The HLM victims of financial products to high risk

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

A portion of the housing agencies in France find themselves vulnerable after having used the toxic financial products like subprime to the tune of seven billion euros, wrote Wednesday's Tribune. The business daily quoted a report on the subject conducted by the Interministerial Mission for Social Housing inspection (Miilos). ...

73% increase in net income in the first half of Generali

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Assicurazioni Generali announced a 73% increase in net profit in the first half, boosted by life insurance, and he anticipates growth in its annual results. The Third European insurer, leader in Italy, has reported a net profit of 873 million euros, compared to a consensus given 869 million. ...

COR-Lafarge lowers its forecast cement demand

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Lafarge has lowered its forecast for 2010 demand for cement in view of the demand in the second quarter, during which the group's turnover fell 2% as organic. The first cement world now exceed its target of 500 million euros from divestments of non-strategic assets for 2010 and said ...

Emerging economies to the rescue of the advertising market

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Simple relay of growth, emerging markets are fast becoming the spare wheel of the advertising industry, facing down a Europe and an American market that is likely to slow in 2011. Masters in Communication in essence, advertisers together at the festival "Cannes Lions" last week wanted to make a ...

The G8 called upon to deliver on its promises of aid to Africa

Friday, June 25th, 2010

The U.S. and British officials have invited representatives of other major industrialized nations to honor their commitments in terms of development aid despite their tight budgetary situations. The Canadian chairmanship of the G8, which met Friday in Huntsville in a lake in the countryside 200 miles north of Toronto, ...