• Financial crisis: the accused has changed sides
In September 2008, the President shall declare 38 times the word "crisis". At the time, into recession is symbolized by the collapse of the subprime bubble and the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In November 2011, the difficulties have not disappeared, but the excessive debt of [...]
Dec
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Nov
27
To your pens! A one month holiday season, the start of "Operation Santa's Mail" was given last Tuesday. In 2010, almost 1.5 million letters were sent to Santa Claus, including 160,000 e-mails. And the 2011 starts strong. In just four days, the mailbox of the famous man in red has already approved 133,350 letters [...]
Sep
15
Leclerc is going well and he intends to know. Unusually, the group released its sales for last month. Sales rose 8.06% to $ 2.6 billion, excluding fuel. Since the beginning of the year, growth was 5.32% above the 5% target set by Michel-Edouard Leclerc in 2011.
This good performance is due to the [...]
Sep
9
The ECB now sees growth of 1.6% in 2011 for the euro area. However in June it had the opposite raised its forecast to 1.9%. For 2012 it expects growth of 1.3% against 1.7% previously. Inflation expectations remain unchanged at 2.6% this year and 1.7% next year.
The U.S. employment under the microscope
In [...]
Aug
17
A farmer standing in front of his field. In 2009, The Rustic has taken hold of the market pie with an icon of the imaginary French agricultural posted in the Paris Metro. It is not far from Millet's Angelus, or "The quiet strength" of Mitterrand. Advertising nostalgic use of the fiber to reassure consumers [...]
Jul
25
(Special Envoy to Berlin) The pavement of the road shines in front of decrepit facades. Raining cats and dogs in this small village in the former East Germany. Are expected to disembark Walter Ulbricht or Erich Honecker inaugurating a model farm and a gymnasium. But it is West who won. The sequence nostalgia runs [...]
Jul
6
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 [...]
Jun
20
The Chinese and Russians create the event at Le Bourget. The manufacturer Comac exhibited for the first time outside China a half-scale model of one of its C-919, a future rival of the Boeing 320 and Airbus A 737 B to be commissioned in 2016. The Chinese want to grow in all segments of [...]
May
4
At a time when several large countries, like Germany, Italy and Switzerland have decided to phase out nuclear energy, the draft second EPR, Penly (Seine-Maritime) – The first EPR is Flamanville (Manche), in construction – seems more stuck than ever.
In an interview with the magazine Challenges, CEO of Total, Christophe de Margerie [...]
May
3
After several difficult years, the growth of the Altran Group continues to maintain double-digit for four quarters now. Specialist in High Technology Council announced in a statement an increase of 10.3% (10.1% at constant scope) of its turnover compared to 1st quarter 2010 to 387.7 million euros. Providing a dynamic demand in the coming [...]