Obama boasts of having "stop the bleeding" of the economy

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Before a week of employment and recovery, Barack Obama pleaded Saturday for the economic action of his government, he said, "did stop the bleeding" and given the middle class back on track. Despite unemployment at 9.6% of the workforce, the President of the United States seeks to give new ...

The real game is against Kerviel Button

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

18.15: Final Questions of the President: "There is a bank that claims 5 billion euros. What does that mean to you?" "I am conscious of having gone too far, but things do not happen as simply as this does mean that Societe Generale, defends Jerome Kerviel. "Were you made ...

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 ...

The AC Delta disappoints, the stock drops

Monday, July 19th, 2010

The title Delta Air Lines, world's largest airline, plunged more than 9% Monday after the publication of a turnover that has disappointed investors. If the group announced it had returned to profit in the second quarter, thanks to the resumption of air traffic, its turnover has increased by 17% ...

BMW raised its profit forecast for 2010, the action jumps

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

BMW has raised its profit forecasts and sales volumes for 2010, on behalf of better than expected results from its automotive business and a strong demand for luxury cars worldwide. At the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the German automaker has surged 8.29% to 42.13 euros while the sector index ...

Wall Street awaits the results, fears forecasts

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Wall Street preparing for a decisive week saw the publication of quarterly several heavyweights in the U.S. economy that will set the tone for future meetings on the U.S. equity market. But even before the opening of the new earnings season, optimism is not appropriate for analysts. Confidence ...

European markets close an down, Paris lost 0.48%

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Major European stock markets closed lower Monday after a session marked by limited volumes due to the closure of Wall Street after the U.S. national holiday. The Paris Bourse ended were down 0.48% at 3332.46 points, while the FTSEurofirst index of leading European values closed at its lowest level ...

The ECB wants to calm the markets before a key deadline

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

The European Central Bank (ECB) has sought to reassure financial markets extremely tight Tuesday, ensuring that the banking system would not be disrupted by the arrival this week due to almost 500 billion euro emergency loan. Financial institutions in the euro area will thus have to repay the ECB ...

Germany: fall of partial unemployment

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

The upturn in Germany is confirmed. Companies recall their employees they had laid off part to address the improvement of controls. In fact, the country should rely only 100,000 people unemployed part-year end as against 1.4 million at the height of the crisis in 2009, according to the Federation ...

Christine Lagarde supports a tax on banks

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

The economy minister, Christine Lagarde, expressed support Wednesday for the introduction in France of a tax on banks whose proceeds would be used in case of bankruptcy of a financial institution, more or less following the German example. Interviewed on Radio RMC whether she favored, Ms. Lagarde said: ...