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Brasilia, Beijing, New Delhi, Cairo … Christine Lagarde has just completed the first part of his world tour to tout his candidacy for the general direction of the International Monetary Fund. Here she is back in Europe. She is in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday will be the Elysee for the Council of Ministers. For his part, Nicolas Sarkozy consults to choose one who could succeed to the Minister of Economy. Multiplying during the weekend of Pentecost, phone calls to his closest. "Nicolas Sarkozy is favorable to a minimum redesign. Its priorities, it is women and centrists. He feels he can not promote that of men, "says one of them.Another relative agrees: "Even if the president is anxious to raise a generation" Sarko ", its priority is to weaken the operation Borloo."

Another Chirac?

Three candidates stand thus Bercy: Baroin, Valerie Pecresse and former Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Anne-Marie Idrac, whose name has been blown by the President Edouard Balladur. If you believe the president of the UMP group in the Assembly Christian Jacob, the appointment of Baroin would be "more natural". "Francis knows the house and it would be hard at work immediately," says his friend. Which adds: "Remember that the successor will be named Christine Lagarde for a relatively short time."

But Baroin name "would raise another Chirac," sighs an elected UMP. Baroin has used the weekend to demonstrate its utility by Nicolas Sarkozy.The "adopted son" of Jacques Chirac would have intervened with the entourage of the former President of the Republic that he inflected his words on his vote in favor of Francis Holland in 2012. Is he aware of the frustration has been caused to the Elysee, Chirac's exit? He dreads the knock-on effects that this might have on the next redesign? "Sarkozy thinks he was badly rewarded by Chirac. He thinks of the consequences of the attitude of Chirac, "said a close.

"Sarkozy is like Chirac"

Should be appointed Minister of Economy, the carrier would lose Baroin parolat government installment payday loans. Sarkozy has thought of Bruno Mayor to replace him. A nice consolation prize for the former chief of staff to Dominique de Villepin who would succeed him as Christine Lagarde but the president wants to stay in agriculture. "Sarkozy is like Chirac.He does not move people when they give satisfaction to their job, "analyzes a former minister. More recently, he cited the name of the Minister for Ecology Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet for door-parolat.

Nicolas Sarkozy would then play the "woman card" by ricochet. Unless he chooses to replace Lagarde by a woman. In this case, the Minister of Higher Education and Research Valérie Pécresse, Chirac also, who would hold the rope. More centrist than the Anne-Marie Idrac, on which the President recently expressed some reservations. Pécresse has several other advantages: the autonomy of universities is being hailed as the most emblematic of the reforms five years, his training and his career at HEC Ministerial Research have honed economic issues, his mastery of English , Japanese and Russian.

Viewed from the Elysee, his appointment at Bercy present another advantage: that of "liberating" a ministry full for the centrists. "John Leonetti or Marc-Philippe Daubresse Pécresse could succeed, but I think the president has a preference for Daubresse," said a relative. The name of Lawrence Hénart, secretary general of the Radical Party and close to Jean-Louis Borloo, also returns. Indeed, some suggest that poaching of this very close Borloo would be more "useful" than to honor a debt vis-à-vis Leonetti. "Leonetti said a member, is a faithful while qu'Hénart would be a prize of war."

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Not more than five hours of music per month. The platform for online listening Deezer decided to put its users on a diet. At the launch of its new, faster and more social interaction through Facebook, a new policy was implemented. It marks the end of unlimited listening obtained in exchange for advertisements viewed. The internet has thus no choice beyond the five hours of music heard, you have to pay.

The goal is "to accelerate the conversion of most active users towards premium offerings," says the streaming platform in a statement. For if Deezer is used by millions of Internet users, only 5%, or 1.2 millionsd'utilisateurs are paying subscribers. The shortfall is significant and Deezer trying to correct the situation since 2010.Became a shareholder in Orange since July includes such subscription to the site in some of its plans for mobile and broadband. Its main competitor Spotify has followed the same path in alliance with SFR. Since April, the platform also knows the same kind of restrictions: listening to you free is now more than ten hours beyond the first six months of registration and it is impossible to listen to more than five times the same song.

Pressed to see close the valves of the free and unlimited internet, the majors have strongly influenced these decisions. Their fight is also not complete: Universal Music has always Deezer impose the same restriction to five songs played. But all the stakeholders do not rejoice in this decision, as Adami, a collecting society of intellectual property rights of performers."Why limit listening to five free hours a month just announced as the champion French streaming? We see the requirement for producers who once again is the wrong economic model. Imagine that limits the radio listening to a few hours per month. Record sales they would find it doped? "She asks in a statement. "The proposed model opens the door to the concentration and will affect the diversity," says Adami.

The future of such limitations may depend on decisions made in the U.S. by other Internet giants. Amazon and Google have decided to launch their music service without the majors, at risk of being prosecuted or with a limited catalog of titles. Facebook should ally themselves to Spotify normally while Apple has its side chains agreements for its music service, expected to be announced Monday night.

Monday night, Steve Jobs must have Apple's service icloud. Using a deal with record companies, the Cupertino company will upgrade its online music service iTunes. Customers can purchase their music from Apple's online store and listen to their wishes, where they are. The service called "cloud computing, or cloud computing, grow fast. This is a new revolution in computing. It is to connect to the Internet to access data and applications. Individuals no longer need to store on their PC or hard drive at home, and businesses no longer need to invest in high-performance computers.

The computer then used to open the application as a water faucet or turn on a light.Apple already offers a first service "cloud" to synchronize the network, contacts, emails and diary, from an iPhone or an iPad. The MobileMe service is very expensive (99 dollars or 79 euros per year from France).

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Amazon has shown the way

Google will launch this summer the free operating system for PCs, Chrome OS, designed and filmed for the cloud. "The biggest users of cloud services are already without knowing it, individuals using tools such as Gmail or Google pay services data storage from Amazon," said Lew Tucker, Director Technical cloud at Cisco.With his offensive, Apple created a new front against Google, Amazon and Microsoft.

One of the largest global provider of cloud services Amazon is the world leader in cultural services in line with an estimated turnover in this area at one billion dollars in 2010. The original idea of ​​the champion of e-commerce, which has expanded its services to music storage for individuals, was to lease excess capacity of its own "farms" of computers. "It comes down to your apartment when it is empty during the workday and when you go on vacation," says one expert. All the giants of the Web follow the lead of Amazon. In economic terms, the marginal cost is low for providers of computing power and storage capacity. The additional revenue generated almost as much profit.For ten years, computer manufacturers, software publishers and computer services companies dream of a paradigm shift.

56 billion market

With the development of the Internet and especially because of the economic crisis, companies have converted to cloud computing. "After years of germination, cloud computing takes off. Partly for macroeconomic reasons. The crisis led all organizations to scrutinize their spending. In this context, a solution which can offer more for less is difficult to ignore, "says Ben Pring, vice president of research firm Gartner. For now, most of the market is done by software. The turnover of the software on demand is estimated around $ 11.7 billion in 2010 by Forrester Research. Today, 60% of worldwide turnover is made in the United States.But the phenomenon should spread to other countries. By 2020, the worldwide market will reach $ 56 billion, says Forrester Research.

With about 3 million business customers worldwide including one million in Europe, Google makes between 500 million and $ 1 billion in sales in the cloud. Finally, Microsoft will invest 90% of its budget on R & D in the cloud this year, said Jean-Philippe Courtois, senior vice president of Microsoft. But its sales in the area is estimated at "several hundred million dollars a year," admits a group leader. Each offers its solution. IBM, HP, Dell, Microsoft and Oracle want to use huge "farms" of servers to store and rent computing power to their customers. To this end, HP and Dell have acquired companies in the storage and data virtualization, in order to compete with VMware, a subsidiary of EMC.The market also attracts telecom giants like Cisco, Ericsson and Huawei, and specific actors, such as Akamai, Rackspace Hosting or Salesforce.

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Closing on a rise from 0.65% late Wednesday, Wall Street has ended three consecutive sessions of decline. The U.S. central bank reassured investors by announcing that it would continue its policy to support the economy of the United States.

Despite the mixed performance of Asian stock markets on Thursday morning, the CAC 40 index continued its rebound movement began Wednesday. And the more so as oil prices are starting to rebound on Wednesday, surpassing the $ 100. In electronic trading in Asia, the black gold coast 100.23 dollars.

At the opening, the index in Paris gained 0.59% to 4001.32 points. On the stock market in Frankfurt, the DAX 30 rose 0.78% to 7360.47 points, for its part, the Footsie-100 from the London Stock Exchange ahead of 0.62% to 5960.32 points.

On the macroeconomic front, no indicator is expected in France.However, several are in the U.S.: the weekly claims for unemployment benefits (1430), home resales in April (16 hours), the composite indicator of economic activity in April (16 hours) activity in the Philadelphia area in May (16 hours).

Air France-KLM returns to profit

Air France-KLM: 1.43% to 12.06 euros

Air France-KLM announced in a statement it had returned to profit in 2010-2011, with a net profit of 613 million euros after a loss of 1.55 billion a year earlier.

EDF: 1.17% to 28.86 euros

Eric Besson confirmed Wednesday that the wholesale price of nuclear electricity EDF will sell to its competitors will be far from 42 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) from 1 January 2012 against the advice of the Regulatory Commission Energy (CRE) payday loans lenders.

Vinci: 0.67% to 43.60 euros, GDF Suez: +0.40% to 26.29 euros, Areva: +0.12% at 30.20 euros

GDF Suez, Vinci and Areva said Wednesday they have jointly respond to the bidding of government for the development of five wind farms off the French coast as part of a program of dévloppement 6000 MW offshore.

Vinci could also interest in the activities of German Hochtief concessions if it were to sell them.

LVMH: -1.37% to 118.60 euros

The redevelopment of the Samaritan woman, owned by LVMH, has been finalized and will be open for public consultation from May 20

In addition, in the case LVMH / Hermes, the Paris Court of Appeal will consider the appeal filed by minority shareholders against the decision of the AMF to allow the group to lock Hermes capital.Hermes was down 0.11% to 174.90 euros.

Plastic Omnium: 3.19% at 22.63 euros

Plastic Omnium buys the activities of gas tanks of Ford in the U.S. through its subsidiary, Plastic Omnium Auto Energy.

Soitec: + 2.80% to 10.45 euros

Soitec said Wednesday that the activity continued to expand its markets suggesting a positive outlook despite unfavorable exchange rates.

If, in the very heart of the crisis, the French government has relied on a policy to boost investment-oriented, because he knows that eating is a hexagonal solid growth. A study published Friday by the INSEE has once again confirmed: the actual consumption of households French volume was 13% higher than the average for 27 European countries in 2009.The differences in spending have also been significant – in a ratio ranging from one to three – the Luxembourg being the largest consumer, the Romanian bringing up the rear.

France "is part of a group of six countries (with the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Austria and Denmark) that have a comparable level of consumption (between 12% to 16% more than the European average, after adjusting for purchasing power parities), noted INSEE.

Nevertheless, all Europeans do not spend their money the same way … If a German is spending more than its European neighbors to furnish his home, a Spaniard and an Italian consume more hotels and restaurants, and an Englishman in clothing and shoes.

Cultural reasons

For cultural reasons, the French consume more to eat and drink at home than their neighbors.On average, they buy "three times more fish a German and a half times more meat." By contrast, consumption of products from cereals and soft drinks are higher in Germany than in France. Allen consumption of alcoholic beverages is also above the European average.

But that does not mean that the French drink more! This may "reflect the different levels of scope in products purchased," said INSEE. Compared to their neighbors, they also consume more for housing, transportation, recreation, health and education, but less on clothing and restaurants.

The actual household consumption expenditure includes supported by government, including education, health, or housing.These costs "vary in a ratio of one to three and a half years between Bulgaria and Denmark." Level in Germany is close to the European average, while that of France is greater than 25%. The study finds that finally, despite a tightening, the price levels differ between countries of the European Union, "although these countries belong to the same economic union." In France, in 2009, prices are 14% higher than the European average. Logically, the prices are higher in countries where the standard of living is too.

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The CAC 40 continues on the path of this increase jeudi.Les early trade on start up from 0.68% to 4095.42 points. As in Asia, Paris markets in turn react positively to the long-awaited announcement of the Fed on U.S. rates. The latter decided to pousuivre monetary policy accommodative for a prolonged period. Following these findings, Wall Street has ended sharply higher on Wednesday and the Nasdaq hit its highest level in ten years.

On other European markets, the upward trend is also valid. The London Stock Exchange has opened up 0.32% to 6087.6 points. For its part, the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange gained 0.62% to 7450.57 points.

But investors remain wary.Several key statistics are expected across the Atlantic on Thursday, beginning with the first estimate of first quarter GDP and weekly jobless claims (1430). The promises of sales in March are also expected (16 hours). The ball quarterly publications will also be given to: Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Expedia and Colgate Palmolive are scheduled.

Side currency, the euro climbed sharply against the dollar since the Fed announcement. The single currency traded 1.4862 dollar. On oil markets, a barrel of light sweet crude for June delivery gained 61 cents to 113.37 dollars while that of Brent North Sea also June delivery increased 62 cents to 125.75 dollars.

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As for French companies, investors will also have enough to do:

Saffron: 3.80% to 24.99 euros (largest increase in the SBF 120)

The group announced on Thursday a rise in its quarterly revenue exceeding its target for the year, driven by activities of aerial and optronics, and reaffirmed its forecast for 2011 and its confidence for the following years.

Eramet: 0.43% to 270.45 euros

The mining group has achieved a turnover of 973 million euros in the first quarter, up 23%, thanks to increases of 35% nickel and 30% in alloys.Its operating income should be at least semi-equal to the corresponding period of 2010 excluding special items, after a surge in sales in the first quarter.

Gemalto: -0.37% to 34.93 euros

World number one smart card noted in the first quarter up 17% of its sales to 444 million euros a year, driven by its main activities. It confirms its outlook for fiscal 2011.

Technip: -2.65% to 74.81 euros

The specialist oil and gas equipment announced better than expected margins in the first quarter and confirmed its overall outlook for 2011. He always aims for this year a turnover of approximately 6,500 to 6.7 billion euros against 6.082 billion in 2010.

Sanofi-Aventis: +0.15% to 53.34 euros

The group released on Thursday quarterly earnings affected by competition from generics, but slightly better than expected and announced that its annual results would be reviewed during the semester. In late March, the turnover came out down 1.5% to 7.78 billion euros, generics that cost him 569 million euros in turnover over the first quarter of 2010.

Suez Environnement: 3.15% to 15.39 euros (largest increase in the ACC)

The group has published performance increase in the first quarter thanks to strong growth internationally, and has confirmed all its targets for the period 2011-2013.The turnover reached 3.514 billion euros in the first quarter, registering an increase of 14 payday loans in 1 hour.3% (+13.5% at constant exchange rates), while EBITDA was $ 592 million, an increase of 28.6% (+25.6% at constant exchange rates).

Imerys: -0.32% to 52.50 euros

The group announced on Thursday a net improvement in its quarterly results, benefiting in particular the improvement of the construction market in France, said he expected an improvement in its performance throughout the year. Imerys has improved its operating margin by 1.9 points to 13.2% and increased its turnover by 13.7% at constant exchange rates to 882.7 million euros in the first quarter.

PPR: 1.94% to 120.75 euros

The group saw sales jump 26% in luxury in the first quarter, boosted by a dynamic Asian still as powerful and a brilliant performance in the United States.

Gameloft: 4.80% to 4.80 euros

The group announced a 20% growth of its turnover in the first quarter of 2011 to 39,500,000 euros. The company anticipates a year again growing at its turnover and profitability.

NextRadioTV: 0.32% to 15.70 euros

The media group has announced a turnover up 14% to 35 million euros, 15.7 million (+15%) for its flagship radio and 10.2 million for its TV division (+25%) . He announces "positive outlook for the first half of 2011."

Technicolor: -2.10% to 5.12 euros

The group announced on Thursday a rise of 15.4% of its turnover to 812 million euros in first quarter (+16.2% at constant exchange rates) and confirmed its targets 2011.

Always on the side of publications, after market, Saint-Gobain, Sechilienne-Sidec, Crit and Vinci will unveil their turnover in the first quarter.Compagnie des Alpes will unveil its second quarter revenues. The results of the first quarter of Sequana, Saft, and Bongrain are also expected.

Eurotunnel, Danone and Plastic Omnium will hold their general meetings respectively 10:15, 14:30 and 17 hours.

Ipsos confirms its objectives

Ingenico: -0.23% to 32.72 euros

The group raised its growth target for 2011. It is now targeting sales at constant scope and exchange rates, greater than or equal to 985 million euros, while it had announced a target located between 965 and 985 million euros.

Ipsos: 0.33% to 35.48 euros

The group confirmed its targets for 2011 after recording an increase of 6.2% of its turnover in the first quarter despite the continuing fall in the market for public education in Britain.

Klépierre: -0.39% to 27.04 euros

The group announced a slight increase in rents in the first quarter, thanks to its shopping centers, despite a slowdown in consumption in Europe.

Unibail-Rodamco: 0.97% to 156.56 euros

The group has appointed Christophe Cuvillier, former CEO of FNAC and Conforama, the Executive Group property as "General Manager Operations."He replaces Michel Dessolain, board member since 2007, appointed Director General of the strategy.

New field for Total

Total: 0.85% to 42.95 euros

The oil discovered in south-eastern Bolivia a major gas field that could initially produce up to 6.5 million m3 per day.

Bioalliance Pharma: 1.49% to 6.14 euros

The group has announced an expansion in Germany and Spain for its Phase II clinical trial of clonidine Lauriad in patients with cancer of the head and neck.

The arrival of Alain Afflelou on the French market for hearing aids confirms a recent diversification of industry players, after opening in 2009 by the Leclerc group's first store Audition E. Leclerc. Today the market is still very fragmented, with nearly 1,351 independent hearing aid on the 3395 French centers. Nevertheless, the concentration is on, with specialized groups that develop their own network, often a sudden external growth accelerated. Among the most important, French Audika represents 11, 9% of centers (406), followed closely by Italian Amplifon (9.4%, or 321 centers). Following mutual centers with 291 retail outlets, and signs cooperatives (Hearing Health Hearing, Audio 2000 …) with 1026 centers.Finally, beyond the general logistics, opticians that are Grand Hearing, Optical Center and more recently Alain Afflelou want to focus on issues of health carriers.

Audika is by far the best known

The group is best known in France Audika, created by brothers Tonnard the mid-1970s. Its leaders have relied on such marketing campaigns are very active. With Robert Hossein, ambassador of retail chain for 10 years, Audika has also greatly increased his reputation among those 60 years and over, bringing to 71%, far ahead of his Italian counterpart Amplifon which is just over 26% on the same population category.The group spends an average of 7% of its annual turnover in the development and improvement of marketing materials (national advertising on radio and on TV, online marketing, offering testing, direct marketing, event image …)

Sector auditing is carried by positive trends in France and in most European countries, the first of them being an aging population fast payday loan no faxing. However, unlike other types of device (glasses …), it is much more sensitive to economic conditions, as many less well-reimbursed by social security. For example, a device for both ears costs on average 3,200 euros, and will be reimbursed only up to about 10%. What a wait encourage seniors and hard of hearing in the context of economic crisis.Audika has also regularly highlighted as a factor in the slowdown in growth over the last three years. The group next week will detail the accounts of the past year, but already announced a withdrawal of its sales from 0.8% to 105.7 million euros (-4.4% at constant number of centers.

Elsewhere in Europe, demographic trends are also sector growth, while the rate remains the highest gear that the Danes, with about 50% deaf. In Italy there is now barely 1,500 hearing correction centers, almost cons 4000 in France, for a population of just below 6%. This facilitates beyond redemption centers Alpine also many independent, accelerating the creation of outlets.

Technological advances needed

Match or remains taboo, especially for younger seniors (age 50), which is still a psychological brake to purchase, in a context where power is often equated with disability. Hence the importance for these groups, as well as their manufacturers, to work on the miniaturization of devices and discretion in order to rejuvenate the heart of their target clients to the fifties, and bet on a rate of equipment in France still low, with only 17% of the 6 million hearing impaired equipped in France.

Angela Merkel changes course. Reluctant for months about the idea of "muscle" financial rescue fund for the euro, it is now endorsed. But it sets the conditions by imposing Germany as a model for future European discipline and embracing the method – dear to Nicolas Sarkozy – an "economic government" to own the euro area.

The price of rallying German competitiveness is a pact designed and detailed in Berlin on behalf of European integration. It grows stronger and far beyond the code of conduct economic, fiscal and social Europeans update every bout of weakness of the euro.Implicitly, the Chancellor and his finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, stressed what passes for evidence in Germany: if Germany pays for others, it is entitled to set the rules of the game

Wages, pensions, deficits

The new pact, finalized Wednesday by the German coalition government, promises to be the decisive contribution to political debate, far more technical, the strengthening of the European financial stability. To counter the next market turbulence, Berlin agreed to increase the capacity for effective intervention to 440 billion euros, against 250 billion today. But it would be at the cost of a course of orthodoxy Pan: indexation of wages, raising the retirement age, leveling of taxation and the establishment of constitutional limits on deficits of the German model.The whole may be accompanied by penalties.

Berlin can claim to have weathered the crisis better than others instant payday loan lenders. She also cleaning the support of Paris for the first time Angela Merkel gives up his plan to enroll within the EU to twenty-seven. Left to cringe at Brussels, Germany opted for the euro area, even the few major countries that are prepared to follow. This is precisely the approach that the French president had in mind when it launched in 2009, the idea of an "economic government" of the euro, considered more effective than injunctions Brussels.

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy will defend the new assembly line Friday at an EU summit in Brussels. The German pact is subject to ongoing discussions, confirm what we in Paris. It will be discussed between Angela Merkel and Jose Luis Zapatero on Thursday in Madrid.The long awaited return of "directorate" Franco-German, could be expanded to other large euro as Spain or Italy, cast already concern in the ranks. Belgium, champion of the indexation of wages, fear of having to waive such as Luxembourg, Portugal and Malta. Ireland and Slovakia are concerned about having to raise taxes on corporations, their weapon of seduction in the eyes of multinationals.

The puzzlement is especially palpable in the Barroso team, always convinced that it must prevail in the recovery of the EU and the euro in the period. "Wanting to act outside of established European institutions is clearly a step backwards," said a senior Commission official.

The CAC 40 is reluctant to take on the leadership on Thursday. The benchmark index of the Paris Stock Exchange, which closed yesterday in the green, symbolically advance of 0.06% to 4051.50 points on Thursday halfway through. In the morning he changed course several times. The London Stock Exchange ahead of his side of 0.27% and the Dax in Frankfurt at 0.52%.

European stock markets are trying to follow in the footsteps of Asian markets this morning, have opted to increase, despite the mixed signals sent from Wall Street. The U.S. stock market closed Wednesday at equilibrium, before the verdict of the Fed. The U.S. central bank has unsurprisingly chosen to maintain its full arsenal of support for an economy as it considers further weakened. Moreover, the Congressional Budget Office said it expects a record deficit of 1480 billion.

Caution remains, however, while putting more indicators will be published in the day.In France, first of all, the consumer sentiment, which had plunged in December after three months of improvement, was still somewhat degraded in January, the new indicator that summarizes the point in having lost 85 points, according INSEE.

The same applies to the entire euro zone economic sentiment decreased slightly in January, higher morale, industry leaders did not offset the increased consumer gloom in the light of figures released on Thursday the Commission European. Also note, the demand for credit companies, encouraged by the economic recovery, increased in late 2010 in the euro zone for the second consecutive quarter in two years, announced Thursday the European Central Bank (ECB) .

Then, in the U.S., the Commerce Department will issue orders for durable goods in December and the weekly jobless claims.Finally, still overseas, will be unveiled figures promises to sell in December.

Note that the side of the currency, the euro surpassed $ 1.37 Wednesday, while the greenback was mistreated after the speech by the Fed. The single currency has even touched 1.3722 dollars, the highest since late November 2010. On Thursday morning, the European currency started to fall against the dollar.About 11 hours in Paris, the euro was worth 1.3688 dollars.

Several turnover expected

Carrefour – 1.12% to € 33.70

The title Carrefour retreated Thursday morning at the Paris Stock Exchange, while the group will have to pay fines in China after having misled its customers about the price, which could harm the image of the dispenser very present in the country.

Lafarge: -3.82% to 44.25 euros

The title of the cement was affected by several cuts of recommendation from managers who link including high exposure group to Egypt cash advance america.

Aperam: + 6.02% to 31.7 euros.

Fruit of the division of stainless steels, Arcelor Mittal, Aperam continues to generate interest in the wake of its first listing and pending its release CAC 40 after the close Monday.

Plastic Omnium: + 3.71% to 59.50 euros

The group on Thursday issued an annual turnover up 32.2% to 3.25 billion euros, supported by sales of its branch "car" (+37.9% to 2.78 billion euros) and its branch "environment" (+6.2% to 471.6 million). Plastic Omnium said it expects 2010 earnings of "strong growth".

Sanofi Aventis: -0.02% to 51.39 euros

The CEO said Termeer GenzymeHenri unlikely that Sanofi-Aventis appealing directly to the shareholders of the U.S. biotech while discussions between the two of them are making progress.Sanofi-Aventis has extended again until February 15 under the same terms is $ 18.5 billion in total, its offer to buy U.S. biotech group.

Essilor: + 0.54% to 48.43 euros

The world leader in ophthalmic lenses has signed eight partnerships in the world for a total of 40 million euros, with a "major" in Brazil, he says in a statement Thursday.In this country, "the group has taken stakes in Embrapol Sul, located in the Paraná region and achieving about 9.3 million euros in turnover in Tecnolens (Bahia, 7.3 million euros) and Farol (Rio Grande do Sul, 7.2 million euros). "

Technip: + 3.58% to 71.80 euros

The group announced an investment project, unencrypted, to strengthen its capacity to manufacture flexible pipes in Brazil to produce larger volumes and high-tech products.

Fimalac: + 0.81% to 31.25 euros

The group has published a consolidated turnover of the first quarter 2010-2011 of 169.3 million euros (+20.2% on a reported basis and 5.6% on a comparable basis).After capital reduction for Lucien Barriere, Fimalac said that he will own 40% of Lucien Barrière, for a purchase price of 186 million euros.

Vivendi: -0.57% to 21.64 euros

The operator GVT Telecom, a subsidiary of French media and telecommunications Vivendi said on Wednesday 760 million euros of investments in Brazil in 2011, to finance its development in the country.

Lagardère: -0.70% to 33.95 euros

The group has signed a new multi-currency syndicated loan of 1.6 billion euros in five years, to cover the general needs of the business. It replaces the previous syndicated loan signed in 2005 to 2.2 billion euros.

In today's schedule, Beneteau present its perspectives. After market, Vinci will unveil its 2010 sales, Areva will report its earnings for the fourth quarter, as JCDecaux and Boiron.

The three executives involved in the alleged espionage case that shook Renault have little to burnish their slow response. Pounding their innocence in this obscure record that they provide not understand a word, Jean-Michel Balthazar, Executive Committee member, and Matthew Tenenbaum, Number 2 electric vehicle department, announced a complaint for "malicious prosecution".

Bertrand Rochette, director of advanced vehicle projects, has meanwhile cons-attacked earlier this week through a quotation in undisclosed libel. "Inspired by a true patriotism business, my client is a product of automobile manufacturer for which he has worked since the age of 19 years and who has paid his engineering before becoming a rising star, Figaro confessed Thursday to Mr. Thibault de Montbrial, the board of Matthew Tenenbaum.In this case without evidence, we are reduced to hypotheses: either Renault has been the target of a real spy would have liked to be covered by a diversion by wearing the hat to one or more scapegoats. Or, in a context of economic warfare, someone tried to convince leaders that some of their executives were compromised for Renault to lead to part to destabilize the company. "

System of bribes, kickbacks

"In this kind of espionage, one is obliged to observe the utmost restraint on the evidence available," said John Reinhart, the lawyer for Renault. He sweeps the other hand the thesis of a destabilization attempt by Renault that it could be "collateral damage" of a manipulation that is the manufacturer in order to disrupt a strategic project.Defender Renault evokes this "duplication of information in recent months." For his part, Pierre-Olivier Sur, one of two lawyers Michel Balthazar, said his client's discretion: "We remain silent, because for now, it's word against word. However, in a case like this, there must be evidence us fast cash. "

Two weeks after the unearthing of the scandal that rocks the diamond brand, sources familiar with the matter questioned increasingly as the improbabilities peppering the back are many. Indeed, the bill for 50,000 euros required to conduct investigations sprawling seems ridiculously low in the eyes of professionals.Moreover, the private investigator should explain how he managed the feat of "dismantling" a few weeks an alleged system of bribes sophisticated organized from China, via a series of intermediaries, leading to accounts in Switzerland and Lichtenstein. On Thursday, the head of the pharmacy mystery expected to be heard by the Central Directorate of Internal Security (DCRI), as several officials of the Directorate of Protection of the board.

For its part, Renault does not change communication strategy. Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the manufacturer, "who has personally followed the case from the beginning," the group says, will certainly speak for the first time on this story Sunday night. But no new revelation is waiting for his intervention.It should reaffirm that the internal investigation "has brought together sufficient evidence to conclude that grave acts" committed by the three executives charged, which justified their dismissal. Carlos Ghosn also focus on the fact that now "we must let justice work," says one internally. The group says "being in permanent" with the secret services so that "the investigation forward as quickly as possible." A spokesman added that the group can not "legally" at this stage to submit evidence of the guilt of three executives because "it is for justice to do so" when the time comes.

Declaration of Counsel for Mr. Balthazar, a former engineer at Renault

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