McDonald's could have done this new scandal. Committed for 10 years in a campaign to improve its image and to defend the quality of its products, the giant U.S. fast food undergoes further attacks of his detractors. At issue this time, the treatment of chickens by a subcontractor of the group providing the eggs [...]
General Rapporteur of the budget to the Assembly, Gilles Carrez (UMP) withdrew on Tuesday night, the text which sought to bring this tax shelter to an overall ceiling of 18,000 euros plus 6% of income, and subject it to a shot " plane "of 15% next year, like most other niches.
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The French Presidency of the G20 had everything to make the summit in Cannes, which opens this Wednesday until Friday, a highlight of global governance. Six themes work perfectly marked by a succession of G20 Ministerial that took place in France during the year; invitation of associations and unions to give the meeting a [...]
RueDuCommerce will change hands. The founders of the online commerce site and the fund Apax, one of its major shareholders, have agreed to sell the company Altacom, a subsidiary of real estate Altarea-Cogedim, 28.64% of its capital.
Altacom table the bid for a project of the principal balance at 9 euros per share. [...]
Creditor banks in Greece will have to accept losses "substantial" in the new bailout of the country, warned Saturday the European Ministers of Finance. At a meeting Friday evening, the central bankers of the euro zone have "agreed to say that we had to have a substantial increase in the contribution of the banks' [...]
After the big blow to morale in the summer, business leaders have tempered their pessimism in October. The business climate index, which declined by 9 percentage points between July and September, has lost only one point in October, according to INSEE. "It is now 95 points and remains at a level below its long-term [...]
The Paris Bourse is febrile Wednesday. Halfway through, the CAC 40 in advance of 1.14% to 3176.80 points. Investors remain focused on the problems of sovereign debt in Europe. After the chill cast on the French note, Moody's downgraded two notches from last night's sovereign rating of Spain, which went from A1 to Aa2 [...]
Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer, remained very secretive about his illness, against which he fought for more than seven years. In September 2008, as the rumors say the worst, the news agency Bloomberg accidentally published his obituary, the Apple CEO on stage for the presentation of new iPod and laughs of [...]
Gold has not used its safe haven status
Everything came together last week to blow away the gold: a warning from the Fed on the U.S. economy, disappointing indicators in Europe and China and a worsening debt crisis in Europe. And yet, the yellow metal has not taken advantage of the panic in equity markets, [...]