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This is unprecedented in the history of the prestigious American newspaper The New York Times, founded in 1851. A woman, Jill Abramson, will take the lead, at a time when the newspaper industry is undergoing a revolution. At 57, she succeeded on September 6 to Bill Keller, who declined to slow down but will [...]
Members of the Finance Committee recently decided to incorporate works of art at the base of the ISF. A real tax revolution! As works of art are excluded from the wealth tax since the birth of this tax thirty years ago. Still, the amendment adopted today by the Finance Committee, must then be approved [...]
It's a new episode in the Guerin case is investigating tenaciously Judge Charles Duchaine. The latter has seized more than 13 million euros in the course of the investigation on alleged fake procurement of Bouches-du-Rhone and Haute-Corse, said Saturday a judicial source. An issue that involves Alexandre Guerin, the younger brother of President PS [...]
LE FIGARO. – Your offer on NYSE Euronext would avoid the famous New York Stock Exchange falls into the hands of Frankfurt. But why is it better for the Paris?
Bob Greifeld (CEO of Nasdaq OMX). – Our project is both better for New York and Paris. Just look what we have done [...]
What will be the actual cost of the earthquake history? It must look similar to past events to get an idea of the economic impact of this disaster. One thing seems clear: the earthquake in Tokyo would cause less damage, therefore cheaper, than Kobe. The epicenter is not in the city, 130 kilometers away. [...]
And if the Renault spy case was based on a simple internal settling of scores? Having missed so far, this track is not ruled according to a source close to the investigation quoted by Le Parisien on Saturday.
She says an employee of Renault 'close' to Michel Balthazar, former head of the division [...]
Christine Lagarde should have to defend in the coming days. According to a document that was provided Marianne2.fr, the Court of Auditors has opened an appeal which challenges the procedure by which Bernard Tapie has received some 220 million euros from the state last September in the context of the case against Credit Lyonnais [...]
The negotiations were long and rough but the new agreement Aeras is finally ready to be signed on Tuesday. Patients' associations, banks and insurance companies have reached agreement on new measures to expand access for people with serious illness (cancer, diabetes, AIDS …) in bank loan.
Main achievement, the new convention Aeras (acronym [...]
The Tokyo Stock Exchange finished Monday's session virtually unchanged (+0.04%), relief due to the slight decline in the yen was offset by profit taking. At the close, the Nikkei 225 a 3.82 points gleaned 10,502.86 points and the broader Topix index has in turn yielded 1.58 point (0.17%) to 928.73 points.
The first [...]
The CAC 40 pauses on Wednesday after two consecutive sessions, falling slightly from 0.20% to 3919.71 points at closing. Concerns over debt and Moody's warning on Greece and Ireland have affected the mood of those days.
The day before the U.S. indices ended the session up to the inverse of Asian stock markets [...]