News & Information

 
The tax credit for growth and employment (CICE) was adopted last night by re-reading in the Assembly, under the bill amended Finance 2012. The tax credit of 20 billion euros envisioned by the government to allow French companies to be more competitive has been somewhat modified.
The measure was extended to apply also [...]

Family businesses fear being hampered in their growth. The union ASMEP ETI-chaired by Yvon Gattaz, which represents mid-sized companies employing between 250 and 5,000 employees, is concerned about the consequences of the third draft supplementary budget …

 
Since Christine Lagarde, who had managed to climb on top of the podium in 2010, France did not illustrate in the annual ranking of European finance ministers established by the Financial Times. Pierre Moscovici happens only in the sixteenth annual ranking central bankers of the 19 largest European countries, produced by the British business [...]

 
The reduced VAT rate enjoyed the food sector could be the cost of fiscal discipline. A parliamentary report of Thomas Thévenoud Socialist MP, presented Tuesday by Finance Committee but whose findings have been reported this morning in the Parisien in France today, advocates increasing VAT in catering to see 11% 12% against 7% currently. [...]

 
It will not take six months for the French unions agree to call "a great day of mobilization of inter bringing private sector employees and the public, pensioners and the unemployed." CGT, CFDT, FSU, UNSA and Solidarity have not yet specified how their day of action on November 14, but they hope "the widest [...]

 
Manpower France and Microsoft will launch a university talent digital and digital. An initiative described as "an approach bespoke selection, training and coaching of candidates seeking employment, already receiving training or experience in computer science." It will include training specialists in Microsoft technologies to place its corporate clients. The Redmond company is facing a [...]

 
After six sessions of discussion, negotiation to limit excess fees nearing completion. The final round takes place on Wednesday between doctors and funders of the system, Medicare and complementary. "The agreement is far from being folded and there are many obstacles," said Michel Chassang, the President of the CSMF, the first union of doctors, [...]

 
While clothing sales fell 2.6% in 2011, sales of textiles and clothing of French companies has yet increased 4.5% to € 24 billion, according to the Union of Industrial Textiles (ITU) and the French Union of clothing industries (UFIH). Performance can be explained in part by strong demand from emerging markets and the growth [...]

 
In this political season, the government has several hot issues to deal with. Among them, the price of gasoline. Two weeks ago, they grazed their record highs earlier this year, with 1.4490 euro per liter of diesel than unleaded 1.6349 95 1.6880 and that of unleaded 98. A service station in the fourth arrondissement [...]

 
The display market is getting ready for a second revolution. After the advent of flat screens, that touchscreens here, out to conquer new territories. The market is expected to grow touchscreens 32 billion in sales in 2018, according to the firm DisplaySearch. This is twice in 2011 and six times in 2009. Apple, the [...]