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In extremis. The Crazy Horse dancers got back this Thursday night on stage at the famous Parisian cabaret to ensure representation of the show "Fire" is currently showing. On strike since Tuesday, young women have reached an agreement with management late in the day for better pay and recognition of their stage performances.
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Price inflation at the pump, observed for several weeks, requires motorists to pay more attention to their fuel budget. Among other initiatives, carpooling is growing at a fast speed. Covoiturage.fr, the site most commonly used in the Hexagon – it boasts more than 90% of ads in this area – prévoitmême a historical high [...]
With the therapy of the 1990s and its financial health insolent, Sweden today does not hesitate to give lessons to its neighbors in the euro area. When Mariano Rajoy deals to Spain "the toughest budget of democracy", Bo Lundgren, former Secretary of State for Finance of Sweden, the man in the banking and financial [...]
Issue public finances, France has been better than expected in 2011. The government managed to reduce the public deficit, that is to say the difference between its revenues and expenses, to 5.2% of gross domestic product (GDP), against a deficit of 7.1% in 2010. In raw numbers, however, the state has spent over the [...]
The stone, the Exchange or life insurance? To place their money, many French are now preferred to the first. Stagnant rents and rising house prices do not seem to deter them. "The hardening of the taxation of capital gains does not seem to deter investors from buying apartments for rent," said Pierre Bazaille, president [...]
On the eve of the publication of results of Veolia, a board of directors at high risk took place Wednesday morning. In a terse statement, the board confirmed it was renewing its confidence in the CEO Antoine Frerot. This council was to approve that the group's annual accounts. But the controversy of last week [...]
Talks between GM and PSA continue to advance. Unveiled a less than a week and confirmed in the wake of PSA by management and the ministries concerned, the proposed alliance between the two manufacturers is accurate. In fact GM would consider taking a 5% stake in French group, says Reuters. A stake that could [...]
Better than Total, the champion in all categories of profits in France, who won 13.9 billion euros in 2008, Volkswagen has broken every record by clearing a net profit (group share) of EUR 15.4 billion in 2011. A profit that doubled compared to 2010. The German group has become the most profitable automaker in [...]
The carbon tax on air transport, set up by the European Union, came to pollute the atmosphere of Singapore Airshow (in English) which opens Tuesday. The subject will also hover over the EU-China summit, which begins the same day in Beijing.
The chorus of critics like the anxiety continues to grow. Monday, the [...]
Nearly 22% drop for the CAC 40 since the beginning of the year. It the finding bitter than do today small shareholders after exercise 2010 already very morose terms stock. Consequences: these individual shareholders a society often individuals are disoriented face financial markets irrational very volatile and sealed by concerns recurring on debt crisis [...]