Many contracts of life insurance unclaimed recovered their beneficiaries. New features introduced in recent years have indeed enabled recipients who are unaware of contracts to recover some 555 million euros since 2006, according to a report that the economy minister, Christine Lagarde, s' prepares to submit to Parliament with Le Parisien and Aujourd'hui en [...]
Aug
27
All their work to redress the country's disastrous finances, the Greek authorities track down tax evaders peeling including all expenses of pension funds. And make strange discoveries.
They are for example reported that 321 people died continued to receive their pension post-mortem. "We discovered that retirement was paid to a person who died [...]
Aug
22
Reduce Employee Holiday: here is the solution proposed by German employers to offset the lack of labor in small and medium enterprises. "We must reduce our gains and build only four weeks of leave if we are to sustain growth," today called Ursula Frerichs, president of the Association of SMEs in the daily Bild. [...]
Jul
2
At the time of recovery, even soft, the overtime hours are back. In the first quarter, the average number of overtime hours per company increased by 9.6 hours compared to early 2009, according to figures released Friday by DARES.
Mid-sized companies of 250 to 499 employees this figure shot up, with an explosion [...]
Jun
18
China has emerged unscathed from the slump that has upset the global financial system. "Last year, Chinese banks have been the arm of an expansionary monetary policy", said Yang Zaiping, executive vice president of the Association of Banks of China, during an interview with China Central Television (CCTV) last February.
In 2009, Chinese [...]
Jun
17
This does not mean that it must be systematic and each decision is the result of a specific analysis.
Jun
12
European banks have passed the tests of strength by Moody's. The rating agency has increased the stress tests to thirty European banks from ten countries and has concluded they have a level of capital sufficient to take further losses. The concerns related in particular to the ability of these institutions to cover potential losses [...]
Apr
18
"I found the very first meeting with the minister on Monday that dialogue was skewed," said Bernard Thibault in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche published this morning. While the consultation of social partners about the pension reform started last Monday, the secretary general of the CGT complained of "double standards" required by [...]
Apr
12
It was two years ago, April 25, 2008. After corn, soybean, rapeseed and palm oil, the price of rice, a staple food for two thirds of the global population, hitting record highs, causing riots in Argentina in the Uzbekistan, via Senegal. At this precise date, the Thai rice prices, seen as the market benchmark, [...]