Archive for April, 2010
Friday, April 30th, 2010
In a market somewhat reassured by the prospect of quick release of aid to Greece, investors remain cautious and awaiting figures on U.S. growth in the first quarter. According to government sources, an agreement between Athens, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union is "very close" and will ...
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Palm has found a buyer. Wednesday evening, Hewlett-Packard has announced the acquisition of the pioneer of personal digital assistants for $ 1.2 billion, including debt, a price of 5.7 dollars per share and a Palm 23% premium over the closing price of fence. The operation, which ended weeks of ...
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
They had first announced, they did. On the occasion of the Auto Show that was held last March in Geneva, PSA and Mitsubishi have confirmed that they would continue their industrial cooperation, aun when they abandoned their capital project alliance. On Tuesday, on the sidelines of the results of ...
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Germany needed again as the main obstacle to the deployment of European aid plan Greece, threatening to veto the decision of the Eurogroup if Athens does not commit on new measures austerity. While the principle of dividing the rescue center-right coalition led by Angela Merkel, the finance minister, ...
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
It is in no way to assign a systematic help. The million euros released Thursday by Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is not intended to be distributed to all French citizens stranded outside its borders since the eruption of the volcano in Iceland. Delivered as an envelope in ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
"We see the gentleman behind the great communicator." Thus did Laurence Parisot commented on Monday, the first decision of the boss of Publicis Group, the new President of the French Association of Private Enterprise (Afep, which includes hundreds of large companies including those listed on the CAC 40). Maurice ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
A "little guy", a "VP (vice-president, Ed) among thousands of others." That is how, in the middle of the investment bank, describes the French Fabrice Tourre, without necessarily knowing it, but from his CV. At Goldman Sachs, as in all the major Wall Street, high-sounding titles such as ...
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Still earlier, the U.S. stock markets have recently experienced six consecutive weeks of increases, continue their march forward. A walk in a hurry, this Wednesday, as stock indices ended the session on the Bleeding Edge: The Dow Jones gained 0.94% at 11,123 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 and ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Session calm perspective on the Paris Bourse. On Tuesday, investors should follow the Parisian movement from Asia, where their peers have opted to take profits. In Japan, the Nikkei ended down 0.81%. One hour of opening, the CAC 40 index future was down 0.37% to 4036.50 points. Without ...
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
It took two peaks and a half-dozen ministerial appointments, but the sixteen countries of the euro are finally able to determine in detail the safety net for Greece. The European system, officially operational since Sunday, includes up to 30 billion euros in bilateral loans to an interest rate target ...
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