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Bercy stimulus fight against serious tax fraud

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Valérie Pécresse, Minister for the Budget, put in the footsteps of its predecessors, Eric Woerth. From 2007 to 2009, he had conducted a comprehensive policy to fight against tax evasion abroad, including creating a tax police, obtaining a list of French 3000 with hidden accounts at HSBC in Switzerland ...

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Facebook is a rounded back face to U.S. authorities. According to reports the Wall Street Journal, the social network is about to conclude an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, FTC, to guide its privacy practices. At the end of the agreement, Facebook will undertake not to make any ...

Friday, November 11th, 2011

The effect of the crisis was immediate for the television market and particularly for TF1. The first French commercial channel just announced for the first nine months of the year, a decline of 1.6% of its advertising revenue to 1.054 billion euros. The decline is even more pronounced for ...

The CAC 40 on guard before the summit in the euro area

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

After resisting the morning, the Paris index has increased its losses Tuesday mid-day, finishing down 1.43% to 3174.29 points. Parisian investors have expressed a wait-and very excited at the eve of an EU summit in crisis considered major. Sign of a strong wait-and trading volumes did not exceed 2.6 ...

Euro crisis: Merkel and Sarkozy argued

Monday, October 24th, 2011

The euro still waiting 72 hours for his fate. At an EU summit which took the warm-up lap, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel Sunday near their positions on the fateful question of European bailout fund and its clout in the marketplace. But, at the repeated request of Germany, the ...

Europe will put pressure on Italy Silvio Berlusconi

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

All eyes will be on the Sarkozy-Merkel duo on Saturday. But it's Silvio Berlusconi will be most under pressure. While all of Europe is concerned about the Italian debt, which could quickly become illiquid if interest rates continue to rise in the markets, the Italian Prime Minister finds himself ...

Wind: back to court against GDF Suez subsidiary LCV

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

In a ruling last Thursday, October 13, the Court of Appeal of Montpellier turned the tables by invalidating the revocation of Jean-Michel Germa. Previous Episodes: 27 May 2011, GDF Suez, majority 56.8% of the Compagnie du Vent, revoke Jean-Michel Germa at a general meeting which he challenges the ...

A rescue plan for Dexia has been proposed

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

The French, Belgian and Luxembourg governments announced Sunday mid-day they had found a solution for the bank Dexia, about to be dismantled. Their proposals were still to be considered by the Board of Directors of the bank has been meeting for 15 hours in Brussels. In a statement, ...

The Paris Bourse again in turmoil

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

The Paris Stock Exchange began the week in the red, as at the close Friday. The CAC 40 plunges 2.31% at 2 913.07 points. The debt crisis continues because of European concern the markets, and lead the outlook for global growth. The fear of lead and impact in China ...

Real estate capital gains: does it sell quickly or not?

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Sesame exemption from capital gains realized on the sale of real estate other than principal residence is dropped from fifteen to thirty years in prison for acts signed by the notary from 1 February 2012. Given the time - about three months - required between signing the sale agreement ...