A sequence at high risk for economic diplomacy opened on Friday in Paris with a G20 Finance Ministers, which ends in mid-afternoon today. The summit precedes the meeting of European heads of state, October 23 in Brussels, to enable Europe to get united at the top twenty richest countries in the world, at Cannes, [...]
Oct
9
LE FIGARO – What do you expect your visit to France?
Michalis CHRYSSOHOÏDIS – France is a strategic partner, the second largest foreign investor after Germany. I will meet with the bank Oséo. The SME Bank is to me a model success story. It has supported companies in recent years and has funded [...]
Oct
2
While the French government is trying to accept a tax on sodas, Denmark chooses to go further. The country became on Saturday the world's first to introduce a tax on fat. Presented as a measure to fight against obesity, it will increase the prices of 16 kroner (2.15 euros) per kilogram of saturated fat. [...]
Sep
27
France Loisirs, a leading book distributors in France, sold to Bertelsmann in the spring by a U.S. investment fund, diversifying its activities. Reportedly, the group plans to launch its own brand of mobile phone: Mobile France Loisirs. For this, it should ally with small low-cost operator Zero package, which will assume all the technical [...]
Sep
25
French banks are they as strong as they claim? While Baroin, Minister of Finance, was the United States this week to reassure Americans about the health of European banks, Bercy is yet ready to draw a rescue plan, according to the Journal du Dimanche. Citing sources close to the bank and Elysium, the weekly [...]
Sep
15
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 [...]
Sep
12
Statements that had caused an outcry among European officials. On the sidelines of G8 was held in Marseille on Saturday, the former Minister of Economy and Finance held to explain the 200 billion euros. "This figure was included in a draft document and did not reflect the final estimate of the IMF, she said. This [...]
Aug
25
Credit Agricole took over the Cac 40. The title wins more than 6% at the Paris Stock Exchange to 6.60 euros. Investors welcomed the results of the second quarter of the group, better than expected.
In July, Crédit Agricole said that the participation of the bank in terms of aid to Greece and [...]
Aug
6
The leaders of the euro area have increased their telephone calls all day Friday, but failed to contain the fire in financial markets. The European stock markets recorded a tenth straight session of declines, despite employment statistics better than expected in the United States.
The pressure was at its height on Friday night [...]
Jul
25
(Special Envoy to Berlin) The pavement of the road shines in front of decrepit facades. Raining cats and dogs in this small village in the former East Germany. Are expected to disembark Walter Ulbricht or Erich Honecker inaugurating a model farm and a gymnasium. But it is West who won. The sequence nostalgia runs [...]