Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Wall Street closed higher Monday, turning in the last trading session after a particularly volatile and largely downward trend on fears that Italy's third largest economy in the euro area, in turn carried by the crisis of debt. The New York Stock Exchange closed up 0.71% Monday, the Dow ...

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 ...

One in three French waives heal lack of money

Friday, September 30th, 2011

29% of French people have given up or postponed medical care this year because of financial difficulties. In the three quarters of cases, this includes dental care. According to a survey conducted in June 2011 for the Circle Health and Europ Assistance, 29% of French say they have postponed ...

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 ...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down 0.50%

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down 0.50% Wednesday as investors worried about the political impasse in the United States on raising the U.S. debt ceiling. The Nikkei, however, able to remain above the threshold of 10,000 points with expected positive results of Japanese companies. The Nikkei lost 50.53 ...

The IFI offers an exchange of Greek debt

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) said on Thursday an exchange of Greek debt maturing until the end of 2019 against 30-year bonds, according to a document obtained by Reuters. This should help the private sector to the tune of 17 billion euro rescue of Greece. According to ...

Wall Street opens up several good results

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Wall Street opened up Friday, the good quarterly results published by Google and Citigroup offset concerns over the sovereign debt of both sides of the Atlantic. A few minutes after the opening, the Dow Jones gained 0.5% (62.28 points) to 12,499.40, the S & P 500 took 0.6% (7.87 ...

EU working hard on the Greek background, tensions persist

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Faced with the contagion of the crisis in Greek throughout the euro area, policy makers and bankers STRIPS now a long-term solution to Athens to significantly reduce its debt and support its economy, said Thursday several diplomatic sources bank. Consensus, however, still far from taking shape among members of ...

"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 ...

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 ...