Anxiously awaited the U.S. employment figures for August were better than expected, according to the Department of Labor. If the U.S. economy as a whole has destroyed 54,000 jobs, the private sector alone has created 67,000 jobs. Economists had expected only about 41,000 new posts.
The private employment nevertheless displayed a marked decrease [...]
Sep
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The U.S. stock market, who were watching the unemployment numbers for the month of August, one of the statistics most expected by the market, have been relieved and the early exchanges, the Dow Jones gained 0.96% and NASDAQ 1.25%.
Dollar takes off against the yen
On Thursday, U.S. markets have ended in [...]
Aug
31
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 [...]
Aug
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"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 [...]
Aug
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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 [...]
Aug
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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 [...]
Jul
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One step closer to the end of retirement at age 60. The Social Affairs Committee of the Assembly – important forum, since it is the text that will be debated in the Chamber in September – has endorsed the measure Wednesday beacon of pension reform: the postponement of the age to 62 years by [...]
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 [...]
Jun
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The stars and "celebrities" are part of Patrick Bruel and Vikash Dhorasoo in Winamax, Sebastien Chabal and Gael Monfils PokerStars. Except setbacks, the market opens on Tuesday of poker on the Internet, with the publication of a decree on Tuesday morning, three weeks after the approval of Paris and equestrian sports because of obstruction [...]
Jun
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Societe Generale brought forth its own monster: the system Kerviel. It is this belief by hammered three hours on Friday, lawyers for the former trader, Me Nicolas Huc-Morel and Mr. Olivier Metzner. "Jerome Kerviel has been formed, formatted, can be distorted by Societe Generale." "It is his creation, a being in a virtual world [...]