Archive for August, 2010
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Two heavy international trade are late jumping electronic commerce. Zara, the flagship brand of Spanish Inditex group, is launching its first commercial site, this Thursday, in six European countries including France. And the king of American toy, Toys'R'Us, leader of the French market, it will follow suite in September. ...
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
French industrialists feel that things can now only be worse. According to the quarterly survey released Friday by INSEE, business leaders predicted, in July, up 5% from their investments this year compared to 2009 - with an acceleration in the second half. This figure compared to a collapse of ...
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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Consumer complaints accumulated against GDF-Suez. According to Le Parisien / Today in France on Thursday, many of the 10 million customers of the incumbent complain of "questionable practices" by the group, to inflate the bills. "In 2009, 41% of the total number of claims related to GDF Suez", or ...
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Droughts and fires will they bring Russia to its knees? The Russian government admitted on Tuesday that recent weather events will cost between 0.7 and 0.8 growth in the country. Without this unprecedented heat wave last half-century, the Russian economy would have increased from 4.4 to 4.7% in 2010, ...
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
The world cotton prices soaring and, faced with this increase, the entire chain of textile and clothing who cares. Last month, the U.S. firm of Levi's has warned its customers: "We have already decided to increase prices for the second half of this year." An ad that does not ...
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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
The NYSE found the path to higher Wednesday. After a quiet opening in the (0.11%), the Dow Jones accelerated its gains and increases from 0.42% to 10,681 points. The Nasdaq gained 0.35% to 2292 points while the S & P takes 0.31% to 1124 points. After the series ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Prohibition to withdraw more than 1000 euros per week at ATMs. This had planned to impose on senior Belgian Dutch bank ING, from August 11 next. She had no idea that this decision would cause controversy into the upper echelons of the state. For her, however, it was ...
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Her niche business attracts the desires of the entire pharmaceutical sector. The U.S. biotech Genzyme specializes in proteins for treating rare diseases, is now the subject of a takeover by Sanofi Aventis, valued around $ 18.4 billion, or $ 69 per share. According to analysts, Pfizer is studying the ...
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Prices in supermarkets have declined 0.3% on average in July 2010. According to the survey on 20 million price in 6,000 stores by the magazine LSA and of Nielsen, the receipt was relieved. This is the second consecutive month of decline after 13 uninterrupted increases. For Yves Puget, ...
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