This is the best performance since the first quarter of 2008. The consolidated sales of Danone rose 19.6% to 4.757 million euros in first quarter 2011 according to the statement released by the group Thursday. "Danone teams have made over several quarters a great job. Our four businesses and all our geographies are accelerating, [...]
Mar
24
Under the triple pressure of the market, the Brussels and its parliament, the Portuguese government saw its final hours. Minority, the Socialist Prime Minister Jose Socrates has failed to pass in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon, a fourth level of rigor in one year. The disparate opposition, including the establishment of Communists and Social Democrats [...]
Mar
22
At the opening of U.S. stock markets, the Dow Jones advance of 0.73% at 11,947 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq 100 rise respectively from 1.09% to 1293 points and 1.29% to 2678 points. A new session is so bullish on. Already on Friday, U.S. markets had ended the week up, encouraged [...]
Feb
12
Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop, had prepared the minds for a shock. He did not lie. Friday morning, the world's number one mobile has announced a series of drastic measures to regain its luster. The most notable is a "comprehensive strategic partnership" with Microsoft.
Under the terms of the agreement, the system "Windows Phone" [...]
Feb
2
Ever higher. The CAC 40 was held Tuesday threshold of 4000 points in closing on a leap of 1.68%, reaching its highest level since October 2008. On Wednesday, investors should keep up the momentum, bolstered by the sharp rise in Asian stock exchanges this morning and by the sharp rise on Wall Street last [...]
Jan
27
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Common sense has finally prevailed in the world of transport in the Ile-de-France. Wednesday, Minister of the City, Maurice Leroy, Jean-Paul Huchon, the Socialist president of the Ile-de-France, and Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Minister of Sustainable Development, Ecology and Transportation, announced a "historic agreement" on the draft [...]
Jan
23
As if the Net was a library, millions of French were foraging. They listen to music albums, find videos, consult books sometimes. And leave with no pay. All are unaware of hijack in a digital world where everything seems free. Although 49% of Internet users recognize "illicit consumption" on the net as the first [...]
Jan
13
After Portugal, the attention of financial markets on Thursday will turn to Spain and Italy have provided for their turn to launch bonds (around 11 hours). Spain hopes to raise between two and three billion euros. Less than three hours later, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank will meet and discuss in [...]
Jan
5
Renault could be facing a case of industrial espionage. Three senior executives of the French automotive group were placed on "layoff conservatory, following a" whistleblowing "which led to an internal investigation into some of their actions, said AFP. "In late August 2010, a whistleblowing has been brought to the attention of the compliance committee [...]
Dec
24
The meeting this Friday has not escaped the Christmas tradition. At the ndemain a day of decline, the CAC 40 ended on a down: -0.28% to 3900.39 points. The threshold of 3900 points, which had been lost during the session, caught up just in time. As expected, the volume of trade was particularly low [...]