Brussels would prepare a comprehensive investment plan

 
A Marshall Plan. So that El Pais described the investment plan of 200 billion euros that would be preparing the European Commission. Of "European sources" have told the Spanish newspaper that the program, which aims to revive growth in Europe, concern several sectors including infrastructure, renewable energy and advanced technologies.
To finance this [...]

Birth of a giant global generics

Watson surged ahead in the market for generic drugs. The U.S. laboratory Watson announced Wednesday evening the redemption, to 4.25 billion euros (more than ten times the gross operating surplus), its Swiss competitor, Actavis, as Figaro had said yesterday. Payment will be made primarily in cash. The new group deviend the third player in the [...]

Pawnbroking flew to France with the crisis

 
The craze for "aunt", another famous name of Crédit Municipal de Paris, is growing. The specialist pawn since 1777 has indeed more and more customers: the number of daily visitors has increased from 400 to 550 before the crisis today.
Deposits in the first quarter are 37% more than last year at this [...]

Brands still believe in sponsoring

 
Groupama, Peugeot, Veolia … Many major brands to have recently announced their willingness to reduce or completely cut their investments in sports marketing. Yet this phenomenon remain marginal. This is certainly what seems to believe Sporsora, the association of those involved in sports economics, which will publish March 29, at the second Sitting of [...]

The Syrian economy is out of breath

 
The Syrians are in survival. At the same time they are praying to escape the inhuman repression of Bashar Assad, they implore to feed their families. In one year, the economic situation in Syria has deteriorated profoundly: the GDP will appear in freefall (2% according to the CIA, up to 10% according to the [...]

Soaring oil prices threaten the recovery of new

 
Oil has replaced Greece in the range of concerns hanging over the economy. Soaring 16% of black gold prices since the beginning of the year poses a risk to the already soft recovery experienced by developed countries, some economists fear. "We watched the beginning of last year: rising oil prices has the power to [...]

Marionnaud attacked by former employees

 
This is the last resort of former employees of Marionnaud to keep their jobs. Threatened with dismissal by their current company, the subcontractor ECLA, they attack the distributor of cosmetics to justice. They hope the judge will rule Tuesday, recognize the responsibility of Marionnaud in their troubles, and force it to take over labor [...]

Minimum service: Air France rétropédale

 
An agreement, signed last week between management and the Air France pilots' union (SNPL), reduces the scope of guaranteed service in the air, reveals Liberation. Transposition of the 2008 Act applicable to the SNCF, the text of UMP Eric Diard plans to compel the workers of the airline to declare 48 hours in advance. [...]

Pressure on Italy at the European summit

Source of concern on the part of its European partners, because of its debt of 1.9 trillion euros and risks of contagion from the crisis in Greece, Italy has to respond well. After the European Summit held yesterday, the Italian head of government Silvio Berlusconi, announced the organization of an extraordinary cabinet meeting on [...]

Pugachev, "The Web is the future of France-Soir"

More than three hundred protesters gathered Friday outside the headquarters of France-Soir, avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, when the works examined the abandonment of the paper and the daily passage of the first all-digital in January. This shift will be the first made by the editor of a newspaper of general information.
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