Winter temperatures weighed on Holcim

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Holcim has suggested Wednesday that he would again increase its prices, a severe winter in Europe charged on net profit in the first quarter. Sales of cement, concrete and asphalt decreased by double digit percentages in Europe and the net profit after minority interests stood at 10 million ...

G20 agrees to pay more than $ 430 billion to the IMF

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

The Group of Twenty (G20) pledged Friday to give the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over $ 430 billion of additional resources, making more than double its lending capacity to better protect the global economy of the European crisis of debt. The IMF estimates that the debt crisis of ...

European shares piecemeal, Paris opens down

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

The main European stock markets are evolving in a disorganized in early trading Wednesday, following a strong rebound caused by an easing of tensions on sovereign debt in the euro area and a series results better than expected in the United States. In Paris at 10:01, the CAC ...

Faced with overcapacity, the automotive sector calls for EU

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Faced with chronic overcapacity, European car manufacturers are calling now to the European Union to try to solve a problem beating down their results and weakens against to competition from outside the EU increasingly present. The chief executive of PSA Peugeot Citroen, Philippe Varin, said Wednesday that his ...

Wall Street opens up small, hopes on Greece

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Wall Street opened higher Friday as investors bet on breakthroughs in the Greek case, but the gains may be limited after the sharp rise in the S & P 500 and on the eve of a holiday weekend, the markets are closed Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500, ...

Deficit: the Court of Auditors advocates more effort

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Barely 10% of the effort to rebalance public finances French was realized last year, warned the Court of Auditors in its annual report public. She said the largest portion of the road will remain ahead in 2013 and 2014. The first president of the Court of Auditors, Didier Migaud, presented ...

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 ...

Alexander was appointed Monday Juniac CEO of Air France-KLM

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Juniac Alexander, former chief of staff Christine Lagarde at the Ministry of Economy, Monday is expected to succeed Pierre-Henri Gourgeon to the Directorate General of Air France-KLM, think they know the Figaro and Les Echos. A special board is scheduled Monday morning and is expected to endorse the departure ...

Discussions between Athens and continue Troika

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

The "troika" continues to peel the accounts of Greece and has not given the green light to the payment of a further tranche of aid vital to prevent the country is insolvent when this month , sources said Monday. Vice Minister of Finance had previously Oikonomou Pantelis said the ...

BAE could eliminate 3,000 jobs

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Britain's BAE Systems is about to announce up to 3,000 job losses, facing a slowdown in orders for Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft and supplies to states that have already ordered, the media reported Sunday the United Kingdom. According to the Sunday Telegraph newspaper and television channel Sky News, up ...