The miracle did not happen. Ten days after the general election on May 6, the president decided to throw in the towel. Having failed to find a coalition government supported by the required minimum of 151 MPs – the Greek Parliament has 300 seats – Karolos Papoulias said on Tuesday afternoon he summoned another [...]
Thursday morning they will strike to support their boss threatened with dismissal. They, are the 560 employees Sogal, SME sector development within the region of Angers. Unusual fact, the steering committee and staff come together to support the CEO, Pascal Legros, opposite the main shareholder of the company: the investment fund Qualium.
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It's not a coincidence. BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, or savings bank: French banks step up efforts to try to improve their image whether from customers or the general public. A difficult task at the heart of an election campaign where the "finance" has been targeted. "Wrongly or rightly, the global banking industry has been [...]
The telecoms market was shaken by the arrival of Free Mobile.
LE FIGARO. – Arcep measured the network's coverage of Free Mobile, but not its actual use or quality. Why?
Jean-Ludovic SILICANI. – ARCEP has verified that Free Mobile has achieved its goal of covering 27% of the population and verify that [...]
In the exclusive club of head offices, campuses are overshadowed by the towers. Straw! Effect of crisis or new building design? In the district of La Defense business, renovations progressing at a slow speed. First Tower, Axa old tower, was delivered in late 2011. Carpe Diem, down from its 38 floors, will be ready [...]
While the infidels realize a carton on French screens (the second best start to the year after the Would I Lie 3), the authorities of a small Indonesian province just released an initiative that could find its place in the film co-written by Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche. The leaders of Gorontalo, north-eastern Indonesia, [...]
The Docks, iconic building, around which the operation Marseille Euroméditerranée rehabilitation started, will lead a new revolution. JPMorgan Asset Management, which holds 87%, and the promoter Constructa in charge of the project, will open the building, nearly 400 meters long and seven stories to the outside. He was so far centered on itself: an [...]
The report by the Center for Strategic Analysis in a housing report released Wednesday is brutal: while the subject of aid mobilizes huge (37 billion euros) from the State and local governments, households the less fortunate spend more on housing. In 2005, they spent at this position 41.4% of their income against 25% in [...]
To receive a new grant of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, the Greek parliament must adopt a new set of austerity measures. Since the crisis began in September 2009, the addition of austerity plans that inflicts Athens in the emergency exceeds the 169 billion euros. Some are new, others have already [...]
According to Yves Leterme, Prime Minister Acting laBelgique, the decision was not "totally unexpected". The announcement of the rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the sovereign rating Friday night in Belgium – the passing of AA + to AA – is nevertheless "naturally bad news."
In the viewfinder of the rating agency, the [...]