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From our special correspondent at Austin (USA)
"You are the rock stars of tomorrow." In one sentence, dropped in front of thousands of Web entrepreneurs, Hugh Forrest summarized the spirit of the conference which he is the organizer. The festival South by Southwest (SXSW) has been meeting for twenty-five mid-March in Austin, Texas. [...]

 
The carbon tax decided by the Europeans could threaten 20% of the production of large aircraft – the A 330 and A 380 – Airbus alert Louis Welsh, CEO of EADS, the parent company of Airbus.
There are already industrial consequences that amount to retaliation. The Chinese government has frozen any decision acquisitions [...]

 
The oil company BP has reached an agreement Friday night with lawyers from individuals and businesses that have suffered the sinking of its Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Tens of thousands of victims of the worst oil spill in history and will share $ 7.8 billion.
This [...]

 
The chair of the Digital Economy Paris-Dauphine University launches its new Thursday night barometer of the digital economy. Made with Médiamétrie each quarter, the barometer measuring various indicators of the digital equipment of households, while taking stock of current issues.
While the beginning of the year 2012 was marked by the arrival of [...]

 
New episode in the folder Veolia Environnement. Its CEO, Mr. Frérot, is on trial. Borloo could indeed take control group of utilities and largest private employer in France. According to Les Echos, hostilities between the former boss of Veolia now head of EDF, and the runner Proglio Antoine Frérot, arrived at the helm of [...]

 
What managers should expect in terms of recruitment for 2012? The Apec, which surveyed 11,000 companies on their hiring intentions for this year, said Wednesday that "all frames will not be accommodated in the same boat." It emerges quite clearly in fact a two-tier market: on one hand, firms in sectors with high added [...]

 
The lifetime of nuclear power plants should be paid beyond age 40. Such is the will of Nicolas Sarkozy, announced Minister of Industry, Eric Besson. "The president has decided to require all operators to put in a position to extend the lifetime of our reactors," he said during the Great Rendezvous, a Europe / [...]

Eight days. It only took eight days for Italy, if attached to the chatter and bargaining that distract from the action, change of government. Eight days for a bloated team, dedicated to one man, Silvio Berlusconi, who won the 2008 elections, and defended by a right-wing coalition increasingly uncertain, gave way to a gathered [...]

Berlusconi has lost its absolute majority. With 308 votes, he won the vote on the technical budget Tuesday afternoon, but is found below the absolute majority of 316 votes. The opposition abstained from the vote, which allowed the coalition of Berlusconi to win a relative majority.
The opposition immediately demanded the resignation of [...]

Earlier this month, GDF Suez officially celebrated very millionth customer to the electricity in France, "a success despite a complex and uncertain competitive environment." The energy group was immediately assigned the 1.5 million customers at the end of 2012. If it passes this course, GDF Suez will claim 4.5% of the electricity market in [...]