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Leclerc is going well and he intends to know. Unusually, the group released its sales for last month. Sales rose 8.06% to $ 2.6 billion, excluding fuel. Since the beginning of the year, growth was 5.32% above the 5% target set by Michel-Edouard Leclerc in 2011.
This good performance is due to the [...]

The salvation of the euro area could come from China. Forced to borrow at prohibitive rates Monday morning, Rome had in fact asked Beijing to make significant repurchases of its sovereign debt, reports the Financial Times. A member of the Italian government confirmed on Monday the existence of discussions with the Middle Kingdom on [...]

The maneuvers began in the closed world of corporate marketing of sports rights. The European investment fund Bridgepoint acquired Infront, the world number two industry for about 600 million euros. Infront company formed ten years ago by Robert Louis-Dreyfus and Klaus Jacobs on the ruins of the Kirch empire, was put on sale by [...]

Since the beginning of the week, the Paris Stock Exchange began its session on a positive note from 1.46% to 3205.89 points, having closed at the balance Tuesday night. Like the Asian markets, the benchmark index of the Paris market is supported by the slight increase in U.S. markets, reassured by the Federal Reserve. [...]

It will be a presentation of the budget before its time. Wednesday, the Prime Minister will outline the draft budget law next year. François Fillon will detail the savings measures put in place to meet its objective which is "intangible" reduce the public deficit of 5.7% of GDP in 2011 to 4.6% in 2012. [...]

A farmer standing in front of his field. In 2009, The Rustic has taken hold of the market pie with an icon of the imaginary French agricultural posted in the Paris Metro. It is not far from Millet's Angelus, or "The quiet strength" of Mitterrand. Advertising nostalgic use of the fiber to reassure consumers [...]

LE FIGARO .- How to explain the collapse of Societe Generale Wednesday as the stock market?
Frédéric Oudéa. – We have suffered a series of attacks on markets. First in the form of rumors denied by the rating agencies-the loss of the rating "AAA" of the French state, which was scheduled for Wednesday [...]

The uncertainty seems to have finally dissipated in Washington. After long weeks of negotiations, Republicans and Democrats finally have reached an agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. After a retraction in the Sunday afternoon, the White House confirmed Sunday night (Monday morning Paris time) that President Barack Obama and Congress had reached agreement [...]

LE FIGARO. – Your net half-year euro rose 17% to 6.7 billion euros. Part of the French public displays Total estimated benefits "insolent." What do you tell him?
Christophe de Margerie. – What do you want Total to answer those who have already tried? However, I am ready to discuss the importance of [...]

Into exclusive negotiations with Aegis since early June, Ipsos has finalized the purchase on Wednesday with the British group's subsidiary Synovate market research. The French company surveys and market research will pay 525 million pounds (595 million) to become the world number three studies, behind the U.S. and the UK Nielsen Kantar (WPP) but [...]