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 ...

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

French deputies adopted on Wednesday by 315 votes against 198 the draft budget law for 2012 that the Senate will consider in turn on Thursday. Groups and UMP New Centre (NC) voted this draft budget called "obsolete" by the leftist opposition, who voted against. This draft budget, the ...

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

States in the euro zone must do more at European level and give some of their budgetary and fiscal responsibilities to the European institutions to overcome the debt crisis, said the German finance minister in interviews published Saturday. Wolfgang Schäuble told the German weekly Focus that Italy would be ...

Caterpillar's earnings up 44% in Q3

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Caterpillar reported Monday a record turnover and a 44% jump in profit in the third quarter, well above analysts' expectations and showing a cautious optimism for 2012. The world's largest earth-moving machinery and equipment for the mining industry said to expect that its sales climbed 10% to 20% next ...

Annual target for Accor confirmed after a quarter in line

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Accor has confirmed its target of operating profit for 2011 Tuesday by announcing an increase in sales for the third quarter thanks to the acceleration performance of the economy hotel segment. The hotel group Accor is always operating income in 2011 of between 510 and 530 million euros. It ...

Barroso is that decisions of October 23, apply soon

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Any decision on the European financial stability or banks to the European Council decided on 23 October will take effect immediately, said Friday the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. He added that any revision of the plan provided for Greece in the Europe Agreement of July 21 will ...

Wall Street has suffered from the pessimistic picture of the Fed

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

Wall Street fell sharply Wednesday, investors have been stung by the bleak economic conditions compiled by the U.S. Federal Reserve even as it announced new measures to support the activity. The Dow Jones Industrial 30 yielded 2.49%, or 283.82 points at 11,124.84. The S & P-500, wider, lost 35.33 ...

IMF urges European leaders to support growth

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

The weight of public debt, the slowdown and turmoil in financial markets threaten the economic recovery in Europe and requiring a quick reaction from political leaders and the ECB, said Tuesday the International Monetary Fund. In his new "World Economic Outlook", the IMF cut its growth forecast to 1.6% ...

Why Overtime will be planed

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

The "work more to earn more" Nicolas Sarkozy has fizzled. In search of billions of euros of savings, the government is prepared to cap exemptions from the overtime. The final pillar of the law Tepa wobbles. The final pillar of the law Tepa ("Labour, employment and purchasing power"), passed ...

Live: the yen stronger than ever

Friday, August 19th, 2011

European shares retreated again Friday morning after a black day, weighed down by fears of a recession in the United States. The latest information. Traders at the New York Stock Exchange, August 18, 2011 4:39 p.m.: Paris returns to equilibrium, in the wake of Wall Street. At 4:30 p.m., ...