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French growth would stall at year end

Monday, October 10th, 2011

French gross domestic product should be stable or, in the best case, register a slight increase later this year, according to the latest statistics from the Bank of France and INSEE. The Bank of France reiterated Monday its forecast of growth of 0.1% of the French economy in the ...

Oil prices end down almost 4%

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

The oil prices have lost nearly 4% in New York, with the black gold, as European stock markets, the persistence of the debt crisis in the euro area, but also a larger increase than expected Crude oil inventories in the U.S. On the Nymex, the November contract on U.S. ...

European shares start rising sharply

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

European shares opened sharply higher Tuesday, extending their rally started Friday afternoon, still supported by expectations of further measures to stem the debt crisis in the euro area. At 9:36, the CAC 40 index advances 2.79% at 2939.25 points after taking 1.75% Monday, with a volatility index down 4.31% ...

Why Overtime will be planed

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

The "work more to earn more" Nicolas Sarkozy has fizzled. In search of billions of euros of savings, the government is prepared to cap exemptions from the overtime. The final pillar of the law Tepa wobbles. The final pillar of the law Tepa ("Labour, employment and purchasing power"), passed ...

Lower inflation excluding volatile in the euro area

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Inflation excluding volatile components decreased in July in the euro zone, Eurostat said Wednesday, confirming also the overall annual inflation rate. Excluding energy and unprocessed food packaged, retail prices fell 0.8% monthly increase of 1.5% annually from 1.8% in June Overall, retail prices fell by 0.6% monthly in ...

Nearly one in three German believe in the death of the euro by 2021

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Nearly one in three German believe the disappearance of the euro in ten years, reveals a survey published Sunday Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag. The study conducted by the polling institute Emnid, 31% of respondents hold this view, against 65% who bet on the opposite. The "Ossis" (inhabitants ...

New aid plan of 160 billion euros for Greece

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

The banks will participate and a default is not removed. Nicolas Sarkozy sees some action "the beginning of a European Monetary Fund," and announces upcoming proposals to improve European economic governance. Nicolas Sarkozy at the European Summit of 21 July 2011. The euro area has been on the table ...

"The budget per student in French universities is worrying"

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Professor of Economics at Columbia University in the United States and author of a report for the Institute of Company on the financing of higher education, increase the rights of Registration and use private funds. Interview. A student walks in an empty hall reading as Bordeaux's French University ...

Wall Street sign a fourth consecutive session

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Wall Street on Thursday signed a fourth consecutive session, supported by encouraging economic indicators. The Dow Jones was awarded 1.25%, 152.92 points to 12,414.34, the S & P gained 13.23 points, 1.01%, to 1320.64 and the Nasdaq took 1.21% 33.03 points to 2773.52. In closing above the 1317, ...

Food distribution has greatly increased its margins

Monday, June 27th, 2011

The volatility of food prices will force farmers to "juggle between good and bad years," concludes a report on prices and margins in the sector, notes the growing tensions between producers, manufacturers and distributors. These, says the report, have increased their margins on a number of consumer products such ...