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The Tokyo Stock Exchange finished up 0.76%

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The Tokyo Stock Exchange finished up Thursday for the third straight session, gaining 0.76%, driven by strong economic indicators judged from the United States and China. The Nikkei gained 67.03 points to 8876.82 points and the Topix, broader took 4.49 points (0.59%) to 762.45 points. Sony, which just announced its ...

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

The level of consumer confidence in the French economic situation is similar to that which prevailed at the height of the financial crisis began in 2008, a negative signal for the consumer to a few weeks holiday season. The French surveyed by INSEE in November have also never been ...

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

International creditors of Greece did not convince the leader of the Conservatives Saturday, Antonis Samaras, to undertake in writing to support the austerity measures required for new aid. The leader of New Democracy, one of the three member parties of the coalition government of Lucas Papademos, reiterated that his ...

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Production and Japanese exports may stagnate before recording a modest recovery, said Thursday the Bank of Japan, which refers to the economic outlook made highly uncertain by the slowdown in global growth and the impact of the strong yen . Floods in Thailand will also affect exports significantly in ...

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Wall Street closed higher Monday, turning in the last trading session after a particularly volatile and largely downward trend on fears that Italy's third largest economy in the euro area, in turn carried by the crisis of debt. The New York Stock Exchange closed up 0.71% Monday, the Dow ...

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 ...

The Eurogroup will move forward on the EFSF and Greece

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Finance ministers from the euro area opened Friday six days of intense negotiations that will be punctuated by three peaks and the outcome of which, expected Wednesday, is considered crucial for the future of the single currency. Meeting in Brussels, ministers primarily responsible for preparing the ground for the ...

Annual target for Accor confirmed after a quarter in line

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Accor has confirmed its target of operating profit for 2011 Tuesday by announcing an increase in sales for the third quarter thanks to the acceleration performance of the economy hotel segment. The hotel group Accor is always operating income in 2011 of between 510 and 530 million euros. It ...

Alexander was appointed Monday Juniac CEO of Air France-KLM

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Juniac Alexander, former chief of staff Christine Lagarde at the Ministry of Economy, Monday is expected to succeed Pierre-Henri Gourgeon to the Directorate General of Air France-KLM, think they know the Figaro and Les Echos. A special board is scheduled Monday morning and is expected to endorse the departure ...

Barroso is that decisions of October 23, apply soon

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Any decision on the European financial stability or banks to the European Council decided on 23 October will take effect immediately, said Friday the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. He added that any revision of the plan provided for Greece in the Europe Agreement of July 21 will ...