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• How many employees are potentially affected?
Compulsory in companies with more than 50 employees that pay dividends increase, the premium will be potentially granted by 30,000 companies, 8 million people. But the actual number of beneficiaries should be much lower: all the companies involved do not distribute dividends each year, let alone [...]

U.S. stock markets opened lower in early Wednesday, then stumbled in early afternoon after starting down by 0.49%, the Dow Jones back at the close of 2.04% to 11,613 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 fell 1.95% to 1257 points and the Nasdaq 100 yields 1.89% to 2617 points.
The trust is far [...]

Difficult to imagine sitting in the green Monday in the Paris Bourse. Already upset Friday by the earthquake and tsunami that hit on Japan, the Cac 40 does not go up the slope: the meeting starts on a decline of 0.37% to 3914.03 points. In London, the decline was less marked: the FTSE-100 lost [...]

The big French companies have practically recovered their health dazzling pre-crisis! The combined profits of the forty groups of ACC and reached 82.15 billion euros (1), up 83.5% over 2009! "These results are good, although still lower than 15% for those records in 2007," said Pierre Sabatier, in PrimeView. Sales of these major groups [...]

The unrest in Libya destabilize oil markets. Oil production decreased drastically following the departure of major international oil groups and their sub-contractors of the first oil producing country in Africa. Wintershall, a subsidiary of Germany's BASF, has publicly confirmed the arrest of its production. Norway's Statoil ASA has also closed its offices and evacuate [...]

But Vincent Meslet would rather return to a desired operational position.
Today his name is regularly cited to join Arte alongside Veronique Cayla, the new president of the Franco-German channel. He would take care of development projects for Arte France. But such an appointment raises the question of the future of Pierre Chevallier, who [...]

Having based their growth strategy in emerging countries, Western companies are rediscovering the notion of country risk that they had almost forgotten. Tuesday, the French companies in Egypt have been received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to address the issue of security of French expatriates. The emergency meeting was held at the Quai [...]

As if the Net was a library, millions of French were foraging. They listen to music albums, find videos, consult books sometimes. And leave with no pay. All are unaware of hijack in a digital world where everything seems free. Although 49% of Internet users recognize "illicit consumption" on the net as the first [...]

The Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, and his counterpart Foreign Trade, Pierre Lellouche, have walked the aisles early Wednesday morning Rungis booming two-day Christmas Eve. They visited three pavilions not forced: the tide, poultry and fruits and vegetables in less than two hours.
Taking advantage of the opportunity that the gourmet meal [...]

The CAC 40 continues to move away from 4000 points. On Monday, the benchmark index in Paris lost 0.54% to 3810.24 points in early trade.
The financial difficulties that affect several countries in the European Union, still sow doubt on the markets. Last rumor to date: Brussels could unblock some 70 billion euros [...]