The decision does not surprise employees. According to union sources on Saturday, Total has initiated proceedings before the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Nanterre to challenge the decision of the Court of Appeal of Douai forcing it to reopen its Dunkirk refinery. The oil group has assigned Friday the employee representative bodies in order [...]
Jul
6
China on the path to a new record. With the IPO securities Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) in Hong Kong and Shanghai, the country is about to pick up the world's largest IPO by both the number and value. China will take the leading position currently held by the United States. The consultancy firm [...]
Jul
2
At the time of recovery, even soft, the overtime hours are back. In the first quarter, the average number of overtime hours per company increased by 9.6 hours compared to early 2009, according to figures released Friday by DARES.
Mid-sized companies of 250 to 499 employees this figure shot up, with an explosion [...]
Jul
1
New session in the red for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the largest in the Asia-Pacific. On Thursday, the Nikkei index lost another 2.04% to end at 9,191 points, its lowest level this year.
The bad behavior of Wall Street the day affects the morale of investors. Especially in the Standard & Poor's 500, [...]