro zone must give the green light today to the payment of a loan of 130 billion euros to Greece to avoid going bankrupt. The Temple of Zeus in Athens. The partners of Greece in the euro area, which meet Monday, should agree on a ...

Wall Street opens up small, hopes on Greece

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Wall Street opened higher Friday as investors bet on breakthroughs in the Greek case, but the gains may be limited after the sharp rise in the S & P 500 and on the eve of a holiday weekend, the markets are closed Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500, ...

The EU is considering a postponement of the second aid package to Greece

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Officials from the euro area are studying how to delay or even all parts of the second aid package to Greece, if possible until after the election pre views for April, it was learned Wednesday from European sources. While the new aid package of € 130 billion is ...

ThyssenKrupp displays a surprise quarterly loss

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

ThyssenKrupp Tuesday released a surprise loss for the first quarter of fiscal year, with a slowdown in steel demand in a context of low growth, higher costs in its Brazilian plant and a provision passed e on its business of shipbuilding. The German steelmaker reported a loss before ...

The "bulls" retain control this week on Wall Street

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Despite weak corporate earnings and signs of an overbought market, the "bulls" (those who play upwards) may retain control over Wall Street next week. Since the opening of the "season" of results, 352 companies in the S & P 500 have published their accounts and only 63% beat ...