Under pressure from regulators, the four major French banks, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole and Natixis, had announced at the end of last year their intentions to downsize. They target a reduction of wing of about 11% in their fundraising and investment, is the closure of more than 2,000 positions in the Hexagon. [...]
A key point of the reform of the personal data protection on the Old Continent, proposed by Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission, is lampooned by lawyers of large U.S. firms. The latter involve the "right to oblivion" on the Internet.
This concept is presented as "a breakthrough" by the European [...]
The business social network Viadeo French decided to move up a gear. And he found in the Strategic Investment Fund (the ISP) support weight. The ISP provides 10 million euros in connection with a fund raising 24 million euros, the largest financing transaction of a French start-up in recent years. Viadeo has also expanded [...]
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 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 [...]
As of December 11, SNCF will have a new competitor, Thello, including passenger trains at night, between Paris, Milan and Venice. This is the first time a semi-private transport operator in France for your holiday in a great line border. Until now, the station tied business partnerships with its competitors to organize routes crossed [...]
After changing course to plisuers recovery, the New York Stock Exchange tried to continue its rebound before late morning. The Dow Jones advanced 0.34% to 10,846.75 points and the Nasdaq by 0.63% to 2420 points. The New York Stock Exchange has signed a dramatic rebound Tuesday late in the session, erasing the last minute [...]
New black day on Wall Street. After opening in the dark red (-2.19% for the Dow and -3% for the Nasdaq), the New York Stock Exchange closed down a massive. The Dow Jones lost 3.68% to 10,990.58 points and the Nasdaq was unscrewed from 5.22% to 2380.43 points.
The New York Stock Exchange, [...]
Lafarge continues to cut his plaster. The world leader in building materials announced Wednesday the sale to its Australian partner Boral's interest in their joint venture. The sale of its share of Lafarge Boral Gypsum Asia (LBGA), established in 2000, will bring 429 million euros into the coffers of the French group. This is [...]
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 [...]