The Spanish government and economic observers hoped to announce the first drop in unemployment in the second quarter. They will have to wait. The national statistics institute (INE), the equivalent in Spain of INSEE, unveiled Friday, his figure: 20.09% of the workforce is unemployed, the worst rate since 1997. And more than double the [...]
France Telecom ended the first half with a net profit of 3.725 billion euros. Net profit rose by 45% over one year. The group said in a statement, however, this "increase is due primarily to loss on disposal of assets of the participation of Orange in the UK through the creation of the joint [...]
The computer services company (SSII) Atos Origin has registered under its first semester a marked improvement in its results. In late June, the turnover registered a slight inflection of 4.6% to 2.49 billion euros, "according to the expectations" of the group. The group has suffered most in Spain (-9%) and Germany and Central Europe [...]
Blow. After one month in May boosted by purchases of televisions before the World Cup (+0.6% on revised), the French household consumption of manufactured goods fell 1.4% in June, INSEE reported on Friday morning. A bad news as economists sought an increase of 0.2%. Note that these expenditures in manufactured goods account for about [...]
A quarter of less value for the stock Hi-Media stock market Wednesday. The media group saw its shares tumble in effect from 24.66% to 3.42 euros by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, while a News reported Tuesday evening after a forecast of stock returns for 2010 close that of 2009, about 16 million euros.It is [...]
Small employers are bleak. According to the 39th barometer of companies with fewer than 20 employees in the third quarter by Ifop for Fiducial, 72% of them are pessimistic about the economic situation of France. Three points higher than in April. This level is the same at the beginning of the crisis. They are [...]
The green is slowly coming back to Wall Street earlier this week. In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones gained 0.48% to 10,146 points while the Nasdaq climbed 0.56% to 2194 points. The S & P's side takes 0.58% to 1071 points.
On Friday, the New York Stock Exchange had fallen heavily, cooled [...]
The winners of the FIFA World Cup are Spain, Sony, Adidas and Coca-Cola. Just as some teams were able to shine on the ground (Spain, world champion Germany, runner, and some emerging countries) and others have left without glory (England, Italy, France, Brazil, Argentina), three brands have also won their World Cup. Sony takes [...]
Patrick Roger, the current director of the channel information BFM TV (group NextRadioTV), will join Europe 1 station group Lagardere Active headed by Alexandre Bompard. Patrick Roger will succeed Lawrence Guimier the editorial management of the station of Rue François 1er.
Aged 45, Patrick Roger presented to the newspaper from 2001 to 2007 [...]
the time seems far away when Greece mononopilisait attention to America in the euro area.The credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded two notches sovereign rating of Portugal, at A1 AA2 cons, because of growth prospects remain relatively low and a deteriorating financial situation.
Moodys' reported an expected deterioration "for at least another two years" [...]