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The Greeks will vote again in a month

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The country failed to form a coalition government. Greeks return to the polls in a month. This news is not likely to reassure markets and other European states. New parliamentary elections will be held in Greece. Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos said Tuesday that Greece should "alas" return to ...

The Technicolor CA back in Q1

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Technicolor announced Thursday a turnover down 1.5%, a performance nonetheless considered "solid", saying the group can achieve its financial targets in 2012 despite restructuring charges e lifted. Sales totaled 800 million euros over the period while the division "connected home" which includes the manufacture of decoders has successfully ...

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, ...

Stanislas de Quercize Richemont appoints head of Cartier

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Richemont announced Monday the appointment of Stanislas de Quercize at the head of Cartier, replacing CEO Bernard Fornas, which reached 65. Stanislas de Quercize, joined Richemont in 1989, is currently the head of Van Cleef & Arpels after having officiated for Alfred Dunhill and Montblanc brands. He will take ...

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 ...

Confessions of hard use ECB liquidity in France

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Unlike many of their Italian and English counterparts, French banks are reluctant to disclose their participation in the second refinancing operation three years (LTRO) organized on Wednesday by the Bank Central Bank (ECB). This has lent almost 530 billion euros to banks, bringing to more than 1,000 billion ...

The EU is considering a postponement of the second aid package to Greece

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Officials from the euro area are studying how to delay or even all parts of the second aid package to Greece, if possible until after the election pre views for April, it was learned Wednesday from European sources. While the new aid package of € 130 billion is ...

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 ...

European shares in the green mid-day

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

European shares continued their rally Tuesday in mid-session while the euro brushes $ 1.32 bar, in markets supported by the hope of an agreement on restructuring Greek debt by the end of the week. </ p> Around 13h, the CAC 40 1.29% advance to 3308.29 points, after close ; Monday ...

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday that he be assigned intrusive powers in national budgets, which could pave the way for joint programming of debt by the countries of the euro area, a perspective that no country is opposed in principle , she said. The EU executive believes that ...