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		<title>Deficits: Brussels will validate the national budgets</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This Monday has been the day of surprises. A few hours after completing the rescue funds to the euro, the European Union president Herman Van Rompuy announced Monday night that the EU finance ministers agreed that the Commission consider their national budgets. An agreement all the more unexpected given that some hours before the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> This Monday has been the day of surprises. A few hours after completing the rescue funds to the euro, the European Union president Herman Van Rompuy announced Monday night that the EU finance ministers agreed that the Commission consider their national budgets. An agreement all the more unexpected given that some hours before the meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel to be held on Monday evening was canceled at the last moment. Every indication that this was yet another sign of the tension between France and Germany. And even if both sides because they advanced the calendar.Markets do not make mistakes: Shortly after the cancellation, the CAC 40 lost more than 1%, while it had managed to return to balance in mid-session. </p>
<p> Budgetary discipline </p>
<p> Anyway, this agreement will enable Europe to invent a new fiscal discipline. This is especially good news that Germany and France had openly opposed on this issue. We remember especially about the government spokesman, Luc Chatel, who said &quot;this is not the European Commission to approve the budget of the French nation.&quot; </p>
<p> The EU finance ministers have also agreed Monday night to create new sanctions against countries too indebted to strengthen the Stability Pact.The agreement envisages the possibility of sanctions even when the current limit of 3% of GDP by the Covenant for public deficits has not yet expired, said President of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, at a press conference. The idea would be to trigger the excessive deficit procedures earlier for countries whose debt is not declining fast enough <a href="http://pay-day-loan-s.com">low fee pay day loans</a><!-- . -->. It also put more emphasis on the future monitoring of the overall debt deemed not exceed 60% of GDP, and not just the annual deficits. </p>
<p> A modification of treaties is not excluded </p>
<p> The ministers have asked the European Commission to make proposals to define new sanctions.Brussels thinking, for example the suspension of payment of certain subsidies from the European Union for uncooperative countries. Germany also advocates for the suspension of voting rights at European ministerial meetings in Brussels. &quot;We talked about but everyone is aware that financial sanctions not require a treaty amendment,&quot; said Herman Van Rompuy.He added: &quot;We have not ruled out a treaty amendment, but has concentrated on what can be done at short notice and under the current treaty that does not have to go to the ahead and impose sanctions, non-financial, &quot;he added, however, ensuring that there was&quot; no taboos &quot;for the future. </p>
<p> These sanctions, which remain to be defined, could be decided whether a country has ignored warnings from its partners on the drift of public accounts, or if the overall level of debt swells too fast. </p>
<p> In an environment where markets are concerned about the financial situation now in Hungary &#8211; which is not part of the Euro-zone, this agreement, which follows the completion of the rescue funds of the euro, should enable bring some stability to financial markets that really need it.</p>
<p> ALSO READ: </p>
<p> The rescue funds of the euro finalized </p>
<p> The Sarkozy-Merkel meeting postponed for one week </p>
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		<title>Managers found morale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ What a pleasant surprise! In March, the barometer of the moral frameworks (- 26) has won eight points from February, regaining its 2005 level. &#34;This result is exceptional in scope and that ends the period of depression began in the fall of 2008, is a bundle of factors, both macro and micro,&#34; said Francois [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> What a pleasant surprise! In March, the barometer of the moral frameworks (- 26) has won eight points from February, regaining its 2005 level. &quot;This result is exceptional in scope and that ends the period of depression began in the fall of 2008, is a bundle of factors, both macro and micro,&quot; said Francois Miquet-Marty, president of ViaVoice. </p>
<p> Last month, the number of unemployed has increased by &quot;only&quot; 0.1% and the Prime Minister said that the unemployment curve &quot;should be reversed&quot; this year. </p>
<p> In this context, the pessimism fades frames. They are more than 23% against 28% a month earlier, suggests that the number of unemployed would &quot;increase significantly&quot; in the coming months. It&#39;s the same for the outlook for living standards. The frames provide a breakdown is no longer the majority (45% against 51% in February).</p>
<p> Occupational mobility </p>
<p> Moreover, two important indicators, as forming part of life, experiencing a frank improvement. Thus, 25% of executives (+ 7 points) believe that opportunities to advance their careers in the coming months &quot;will be important&quot; and 18% (+5 points) than their financial situation &quot;will improve&quot; <a href="http://payday-badcredit.com">easy payday loans</a><!-- . -->. </p>
<p> Regional elections have also played a role in improving the morale of white-collar. &quot;Their result has reassured the French left&#39;s ability to register their camp in a dynamic of conquest of power and those on the right on the determination of the President of the Republic to maintain focus and to pursue reforms, with the exception of the carbon tax, &quot;said Francois Miquet-Marty.Asked about the place and role of higher education, executives claim, massively, more money for it. Eight out of ten consider, in fact, that France &quot;does not invest enough&quot; in this teaching. </p>
<p> On effectiveness, their opinion is also positive. Seven in ten &quot;confidence&quot; in higher education to deliver a broad general education and a narrow majority (52%), they also make it &quot;trust&quot; to prepare young people for the job. </p>
<p> ALSO READ: </p>
<p> &quot;The executives happy at work </p>
<p> The comeback of frames </p>
<p> &quot;Moral frameworks: the acclaimed Model EDF </p>
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		<title>Dramatic rise in Japanese exports</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Deliveries of goods for export jumped 45.3% in February in Japan, their biggest increase in nearly three decades. Exports rose towards all continents for the first time since 2007, according to figures released today by the Ministry of Finance nippon. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Deliveries of goods for export jumped 45.3% in February in Japan, their biggest increase in nearly three decades. Exports rose towards all continents for the first time since 2007, according to figures released today by the Ministry of Finance nippon. </p>
<p> Despite the concerns of the Japanese government vis-?-vis the deflation threat, the dramatic rebound in exports could indicate the consolidation of the recovery so far seen as fragile and dispel any doubts about a possible recession. </p>
<p> The sharp increase reflects a recovery of global trade but also by a calculation that gives in February 2009 as the reference period. Japanese exports were then plunged 49.4%. Imports were up 29.5% last month. </p>
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		<title>Refineries: The CGT wants a national strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The SGC of the oil industry, the majority, urged employees of the 13 refineries in the French strike Thursday, April 15, when a national roundtable on the future of refining in France, the union said in a statement Wednesday. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The SGC of the oil industry, the majority, urged employees of the 13 refineries in the French strike Thursday, April 15, when a national roundtable on the future of refining in France, the union said in a statement Wednesday. </p>
<p> The union claims a &quot;refining industry to serve the economic needs and the country&#39;s social and employment areas. </p>
<p> The panel of 15 April under the aegis of government, was obtained during the strike a week for employees of Total&#39;s refining industry in late February. </p>
<p> The Total Group announced Monday the end of its refining operations in Dunkirk, one of its six refineries in France, while maintaining the 370 jobs at the site through industrial restructuring, considered insufficient by the employees. </p>
<p> On Tuesday, employees of the refinery had planned to launch a new appeal for solidarity from other refineries in France group.</p>
<p> Total number of unions are to meet Thursday to take a common position. </p>
<p> ALSO READ: </p>
<p> &quot;Total stop refining at Dunkirk </p>
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		<title>Banks agree to reserve 96 billion to SMEs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It is now 96 billion euros that the bank will reserve the financing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and very small enterprises (TPE: companies with less than ten employees). Criticized for inadequate funding of the real economy and suspected tightening the screws on small and very small banks were received Friday morning at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> It is now 96 billion euros that the bank will reserve the financing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and very small enterprises (TPE: companies with less than ten employees). Criticized for inadequate funding of the real economy and suspected tightening the screws on small and very small banks were received Friday morning at the Elysee Palace by Nicolas Sarkozy, Fran?ois Fillon and Gerard Rameix, the Credit Ombudsman. After their meeting with Economy Minister Christine Lagarde at the beginning of February, they had once again put money on the table to demonstrate their goodwill. </p>
<p> They were committed in February to book a package totaling 38 billion euros &quot;new money medium and long-term&quot; <a href="http://payday-advance-i.com">cash advance till payday</a> <!-- . --> .They will now add 58 billion euros to authorize appropriations for the short term, for a total increase of 3% of the amount of credits granted, compared to the year 2009. </p>
<p> The year 2009 has indeed been particularly hard to finance small and very small, which have seen the amount of cash loans granted to them fell by 14% over the year. Even as the needs of new money was made more critical by an economic crisis. </p>
<p> ALSO READ: </p>
<p> &quot;The bankers invited to the Elysee </p>
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		<title>Arkema falls into the red in 2009</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The year 2009 was not that of chemistry as shown in the results of the Arkema Group, published on Thursday. The group announced a net loss of 172 million euros, against a profit of 100 million euros in 2008. The turnover has shrunk from 21.1% to 4.44 billion euros for an operating margin of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The year 2009 was not that of chemistry as shown in the results of the Arkema Group, published on Thursday. The group announced a net loss of 172 million euros, against a profit of 100 million euros in 2008. The turnover has shrunk from 21.1% to 4.44 billion euros for an operating margin of 7%, against 8.8% in 2008. </p>
<p> The group saw its three channels suffer because of weak demand and reduced inventories at its customers. The vinyl products business recorded a decline in its sales to 1 billion euros against 1.443 billion a year earlier. The industrial cluster Chemistry reaping 2.109 billion euros against 2.582 billion revenue in 2008 <a href="http://cash-advance-nofax.com">cash advance to savings account</a> <!-- . --> .Finally, the last part, performance products has achieved a turnover of 1.318 billion against 1.602 billion a year ago. </p>
<p> In 2010, Arkema expects a &quot;significant increase&quot; in sales and its gross operating profit (EBITDA), which stood at 310 million euros for 2009 (-37.8%). He adds that &quot;standard conditions&quot;, Arkema is an operating margin &quot;greater than 13.5%&quot; in 2014. </p>
<p> In early September, Arkema, a former subsidiary of Total, announced the arrest of a production line in Saint-Auban (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) with the elimination of 88 positions. </p>
<p> See also: </p>
<p> &quot;Arkema will eliminate 240 jobs </p>
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		<title>Air France KLM is still in turbulence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Air France-KLM fails to emerge from the fog in which she sailed past four quarters. The airline announced on Wednesday a further loss in the third quarter of fiscal shifted 2009-2010, the fifth in a row. Over this period (October to December), the group garnered a net loss of 295 million euros. This is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Air France-KLM fails to emerge from the fog in which she sailed past four quarters. The airline announced on Wednesday a further loss in the third quarter of fiscal shifted 2009-2010, the fifth in a row. Over this period (October to December), the group garnered a net loss of 295 million euros. This is less than the 508 million the previous year but well above the 216 million expected by analysts. The operating loss also disappointed expectations, to -245 to -194 million against expected by the market. </p>
<p> In the third quarter, revenue fell 16% to 5.19 billion euros. Observers had expected 5.34 billion euros.&quot;The business has shown during this quarter are some signs of recovery but in an economic environment that remains challenging,&quot; the group said in a statement. </p>
<p> Operating loss record throughout the year </p>
<p> For more, Air France KLM expects operating profit in the fourth quarter of fiscal offset &quot;the same as that of last year&quot; was 574 million euros. This &quot;given the expected recovery later in unit revenues, lower capacity and an increase of about 300 million dollars from the oil bill. </p>
<p> This means that at this rate, the operating loss over the whole year could reach a record. Indeed, nine months, the group&#39;s operating loss amounted already to 788 million euros.Adding to the loss of 574 million harvested in the fourth quarter, the operating loss over the entire year could exceed 1.3 billion euros. </p>
<p> In a more distant future, Air France-KLM confirms targeting a return to balanced operations for its fiscal year 2010-11, excluding the impact of oil hedges prior to 2009. The company relies on cost reductions, &quot;expected a slight increase in unit revenues, the implementation of medium-haul product and restructuring initiated in cargo activity. </p>
<p> The general environment is showing signs of improvement in the airline also confirmed the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The situation could hardly be worse than in 2009. </p>
<p> ALSO READ: </p>
<p> The passenger traffic of Air France back again in January </p>
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		<title>Earlier this week doubtful for the CAC40</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ After the sharp market downturn in Paris last weekend, with the Cac 40 lost nearly 7% in 48 hours, and the misdirection of Asian Awards on Monday, investors in Paris should be cautious again. The future of the CAC 40 index was down 1.27% at 3563 points. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> After the sharp market downturn in Paris last weekend, with the Cac 40 lost nearly 7% in 48 hours, and the misdirection of Asian Awards on Monday, investors in Paris should be cautious again. The future of the CAC 40 index was down 1.27% at 3563 points. </p>
<p> On the macroeconomic front, there will be no major indicator of both sides of the Atlantic, if not the economic survey of the Bank of France on the growth of France in the first quarter 2010. </p>
<p> Values follow </p>
<p> The year 2010 will be tougher than 2009 for the Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is the acceleration of the implementation of its restructuring plan which has received the green light from Brussels, said Sunday the group managing director .</p>
<p> EDF and Areva announced late Friday it reached an agreement on the processing of uranium used in nuclear power plants of the electrician, an issue at the heart of a dispute between the two groups for several weeks. The CEO of EADS, Louis Welsh said in Munich last Saturday he expected a &quot;clarification&quot; on the financing of additional costs for the Airbus A400M military &quot;before the end of next week&quot; <a href="http://paydayintime.com">Payday advance</a> <!-- . --> . </p>
<p> GDF Suez could revise its bid for International Power Plc, particularly the terms of its offer in cash, reports the Independent on Sunday, citing sources close to the French group.</p>
<p> The Autorit? des march?s financiers (AMF) has asked for new commitments in Belvedere in the case of warrants, which in recent weeks between the group of spirits to the Association for the Defense of Minority Shareholders (ADAM). </p>
<p> Bongrain has reported revenues down 7.4% on a comparable basis in 2009, affected by unfavorable economic environment. </p>
<p> Eiffage managed to stabilize its sales in 2009 thanks to a rebound in activity in the fourth quarter. </p>
<p> Several publications of companies are expected on Monday: Altran Technologies, pre-market Unibail Rodamco, after-hours trading, Le Noble Age and Devoteam. Faurecia brings an extraordinary general meeting regarding the capital increase related to the repurchase of Emcon. </p>
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		<title>A new reform for local taxes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Now that the reform of business tax is completed, the government will tackle, in January, a new project: the revision of rental values. These rental values are &#34;administered&#34; price of a home or business premises, prices of base used to calculate local taxes. Since they have not been revised since 1970, today they are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Now that the reform of business tax is completed, the government will tackle, in January, a new project: the revision of rental values. These rental values are &quot;administered&quot; price of a home or business premises, prices of base used to calculate local taxes. Since they have not been revised since 1970, today they are disconnected from reality. Result: an inhabitant of a building of faded 1960s pay for the same area, more housing tax or property tax that a household living in an old building, dilapidated forty years ago but now renovated. An updating of rental values would end these inequities. But the losers &#8211; typically, the people of downtown &#8211; could see their local taxes rise by 50%! </p>
<p> Companies are not immune to these distortions.&quot;In our barometer for the property tax offices in Boulogne-Billancourt is a city that offers the tax rate the lowest among major cities (except Paris). But it appears 35th on the total cost of fees per square meter, due to higher rental values, &quot;explains Pascal Martinet, director of tax audits of Alma Consulting Group, a consulting firm. </p>
<p> Revision of rental values, however, looks less sensitive to process for companies, because these do not vote. Precisely, the Budget Ministry, Eric Woerth, in charge of this matter, decided to tackle the reform starting with the company. &quot;The dated nature of the bases is more strongly for local business,&quot; says his entourage.But the idea is mainly to see what happens revision bases for some 4 million of commercial premises, before launching a big bang about 32 million homes inhabited by the French. </p>
<p> Involve local and parliamentary </p>
<p> Gilles Carrez, the UMP rapporteur of the Committee on Finance of the Assembly, calls for a long time for this method in two stages. In contrast, Jean Arthuis, the centrist chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate, was opposed: &quot;If the rental values no longer follow the same rules must be applied to property tax rates for different individuals and companies.&quot; At Bercy, we judge that this is not a problem. </p>
<p> Specifically, the Budget Ministry has put in place by January of working groups composed of members of associations of local elected officials, parliamentarians and government officials. &quot;We did not set deadlines for completion.Everything depends on the speed of the consultation. We have no preconceived ideas on how to use &quot;, said the entourage of Eric Woerth. In fact, the options are many. The leasehold basis can be stowed on the market value or remain an administrative prices set by the Treasury. The revision of bases may occur at the same date for all buildings in France or locally, by local, when a sale. Another option: the mayors may have liberty to set the timing of revision. </p>
<p> Finally, the impact of revisions will probably be spread over time to smooth the impact to taxpayers. </p>
<p> &quot;Taxes geometry varies </p>
<p> &quot;Rents: new coverage for owners </p>
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		<title>The support of The Post in freefall</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ While MPs this week to discuss the transformation of the company public limited company (now scheduled for 1 March), The Post takes this Thursday its board of directors last year. The estimated results for 2009 and the 2010 budget will be presented. One and one witness to the difficulties experienced by the Post Office. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> While MPs this week to discuss the transformation of the company public limited company (now scheduled for 1 March), The Post takes this Thursday its board of directors last year. The estimated results for 2009 and the 2010 budget will be presented. One and one witness to the difficulties experienced by the Post Office. Reportedly, the net income group share estimate was 387 million euros this year, against 529 million in 2008. Operating income is below the targets: he would go below 500 million euros after a profit of 886 million euros in 2008. As for turnover, it is down 2% in one year. In 2008 it was 20.8 billion euros. </p>
<p> All the lights are red while the core business &#8211; mail &#8211; is severely mistreated. This year, volumes were down 6%. From never-seen.The spread of Internet exchanges is for many. The crisis has exacerbated the problem, mail is closely linked to changes in the gross domestic product (GDP). </p>
<p> &quot;Divided by Three&quot; </p>
<p> Next year does not reserve any good for the mail whose erosion is structural. Jean-Paul Bailly, President of La Poste, acknowledges. In June the group announced it expected a drop in volumes of 30% between 2008 and 2015, an assumption made by most major posts. </p>
<p> In his speech opening the general discussion at the National Assembly, Tuesday, Christian Estrosi, Minister of Industry, was even more pessimistic: &quot;The volume of mail from Post diminish every day,&quot; said Minister.There is already &#8211; 10%, we will be &#8211; or even 50% &#8211; 60% in just three years! Again, this is not easy for a postal operator whose business is the heart of e-paper, to cope with the sharp rise of the Internet! &quot;The consequences can be read in the accounts:&quot; The benefits could be divided by three in just two years! &quot; </p>
<p> However, the decline of mail could be offset next year by the growth of other business group, the bank and the package. The 2010 budget, presented on Thursday, would in any case this hypothesis. It builds on strength of sales in a very small increase. </p>
<p> The Post: Besancenot play the spoilers at the Assembly </p>
<p> The change in status of the Post in March rejected </p>
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