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Slight rebound on Wall Street. The U.S. equity market, which started on a decline of 0.29%, below 10,000 points, find the path to higher with a gain of 0.44% at 10,054 points. The Nasqad is 0.23% at 2125 points while the S & P climbed 0.23% to 1051 points.
This reversal follows the [...]

According to the latest figures published by the Centre for Documentation and Information Assurance, 500,000 people each year in France are victims of dog bites. And 60,000 cases require hospitalization. There is no data in France for the financial evaluation of these accidents. The U.S. comes in contrast to publish figures. In 2009, 4.7 [...]

All their work to redress the country's disastrous finances, the Greek authorities track down tax evaders peeling including all expenses of pension funds. And make strange discoveries.
They are for example reported that 321 people died continued to receive their pension post-mortem. "We discovered that retirement was paid to a person who died [...]

"It seems that the worst is behind us," said Paul Roll, director general of the Office of Tourism and Congress of Paris. First city in the world in number of international arrivals, Paris has not been spared by the economic crisis. Even if the impact was less marked than in other cities, tourist numbers [...]

While the European equity markets are struggling. But the values related to the construction sector underperforming the broad market on Tuesday. In case, a warning from the Irish group CRH: the largest producer of asphalt in the United States said it expected eventually to a 10% drop in profits for the year 2010 due [...]

Reduce Employee Holiday: here is the solution proposed by German employers to offset the lack of labor in small and medium enterprises. "We must reduce our gains and build only four weeks of leave if we are to sustain growth," today called Ursula Frerichs, president of the Association of SMEs in the daily Bild. [...]

They will give half of what they have. Nearly 40 American billionaires have pledged to donate over 50% of their fortune to charity. The initiative, called "Giving Pledge" ("Pledge"), was launched in mid-June by Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, and Warren Buffet, the richest man in America. "We just started the operation and [...]

BIC provides a moderate growth in sales in 2010 because it anticipates a slowdown in the second half. The first part of the year was solid with improved operating margins in 2010 compared to 15.3% in 2009.
The specialist pens, lighters and razors in a statement reported a 41.3% jump in net profit [...]

After the industry, it's time for banks to disclose their account. One of the first major French banks – the first having been the group CM5-CIC – to publish its interim accounts, BNP release Monday before market accounts for the second quarter. The net profit exceeds 2 billion euros to 2.105 billion an increase [...]