Generally, the prosperity of manufacturers of diapers in a country reflects both its standard of living – the disposable diaper is a commodity rich country – and its demographic effect. It is different in Japan. For the first time in its history, Unicharm, the largest Japanese manufacturer of layers, found that sales of adult models had exceeded those targeting babies for the past year. Japan shows the proportion of over 65 years the highest in the world: 23.3%, according to official figures for October. If the fertility rate (1.39 children per woman) is also anemic, seniors will comprise 40% of the population of the archipelago in fifty years. In the image of Unicharm, out to conquer the market of the third age twenty-five years here, the Japanese supermarket is mobilized on this customer, "the engine of consumption," according to vice president of the largest supermarket chain, Aeon, quoted by Bloomberg overnight pay day loans. The "baby boom" Asian only, however, limited to the Empire of the Rising Sun. If more than 65 years represent less than 9% of consumers in China, the country's one-child policy, their number was still 26 million expanded gray heads in ten years. A market in which the Japanese Unicharm wants to tackle immediately.

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Inflate his resume … "inadvertently"? It is possible, according to Yahoo!, which has adopted this line of defense when one of its shareholders accusing its CEO had lied on his resume.

The investment fund Third Point, which is mounted to 5.8% stake in Yahoo! in a few months, denounced in a letter to the Board an anomaly on the resume of Scott Thompson, CEO of Yahoo! since January.

In the financial records of Yahoo!, Carol Bartz's successor is introduced as a degree in accounting and computer science from Stonehill College. Now the university has begun offering this course in 1983, four years after Scott Thompson finished his studies there!

For Third Point, this embellished resume "undermines its credibility as an expert in technology" and gives a poor impression when his "character" bad credit personal loan lenders. Incidentally, it also tackles the activist fund board, which would not properly investigated and considered the nominations for the position of CEO.

The risk oversight, however, be difficult to argue, to the extent that this error has been made several times on the resume of Scott Thompson. Previously President of the payment service Paypal online, a subsidiary of eBay, it is always presented as a computer science graduate of the Australian editions of these two sites

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Thousands of people started marching Tuesday across France to say no to them according to the austerity imposed by the European Union and call for a genuine policy of growth to five days before the second round of presidential elections.

Nearly 290 processions are announced by the CGT, one in the afternoon in Paris, where walkers will have been preceded by a National Front demonstration and where they will parade during a political rally organized by the outgoing president.

The inter-union (CFDT, CGT, FSU, UNSA and Solidaires), promises that there will be no political message on the banners of the first parades in May-but the CGT, unlike other organizations, called for "beat Nicolas Sarkozy."

In Marseille, about 20,000 people, according to unions, protested for a parade more social than political. "This gives it a special flavor, but we do not mean our demands immediate demands in the pocket," said the delegate county of the CGT, Mireille Chessa. The banner head behind which all the unions, with the exception of FO, marched, summed up this attitude. "Against the austerity policies, workers united for social progress" could be read. Fralib employees, who for nearly two years to oppose the closure of the last site in France to make the teas Elephant, opened the procession.

Holland in Nevers to honor Beregovoy

About 1500 people marched in 4500 in Strasbourg and Mulhouse, according to a statement made on site by Reuters, a significant interest in Alsace, while the region is in middle of spring break and the CFDT was not involved, as organization, in the event.  

In Strasbourg, where employees of the truck manufacturer Caddie, in receivership, opened the parade, only a few slogans directly recalled the presidential election, as "If you're against Sarkozy, clap your hands", sung by the Orchestra of the CGT.

In Paris, delegations from the Socialist Party and the Left Front should remain in the rear of the parade as not to hinder the trade unionists and Francois Hollande has chosen to honor Nevers (Nièvre) to Pierre Beregovoy, the Prime Minister Francois Mitterrand, who s 'committed suicide there exactly 19 years.

Union leaders see as a "provocation" of Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to hold its own gathering on the job after reporting since the beginning of the campaign "these intermediate bodies" that are the unions.

"The first is May-workers and anyone else," said Francois Chereque Tuesday on BFM TV. The secretary general of the CFDT, which does not give instructions to vote, said the speech of Nicolas Sarkozy on the job has become "unbearable." "Every time there was a takeover in the history of politics on this holiday (1-May-Ed) was derived in a context of undemocratic," he said Monday in an interview published by Liberation .

Thibault argues for a social Europe

The secretary general of the CGT, Bernard Thibault, has instead confirmed he called to vote for Francois Hollande. "The CGT called to fight the current president," he said on Europe 1. "I am surprised that some are surprised that a union of employees can have an opinion about the issues of a presidential election."

"It's from the social balance sheet, economic and president of his intentions – among his first, he wants to, as the employers claimed, a reform of the definition of termination for economic reasons," that this position has was taken, he said.

The SGC requires a minimum wage to 1,700 euros per month and expects Francois Hollande, who has promised a big meeting with the social partners if elected on May 6 before deciding, he goes in that direction very quickly. Bernard Thibault believes that the austerity measures introduced in the European Union led the latter to the disaster and calls for a social Europe.  

To better themselves as "unifier" Nicolas Sarkozy faced with a "who wants to divide", the Socialist candidate Francois Hollande has sent a letter to leaders of the five confederations. He reiterated his promise to do major players in the next five years if they win.

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Ferrero will have to pay for providing the Nutella to American children. The manufacturer of the famous chocolate spread, which is the subject of a class action lawsuit brought by a California mother who did not know that Nutella was so bold, will indeed come out the checkbook to settle the case. He agrees to pay up to $ 4 for every jar of Nutella purchased in California between August 2009 and January 23, 2012, or the rest of the United States between January 2008 and February 3, 2012. The agreement does not include the rest of the world.

Consumers should send their application before July 5 (a maximum of five pots), four days before the courts definitively validate the regulations. The group will pay a total $ 3.05 million.

"Shocked"

Athena Hohenberg, mother of a child in San Diego, had made the dough, nutty taste of the main element of his son. She said she was "shocked to discover that Nutella was neither healthy nor nutritious food, but it was barely better than candy and it contained dangerous levels of saturated fat." In its complaint, filed in February 2011, it considers that promotes Ferrero Nutella as "an example of a balanced breakfast and delicious" and paste "healthier than it actually is creditreport."

Following this case, Ferrero USA is committed to "change some statements on the marketing Nutella" and better detail its nutrients, according to the text published on the site nutellaclassactionsettlement.com. "We think it is in the interest of the company to resolve these issues," said a spokeswoman for Ferrero.

The complaint of Athena Hohenberg, however drawn criticism in the local press. The LA Weekly and advises to "procedural mothers of California" to behave responsibly. "Try to make yourself snacks for your children. A jar of Nutella, occasionally, do not hurt, if you feed your children properly. And it's so good spread on a pancake, "concludes the paper.

(With Agents)

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His basic model is a marine motif declined over a tank. But the bit of blue and white Little Marcel preferred the colored stripes printed on a black background on which lies the mark in writing schoolboy.

Imagined in a store of ready-to-wear Grau-du-Roi (Gard), this "Marcel" knows a great climb since its inception in 2005. Now available in 1,500 outlets across the Hexagon, the idea was originally that of a gift for his partner Eric Schieven Linda Leseigneur. A present that had not fatally destined to be reproduced on an industrial scale.

Owned by the couple creator, the company KLS, which operates Little Marcel, employs 45 people and develops, six years after its creation, a turnover "of about 20 million euros, up 20% the previous year, "says commercial director Michel Levy.  

The South, a laboratory

In recent years, the catalog has been enriched and Little Marcel did not remain a prisoner of style nautical wear "left (his) signature." Offering various reasons, always colorful, the brand gingham dresses, swimwear polka dot … Distributed only in stores ready-to-wear at a price of "25 to 35 euros per t-shirt," she wishes to open signs his name in seven cities on the Mediterranean coast and Atlantic to accelerate its development model. All without external capital. "Without the staff, the installation of a shop costs around 300,000 euros," says commercial director.

"The South is our laboratory, advance Michel Levy. The idea is to open stores in areas where we have a mind awareness. "Thus, Hossegor (Landes), Bandol (Var) or Palavas (Hérault) should see the arrival of a store Little Marcel by the summer. "We first want to show us where the season strong on our brands work best, that is to say, in fine weather."

Therefore seasonal stores, an area of ​​100 to 150 square meters, that KLS develop its own before running franchises. "Let's say that eventually a 50-50 mix is ​​a good balance." If the sign function, with an estimated turnover "at the beginning" of € 500,000 per store, "thirty stores are expected to emerge in both years. "

Installed to date on the fishing port of Le Grau du Roi, the warehouse in Little Marcel, whose textiles are machined in Portugal, is planning to move a few miles away in the town of Aigues-Mortes. Soon it will invest a storage center 4000 sqm, against just over 1000 today.

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The possibility of a takeover by the state oil company YPF of Argentina, 57.4% owned subsidiary of Spain's Repsol, has provoked a lively access of diplomatic tension between Madrid and Buenos Aires. "Any aggression against Repsol violating the principle of legal certainty will be taken by Spain as an aggression," said Friday the Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, just after having summoned the Ambassador of Argentina.

Detonator of the sudden onset of fever, a meeting Thursday between the Argentine president, Cristina Kirchner, and provincial governors, who must consider the possibility of a joint venture with YPF, that is to say partially nationalized. The Argentine government is pressuring oil companies to increase their domestic production, the country's oil bill last year soared 110% to $ 9.4 billion easy payday loans. Accused of not investing enough, Repsol YPF has been withdrawn in recent weeks 16 oil concessions by half a dozen provinces. Repsol YPF is the leading fuel in Argentina, where it controls 52% of refining capacity and 1,600 service stations. It also represents two thirds of the production of Repsol.

"International plague"

In Madrid, some fear that Buenos Aires does not benefit the situation in which economic weakness is now Spain to advance his pawns. Hence perhaps the force of the reaction. The Spanish Secretary of State to the European Union, Inigo Mendez de Vigo, said that "Argentina (would) become an international pariah," warning "that within the international community, break the rules has a price. " The European Commission called on Argentina to "protect foreign investments on its soil."

At two weeks of the presidential election, the president of the FNSEA – first agricultural union – fixed priorities of operators for the next five. Xavier Beulin first asks the next tenant of the Elysee to reopen "in July" folder of competition law applied to food.

An "emergency" he said, after the multiplication in recent weeks fines against players of Agriculture and Agri-Food: endiviers, millers, dairies and pig industry by the end of the year . "Since the withdrawal of government in regulating markets, supply chain organization is more necessary than ever. We want to know what he can do in competition within the European framework, "he says. A key issue to rebalance the bargaining power of thousands of often helpless in the face a mass distribution concentrated in five major buying groups.

One solution to this problem – the establishment of a "Small Business Act" as the United States, proposed by Nicolas Sarkozy during the 66th Congress of the FNSEA – was favored by Xavier Beulin. This system is to set aside a significant percentage of tenders to local products. "20% as already allowed the Minister of Agriculture is good but not enough." Francois Hollande proposed last week to double this.

Revalue pensions

Second request of the union: the harmonization of social and environmental standards at European level. "We propose a simple alignment with European standards and no more. France is an excess of zeal in which the disadvantage compared to its competitors, "says Xavier Beulin. This requires a relaxation of administrative permits, such as storing water in times of drought, energy recovery operations through photovoltaics, biogas, or solar energy.

The third priority concerns the pension increases. A petition of 80,000 signatories was brought to the HQ of the ten candidates in the presidential election for a rebalancing of pension for farmers. "It is necessary to upgrade the minimum pension at 75% of minimum wage and align the calculation of pensions over the last 25 years, not the entire career." Finally as regards the common agricultural policy, Xavier Beulin, welcomes the consensus that exists among the candidates, except Marine Le Pen, who advocates a return to French agricultural policy. "The face of French agriculture with 64% of opportunities are provided by Europe would not be the same without the CAP," he recalls.

While the leader of the FNSEA highlights the many positive points of the quinquennium ending, especially on agricultural G20, the various plans emergency aid and lowering labor costs with the social VAT, it does no voting instructions. Especially as the environmental aspect he was disappointed the results of the Grenelle Environment Forum.

He called to vote for either April 22? The union president called simply majority agricultural farmers to go to the polls en masse without giving an instruction to vote. "This has never been in the culture of the house," he concludes.

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