Mar 31

Four Turkish companies and an offer to acquire 15% of shares and brand Heuliez MIA. What disappoint the employees and management of the supplier. It is finally the proposal made by the Turkish businessman Alphan Manas, associated to the opportunity to Inci Aku, a Turkish producer of batteries and B Plas, a manufacturer (also [...]

Mar 31

Symbolic measure of the labor law employment and purchasing power passed immediately after the election of Nicolas Sarkozy in mid-2007, the tax shield costs just $ 700 million to the state. For now, Bercy excludes any questioning of the device. However, the government is working on other ways to reduce the deficit. The meetings [...]

Mar 30
Wall Street is marking time
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The NYSE opened on a relatively neutral tone Tuesday in anticipation of an index on consumer confidence: the Dow Jones gained 0.05% and 0.11% on Nasdaq.
The NYSE closed up Monday, preparing to end the quarter and a week shortened because of Easter. The Dow Jones gained 0.42%, driven notably by the resilience [...]

Mar 27

Another attempt to rescue the U.S. housing sector. The Treasury Department announced on Friday measures to try to improve assistance for distressed homeowners. These measures would give priority to unemployed, for which banks would be forced to cap the mortgage repayments to 31% of monthly income. In the case of borrowers for which the [...]

Mar 25

After being penalized by profit taking, the Nikkei 225 off again on the rise and exceed the 10,800 points mark.
In February, Japan's trade surplus surged 818.8% year on year to 651 billion yen (5.3 billion euros), its strongest rise since April 1980.Japanese exports rose in February from 45.3% a year to 5128.7 [...]

Mar 24
Seven Airbus Air France grounded
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It is a blow to Air France. Reportedly, seven of its aircraft are blocked because of an oversight of maintenance services group. Roissy teams would not consider the life cycle of aircraft brakes and have forgotten to change them. As a precaution, Air France decided to block the seven Airbus concerned. Airbus and the [...]

Mar 21
Wall Street retreats
admin | Uncategorized, finance, life, opinions, resources | 03 21st, 2010 | Comments Off

Volatile trading in the NYSE. After a quiet opening in the (0.2% to 10,800.40 points), Wall Street marks the no. The Dow Jones coward 0.36% to 10,740 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 fell by 0.51% to 1160 points. Finally, the Nasdaq lost 0.50% to 1160 points.
"The participants lack of enthusiasm, given [...]

Mar 20

The elections in the United Kingdom, which should take place next May 6, two weeks after the release of UK GDP (Q1), will be a key moment for the prospects of financial markets in the short and medium term.
For Alastair Newton, an analyst at Nomura, the importance is not really know which [...]

Mar 18

As on Wall Street, the financial professionals in France have, for nearly half (46%), received bonuses for 2009 exceed those seen in 2008, according to the latest survey of eFinancialCareers. Com, the site specialized jobs in this sector in France. The bonus increases were more numerous in Germany (54%) and the United Kingdom (57%). [...]

Mar 17
Alibaba.com fit in 2009
admin | Uncategorized, economic, economy, events, online | 03 17th, 2010 | Comments Off

Alibaba.com confirms its status as world champion of e-commerce B2B. The platform for online sales professionals, Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since late 2007, released on Tuesday its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2009. Performances that demonstrate "the resilience of the economic model of Alibaba. Com in an unstable macroeconomic environment," the [...]

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