In his office in the Rue Francois I., views over the Seine and the wall painting by Basquiat, Marc Simoncini, big fan of startups and contemporary art, is already thinking about its future investments.
He has just made 16 of its 23% stake in Meetic to takeover launched by the U.S. match.com on [...]
France is she affected by the German outbreak of food poisoning linked to contaminated cucumbers starting to spread in Europe? If it is too early to say with certainty, the French authorities announced Saturday that three suspects were "under investigation" in France. In a joint statement, the Ministries of Economy, Health and Agriculture indicate [...]
Ingenico is a giant step into the world of contactless payments. The world's leading payment solutions announced on Friday its participation in the Google Wallet, presented yesterday by the Internet giant. This mobile application allows mobile users to pay at once, by housing credit card information in their phone or powering a prepaid card, [...]
Experienced in countries of the former communist bloc, this solution has the merit of reassuring the Germans, hostile to any supplementary budget without serious counterparts. But it raises a rebellion in Greece, where trade unions, unleashed, call to burn the EU flag on the central square of Athens.
Detailed by the Papandreou government, [...]
The numbers are startling. In 2010, nearly 17,500 claims were filed with the National Ombudsman of Energy, up 25% compared to 2009. That figure has exploded since it was from 6500 in 2008, the establishment of the Ombudsman. EDF and GDF Suez are particularly singled out. Over three-quarters of the complaints (43% for GDF [...]
Stock markets move sharply lower U.S. on Monday. The Dow Jones lost 1.30% to 12,349.10 points, the Nasdaq 1.70% to 2755.69 loose points and the S & P 500 dropped 1.28% to 1316.18 points. On Friday, the NYSE has closed down, yielding to concerns about debt Greek and dragged down by disappointing results considered [...]
Member states of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced that the race to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head IMF will open on Monday. The board of directors composed of representatives from 24 countries and country groups, will collect applications until June 10 nominations. He has set a "target" to designate a replacement directeurdémissionnaire and [...]
The American president must submit today a plan of economic assistance to the Arab world. Several billion dollars would be well provided to support the democratization of the Middle East and North Africa, including through loan guarantees and redemption of debt. The entourage of Barack Obama discusses plan Initially due for Egypt and Tunisia, [...]
The bill introduced last week by the Council of Ministers will be discussed by Parliament and should be voted in the first days of July. Only at that point, once the final text vote, the consequences can be accurately assessed. But it is already possible to assess the consequences of reform, individually and collectively. [...]
In Greece, the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn was among the first to sound the alarm. Without openly contradict the assurance of Europeans, as many economists doubted the success of the rescue plan launched a year ago: Too many deadlines, not enough growth.
Monday in Brussels, twelve months after betting that Greece would be in [...]