Wall Street ended once again in positive territory on Friday evening, still supported by a new series of quarterly accounts including good numbers of Chevron , Caterpillar and Merck . In contrast, figures Microsoft has disappointed the market … The DJIA closed up 0.37% to 12,810 pts, and the Nasdaq up 0.04% to 2873 pts. Note that the DJIA posted its best [...]
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Invited to answer questions from readers of Le Parisien yesterday, Carla Bruni has made no announcement regarding a possible pregnancy, announced by the Closer magazine last week. Yesterday, the world’s eyes turned to London, when Prince William marries his sweetheart Kate Middleton. But the royal wedding was not the only event of the day. In France, Carla [...]
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Unsuccessful at first instance, the SPPF will probably appeal. The Director General of the collecting society ensures that the verdict has serious reasons which will reverse the original ruling. The Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris had rejected the SPPF, which demanded 10 million euros to YouTube. Civil Society of Phonogram Producers in France (SPPF) has not [...]
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The applicable law on 1 May 2011 on consumer credit is to reduce the indebtedness. But there are still risks for the borrower. It was urgent to reform the Consumer Credit. In 2007, 20 million revolving credit are active in France for about $33billion. According to the Court of Auditors , the indebtedness of households has exploded in recent years, [...]
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Purchasing power, unemployment and job losses in the public service will be Sunday through menu-May 1 marches in France, but unions are expecting a limited engagement. Weakened after the failure of the mobilization of the autumn against the pension reform, most trade unions believe that employees expect the 2012 presidential election to express their ras-le-bol [...]
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ROME – Hundreds of thousands of faithful Catholics are preparing to invade Rome to attend Sunday 1st May at the beatification of their triumphant preferred pontiff John Paul II, first “pope global” history, only six years after his death. A As we approach the big day, Rome, buses, streets, facades, including those of official buildings [...]
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The government has shown that operators stood at their side for the deployment of fiber optics. When they agree to cover 57% of the population in very high speed within 5 years, the State undertakes to spend 2 billion euros in order to achieve the goal of coverage FTTH complete in 2025. Having set the rules for the [...]
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EDF Energies Nouvelles has published for the first quarter of its fiscal 2011 revenue of $ 235.1 million, down 5.3%. The group confirmed its annual targets. It builds well throughout the year 2011 on an EBITDA of at least 560 million euros. EDF EN is the subject of a friendly offer to purchase and exchange from its parent [...]
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The job remains in France by far the largest area of discrimination, according to a report submitted Friday to President Nicolas Sarkozy. Of the 12,467 complaints recorded in 2010 by the High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality (Halde), or 18% more than in 2009, 49.7% related to employment, two thirds in the private sector. [...]
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A possible drop in prices would however not have to wait. Keeping promises cons of VAT at 5.5%. Two years after signing a first contract between the restaurant and the government, and a mixed picture , professionals have made new commitments for the next four years. Unsurprisingly , efforts will focus on employment. At the meeting held Thursday [...]
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