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 ...

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Edenred still plans to achieve by 2012 organic growth in issue volumes of its products between 6% and 14% a year based in particular on its existing markets and expanding its geographical coverage. Beyond its organic levers, the former branch of the Accor group prepaid service, which issues such ...

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

The level of consumer confidence in the French economic situation is similar to that which prevailed at the height of the financial crisis began in 2008, a negative signal for the consumer to a few weeks holiday season. The French surveyed by INSEE in November have also never been ...

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Swiss Re on Thursday posted quarterly results significantly better than expected but declined to give an assessment of damage caused by floods in Thailand. Net income for the Swiss reinsurer has more than doubled in the third quarter to $ 1.35 billion (988 million) against 618 million in the ...

Extended to tax soda drinks with sweeteners

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Extended the tax proposed by the Finance Committee of the Assembly would raise 250 million euros. More revenue for reducing the cost of agricultural labor. Tax soda drinks should also touch sweeteners. The government does not expand the new tax on soda beverages containing sweeteners such as the National ...

French growth would stall at year end

Monday, October 10th, 2011

French gross domestic product should be stable or, in the best case, register a slight increase later this year, according to the latest statistics from the Bank of France and INSEE. The Bank of France reiterated Monday its forecast of growth of 0.1% of the French economy in the ...

The BoE injects 75 billion pounds of cash

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

The Bank of England injected 75 billion pounds of additional liquidity in the UK economy to support a faltering recovery and protect against the effects of the crisis in the euro area and the global slowdown. The BoE's decision on Thursday to bring its program of asset purchases to ...

EU and Brazil for concerted action on the debt crisis

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Brazil and the European Union must act in concert to calm the markets about the risks of contagion associated with the European debt crisis, said Tuesday the leaders of both parties. "It is fundamental that there is a policy coordination between countries to weather the current international situation," said ...

Oil prices end down almost 4%

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

The oil prices have lost nearly 4% in New York, with the black gold, as European stock markets, the persistence of the debt crisis in the euro area, but also a larger increase than expected Crude oil inventories in the U.S. On the Nymex, the November contract on U.S. ...

European shares destabilized late in the session

Friday, September 16th, 2011

European shares ended Friday in a piecemeal, after a session mainly positive, the market was affected late in the session with a new access to concerns about the ability of Europe to address the crisis of the euro. Rumors that Moody's had placed the sovereign rating on negative watch ...