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 ...

The Dow Jones gained 0.36% Nasdaq 0.28% yield

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

The New York Stock Exchange finished up 0.36% Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial 30 points to win 43.07 12,004.59, supported by hopes of calm on the front of the Greek debt. The S & P-500, wider took 3.86 points, or 0.30%, to 1271.50. Penalized by lower tech, mainly ...

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 ...

Moody's further lowers the rating of Greece

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

The rating agency said Wednesday it lowered the rating three notches she attributes to the Greek public debt to bring it to a level that reflects a real risk of default. The rating agency Moody's said Wednesday it lowered by three notches note it gives to the public debt ...

Fukushima: Japan's reaction has been "exemplary," according to IAEA

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Tsunami risks have been underestimated, however, said on Wednesday the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA experts said they were "deeply impressed by the commitment of Japanese workers cope with this unprecedented nuclear accident." The reaction of Japan to the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant has been ...

PPR launches a friendly takeover bid of $ 607 million on Volcom

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

PPR announced Monday the launch of a friendly takeover of the American Volcom enhancing the company's ready-to-wear to $ 607.5 million (516 million). The luxury group and distribution, pursuing a strategy of focusing on luxury and "lifestyle", thus achieved its first acquisition to strengthen the sport and fashion division ...

Athens denies any restructuring

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

Greece did not project to restructure its debt and the assumption is not envisaged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Saturday the Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said in an interview with Reuters. "A restructuring is simply not in the pipes," he said on the sidelines of the ...