The month of February has been tough for Air France KLM. The airline announced Monday in a statement, passenger traffic down 2.2% on year in February. On this month, Air France will be transported 4.885 million passengers against 4.779 million a year earlier. The number of passenger kilometers (RPK), which corresponds to the number [...]
Feb
10
Facing speculative attacks against the single currency, countries in the euro area were preparing to fly to the aid of Greece. According to a source close to the German government, they would be agreed in principle to help Athens on the eve of a special European summit, convened Thursday evening in Brussels. The information [...]
Feb
5
A giant and one giant British have published good results. And this is the sector that benefits. Precisely what happens this Thursday on the financial markets: Cisco Systems and Vodafone have both reported results beyond expectations that suggest an improved outlook for the telecommunications industry as a whole.
In exchange, Paris, France Telecom [...]
Jan
9
Despite the unemployment figures for December, which are worse than expected, U.S. stock markets end up, thanks to a late start of the session: the Dow Jones gained 0.10% and the Nasdaq, 0.75%. The day before, the Exchange had ended in the balance.
The U.S. has destroyed 85,000 jobs in December as the [...]
Jan
6
According to ADP, 84,000 jobs were lost in December. Economists were counting on 73,000 posts. Shortly after the opening (16 pm Paris time), the announcement of the ISM index for services for the month of December could change the game. The ISM index is expected at 50.5. As a reminder, industrial orders in the [...]
Dec
18
The new center-right government led by Angela Merkel on Friday faces his first test since the elections. The Bundesrat, the upper house of Parliament, has to decide about 8.5 billion euros of tax cuts that Chancellor defends against all odds in 2010. However, it faces fierce opposition from various federal states led by his [...]
Dec
1
In presenting his 2010 budget to Parliament, Giorgos Papakonstantinou did not mince his words. The Greek finance minister said the "state of emergency we have a deficit of nearly 30 billion and a debt estimated at 300 billion euros," he said. The economy is close to insolvency and sow confusion in the eurozone weakened [...]
Nov
27
The IT market reached record highs. Finally, global shipments of PCs (Personal Computer) should grow in 2009 to 298.9 million units, up 2.8% over one year, announced Monday the research firm Gartner, which anticipated a decline. "It will be a new record, as in the past ten years!" Provides Ranjit Atwal, an analyst at [...]