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20% drop in quarterly earnings Suzuki

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Suzuki Motor posted Wednesday a 20% fall in its quarterly operating profit, hit by a drop in production after the earthquake of March 11, but this is above expectations and allows the manufacturer to keep its target for the year . Operating profit stood at 25.57 billion yen (234 ...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down 0.50%

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down 0.50% Wednesday as investors worried about the political impasse in the United States on raising the U.S. debt ceiling. The Nikkei, however, able to remain above the threshold of 10,000 points with expected positive results of Japanese companies. The Nikkei lost 50.53 ...

The IFI offers an exchange of Greek debt

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) said on Thursday an exchange of Greek debt maturing until the end of 2019 against 30-year bonds, according to a document obtained by Reuters. This should help the private sector to the tune of 17 billion euro rescue of Greece. According to ...

The euro is suffering from the Greek crisis

Friday, June 17th, 2011

The euro fell against the dollar and the yen after the failure of negotiations finance ministers of the euro zone on a new aid package to Greece. The euro was down against the dollar Thursday, hit by ongoing concerns about Greece's debt and its contagion. 6am-8am to Paris-the single ...

The Paris Bourse started declining after Bernanke's comments

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

The Paris Bourse opens lower Wednesday in the wake of Wall Street and Asia, the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has acknowledged a slowing U.S. economy. At 9:28, the CAC 40 index was down 0.46% at 3854.06 points, showing a loss of 3.66% since the beginning of June. ...

Coelho said he bound by the terms of the aid granted to Portugal

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Pedro Passos Coelho, future Prime Minister of Portugal, said Monday was "absolutely bound" by the terms of the assistance plan of 78 billion euros provided by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. Winner of Sunday's parliamentary elections, the leader of the Social Democratic Party center-right has said ...

Moody's further lowers the rating of Greece

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

The rating agency said Wednesday it lowered the rating three notches she attributes to the Greek public debt to bring it to a level that reflects a real risk of default. The rating agency Moody's said Wednesday it lowered by three notches note it gives to the public debt ...

European markets end down, Paris sells 1.89%

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

European markets finished lower, hurt by fears weigh on U.S. growth is showing signs of slowing. Technical analysts believe that risk aversion is likely to continue over the coming weeks and that the evidence should be kept within fairly narrow ranges of fluctuation with downturns interspersed with light bounces. ...

Accor has no plans to sell one of its brands

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Accor has no plans to divest one of its hotel brands, said Monday its CEO Denis Hennequin. The first hotel group in Europe also plans to expand in India, where he plans to open 90 locations by the end of 2015, he said at the meeting of shareholders. ...

An employee of D & CO wins at tribunal against Freemantle

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

The production company has been fined 160,000 euros for one to one former employee who has accumulated a wealth of CSD for the issue DIY Valerie Damidot. A one-employee of D & CO, emission DIY Valerie Damidot (here in Cannes in May 2009), won the Labour Court against Freemantle. ...