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Right back on top in Greece, the EU still worried

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Greek voters, called for new legislation on June 17, seem to bring themselves to support the parties in favor of austerity plan intended by the Europeans, who are working on different scenarios narios with a possible exit of Greece in the euro area. The general elections of May ...

Credit Agricole says ready for all scenarios on Greece

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Credit Agricole, which accounts for the first quarter were again sealed by Greece and by restructuring charges, said he was ready Friday to all scenarios on the future of the Hellenic Republic as markets fear a departure from the country of the euro area. Considering the situation in ...

Winter temperatures weighed on Holcim

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Holcim has suggested Wednesday that he would again increase its prices, a severe winter in Europe charged on net profit in the first quarter. Sales of cement, concrete and asphalt decreased by double digit percentages in Europe and the net profit after minority interests stood at 10 million ...

AstraZeneca today announced the acquisition of Ardea $ 1.26 billion

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

AstraZeneca announced Monday the acquisition of U.S. company Ardea Biosciences to $ 1.26 billion (956 million), which gives access to a new treatment against gout and strengthens its presence in the rapidly consolidating biotechnology. AstraZeneca offers Ardea $ 32 per share, representing a premium of 54% over the ...

G20 agrees to pay more than $ 430 billion to the IMF

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

The Group of Twenty (G20) pledged Friday to give the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over $ 430 billion of additional resources, making more than double its lending capacity to better protect the global economy of the European crisis of debt. The IMF estimates that the debt crisis of ...

Countries that invest more in green energy

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

While China was displayed as the superpower of clean energy since 2009, the U.S. has taken the top spot developed by the American NGO Pew Charitable Trust, with over $ 48 billion investment in 2011 . France ranks fifth, a position gained in 36% of additional investment over one year. ...

Job creation slows in the U.S.

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Despite the creation of jobs halved in March, the unemployment rate still fell by 0.1 point to 8.2% last month. Enough to supply the controversy about the real situation of employment overseas. One protester dressed as Uncle Sam protests against the U.S. public deficit, near Time's Sqaure in New York, ...

First quarter to win the credit market

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Sovereign debt of countries weakened the euro area and private debt, risky assets on the fixed income markets, have been the big winners of this first quarter of 2012 through excess liquidity as it allowed the risk-free assets such as German government bonds to remain efficient. The credit ...

Florange: new lock ArcelorMittal

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Tuesday morning, metallurgists to block access to the new administration buildings of the Florange ArcelorMittal plant in Mosel. Thirty workers wearing jumpers of the CFDT, CGT and FO have improvised a pyre outside the gates with straw bales and wooden pallets. The fight continues. Metalworkers block since 6:30 this ...

Faced with overcapacity, the automotive sector calls for EU

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Faced with chronic overcapacity, European car manufacturers are calling now to the European Union to try to solve a problem beating down their results and weakens against to competition from outside the EU increasingly present. The chief executive of PSA Peugeot Citroen, Philippe Varin, said Wednesday that his ...