This is the kind of evening that annoys the purists. Last June, the Becca Cason Thrash wealthy Texan, Vice President of "Friends of the Louvre" U.S. and international, organized a charity gala in the largest museum in the world. The guests – celebrities such as Albert of Monaco and actress Fanny Ardant – were [...]
Aug
18
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 [...]
Aug
9
In the wake of the Asian stock markets, down sharply this morning despite a slight improvement at the end, the financial center of Paris does not know how to behave on Tuesday … In response to fears about economic recovery and the financial situation of the industrialized countries, the Paris index plays a roller [...]
Aug
3
The case "against oil food," in which many French personalities are involved, has just experienced a dramatic rebound. While the Paris prosecutor's office had requested twice in 2009 and in 2010, a dismissal, Judge Serge Tournaire decided to return to the criminal court 19 people, including former minister Charles Pasqua, and the current CEO [...]
Jul
18
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first six months of the year, the European Central Bank, through the 17 national central banks in the euro area, has withdrawn from circulation approximately 296,000 counterfeit euro banknotes.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 [...]
Jul
9
What a paradox! If criticized for its negative impact on the environment, China's largest producer and consumer of coal with 3 billion tonnes per year, making it the slow global warming.
Greenpeace officials, who estimate that 5.20 euros per tonne the cost of this energy source on the health of the Chinese, have [...]
Jul
2
This is the miracle of a well-considered financial communications. EuropaCorp, the film production studio of Luc Besson, this morning announced a net loss for the year 2010-2011 of 30.2 million euros after a loss of 9.2 million in 2009-2010. Operating income amounted to – against 47.4 million – 16.2 million in 2009/10. At the [...]
Jun
17
Renault would be in the final stretch to complete the project that should enable it to accelerate in Russia. The manufacturer is about to conclude an agreement to take control of Russian automaker AvtoVAZ, Japanese daily Nikkei said. Under the terms of the negotiations within reach, the newspaper said, Nissan would purchase 25% of [...]
Jun
13
The U.S. textile specialist VF Corporation will put her hand on her compatriot Timberland. That's what we announced on Monday the two groups in a communiqué.VF Corp., which owns brands such as backpacks by The North Face and Eastpak, those pants Wrangler and Lee, or that of Vans shoes, putting on the table $ [...]
May
17
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, [...]