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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 [...]

At a silver lining. The great blunder of the rating agency S & P issued Thursday to its subscribers in error message suggesting that the note of France was degraded allowed to know the exact impact would have been the suppression agencies rating of the famous "AAA" from France.This information has been totally denied [...]

In the wake of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which ended down down 0.69% on Monday, the CAC 40 is expected to open in the red. According to the index futures, it is expected to drop 1 to 1.1%. Given that last week he had gained more than 5% overall, to 3348.63 points, driven by [...]

New record. In three days, Apple has sold 4 million iPhone 4S in the world. The previous record, held by the iPhone 4 in June 2010 was $ 1.7 million. In other words, 72 hours, the firm at the apple has generated at least $ 1 billion in sales in one device. The success [...]

At its third week of protest, the anti-capitalist "Occupy Wall Street" (Let's take care Wall Street) has found an ally for the least expected in the person of George Soros. Asked Monday on the sidelines of a press conference at the UN, the American has experienced financial sympathy for the protesters and their views, [...]

The ECB now sees growth of 1.6% in 2011 for the euro area. However in June it had the opposite raised its forecast to 1.9%. For 2012 it expects growth of 1.3% against 1.7% previously. Inflation expectations remain unchanged at 2.6% this year and 1.7% next year.
The U.S. employment under the microscope
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Taking advantage of the good performance of Wall Street on Friday night, Asian markets show good growth on Monday. The Nikkei closed up 0.61% to 8851.35 points, while the Japanese Minister of Finance, Yoshihiko Noda, a supporter of fiscal restraint, was elected chairman Monday of the Democratic Party of Japan (in power) and will [...]

Show that the situation is under control, without overdoing it not to give the impression that the situation is serious. The leaders of the euro area have increased their efforts on Wednesday to reassure the markets while the pressure has continued to gain momentum on debt Spanish and Italian. In Madrid, which must now [...]

The case "against oil food," in which many French personalities are involved, has just experienced a dramatic rebound. While the Paris prosecutor's office had requested twice in 2009 and in 2010, a dismissal, Judge Serge Tournaire decided to return to the criminal court 19 people, including former minister Charles Pasqua, and the current CEO [...]

Paris is well worth to put themselves in Mandarin. Recognizing the growing power of Chinese customers in the capital, the group will launch Figaro Paris Chic, a free quarterly premium for the Chinese visit to Paris.
In the format of Figaro, thirty-two pages, business people and tourists from the Middle Kingdom will discover, [...]