In October, Arcep has proposed to introduce a regulation of the SMS, and including halving its wholesale price (of 5.34 to 2.5 eurocents). This initiative raises the hostility of the three mobile operators, whose...
George w. Bush has, since last weekend, their hands tied with the Democratic Congress to negotiate on behalf of the United States to the treaties of international trade with other countries. It is therefore now very...
Yesterday Yukos then Shell, today TNK - BP. Whether it's disguised expropriation in decision of justice or environmental or legal pressure, the objective of the Kremlin is always the same: to focus on the most valuable...
"Be wary of appearances", warns Rena Dumas when it confronts the its too smooth image of woman more than perfect and reserved. Anti-Diva by nature, it harvests the fruits of its very wide discretion. Yet, this renowned...
After a fall of the dollar against the euro of nearly half the global financial rebalancing begins seriously. The US trade deficit back. Asian surpluses will as well, and even more if growth slows substantially in...
Last myth living history, Fidel Castro resigned himself to leave the scene. At the end of forty-nine years in power without sharing the world record holder of longevity at the head of State announced Tuesday that he...
Businesses and their professional organizations have long protected their rents, at the expense of the effectiveness of other companies and the economy in General. It was the medieval model: "Everyone in his Castle,...
The subprime crisis is, as some fear, an unprecedented financial crisisUnprecedented, non. Talking about 200-300 billion in losses. It is certainly a lot of money, but when the New York Stock Exchange loses, as it...
On the occasion of the completion of the acquisition of seven regional banks HSBC by the Banques Populaires to 2.1 billion euros, Philippe Dupont is a point on the strategy of the group. He is willing to make...
The economic recovery of Japan would be being escape to employees Since a few months, the statistics from Tokyo draw the image of an obviously unbalanced economy. As a confirmation of this trend, the Ministry of labour...
"Any better than inactivity": it is by relying on its traditional voluntarist accents and the need to be "pragmatic" that Nicolas Sarkozy launched yesterday at Rethel in the Ardennes, its plan of "mobilization for...
Religious There is doubt. Secular It is known. End of year celebrations became, first of all, great rituals of consumption. Sophisticated food and beverage cost to eat up there in enormous quantities. Is Exchange of...
Something has changed in the country of finance. Industrial, teachers, researchers and local communities have decided to work hand in hand and create a competitiveness cluster in Ile-de-France, the only one to date in...
Government bonds decline in Europe and the United States since the beginning of the year. The debt fundraising records raise concerns about the ability to pay of States. The threat of inflation is returning to haunt...
In Brussels, opened last June a Museum exclusively devoted to the Belgian surrealist artist. To better understand his work. "This mysterious universe is cold." I feel no heat in the vacuum of the beyond. Indeed, is the...
Since mid-September, the stock markets mark way. The magnificent route which allowed them to bounce from 50 to go to the lowest in early March has given way since a fortnight to a period of hesitation. Managers and...
Vivendi finally takes its acquisition in an emerging country! The French communication Group announced Friday that it had taken de facto control of the Brazilian fixed operator TVG. In total, he collected 57.5 of the...
While all the other major seaports French will publish figures of traffic downward in 2009, Rouen rose by 2.8 to 23.3 million tonnes. The Norman port signs where his best result of the Decade close to its record from...
Accustomed to soaring oil profits, the market were disappointed by those unveiled Total yesterday in the title of the second quarter, the first without its chemical subsidiary Arkema, which the split in the month of...
The former Minister and President of the European Parliament, Simone Veil, favourite female personality of the French, was yesterday under the dome of the Académie française, where she will become the sixth "immortal"...
