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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 [...]
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Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy reiterated their commitment on Sunday during their joint press conference to introduce a tax on financial transactions. "A moral imperative," said the French president.
The measure was one of four priorities, along with food security, infrastructure, and social protection, recalled Friday by the head of state who opened [...]
The controllers returned to work. Having asserted their right to withdraw on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning following the assault of one of their colleagues, the general assemblies held throughout France have all voted Friday to return to work
Friday morning, in an interview Figaro.fr, the president of the SNCF had to call [...]
The debt crisis, keeps on producing its adverse effects. The fear of a default of Greece signs more tangible economic downturn and the announcement of the collapse of Dexia, the first European victim of the banking crisis in public finances were plunging markets. In Paris the CAC 40 2.61% currency to 2850.55 points. The [...]
In the name of the sacrosanct consumer protection, U.S. authorities do not kid with misleading advertising. The Federal Trade Commission, the FTC feared, and has never hesitated to pinpoint the most powerful groups: Nivea cream sold as a slimming, tobacco companies have minimized the danger to their products or for proceeds against Pfizer arthritis, [...]
Leaving a few weeks ago his book "When I was Superman," the former professional rugby player Raphael Poulain thought might not meet such a promotion for his first work. His testimony, however, echoes the experience of dozens of former athletes who have not managed early enough or seriously enough after their career. While attempting [...]
• Illness: Benefits planed off work
This is the main surprise of this bill: a new method of calculating compensation in the event of sickness. They will now be equivalent to 60% of net wages instead of 50% of gross salary. What saves 220 million per year (6.6 billion). The government presents this change as [...]
After long hesitation, the Paris Stock Exchange chooses green. The CAC 40 ended on Tuesday on a rebound of 1.41% to 2894.93 points. Madrid won 2.53%, 2.19% Milan, Frankfurt and London 1.85% 0.87%.
But the tension remains extremely strong on the European stock markets. The benchmark index in Paris has played yoyo all [...]
Tensions rise within the European Union. The Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager already concerned about a possible increase in the allocation of European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). Although no decision has been taken at the special summit on 21 July he wrote in a letter to his Parliament that a reassessment "significant" [...]