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In the first six months of the year, the European Central Bank, through the 17 national central banks in the euro area, has withdrawn from circulation approximately 296,000 counterfeit euro banknotes. A figure of 18.8% enbaisse. As usual, these are the breaks of 20 and 50 euros that have been copied the most, with [...]

The Paris Bourse tries a timid rebound on Tuesday. Tensions remain very strong in Europe as it is now the Greek Parliament will decide whether to grant its confidence in the new government formed by George Papandreou. Greek Prime Minister called for a national agreement of political parties to adopt its austerity plan and [...]

At Avignon
Exit the Cafeterias Casino! The group Etienne opened Tuesday at the mall Avignon Cap Sud his new restaurant concept at the right time, which should gradually drive the brand history. Four years after the launch of Counter Casino and its Express version, the new brand should help drive the brand history, [...]

Even before that Dominique Strauss-Kahn announced his resignation Thursday morning, the United States, largest shareholder of International Monetary Fund (IMF), followed by China, had already thrown open the debate on selection of the replacement of the patron of the monetary institution. "Obviously Dominique Strauss-Kahn is unable to manage the IMF," said Tim Geithner on [...]

While the Director General of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was charged with attempted rape and arrested in the U.S. yesterday as investors worried about the turn that will take the debt crisis in the euro area, especially in Greece. The indictment of Dominique Strauss-Kahn ally of Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou, [...]

LE FIGARO. – Unemployment is falling for three months but the unions do hold that the proliferation of small jobs, CDD short positions in the interim … Do you recognize a certain insecurity?
Xavier BERTRAND. – The decline in the number of jobseekers is the largest since early 2008 and we had not [...]

Anxious to combat its declining popularity, Barack Obama Wednesday on Facebook bet to get his new message: "Through shared sacrifices, America will reduce its deficits while saving its social systems."
The President of the United States was at the head of Facebook in Palo Alto, to mobilize and convince young people and nineteen [...]

Soaring oil prices widened the trade deficit to a record level French. The gap between imports and exports has never been so broad, -6.55 billion euros in February, following a deficit of 6.1 billion in January, Customs reported on Thursday. Over twelve months, the deficit amounts to 57.1 billion euros (-51.1 cons in January). [...]

Earlier this year, the head of state went to Mayotte in anticipation of the creation of the 101st French department. For the 186,000 inhabitants of the island, the promise became a reality this Thursday, March 31.
If 2010 has prepared the process of departmentalization, Mayotte has a long way to go. The economic [...]

Pushing the age of retirement is the best tool available to states to stay afloat financing system without having to reduce pensions and impoverished pensioners, J. OECD.
In France, longer working lives, either through raising the retirement age or by extending the contribution period, a strategy is "paying", says the Organization for Economic [...]