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For sure, the case of reminders stuck with Toyota. The Japanese manufacturer, which is already subject to a sixty complaints from consumers in the United States must now respond to accusations of a U.S. attorney. Tony Rackauckas, Attorney of Orange County, south of Los Angeles has filed suit against Toyota on Friday night.

Toyota was aware

"We affirm the court on behalf of residents of Orange County, that Toyota has knowingly sold cars and trucks with defects responsible for sudden and uncontrollable acceleration of certain vehicles," he said. For the record, Toyota has recalled nearly nine million vehicles worldwide, including six million in the United States because of problems of uncontrolled acceleration and to a lesser extent, defective brakes.

The Prius, the hybrid model, which was the pride of Toyota, has been implicated.A case that forced the group's CEO, Akio Toyoda, to begin a round of apologies, first in the United States and then China. "I fear that the pace at which we developed could be too fast," he admitted before the Commission to monitor and reform the U.S. Congress last February 24.

On behalf of the "consumer protection"

For Tony Rackauckas, the California attorney, the meteoric rise of giant Nagoya is not the underlying problem. He said the acceleration defects affect "hundreds of thousands of vehicles sold in California in recent years." In addition, "Toyota knew these defects but intentionally concealed California consumers."Affirming that his complaint was "first brought to Toyota in the name of protecting consumers' Tony Rackauckas calls for a fine of $ 2,500 for" each violation of the law on unfair trade practices. "

For its part, Toyota has responded quickly. In a terse statement, the manufacturer provides "not having received the complaint" and therefore "not be able to comment on pending litigation." Despite these twists cascade, a survey published Friday by the marketing firm Corporate Research International (CRI) should reassure Toyota.

Customers, however faithful

Indeed, it appears that the group's U.S. customers remain loyal to him. "Only 6.5% of Toyota's current customers surveyed said they no longer buy Toyota because of reminders," concludes the study, conducted among 1640 people between February 19 and March 2.Same observation in Japan, where Toyota cartonne forever. The brand saw its sales increase in Japan in February from 47.9% a year to 146,145 vehicles, according to the Japan Auto Dealers (Jada).

The French game publisher Ubisoft video Wednesday revised downward its financial targets for its fiscal year 2009/2010 lagged, partly because of disappointing sales of some games and the postponement of several launches.

The number three European industry now expects sales for the third quarter of 495 million euros against 540 expected before, and 860 million euros for the full year, against 1.04 billion expected before.

Furthermore, the group, who expected a positive result of at least 70 million euros over the year, now provides a loss of about 50 million. Its business casual "(games for the family) loses a year to the next almost 160 million euros, a drop of almost 50%."Despite successes like Assassin's Creed 2, which is expected to reach 9 million units through March, or Just Dance, our very successful Christmas on the Wii, Ubisoft has not met its financial goals," says CEO Yves Guillemot , quoted in a statement.

Ubisoft announced it will refocus on its core franchises and games consoles Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It promises to last two outings a catalog of "very substantial", which should enable it, on the period 2010-2011, "to gain market share and improve (its) profitability."

Ubisoft lost over 9% in one week

The market, worried about developments in the industry have fully incorporated this announcement. At the Paris Bourse, the stock has indeed closed down 1.95% to 10.07 euros in a market almost stable (+0.02%). In five days, the stock has lost 9.12%.Its competitor, Electronic Arts, anticipated loss from 1.94 to $ 2.24 per share (cons – 1.2A $ 2.05 per share on the previous forecast) in its fiscal quarter ending March 30, for a turnover between $ 3.6 billion rather than $ 3.9 billion for its fiscal year.

Ubisoft is also penalized by the decision of the firm Sterne Agee analyst lowered his rating to "neutral" cons "buy" before. For the moment, "there is no reason to confirm a recommendation to buy, analysts say. The analyst firm also shown Aurel disappointed by sales of "Avatar: The Game", "well below" their expectations.They recommend to "sell" in their notes.

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Around 12 h 20, the CAC 40 rose 0.7% to 3770 points. The confidence seems to come on the market. Traders were cautious in the morning while Bank of America has trouble repaying the $ 45 billion loan from the state without affecting the level of its own funds and that rumors of a massive increase of capital around the title .

Values follow

Michelin (+1.2%) recorded a turnover down 10.9% in the third quarter to 3.75 billion euros, due to declining world markets tires.The decrease in sales amounted to 12.5% in the first nine months to 10.9 billion euros.

Dassault Systemes (7.29%) recorded the largest increase in the DTH after announcing it bought IBM's sales and customer support related business applications lifecycle of products, for 600 million dollars.

Societe Generale (-1.15%) denied information published in Le Monde, which referred to a proposed alliance between the bank and Credit Agricole (-0.64%). Moreover, the bank will abandon its green activities in retail banking in Uruguay for "strategic reasons" to focus on Europe and the Mediterranean.

Publicis (+1.36%) reported a sales decline for the third consecutive quarter, by 5.3% to 1.047 billion euros.The group emphasizes that "The fourth quarter should be better on the third, the market for Publicis.

Alstom gained 0.75%. His arm Alstom Transport will remove 500 jobs in the United States on an assembly of equipment. Title Alstom rises of 1.23%.

Plastic Omnium (-1.63%) announced a consolidated turnover of 1.742 billion euros over the first nine months of 2009, down 16.4%.

Faiveley Transport (-9.21%) displays the second quarter of 2009/2010 a turnover of 198.5 million euros. The first half of the year, the group's activity amounted to 414.6 million euros, an increase of 8%. Faiveley lost 0.86%.

The turnover of NextRadioTV (0%) stood at 82.1 million euros at September 30, 2009, down 3%.

The turnover of Manitou (-2.89%) fell from 47% in the third 2009 at 146.7 million euros."The business continues to decline (especially due to agricultural market disruption) but slower than earlier this year," the group said.