Chambers of commerce and industry want to work with the new president and new government on major economic issues: SMEs, industry, international business development, training and learning. "We are a driving force. We are not in the claim, "said Jacques Pfister, Senior Vice President of the Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACFCI) and President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Marseille Provence in presenting the 22 proposals of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Sign of this willingness to change and to affirm their desire to play leading roles in major economic debates, chambers of commerce and industry adopt a new logo, "CCI de France." "There are not many networks of entrepreneurs also involved in the economy of the territories and as close to the territories. We are a private Datar, "says Jacques Pfister, referring to the Directorate of Planning.

Chambers of commerce are active in many areas. "They are machines to do economic development, to train young people to manage infrastructure," says Pierre-Antoine Gailly, second vice-president of the ACFCI and President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris. They train apprentices. They welcome students into their business schools. They manage airports or ports. They support SMEs internationally. They help entrepreneurs. They look after employment. "The Chamber of Commerce Marseille Provence 1000 supports RSA beneficiaries per year for four years," said Jacques Pfister.

Simplification of yarrow territorial

Anxious to participate in the economic recovery, the Chambers of Commerce argue that France gets a real industrial ambition. They want to make 2013 the year of the industry. They offer a one-stop financing industrial area to help entrepreneurs to find funding.

The launch of a contingency plan to enable SMEs to enter new markets is asked to stop the decline in the number of exporting companies that are not more numerous in 2011 than in 1995. Large groups will be forced to work with "a share of SMEs and SMIs in the French part of their contracts together abroad."

Noting that France is over-managed and that the powers of territorial and state overlap, chambers of commerce and industry urge a simplification of territorial yarrow, strengthening the role of cities and best use of ports or airports. "It is possible to create a% of GDP higher if we reflect on the cities and provide 1% of GDP higher by focusing on the ports of Marseille and Le Havre," said Jacques Pfister.

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Vinci was an equal disappointment. Two weeks ago, the leading European construction and concessions had been anticipated in extremis by ADP to regain 38% of TAV which manages ten airports in Turkey. An operation of over 700 million euros. Tuesday, the group cons-attacked on another front. In partnership with 50/50 with the British operator of BTP St Modwen, he won a huge contract of 2 billion pounds (2.4 billion euros). He trumped consortium formed by Bouygues and Carlyle.

For that price, Vinci and his partner will rebuild New Covent Garden, London halls hosting a market fruit, vegetables and flowers. Like its French cousin who migrated from Paris to Rungis, Covent Garden has left the center of London there are over 30 years to settle south of the Thames, in the district of Nine Elms on 230,000 m². In addition to A to Z redo this building between 2013 and 2018, the group will build 2,800 homes but also office buildings and shops. All this with a financial Original: Vinci will invest 130 million pounds (156 million) to rebuild the New Covent Garden.

In return, it will be awarded to Vinci 8 hectares of land to enable it to develop a very large real estate transaction valued at 2.4 billion euros while.

Strong position in the UK

A credible plan for the neighborhood where he has developed is being completely remodeled for example, the U.S. embassy to move into a new building in 2017 and the construction of two new metro stations is considered easy payday loans.

This new contract demonstrates the strong position of Vinci in Britain. Last year, the group has achieved 5.6% of its turnover, slightly more than 2 billion euros. And the UK is the third country that weighs the heaviest in the group accounts. After France and Germany who preceded him as a short head. "Vinci spent the overdrive in this country since the acquisition of Taylor Woodrow in 2008, a large construction of which then realized a sales volume of 750 million euros," said one financial analyst. Because the group has grown significantly through acquisitions has integrated the subsidiary. Much like it did with Cegelec, Faceo or Tarmac.

The result? In recent months, Vinci has garnered several prestigious contracts in England. Thus, the group have won beginning March 1 public-private partnership to renovate and maintain for 25 years 432 km of roads in the London Borough. Transaction amount: 950 million euros. A month earlier, Vinci was selected to manage for five to ten years the road five English counties. All this for 1.7 billion euros. The French group had also been held last October to build two waste treatment centers in the UK for just over 380 million euros.

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The twin towers Hermitage, who aspire to be the highest in Europe, they come out one day land of Defense? In any case, this exceptional project skyscraper of 320 meters and 90 floors combining offices, apartments and hotel will be delayed. And, according to relatives of the case, the delivery announced in 2016 looks bleak, at least to that date. It is the proponent Russian Nazvanie, which embarked on this adventure with a project designed by star architect Norman Foster always runs on the same problem: the demolition of three buildings housing in the neighborhood of Checkers, instead of which the towers are planned Hermitage.

Believing be adequately compensated for this project generate nuisance, owners of neighboring buildings (Champagne and Dauphiné) had obtained the cancellation of a demolition permit in October 2011 before the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Nanterre. But they were willing to waive these charges if Nazvanie made them an acceptable offer. But last week, they finally received a proposal from the developer who does not absolutely satisfied. "For example, Hermitage gives no quantification on the refurbishment of our buildings that would take over after the demolition of buildings for social housing, says a representative of the council of owners. We turn around the same problems for years. There is therefore no reason that it's arranged in the coming weeks. Given these elements, we do not withdraw our complaint. "

Immediate demolition

Barring last minute, the promoter, who has appealed the decision to cancel the building permit, will have to await the decision of the Court of Appeal of Versailles, expected early 2013 cash advance. And hope that the judgment is favorable to start the project. A sword of Damocles hanging over the project which could have done Hermitage. Especially since, otherwise, he knows some significant progress: according to our information, the last tenant of the building HLM, Damiers Infra, which has had a long struggle to stay in places, has finally made its key apartment Friday night. Emptied of all its occupants, the building could be demolished immediately in case of authorization by the court.

In addition, building permits for these two towers should be issued this week. But again, the owners of buildings Champagne and Dauphiné will not bury the hatchet. "We will attack the building permit," said a member of the union council. "We, too," said Claire Augier, Secretary of Defense of Life, an organization opposed to the project since its launch and has already committed multiple legal proceedings against Hermitage. This is not the business of Hermitage to fund this mammoth project of 2 billion euros, the developer needs to make a loan of 700 million. A pool of banks granted him ready … provided that building permits attached to these towers are purged of any remedy. This risk of further delays.

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LE FIGARO. – Your mission in the Ministry of Agriculture will soon end, what measures are you most satisfied?

Bruno Le Maire. – I am proud to have initiated the Battle of regulation in Europe and having secured the CAP budget. I do not regret the hundreds of hours of negotiations that allowed us to achieve: for without the CAP, farmers know that French agriculture is not as strong today. There are also contracts between producers and manufacturers that provide visibility and stability to farm incomes, modernizing sectors of slaughter cattle and finally the reform of the wine that allowed him to resume in 2011 its first place worldwide.

With what results?

We handed agriculture at the heart of the national pact. We have him set the objective: competitiveness, with the aim of sustainable agriculture. No one will return our choice because they produce results. The price of beef back, and demanding meat markets French no fax pay day loan. This is the first time in 14 years! The average income of farmers increased from € 14,500 in 2009 to € 30,200 in 2011. The surplus of the agricultural trade balance has doubled in two years. There are still too many gaps, and I remain vigilant on prices. But it gets better. And more personally, farmers have learned a lot myself. They can always count on me.

What are the issues that remain unresolved?

We must first deal with the chain of fruit and vegetables which is more fragile today. Will largely continue to reduce labor costs, as decided by the president. When I hear Francois Hollande said that there is no problem of labor costs, I see he does not know the reality of the agricultural world.

Finally, it will come to correct misunderstandings and clashes between environmentalists and agricultural world.

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New episode in the folder Veolia Environnement. Its CEO, Mr. Frérot, is on trial. Borloo could indeed take control group of utilities and largest private employer in France. According to Les Echos, hostilities between the former boss of Veolia now head of EDF, and the runner Proglio Antoine Frérot, arrived at the helm of Veolia end of 2009, could be decided during the next meeting of the Board of Directors on February 29. Following this meeting promises to be choppy, several administrators of the group would seek a dismissal of the CEO. Conducted by a sling Proglio which intends to show that he still holds the strings of the group he led for many Annes before moving to EDF. According to Liberation, Proglio have discussed the replacement of Mr. Frérot by Borloo with Nicolas Sarkozy on February 12 when the two men met to discuss the rescue by EDF of Photowatt. The daily added that "history seems to have really played Tuesday, Feb. 14, on the plane. Proglio and Sarkozy publicly come to seal the resumption of Photowatt. The company is saved and Isère Proglio intends to turn the matter Veolia on the carpet. "

"I am driven by two major groups"

However, the facts disputed by the Minister for Ecology Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet. "I was on the plane, there were no apartments and there is no discussion on this topic. So that's false, "she said. But surrounding the ouster of Mr. Frérot to head the group, the spokesman of the candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, however, said she could not "confirm or deny" the information.

For its part, Borloo does not dispute some meetings with "people of Veolia," said Liberation. The daily notes that "at least five members of the board, fully identified, reportedly met Borloo, Thursday and Friday." The applicant further states that the daily Veolia is "a company that I know well as a former minister. They have problems and if I believe what is said, there are a number of shareholders who believe the group needs a class to his head. " The question is whether Borloo could be this character. For now, the former minister is cautious and says that "the only thing I can say is that now I am driven by two major international groups that are not Veolia. And contacts with them are very advanced. "

Other names circulating

But other names than that of former Minister of Ecology would be approached to head the former Generale des Eaux: Augustin de Romanet, CEO of the Caisse des Depots, "but denies the entourage contact, "according to Les Echos, Jacques Veyrat, the former head of Louis Dreyfus and Daniel Bouton, former CEO of Societe Generale.

The poor performance of the group explain, in part, the disallowance of certain directors of the group. Last year, Veolia has indeed passed successively two profit warnings and should show a loss of 200 million for fiscal 2011, according Challenges. The plunge on the stock exchange, which has lost nearly 60% of its value in one year, also feeds the sling administrators. This morning, the title company specializing in water, waste treatment and transport loses more than 4% to about 9 euros, the biggest drop in the CAC 40. The flagship index of the Paris ahead of his 0.6% to 3455 points.

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Yesterday, Al Jazeera Sports has won another round in its development strategy in French football. The future French declension with the Qatari called to emerge by June, has indeed been assigned by the UEFA some of the TV rights for the Europa League, together with M6. This was announced yesterday that European football's governing body on its website, thus satisfying one of the objectives of management for future pay-sports channel.

Rights doubled

For 16 million euro under the Team, both chains will share thus the spread of the second largest European club competition, over the period 2012-2015. Jackpot for UEFA, who sees and double the previous revenue received from Canal + and M6 for this competition (8 million). But bad news for the encrypted string, which is seen again reduce its offer football, in a leak of its journalists to Qatar chain (see below).

For football fans, this new distribution rights for the Europa League should not cause major upheaval. The best match of each day will be broadcast on free DTT subsidiary of M6: W9, and summaries after each match night. In the presence of French clubs, "the meetings of the semifinals and final will be broadcast on M6" said UEFA. For its part, the future chain headed by Charles Bietry obtains the rights to all games, "including the final online payday loans." The latter, still officially called Al Jazeera Sport but that could take the "Be In Sports," will broadcast at least two live games, as well as summaries highlight each evening meeting.

Build the program schedule

By this new blow, and Charles Bietry continues building the program schedule of Al Jazeera Sport, which will have not one but two stations, broadcast 24h/24. The acquisition of sports rights is a priority to fill the boxes of these new entrants in the audiovisual paying, created ex nihilo. Management has also not hidden his determination to focus also on other sports. In this war to sports rights in football, Canal +, however, can claim to have kept, with 13 choices of the Champions League and the top two of each day in the French league (L1), posters and more attractive.  

Faced with the Champions League, bringing together the best European teams of clubs, the Europa League is indeed a second best competition at European level. Until the launch channels that will validate or not this quantitative strategy, the Qatari channel may soon increase his offer with obtaining rights much more attractive to the Euro 2012 football and 2016, which have not been assigned by UEFA.

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The bitter pill is for Alan Scott, the ophthalmologist at the origin of Botox. In an interview with Times of India, he confesses sincerely regret having sold the rights to the botulinum toxin in the laboratory Allergan in 1991 to U.S. $ 4.5 million (3.02 million). Millions of women, foremost among which the biggest stars of Hollywood-plébiscitent this miracle cure against wrinkles, but not only. "Botox is now used in 100 treatments, not including cosmetic surgery," said Alan Scott. "If I had hung on Botox, maybe I could have won $ 1 billion a year."

In fact, the success of Botox can not be denied. Its annual sales exceed one billion dollars blithely. And the crisis is nothing changed. David Pyott, Allergan's chairman, said in October to be "pleasantly surprised" to see that in Europe, demand has not waned, despite the difficult economic conditions. "Our products in some markets record double-digit increases, which makes me say that in these societies, the appearance has no price," he told the Financial Times. In the U.S., by contrast, sales growth slowed slightly Botox in the second half of 2011.

Of erasing wrinkles to the relief of migraines

However, in the last quarter of 2011, Allergan announced a 7% rise in sales of its flagship treatment, to 415.3 million dollars. "If I had known (he would meet with such success, ed), I never would have given the group Allergan," confesses Alan Scott. The ophthalmologist in San Francisco developed the Botox in the 1970s, with the help of a biochemist, to treat ocular spasms and strabismus. This treatment, while Oculinum baptized, received its first approval from the U.S. Agency of the drug, the FDA in 1989. Two years later, Alan Scott was separating from his treatment Botox Allergan renamed.

In 2002 the FDA changed the destiny of botulinum toxin, approving marketing for temporary cosmetic treatments. "When I developed, I knew he could do wonders for neurological problems. But I had absolutely no idea of ​​its effectiveness as a cosmetic, "admits the ophthalmologist. With its crippling effects, the toxin can erase wrinkles faces. The success has been staggering. Botox is now used in 80 countries. Last August, it was approved in the United States and France to treat urinary incontinence in people with neurological disorders. Among its 21 approved indications, it is also used to relieve chronic migraines and regulate excessive underarm sweating.

In 2010, Allergan had to settle accounts with American justice. The laboratory had agreed to pay $ 600 million (453 million) to end an investigation of federal authorities on the conditions for marketing of Botox. He admitted selling his anti-wrinkle treatment so that it has been used to treat conditions for which the product had not received FDA approval.  

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]]> http://parasiteevecentral.com/the-maker-of-botox-blames-himself-for-selling-his-gold-nugget/feed/ 0 http://parasiteevecentral.com/339/ http://parasiteevecentral.com/339/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:20:12 +0000 admin http://parasiteevecentral.com/339/ Eight days. It only took eight days for Italy, if attached to the chatter and bargaining that distract from the action, change of government. Eight days for a bloated team, dedicated to one man, Silvio Berlusconi, who won the 2008 elections, and defended by a right-wing coalition increasingly uncertain, gave way to a gathered group of "experts" under the authority of a former European Commissioner, who has never participated in an electoral battle but ensured the support of a majority together left and right. To understand how this revolution has occurred, we must return a little back.

For two years, confidence in the Italian government has been falling as steadily deteriorating relationship with the political world."Concerned about a financial crisis, two-thirds of Italians believe that the worst is to come, distressed by unemployment and social welfare in a period of greater vulnerability, they felt that no one took him round the waist problems, do not even recognize the existence, says Nando Pagnoncelli, director of Ipsos. Neither the government and elected a parliament that does not debating the privacy of the Chairman, corruption and their internal battles. "Not only the Italians refuse to grant more confidence in Berlusconi but, having in head the failure of the Prodi team in 2008, after a year and a half of government, they can not believe that the Left in power would be able to govern.

For its part, EDF is less verbose but the electrician had lights in late September some 595,000 residential customers in the gas.In 2010, sales of natural gas to EDF to its end customers in the Hexagon were approximately 21.4 terawatt hours (TWh), representing a market share of 4%, all segments.

On the one hand, a gas operator that grows in power, on the other, an electrician who took off in the gas: in theory, liberalization of energy markets in France shows its dynamism, this except that this development benefits first and foremost the two companies formerly a monopoly – one in the gas, the other in power. However, on their original business, each ultradominatrice remains, as evidenced by the overwhelming majority of consumers who remain loyal to regulated tariffs.

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"The situation is not very surprising, both groups have a great reputation with consumers, said Xavier Caitucoli, CEO of the alternative supplier Direct Energy. To fight against them, we start with ball feet. "This does not preclude ambitions: after taking control of the other independent Poweo – which will be operational in early 2012 – Direct Energy will build a portfolio of one million customers – residential and business – in the gas and electricity payday advance lender. It is thus the only real challenger of the two giants.

How to reverse this trend which EDF and GDF Suez are the big winners from liberalization? "A better understanding of the system is indispensable.Our barometer shows that only two out of three French know they can change their energy supplier, says Xavier Caitucoli is the same number that ignores the opportunity to return to regulated tariffs after having left them. "

One Bill Power

This lack of information goes a step further. According to studies of the Ombudsman and the National Energy Regulator, over a third of consumers believe that EDF and GDF Suez form a single company. Under these conditions, one can legitimately ask how many electricity customers GDF Suez know they have left EDF and vice versa for gas customers of EDF.

This confusion can be exploited during a move: the customer who has just moved called GDF Suez, for example asking for the commissioning of the gas and the adviser asks him if he wants a single gas and electricity bills.If he says yes, the consumer is unaware that he has an offer to purchase electricity at market prices on behalf of an alternative operator.

Although it has many tools available to the consumer, the National Energy Ombudsman is not legally competent on issues of contract formation. Anyway, this is not what will hinder virtually unchallenged domination of the two incumbents.