Archive for October, 2009

Sarkozy announced 1.65 billion aid for farmers

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Nicolas Sarkozy was particularly expected Tuesday to Poligny in the Jura for his speech on agriculture. FNSEA requested assistance in cash, a reduction of expenses and reduced labor costs to alleviate the farmers for a total of 2 billion euros. In a speech titled "A new future for ...

AstraZeneca invests in research in France

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

It is a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy that caused the trigger. The Head of State, who presented the French teams neurology research laboratories to large foreign June 5, convinced AstraZeneca to join their work. So, Robert Dahan, president of the French subsidiary, is preparing to announce three significant partnerships. ...

Mobile phones: Free may be the only candidate for the 4th license

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

The government and the telecom regulator that would like to have on 29 October, more than one candidate for the 4th mobile license, may be disappointed. They may, as in 2007, ending up with Free to single candidate. No wonder then that the record of the 4th license is ...

Caterpillar optimistic about the global economy

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

It will soon end the crisis by Caterpillar. The U.S. manufacturer of construction equipment said Tuesday that quarterly earnings beat expectations and showed optimism for the coming year. The group said its profit fell 53% in the third quarter to 404 million, with sales down 44% to 7.3 billion ...

Eurocopter launches savings plan

Friday, October 16th, 2009

The European helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter (EADS), the activity of civil helicopters is hit by the crisis, wants to save 15% on its cost structure, but does not provide social, according to the unions' s exprimaitent after a European committee. Management wants to adopt a "conservation plan cost structure, ...

Borrowing tracks unions

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Xavier Darcos and Eric Woerth receive this Monday for two days unions and employers to gather their ideas on the "growth sectors" to be financed by domestic borrowing announced by Nicolas Sarkozy. "These meetings are geared to listen to organizations," justifies the entourage of the Minister of Labor. ...

New Diet for the State

Friday, October 9th, 2009

As the years pass and more downsizing in the public become difficult to achieve. Logic, since the pockets of the most obvious overstaffing have disappeared. Between 2007 and 2010, the state has removed 98 000 posts. To maintain the principle of non-replacement of retiring in two after 2010, the ...

France: Industrial production rebounded in August with the automobile

Friday, October 9th, 2009

French industrial production rebounded in August, rising 1.8% from July after two months of very slight increase, thanks to a recovery of the automotive business, said Friday the INSEE. In July, production of the entire industry had grown by only 0.3% (revised upwards), after +0.2% in June ...

Suicides: the mea culpa of France Telecom boss

Friday, October 9th, 2009

After twenty-four suicides of employees in eighteen months, France Telecom CEO Didier Lombard made his mea culpa. The words are unambiguous. "We did not ... I have not taken into account sufficiently weak signals arriving, "he admitted on Europe 1, correcting himself several times to talk to the person ...

Choosing Your Fund Manager – The Right Way to Do It

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

The fund manager is really the soul of this fund. The expertise of the manager of markets or industries The Fund is exposed to is essential. This is the reason why it is important to try to find one at a consistently high performance among the peer group to ...