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 [...]
Jul
20
The electronic book continues to gain ground. At Amazon, he would now sells more than bound books. For every 100 paper books (not pocket size) sold over the last three months in the U.S., Amazon has distributed 143 books for the Kindle, the eBook reader, and up to 180 in June, according to a [...]
Jul
17
Negotiations between the Ministry of Defence and Thales and Safran industry saw the standoff, reports the Tribune published on Friday. For several months, both groups were under discussion at the request of the Ministry to streamline their activities optronics and inertial navigation and cease development of new technologies separately. But Thales and Safran have [...]
Jun
26
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 [...]
Jun
22
Auchan case now as the prices of cars …. The distributor Lille launched on June 15 a website dedicated to the sale of new vehicles, auto.auchan.fr. There are nearly a thousand offerings, including a Renault Scenic with 27.5% reduction, a Peugeot 308 SW sold out to – 30.5% and a Fiat Bravo to -32%. [...]
Jun
16
The CAC 40 has started no surprises in Tuesday's session sharply downward. Yesterday, the index had chained up his fourth consecutive session in the wake of Wall Street in early trading.
Then, a theater, after the closure of European markets: Moody's has severely degraded the note of Greece, four notches. The rating agency [...]
Apr
21
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday nudged up its forecast for global growth but said the risks to the recovery, particularly the developed countries' public debt and imbalances in capital flows. In fact, the institution has maintained its growth forecast for the eurozone to 1% in 2010, while stressing the fragility of the recovery [...]
Mar
18
As on Wall Street, the financial professionals in France have, for nearly half (46%), received bonuses for 2009 exceed those seen in 2008, according to the latest survey of eFinancialCareers. Com, the site specialized jobs in this sector in France. The bonus increases were more numerous in Germany (54%) and the United Kingdom (57%). [...]
Mar
17
The French get a taste for self-medication: a drug used in September last year was bought without a prescription. And the turnover of these drugs increased by 0.9% compared to 2008. The products most in demand are those who treat headaches and respiratory diseases.
The Doliprane, marketed by Sanofi Aventis, prances at the [...]
Jan
16
After opening on a bullish note Friday, the Paris flagship index began to doubt at midday before falling into the red to 13 hours, and recross the same time below 4000 points. A publication of the results of the U.S. bank JP Morgan, the first financial institution to release its results for the fourth [...]