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 [...]
The freezing of gas prices at July 1 – decreed by the government and officially yesterday – there is no consensus. In its decision of June 23, as Le Figaro has obtained, the Regulatory Commission (CRE) points out that the strict application of calculation rules in force – based on supply contracts in the [...]
While the rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded three notches note of Greece who becomes the country with the lowest rated in the world, the eminent economist Nouriel Roubini sees the end of the eurozone. In an article published in the Financial Times but also in a lecture in Singapore, the man who announced [...]
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 accelerating pace of innovation in digital media. Madame Figaro aims to be at the forefront of this movement. The women's weekly, which has already launched a month ago its version for the iPad, try a new adventure with i-Mad, an application for tablets whose mission is to offer a new reading experience.
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The CAC 40 align Does a seventh consecutive month of meeting this Friday? Difficult to predict with regard to the first exchanges. After opening on a drop of 0.27%, below the threshold of 4100 he had yet passed the day before closing, the index still featuring Paris yielded 0.25% to 4094.71 points in mid-session [...]
Employees will be laid on Thursday on how the premium Nicolas Sarkozy wants to see their pay this year by their firms. The Head of State has in fact conducted Wednesday evening at a meeting at the Elysee, the ultimate arbitration on the measure which he had announced the day before the main lines [...]
The calendar on the rescue of Portugal has accelerated after the volte-face by José Socrates, Prime Minister resigned, who has agreed to seek EU support on Wednesday night. This Friday morning, the European Commission said it received a demand from Lisbon.
After Greece and Ireland, Portugal became the third country in the euro [...]
A new start for Grandpa Brossard? According to several sources, the cooperative Limagrain, which owns the Bread Jacquet and Vilmorin seeds, entered into exclusive discussions to buy the famous brands Brossard and Savannah. Brossard SA group, whose businessman Guy Schumacher holds 78%, is valued 27 million euros on the market Alternext.
Limagrain has [...]
The Fair llivre opens in Paris on Friday, while all players are questioning the conditions for the emergence of digital books. A study by IDATE be presented at the show, e-book should represent 17% of the global market in publishing in 2014, slightly more than 4 billion euros, against 1.5 billion less in 2010. [...]