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"The news of my death are greatly exaggerated," joked Steve Jobs when Bloomberg had his obituary published in error in August 2008. Nevertheless: the stock market, Apple had lost the title on the day 2.42%.
Announced tonight the death of the charismatic leader will Apple does the same concerns in the markets? It [...]

The McCafe want to invite in everyday French. Since Monday, the cafes in the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's offer a new range of breakfast at the French, as announced in August the Figarofin. With the "Spread McCafé" chain now offers two rolls, a jar of jam, a pat of butter and a hot [...]

Lefigaro.fr – Is this a good thing that the weight of banking stocks in the CAC 40 decreased (from 12% to 7% in less than a year)?
Lionel Heurtin – I do not know if it's a good thing but I see that the composition of the CAC 40 reflects the French industry [...]

This is a session that will open at risk on the Paris market. After closing down 3% below 3000 points to 2940 points, the CAC 40 can expect another busy day after the deterioration of the Italian debt rating by Standard & Poor's. And in the wake of the Nikkei, which appears clearly in [...]

Of atypical or history. Some buyers are willing to think outside the box to find an original property. And why not a church? Faced with the costs of maintenance and restoration, to declining attendance at places of worship in the geographic isolation of some buildings, dioceses and communities may have no choice but to [...]

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, [...]

From our correspondent in Washington
The signing of the employment contract that binds the IMF is only a formality in a schedule also responsible for Christine Lagarde. The high point of his first day will be his speaking before hundreds of employees of the fund, meeting in the Great Hall of the headquarters [...]

The Paris Bourse tries a timid rebound on Tuesday. Tensions remain very strong in Europe as it is now the Greek Parliament will decide whether to grant its confidence in the new government formed by George Papandreou. Greek Prime Minister called for a national agreement of political parties to adopt its austerity plan and [...]

Soaring oil prices widened the trade deficit to a record level French. The gap between imports and exports has never been so broad, -6.55 billion euros in February, following a deficit of 6.1 billion in January, Customs reported on Thursday. Over twelve months, the deficit amounts to 57.1 billion euros (-51.1 cons in January). [...]

Late last year, an Ipsos found that more than half (56%) of the French were worried about their dependence … Will they be ready for all to take a day off again? Faced with an aging population and the need for funding – more than 20 billion euros per year or 1% of GDP [...]