This is one heavyweight world of fast food, virtually unknown in France. With more than 16,000 outlets in 57 countries, two flagship brands, Dunkin 'Donuts, the reference of the American donut, and BaskinRobbins specialist-ice cream, Dunkin' Donuts has established itself since its inception in the 1940s in Building on the franchise, and since the [...]
The earthquake in Japan has already cost as much as Renault PSA Peugeot Citroën. But it might weigh less on the results of the first ones on the second, for the next six months. After PSA announced Wednesday a loss of 147 million euros in the first half due to the nuclear disaster, the [...]
Concerns still dominates trade in the Paris Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The CAC 40 was down 1.15% to 3744.22 points to 15 hours. Elsewhere in Europe markets evolve piecemeal. In London, the FTSE-100 index advances 0.43% at 5889.70 points while in Frankfurt the Dax was down 0.93% to 7281.25 points.
Yesterday, the CAC [...]
• Why raising the ceiling of the U.S. debt is it so urgent?
The race against Barack Obama committed by a deadline, a week today. Established by Congress to 14.294 billion dollars, the upper limit of U.S. debt has been reached in mid-May and, according to its own calculations, the Treasury will no [...]
After a dynamic first quarter of 2011 (+8.4%), statements of hiring more than a month have edged down 1.4% in second quarter 2011, according to a study published ACOSS today ' hui. But they are nevertheless remained at a high level (1.94 million hires), comparable to the peak reached in early 2008. This decrease [...]
Between temperature and scorching third day taxi strike against deregulation, the EU summit leaves the vast majority of Greeks are skeptical about the outcome. "Only a meeting of European leaders, one more," laments economist Panagiotis Bratsos. "Angela Merkel does not want to move towards a global solution, even if the refusal could wreak havoc [...]
Washington, our correspondent
The new plan emerged from a bipartisan budget savings could receuillir more than two-thirds majority in the Senate, has revived the debate in Washington on raising the debt ceiling. This increase is necessary to prevent the Treasury falls selective default of payment after August 2.
Barack Obama welcomed the [...]
The discrepancy between official data and the actual amount is equivalent to the annual output of Germany. Chinese steel mills have produced last year 674 million tons of steel, while authorities reported that only 627 million. This is the conclusion, given in a study by the consulting firm Meps UK (ENGINEERING & Production Management [...]
Like their colleagues in Asia, investors showed little enthusiasm in Paris on Friday. The CAC 40 lost 0.55% at the opening at 3730.50 points. Same movement in the rest of Europe: the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange opened down 0.36% to 7188.70 points.
The market's attention will focus on the evolution [...]
Carrefour still requires a little patience. The group will release on August 31 an "action plan" to redress the balance of his performances, which are significantly far in the first half of the objectives it has set for the entire year: grow its sales and operating income.
After the first six months of [...]