Archive for the ‘management’ Category

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 ...

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Wall Street ends in a disorganized, statistics weigh

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

The Dow and S & P 500 finished down slightly Wednesday after figures from the private sector employment worse than expected, raising fears that those for all sectors, expected Friday, will in turn lower than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial 30 yielded 0.08%, or 10.75 points, to 13,268.57. ...

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 ...

Madrid will not need help its banks, confirms the EC

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

The European Commission continues to believe that Spain would not need financial assistance from the euro area in order to recapitalize its banks Wednesday said a spokesman. Asked if the Commission felt that Madrid was always able to avoid stressing the currency bloc to preserve its banking sector, ...

With Viterra, Glencore diversified into agribusiness

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Glencore, the world leader in commodities trading, and its partners Richardson and Agrium International, announced Tuesday the acquisition of specialist Canadian grain handling Viterra for 6.1 billion Canadian dollars (4.64 billion euros). Already in production and marketing of agricultural products, metals, minerals and oil, Glencore seeks to expand ...

Qatar wants to enter the supervisory board of Lagardère

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Qatar has increased to 12.8% its stake in the capital of Lagardère and plans to apply for entry to the supervisory board of the media group, we read in a notice published Monday by the Markets Authority (AMF). Qatar Holding, one arm of sovereign investment fund Qatar Investment ...

Spanish unions call for general strike

Friday, March 9th, 2012

UGT and CCOO denounce budgetary rigor and reform and a proposed layoffs while facilitating the country could lose 650,000 jobs this year. An employment agency in Malaga. Spain has an unemployment rate above 20%. The two main Spanish unions, UGT and CCOO, announced Friday a general strike on March ...

To a third plan to help Greece?

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Greece may need a third international aid plan of 50 billion euros in 2015, according to German weekly Der Spiegel published Sunday. The Parthenon in Greece. Greece may need a third international aid plan of 50 billion euros in 2015, says the German weekly Der Spiegel published Sunday. ...

European shares open up

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

European shares open rebound Tuesday, pending an abundant liquidity to three years of the ECB Wednesday tempering fears of rising oil prices undermine the recovery é ; global economic. In Paris, around 9:35, the CAC 40 gained 0.54% to 3,460 points. In London, the FTSE advance of 0.33% and ...

Alcatel-Lucent aims to compete with the best

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Alcatel-Lucent can now aspire to eventually reach the same level of profitability that the best class in the sector of telecom equipment, said its managing director Ben Verwaayen. This aspiration may seem ambitious for a group whose time some investors doubted the chances of survival and that has ...