The gross public debt continues to rise. At the end of the third quarter, gross debt under the Maastricht amounted to 1457.4 billion, up from 29.4 billion the previous quarter, according to figures published by INSEE on Tuesday. "Expressed as a percentage of GDP, it is approximately 75.8%, up 1.9 points," says the National [...]
After the sharp increase in the number of jobseekers registered in October (52,400 + in metropolitan France), unemployment has stabilized. The number of jobseekers has in fact increased slightly in November in metropolitan France (26,800), according to figures released Thursday by the Department of Employment, bringing the total number (categories A, B and C) [...]
New twist in the case Entremont. The Board of Directors of cheese which resumed skating last few weeks has finally rejected the offer of Lactalis, the world's milk for the benefit of Sodiaal. The agricultural cooperative, including detaining Lactel brands and Yoplait, had already attempted a reconciliation with Entremont before the proposal Lactalis. This [...]
LE FIGARO .- Do you feel the decision of the Sanctions Committee as a "slap" imposed on the MFA?
Jean-Pierre Jouyet. – No. This is neither the first nor the last, that the Sanctions Committee did not endorse such facts as the College of the AMF had before. It is even the case [...]
With only two pilots on board, the elegant blue and white Dreamliner Boeing took off on Tuesday at 10 h 28 (19 h 28 to Paris) Everett in the United States for the first time. With two years behind its original schedule. The maiden flight postponed six times, a milestone for the future of [...]
Total must console themselves with the Halfaya oil field. The French company that is big on Friday and Saturday on a series of tender launched by Iraq for the award of 10 oil fields lie fallow, has been designated by the Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al – Shahristani, as winner of the contract Halfaya [...]
Renault receive mardiroduira Does the success of the Logan with its 4 ? 4 low-cost? Called Duster, this model will be released under the Dacia brand – the Romanian subsidiary of the French – in Europe in 2010.
It may seem offbeat present a 4 ? 4, symbol of the excesses of the [...]
By law, an individual may hold only one Livret A. At the end of January, one month after the opening of the distribution of the Livret A, the 5.8 million booklets to open 1.3 million belonged to people already holding a book. The proportion of duplicates is increased from 22% in January to about [...]
Euphoria for the French automobile market in November. The Committee of French Automobile Manufacturers (CCFA) has announced a 48.4% jump in sales of passenger cars in November to 216,452 units. The increase was 40.9% in number of working days comparable with respect to November 2008 (20 days in November 2009, 19 in 2008). This [...]