Industrial output rises more than expected in the U.S.

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Industrial production in the United States increased more than expected in July, announced Tuesday the Federal Reserve, with the automotive sector and the heat wave that has boosted the use of air conditioners and thus power consumption. Production increased by 0.9% the previous month, its highest growth rate in ...

Nearly one in three German believe in the death of the euro by 2021

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Nearly one in three German believe the disappearance of the euro in ten years, reveals a survey published Sunday Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag. The study conducted by the polling institute Emnid, 31% of respondents hold this view, against 65% who bet on the opposite. The "Ossis" (inhabitants ...

Bank stocks collapsed in Paris on debt fears

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

"The evolution of spreads over France and Germany could be a sign that markets are increasingly concerned about the ability of the eurozone countries to support the weakest of the EU," Fitch wrote. At the Paris Bourse, the fall of the SocGen action sailed around 18.5% to 16.15 after ...

Timothy Geithner decides to remain Treasury Secretary

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

Timothy Geithner warned Barack Obama that he intended to remain at his post of treasury secretary, does one learn in a statement Sunday by the Treasury. "The Secretary Geithner told the President that he intended to remain at his post at the Treasury," said Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ...

Solvay confirms its forecast of 2011 profit up

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Solvay announced Thursday that it was maintaining its goal of increasing profits throughout the year while back in detail on its performance in the second quarter, marked by an EBITDA (EBITDA) exceeded expectations. A technical problem led the Belgian chemical group, poised to buy the French Rhodia, has announced ...

Siemens wants to build three plants in Brazil

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Siemens, Europe's first industrial conglomerate, plans to invest $ 600 million in Brazil by 2016 to build three plants, said Thursday a leader of the group. The Munich-based German group wants to build two production of equipment for the oil and gas industry, and a third for assembling medical ...

"The budget per student in French universities is worrying"

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Professor of Economics at Columbia University in the United States and author of a report for the Institute of Company on the financing of higher education, increase the rights of Registration and use private funds. Interview. A student walks in an empty hall reading as Bordeaux's French University ...

The EU ahead of a second plan for Greece, using unlock

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

In the aftermath of the vote in Athens for a new austerity program required by the EU and the IMF to continue funding Greece, an agreement was reached Friday to release the next tranche of loans to countries and progress has been made a second support plan. The financial ...

Sudden brake on the construction of new homes in France

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Housing starts are expected to reach 360,000 in 2011, a level insufficient to cover the deficit accumulated over many years. A construction of new homes and office buildings in Marseille. The pace of housing starts and building permits for new housing in France is slowing and the launch of ...

The Paris Bourse resumed the downward path

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

The Paris Bourse on Friday resumed downtrend initiated since early May, the deep differences over the restructuring of the Greek debt between the ECB and some states of the eurozone, including Germany, weighing on European markets and on the euro. Around 9:20, the CAC 40, which rebounded 1.06% on ...