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Friday, November 4th, 2011

The OECD will publish at the G20 a new list of tax havens. Switzerland and Liechtenstein can be found on the gray list for not been transparent enough. Nine other states, including Panama, the Seychelles and Botswana, are in a blacklist. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that ...

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Swiss Re on Thursday posted quarterly results significantly better than expected but declined to give an assessment of damage caused by floods in Thailand. Net income for the Swiss reinsurer has more than doubled in the third quarter to $ 1.35 billion (988 million) against 618 million in the ...

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

The French left the presidency of the European Central Bank on October 31. It gives way to the Italian Mario Draghi. Record of eight years of a presidency marked by the seal of the crisis. The mandate of Jean-Claude Trichet President of the ECB ended October 31, 2011 The ...

Caterpillar's earnings up 44% in Q3

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Caterpillar reported Monday a record turnover and a 44% jump in profit in the third quarter, well above analysts' expectations and showing a cautious optimism for 2012. The world's largest earth-moving machinery and equipment for the mining industry said to expect that its sales climbed 10% to 20% next ...

The EU is struggling to define its response to the crisis on the eve of the summit

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

After two days of meetings of ministers in Brussels, the Europeans always struggled Saturday night, the eve of a double peak of the euro area and Twenty-Seven, to define a major response to the crisis of debt hit the continent in two years. More than ten hours of meetings ...

Rise in quarterly operating profit of Deutsche Börse

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Deutsche Boerse, the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange wants to merge with NYSE Euronext as part of a transaction of nine billion dollars, said Wednesday a 35% increase in quarterly operating results. The EBIT of the company thus stood at 330 million euros for the three months to ...

S & P revises upwards the risk of Spanish banks

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Standard & Poor's raised its risk assessment Tuesday for the Spanish banking sector, saying it will continue to face funding difficulties and release of earnings. The rating agency notes that Spanish banks continue to suffer from the economic crisis over the next 15 to 18 months. S & ...

The French trade deficit will break all records

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Foreign trade is expected to result in a deficit of 75 billion euros, exceeding the 2008 record dark when France posted 56 billion euros of trade imbalance. View of the Port of Marseille 2011 is the year the trade deficit lights will beat his sorry record. The trade imbalance ...

Slight increase in inflation in August

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

The consumer prices in France rose 0.5% from July and 2.2% year on year. This increase resulted from the end balances and rising tourism. Winter sales, January 2010 The consumer prices in France rose 0.5% in August on a month, after falling 0.4% in July, and were appreciated by ...

European shares open up after Jackson Hole

Monday, August 29th, 2011

European stock markets opened up Monday in the wake of Wall Street and Asian stock markets, markets enjoying a renewed hope for investors Friday after the speech of the President of the Federal Reserve in Jackson Hole. Ben Bernanke said the Fed would meet two days in September, instead ...