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Critics of the measure as its proponents can not but agree with Bernard Thibault: it will be "an event in Europe." Francois Hollande promised that one of his first acts would be to extend, by order, the possibility for some employees to retire at age 60. "This is the first time in many years [...]

 
Thousands of people started marching Tuesday across France to say no to them according to the austerity imposed by the European Union and call for a genuine policy of growth to five days before the second round of presidential elections.
Nearly 290 processions are announced by the CGT, one in the afternoon in [...]

 
One million dollars per day, or 750,000 euros. Such is the cost of operations by Total to plug the leak on board its platform Elgin, North Sea, said Monday its chief financial officer Patrick de la Chevardière. Added to this bill a loss of $ 1.5 million each day (1.12 million) which corresponds to [...]

 
Wednesday morning, the parliamentary report on the financial condition and prospects of EDF and Areva will be formalized. This document, which is over 200 pages, was written jointly by members Marc Goua (CBC, Maine-et-Loire) and Camille de Rocca Serra (UMP, South Corsica). It follows a request in June 2011, the President of the Finance [...]

On the wire! After spending almost the entire session in the red, the CAC 40 rallied in the very last lap. At the finish he returned 1.23% to 2856.97 points. But on the whole has lost 4.7%. And since the beginning of the year, he left nearly 25%.
Yesterday the market was still [...]

French banks are they as strong as they claim? While Baroin, Minister of Finance, was the United States this week to reassure Americans about the health of European banks, Bercy is yet ready to draw a rescue plan, according to the Journal du Dimanche. Citing sources close to the bank and Elysium, the weekly [...]

The maneuvers began in the closed world of corporate marketing of sports rights. The European investment fund Bridgepoint acquired Infront, the world number two industry for about 600 million euros. Infront company formed ten years ago by Robert Louis-Dreyfus and Klaus Jacobs on the ruins of the Kirch empire, was put on sale by [...]

Since the beginning of the week, the Paris Stock Exchange began its session on a positive note from 1.46% to 3205.89 points, having closed at the balance Tuesday night. Like the Asian markets, the benchmark index of the Paris market is supported by the slight increase in U.S. markets, reassured by the Federal Reserve. [...]

Dark red on all world stock markets on Thursday. In Paris, the CAC dropped to 6% during the session. It closed down 5.48% to 3076.04 points. The falling motion was identical in all European stock exchanges: Frankfurt closed down 5.82%, its biggest daily drop since November 2008, London and fall of 4.49%. Milan lost [...]

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 [...]