Orpea was up 27.5% of quarterly sales

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Orpea announced Wednesday an increase of 27.5% of its sales in the third quarter 2011 due to high occupancy of its homes and its clinics. At 311.7 million euros, sales of the group recorded organic growth of 8.8%, Orpea said in a statement. "The dynamics related to both ...

Rise in quarterly operating profit of Deutsche Börse

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Deutsche Boerse, the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange wants to merge with NYSE Euronext as part of a transaction of nine billion dollars, said Wednesday a 35% increase in quarterly operating results. The EBIT of the company thus stood at 330 million euros for the three months to ...

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 ...

S & P revises upwards the risk of Spanish banks

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Standard & Poor's raised its risk assessment Tuesday for the Spanish banking sector, saying it will continue to face funding difficulties and release of earnings. The rating agency notes that Spanish banks continue to suffer from the economic crisis over the next 15 to 18 months. S & ...

Sarkozy and Merkel in search of agreement on the banks

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel are found Sunday in Berlin with the need to reach agreement on the recapitalization of banks in Europe, amid differences over a recourse to public funds for the community to complete. The European Commission said Friday it would submit in the coming days proposals ...

EU and Brazil for concerted action on the debt crisis

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Brazil and the European Union must act in concert to calm the markets about the risks of contagion associated with the European debt crisis, said Tuesday the leaders of both parties. "It is fundamental that there is a policy coordination between countries to weather the current international situation," said ...

Spanish MPs approve the golden rule

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

They voted by an overwhelming majority of the constitutional principle of limited government deficit. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, here at a press conference in late July 2011. The Spanish deputies approved Friday by an overwhelming majority the inclusion in the Constitution a "golden rule" of fiscal ...

European shares open up after Jackson Hole

Monday, August 29th, 2011

European stock markets opened up Monday in the wake of Wall Street and Asian stock markets, markets enjoying a renewed hope for investors Friday after the speech of the President of the Federal Reserve in Jackson Hole. Ben Bernanke said the Fed would meet two days in September, instead ...

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 ...

"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 ...