Archive for December, 2009
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Xavier Darcos and Laurent Wauquiez, the government ministers responsible for the sensitive issue of employment for seniors, may have an unexpected reason for Eve to pop the champagne. According to their estimate, not a firm should in fact carry on 1 January of the tax of 1% of payroll ...
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
The SEC, the regulator of financial markets overseas, announced Wednesday it had filed complaints against two French residents in Brussels for insider trading during the takeover of U.S. group Chattem by Sanofi-Aventis. According to the SEC, Gilles Roger and Nicolas Condroyer allegedly pocketed respectively 1.4 and 2.8 million in ...
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Father Christmas has already passed to Florence Romuald. This 28 year old Parisian, born in the Jura, won Monday "(second) best job in the world." A month-long trip during which she will go shopping and find deals in the seven major fashion capitals (Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, Milan, New York, ...
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
After more than five hours of talks on Thursday at Bercy, the creditors committee and the leadership of CMA CGM have finally signed a preliminary agreement to pursue financial restructuring. The five banks in the creditors committee agreed to grant a line of cash of 500 million dollars ...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Barack Obama today called for bosses of the twelve largest banks in the United States, he was invited to the White House, to pay more to support the recovery and boost employment. It is to him a "moral obligation" now that most of these institutions have reimbursed the Treasury ...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
It will not take long to react to France! On Wednesday, Britain announced that its 2009 bonus traders would be taxed at 50% for amounts exceeding 25 000 pounds, which should generate approximately 600 million euros to the state. From Thursday, the Elysee confirmed the intention of France to ...
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Around 12:20 on Tuesday, the Cac 40 yielded 0.54% at 3819.31 points. The Paris Bourse rose back into the red at midday after opening down in the morning followed by some gains. Wall Street yesterday gave little direction to markets. The statement made the day before, by Ben ...
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
Numericable vowed Sunday to launch an offer triple play (Internet, telephone and television) to 19.90 euros. Monday, Alice - bought last year by Iliad, the parent of Free - outbid a triple play to 19.99 euros. The barkers telecom will they continue their price war? In any case, ...
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
INFO WANSQUARE - It is always a positive sign when the director and principal shareholder of a company's full participation. This just happened at Gaumont, since Nicolas Seydoux, Jerome's brother (Path?) and Michael, all three heirs to the fortune Schlumberger has acquired 76 000 shares of the company he ...
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
The euro area is recovering from recession in the third quarter. The European statistics office Eurostat confirmed on Thursday its first estimate. During the third quarter of 2009, GDP in the euro area has increased by 0.4%. Eurostat has however raised its growth throughout the European Union, also ...
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