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Renault would be in the final stretch to complete the project that should enable it to accelerate in Russia. The manufacturer is about to conclude an agreement to take control of Russian automaker AvtoVAZ, said the Japanese newspaper Nikkei. Under the terms of the negotiations within reach, the newspaper said Nissan would purchase 25% of Avtovaz for nearly a billion dollars. Renault are already owns 25% plus one share of the Russian manufacturer since February 2008, the alliance would then become the majority share of AvtoVAZ, said Japanese business newspaper.

Thus, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan has made the rise in the capital of AvtoVAZ a goal of the alliance. In February, he said, hoped that discussions result in the current year.A source familiar with the matter, however, told Reuters that the talks would "probably take several more months."

After the conclusion of the agreement, the alliance would include assembling a compact car in 2012 in a Nissan factory Avtovaz of central Russia, and plans to build another production site in Russian Far East low interest personal loan. The three manufacturers might also produce a very low-cost car for emerging markets at a plant of AvtoVAZ, the newspaper said.

Like China, India or Brazil, Russia is a growing market that focuses the attention of automobile manufacturers: the next few years, four million vehicles could be sold annually in Russia, volume doubled from the current level. Renault aims to capture, with Nissan and AvtoVAZ, 40% of Russian market in 2015.Moreover, the entity Renault-Nissan-AvtoVAZ would be the third largest worldwide, with 7.23 million vehicles sold in 2010, behind Japan's Toyota and General Motors.

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Wall Street puts an end to four consecutive sessions bearish on Wednesday. The Dow Jones lost 2.23% to 12,290.06 points, the Nasdaq yield 2.33% to 2769.19 points and the S & P 500 was down 2.28% at 1314.55 points.

Tuesday, as all global markets, the U.S. stock market had closed on a sharp rise, the Dow Jones climbed 1.03% and the Nasdaq by 1.37%. Investors, who were returning from a long weekend, had welcomed with relief the press releases stating that Germany would give up a debt restructuring of Greece.

On Wednesday, the new no longer effect. Quite the contrary. Moody's has cooled financial markets that had begun to hope that a solution had been found to stabilize the financial situation in Greece.The rating agency downgraded two notches note saying the country more than 50% the risk of seeing the country fail.

This decision adds to several bad macroeconomic news.United States, the employment figures in the private sector show an increase of only 38,000 in May, according to the firm ADP, while analysts were betting on 170,000 net hires.

Construction spending rose 0.4% in the U.S. in April, according to a Commerce Department estimate released Wednesday in Washington, and contrary to that of analysts who had forecast a decline of this indicator.

Manufacturing activity has slowed markedly in the United States in May, according to the index of purchasing managers released Wednesday by the industry trade association and ISM fell to 53.5%.

Side currency, the euro decreased again against the U.S. dollar after the rating is downgraded from Greece at 1 cash advance loans.4330 dollars (-0.46%).For their part, oil prices fell sharply Wednesday in New York, a barrel of benchmark dropping $ 2.41 to 100.29 dollars in a market undermined by disappointing indicators, especially for job creation States USA.

Yahoo!: -4.26% to 15.85 dollars

Yahoo has resolved its dispute with Alibaba Group in connection with the transfer by the Chinese company's online payment system, Alipay, its chief executive Jack Ma said on source familiar with the matter. The two companies reached an agreement before the meeting with analysts from Yahoo last Wednesday. But the agreement requires the green light from the founder of Softbank, Masayoshi Son, who sits on the board of directors of Alibaba. He was quite reluctant, says one. Japanese Softbank is a shareholder of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan.

Google: -0.65% to 525.60 dollars

Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman and former CEO of Google, said Tuesday night had "planted" on social networks four years ago. He takes the responsibility for the error that allowed Facebook to be the undisputed leader in the category.

Phillips-Van Heusen: 0.58% to 66.35 dollars

Phillips-Van Heusen for its part, announced a net profit of $ 58 million (79 cents per share) in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, against $ 28 million loss (53 cents per share) a year before. The turnover was doubled to 1.37 billion against $ 619 million a year earlier. The group is therefore the goal of annual earnings per share to range between 4.80 and $ 5 per title.

Launched in 2007, the iPhone gave the kickoff of the mobile Internet revolution. The proliferation of smartphones and the launch of the free operating system from Google, Android, did the rest. Today, 37.2% of French people equipped with mobile use their phone to access the Internet. And their uses have an economic impact, the French Association of Mobile Multimedia (AFMM) sought to evaluate.

According to a study conducted on its behalf by Solucom, the mobile market has reached a business volume of 1.2 billion euros in France, in 2010. The share generated by the distribution of digital content and services on mobiles, produced by publishers from the Internet, mobile operators, $ 800 million. In addition, there are 300 million euros investment in application development and mobile services.Finally, mobile advertising and direct marketing accounted for 130 million euros in revenue.

This market should grow by +50% over three years, says the study, to 1.9 billion euros at end 2013. "The market for content distribution and mobile services is already fairly mature. But business investment in the mobile, for the promotion and customer relationship services, will experience sustained growth in double digits, "explains Isabelle Chapis, Associate Director of Solucom. "In parallel, the number of smartphones will continue to grow," said Frank Abihssira, president of the AFMM.

"In this market, several economic models and cohabiting relationships are balanced between publishers and operators, says Franck Abihssira. We have created an ecosystem that creates value and jobs. "According Solucom, 10,000 jobs are directly related to the mobile.1500 others should be created in the next three years, an increase of 25%. "The jobs are highly skilled, high value, in engineering, but also design, ergonomics, marketing and sales," says Isabelle Chapis.

Market consolidation

The study estimates 500 the number of companies that make up this market. They are young: more than half are under five years of existence, fifty less than a year. They are also rather small: 70% of businesses have fewer than 50 employees. Unsurprisingly, 80% of players polled by Solucom anticipate a change in their capital by the end of 2013. An asset for potential targets of consolidation movements: 80% of companies operating in the mobile are profitable.

Finally, the sector should benefit from the emergence of shelves and connected televisions."The mobile sector is being opened to irrigate all the digital industry as a tool for authentication, payment and personalization," Isabelle Chapis analysis.

The ousted leader of the Michelin and Danone takes top spot in 2011 salaries of bosses Cac 40 prepared by Les Echos. Michel Rollier has received compensation of 4.5 million euros for 2010. Frank Riboud, head of Danone, he pocketed 4.4 million euros last year and takes the second spot on the podium, followed by the CEO of LVMH, Bernard Arnault, who won 3.9 million euros in total compensation. In total, the Cac 40 bosses have affected more than 98.3 million euros in compensation. The average CEO salaries Cac 40 amounted to 2.46 million per officer, up 24% compared to 2009.

The first of the three managers sponsored by Michelin also holds the record for pay increases: salary soared 505%.This increase is directly related to the rise of the findings of Michel Rollier as not receiving a fixed salary but only secured a bonus based on the results of the giant tires.

This peculiarity makes his annual compensation very volatile from one year to another, as in the previous ranking, published in 2010 and based on total compensation patterns in 2009, the envelope of Michel Rollier displayed in downturn 303% compared to the one he had seen in 2008. He then pocketed 743,000 euros, which was then the lowest pay of executives within the Cac 40. This end up filing returns this year to the CEO of STMicroelectronics, Carlo Bozotti, with 903,000 euros.Penultimate winners of 2011, the CEO of Renault shows a total compensation of 1.2 million, unchanged from last year: Carlos Ghosn has in fact waived his variable compensation following the fiasco caused by the false case of espionage.

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For now, his name is still barbaric. The CPT002, phone signed Aston Martin still makes quite an impression at the show's World Watch and Jewellery Show in Basel in March. Result of unprecedented collaboration between the luxury car manufacturer and designer of mobile high-end Canadian Mobiado, this smartphone, surprised by its design.

Still in prototype stage, the CPT002 indeed has the distinction of being entirely of glass with a transparent central portion, like a giant windshield! The surface of the touch screen is sapphire high strength, unbreakable and impossible to scratch, according to Mobiado. Edges, platinum and titanium, incorporate all electronic components, including battery, two microcameras and location for the SIM card. Aston Martin logo is placed at the back of the camera.

Direct connection to the Aston Martin

This phone will run Android.Like all other smartphones, it will give access to a large number of applications. According to its manufacturers it will be especially characteristic of facilitating travel for holders of Aston Martin. The mobile will thus open, close and start the vehicle paydayloans. The CPT002 will automatically connect to the GPS board and, through its geo-location software Foursquare, it will keep contacts informed Facebook and Twitter to the location of the driver.

The latter, which has installed cameras in the cabin of his vehicle, able to transmit real-time on social networks images captured by the phone. Finally, CPT002, previously installed in the pocket of the driver, will be equipped with an accelerometer that will, in case of accident, the airbags deploy with as much precision as possible.

Fans of Aston Martin, however, must still wait before buying this technological marvel. No date of production or marketing has yet been announced, although some mention the output of a first range in May. Regarding the price, no information either from the two manufacturers. But like the famous cars will need to hand the portfolio. The Mobiado luxury phones are sold on average from 1300 dollars per unit (approximately 915 euros).

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The consumer wins a round face Free. The Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris ruled in favor of the association UFC-Que Choisir ordering the service provider (ISP) to "stop a number of illegal practices" and to delete from its general conditions of sale particular clauses considered "unreasonable". Free society was ordered to pay the Consumers' Association the sum of 50,000 euros in damages. The Iliad, the parent of Free, did not wish to make comment.

Free will and remove certain "terms and conditions of the offer triple play (internet, telephone, TV), its brochure and pricing of its website," "multiple practices" are also involved, said to AFP Nicolas Godfrey, a lawyer by the UFC-Que Choisir.This underlines that the court found that "the presentation of the payment method seemed misleading to the consumer and guided him to direct debit low fee pay day loans. In addition, Free "billed additional charges if you choose to pay by check or credit card, which the court found unlawful."

Moreover, the consumer association was clearly engaged "in terms of termination to deferred collection for us," said Nicolas Godfrey were a semantic loophole (to apply a termination fee) and that the court well recognized as such. " The court's decision thus gives consumers "the ability to challenge the billings already made or those coming for those who terminate on the basis of the VAT hike," said the lawyer.Mobilization of consumers had already resulted in early, to thwart the rising prices of certain operators, such as Bouygues, in response to the VAT hike.

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On this day of Valentine, happiness reigns in the Asian stock markets, which restarts on a good foot this new week, Tokyo head. Closed Friday due to holiday (Feast of the Foundation of the Nation "), while financial markets were relieved by the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday granted a remedial effect.

On Monday, the Nikkei 225 Index climbed 1.13% to 10,725.54 points. While the Japanese GDP will contract in the last quarter of 2010, but less than expected 0.3%. Over the whole of 2010, however, it grew by 3.9%, driven by sales to emerging countries, including China, and supported much of the year offset by government grants this fall.

Among the largest increases, Toyota climbed 2.51% at 3,870 yen or 2.68% at Honda 3635 yen.

Expected inflation in China down

Japan, already exceeded the first time in a quarter this summer, could not maintain its position as second largest economy on the whole of 2010. It is the China that now occupies, with GDP amounted to 5.8786 trillion dollars against 5.4742 trillion dollars in Japan. China could overtake the top spot in the U.S. in 2025.

Morale is looking good on the Chinese financial markets. The Hang Seng Index rose 1.07% to 23,073 points and the CSI index jumped 2.50% to 3198.93 points. On Monday, market rumors also point to a possible decline in inflation in China. The figure will be released tomorrow but the good news is already spreading, and despite a change in the method of calculating this statistic.

Finally, the trade surplus of the Middle Kingdom has fallen by over half in January to $ 6.45 billion, as imports surged 51% year on year, reported Monday's China Customs. The illustration of the willingness of Chinese leaders to reduce the dependence of the second world economy vis-à-vis exports and expand domestic demand and household consumption. And good news for Americans who accuse China of deliberately letting their yuan undervalued to promote exports.

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China rose 1.86% to 4370 yuan and Agricultural Bank of China is 1.91% to 2660 yuan.

Other places in the region are doing well, like oil

Other areas of the region also benefit from these stock performance.The Taiwan TAIEX Index advances 0.88% at 8685.47 points, the KRX 100 of Seoul wins 1.92% to 4275.46 points, the S & P / ASX 200 is 1.12% at 4935.80 points, the BSE Sensex 30 rose 1.52% to 17,997.90 points and the FTSE Straits Times Index was up 1.08% to 3110.59 points.

Crude prices were on the upside Monday in electronic trading in Asia, while the fear of other regimes in the Middle East like Egypt switch boosts prices, dealers said. In morning trading, a barrel of light sweet crude for March delivery gained 2 cents to $ 85.60. That of Brent North Sea with identical maturity took 67 cents to 101.61 dollars.

The CAC 40 continues on the path to higher Tuesday. Halfway through, the benchmark index in Paris gained 0.86% at 4039.98 points. Investors, who pushed the benchmark index in Paris yesterday to rebound, do everything to maintain the 4000 points. The closing in the green on Wall Street and the increases, even timid, in Asia this morning, contend that the movement extends to other European markets: The London Stock Exchange climbed 0.81% to 5910.69 points. The Dax index featuring the Frankfurt Stock Exchange gained 0.97% on its side at 7145.90 points.

But the news from China are likely to weigh on morale. According to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP), the PMI manufacturing index for January was again slowed to 52.9 in January against 53.9 in December 2010 and 55.2 in November. HSBC is less categorical and evokes a PMI remained virtually unchanged at 54.5 in January, against 54.4 in December.What sow doubt in the minds of investors, already disrupted by protests in Egypt.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro continued to rise above $ 1.37 on Tuesday after sharp rebound the previous day fueled by the figures for inflation in the euro zone that gave rise to speculation about a increase in the rate of the European Central Bank. Around 11:15 in Paris, the euro bought 1.3775 dollars against 1.3686 dollars late Monday, its highest level since Nov. 22.

Gust Statistics

Still on macroeconomic, particularly busy day ahead.

In France:

– The producer prices in December rose 1% after rising 0.4% in November, while prices for exports have been 0.6%, INSEE said on Tuesday.Furthermore, growth of manufacturing activity slowed in January, falling to its weakest pace in six months. The PMI index fell to 54.9 against 57.2 in December. An initial estimate had been given to 54.3 a week ago.

For the euro area:

– The number of jobseekers in Germany fell by 13,000 in January in seasonally adjusted data, more than expected, falling to 3.135 million, said Tuesday the Federal Labour Office.

– Manufacturing activity accelerated faster than expected in January.The PMI index rose to 57.3 in January against 57.1 in December, higher than the flash estimate of 56.9.

– The unemployment rate was 10% in December, unchanged from November.

In the U.S., the ISM manufacturing index will also be published, along with construction spending in December (16 hours.

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As for values to be followed:

The values of the energy sector that benefits from rising oil prices. Total clinching 2.37% to 43.73 euros, Technip 2.60% to 72.1 euros O and CGC Veritas winning 3.30% to 22.89 euros.

Club Med: + 0.57% to 16.85 euros, Lafarge: + 2.37% to 44.30 euros, Air France: + 0.52% to 13.42 euros

The tour operator and the cement, very present in Egypt, are particularly challenged in price since the beginning of political troubles in the country.They are less so today, the day of the "march of a million" people in Cairo and Alexandria.

For its part, Air France will increase its capacity between Paris and Egypt from Tuesday to facilitate the repatriation of its customers payday loans online.

Sanofi-Aventis: + 1.11% to 50.43 euros

The French group and its U.S. counterpart Genzyme reached an agreement in principle on the structure of a rapprochement between the two groups said on Monday two sources familiar with the matter.Moreover, U.S. authorities have opened preliminary investigations on the potential risks of drugs produced by Sanofi-Aventis and other laboratories, said Monday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Renault: -0.91% to 47.35 euros

The automaker announced Monday expected to resume with an operating profit in 2010, the current year to be marked, he said, in an operating margin of 2.8% against -1.2% in 2009. More generally, manufacturers will be monitored with the publication today of car registrations in January. The market is still supported by scrapping, because in January registrations were up 3.1% at comparable number of working days.

BNP Paribas: + 1.94% to 55.66 euros, Societe Generale: + 0.28% to 47.38 euros

The bans short selling of financial stocks, decided in 2008 after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers at the height of the financial crisis, will be lifted on Tuesday along with the entry into force of a modified version of the General Regulation The AMF makes such a mandatory takeover bid from the ownership threshold of 30% and not more than 33% of a company.

EADS: + 0.45% to 21.14 euros

A WTO report issued Monday contends that Boeing has received U.S. government grants unjustified.This latest announcement "a huge rejection of assertions of the European Union."

GDF Suez: + 0.74% to 29.19 euros

The group announced lundiun agreement for the purchase of five underground storage sites for natural gas in Germany, and a stake of up to 19.7% in another site.

EDF: -2.76% to 31.31 euros

EDF shares recorded the strongest decrease in the CAC 40 after information Voices that Paul Champsaur, one of the architects of the reform of the electricity in France, will offer a selling price of electricity from nuclear EDF lower than that required by the electrician.

ArcelorMittal: + 0.73% to 26.80 euros

The steel and mining group Vale, but also groups of South Korean and Chinese companies are among the 15 candidates for the development of Tavan Tolgoi coal site in Mongolia, considered the main source of untapped coking coal in the world.Its reserves are estimated at five billion tonnes.

Technip: + 2.73% to 72.91 euros

The group announced Tuesday it had won, in consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, an engineering contract for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) in Malaysia.

Carrefour: -1.26% to 35.19 euros

The retail giant confirmed Monday to study various projects likely to lead to the marketing of certain of its assets, including its real estate subsidiary Carrefour Property.

Alten: + 3.54% to 26.39 euros

The group announced Monday include organic growth of at least 8% in 2011, driven by the dynamism of its markets, and pursue acquisitions.

The coalition government led by David Cameron yesterday launched nothing less than the most significant reform of the British system of public health since its inception in 1948. The plan will give more power to GPs and will put in competition with private and public structures, which is denounced by the opposition Labor Party as a back-door attempt to "privatize" the National Health Service (NHS, National Health Service) .

Although the health sector is the only branch of the state untouched by the 81 billion pounds (96 billion) of budget cuts, the coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats has aimed to 4% savings on the health budget, a total of 20 billion pounds in four years.The money saved by reforming the system should be fully reinvested to improve the quality of care and offset the rising cost of health care costs.

David Cameron recalled last weekend that Britain was still below the EU average in many areas, such as survival rates for different types of cancer.

The reform, which concerns only England (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are autonomous in managing their health care system), was presented yesterday to Parliament by the Conservative Minister of Health Andrew Lansley fast cash advance.While Tony Blair and Gordon Brown had tried to improve the quality of the system by investing billions of pounds and more than 400,000 by recruiting new staff for the NHS in a decade, Cameron's plan will remove two hierarchical levels in the administration and should result in significant staff reductions.

Quest for the best price

Currently, public hospitals are controlled by a British chain of command that goes from regional levels to Ministry of Health at the top. From 2013, the new system will remove the control to the Minister of Health to empower GPs, GP (General Practitioners). These physicians, together with regional groupings, have the responsibility to manage up to 80 billion pounds on a total budget of more than 100 billion pounds.Depending on their needs and objectives, they define the goals of care and will be able to compete with public hospitals and private organizations to provide services at the best price. Many patient groups and doctors' union, the British Medical Association, concerned about the impact of reform on patients and fear that these radical reforms and rapid "focus more on cost than quality" of care.

Franck Rouas is a man who has the nose. This Nice, 38, who had already done well in the past to become the professor tennis stars, including Sharon Stone, sublime in Beverly Hills, just get the jackpot: he signed with the father of Michael Jackson a contract that ranks it among designer fragrances bearing the image of the "King of Pop".
Franck Rouas took the pose yesterday in Nice, with the scent Jackson. Photo credits: VALERY HACHE / AFP