Archive for the ‘plans’ Category

Holland will have to battle with Berlin to its growth pact

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Very quickly, the new president will have to convince Angela Merkel to grab the wallet for restoring growth. Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. The new French president-elect, Francois Hollande, will soon have to hire tough negotiations with its European partners, led by Germany, if he wants to achieve its ...

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. ...

The car market up 92% in April in Japan

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Sales of new cars in Japan, excluding mini-vehicles, jumped 92% in April, the monthly increase on record, reflecting the fact that the basis for comparison-April 2011 - is first full month that followed the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. This natural disaster had disrupted for months ...

The Spanish government seeks a return to growth in 2014

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

The Spanish economy will regain it with growth and job creation by 2014, said Friday the economy minister, Luis de Guindos. The Conservative government of Mariano Rajoy provides a slight increase in gross domestic product next year and a 1.4% growth in 2014. The Standard & ...

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 ...

Ryanair plans to operate up to 400 aircraft in 2015 or 2016

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Irish airline Ryanair low-cost plans to place an order from 200 to 400 aircraft in 2015 or 2016, said Thursday Chief Executive Michael O'Leary. The airline needs to spend a large order by the end of 2016 to reach its goal of doubling its capacity to 150 million ...

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. ...

Facebook acquires Instagram for $ 1 billion

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Facebook announced Monday the acquisition in cash and securities Instagram, application enabling the exchange of pictures, for one billion dollars (762 million). The social network plans to complete the transaction in the current quarter. Instagram was launched in January 2011 and now has thirty million users. ...

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, ...

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 ...