Anxiously awaited the U.S. employment figures for August were better than expected, according to the Department of Labor. If the U.S. economy as a whole has destroyed 54,000 jobs, the private sector alone has created 67,000 jobs. Economists had expected only about 41,000 new posts.
The private employment nevertheless displayed a marked decrease [...]
Sep
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Aug
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They will give half of what they have. Nearly 40 American billionaires have pledged to donate over 50% of their fortune to charity. The initiative, called "Giving Pledge" ("Pledge"), was launched in mid-June by Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, and Warren Buffet, the richest man in America. "We just started the operation and [...]
Aug
4
BIC provides a moderate growth in sales in 2010 because it anticipates a slowdown in the second half. The first part of the year was solid with improved operating margins in 2010 compared to 15.3% in 2009.
The specialist pens, lighters and razors in a statement reported a 41.3% jump in net profit [...]
Jul
22
One step closer to the end of retirement at age 60. The Social Affairs Committee of the Assembly – important forum, since it is the text that will be debated in the Chamber in September – has endorsed the measure Wednesday beacon of pension reform: the postponement of the age to 62 years by [...]
Jul
19
In London
The Farnborough Air Show which opens Monday morning in south London, will be the ground for a new battle between Boeing and the European Airbus. The first provides for the first time its new aircraft, the B 787, outside the United States. The second shows his optimism. Its parent company EADS [...]
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 [...]
Mar
21
Volatile trading in the NYSE. After a quiet opening in the (0.2% to 10,800.40 points), Wall Street marks the no. The Dow Jones coward 0.36% to 10,740 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 fell by 0.51% to 1160 points. Finally, the Nasdaq lost 0.50% to 1160 points.
"The participants lack of enthusiasm, given [...]
Mar
10
Foreign investors are starting to look at Nigeria with a growing mistrust and the massacre of 500 Christians in central Somalia on Sunday should not reassure them. International companies present in this state, the second largest oil producer after sub-Saharan Angola, worried about the threat to the balance of power head.
"The violence [...]
Mar
9
The month of February has been tough for Air France KLM. The airline announced Monday in a statement, passenger traffic down 2.2% on year in February. On this month, Air France will be transported 4.885 million passengers against 4.779 million a year earlier. The number of passenger kilometers (RPK), which corresponds to the number [...]