Posted on 2/22/2012 at 8:45:08 AM
Accor, which has significantly increased its dividend for 2011, showed Wednesday confident for 2012, considering its favorable business opportunities with events like the London Olympics, trade shows in Germany and the European Cup football.
The fourth global hotel group, first in Europe, believes that the trends observed in the fourth quarter of 2011 continued [...]
Posted on 2/13/2012 at 5:30:25 PM
Barack Obama pleaded Monday for important stimulus for growth and for raising taxes on high incomes, at the presentation of its draft budget for 2013.
President of the United States, which had already exhibited this weekend outline of the proposed budget earmarks $ 350 billion to programs creations jobs and 476 billion in major [...]
Posted on 9/19/2011 at 9:35:09 PM
Cécile Fontaine, former Defence Advisor Head of State, was appointed the master to the Court of Auditors, despite the negative opinion issued by the President of the institution, Didier Migaud. The first president of the Court of Auditors, Didier Migaud (here in July 2010), has advised against the appointment of an adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Posted on 9/16/2011 at 1:45:07 AM
IMF director Christine Lagarde calls on European and American leaders who, through their "procrastination", increase the risk of global crisis. IMF Executive Director Christine Lagarde at a news conference in Washington July 6, 2011.
Christine Lagarde said Thursday during a speech in Washington that the Western economies were in a "vicious circle" aggravated by "the [...]
Posted on 8/31/2011 at 1:10:07 PM
Mersen, ex Carbone Lorraine, a statement Wednesday its objectives in 2011 after a first half marked by solid activity with solar and Asia.
The specialist in graphite solutions and electrical components now expects organic growth to double-digit revenue, while it was far higher than 5%, and an operating margin of at least 12%, against [...]
Posted on 8/27/2011 at 11:45:07 AM
The New York Stock Exchange ended Thursday down 1.52%, the Dow Jones industrial yielding 30 171.87 points to 11,148.84.
The S & P-500, wider, lost 18.33 points, or 1.56%, to 1159.27.
The Nasdaq Composite fell on its side of 48.06 points (1.95%) to 2419.63.
These data are likely to vary even slightly. [...]
Posted on 8/10/2011 at 5:45:09 AM
Asian stock markets resumed colors Wednesday in the wake of Wall Street, after the U.S. Federal Reserve halted the wave of panic in markets by pledging to keep rates at their lowest for two years.
In Europe, stock markets have opened in the green, with a gain of more than 1% for the Euro [...]
Posted on 8/4/2011 at 7:45:11 AM
Lloyds said Thursday it incurred a net loss of 3.25 billion pounds (3.7 billion euros) in the first half, within the scope of an exceptional charge taken on insurance policies sold on an irregular basis and increased losses to Ireland.
This loss compares with profit of 1.3 billion pounds produced last year in the [...]
Posted on 7/21/2011 at 3:10:07 AM
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have come to a compromise, just hours before the summit in Brussels ahead crucial for the future of the entire euro area. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested Friday, February 4, on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels, a "pact of economic convergence."
Angela [...]
Posted on 7/18/2011 at 3:45:08 AM
The Portuguese government will be adopted by the parliament of new savings measures to meet its budget deficit target for 2011, said Sunday the Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
The head of government introduced these measures as a necessity to fill a hole about two billion euros discovered after the Conservatives came to power [...]
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