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* Dassault Aviation announces Wednesday it had achieved in 2009 net profit of 315 million euros, down from 15.5% in one year, before amortization related to the purchase price of Thales shares. Operating profit amounted to 393 million euros against 434 million a year earlier, showing an operating margin of 11.5%.

The turnover stood at 3.42 billion euros. This figure is down from 3.6 billion in 2008. But Dassault was penalized in 2009 by order cancellations with 65 Falcon for NetJets aircraft to be delivered beyond 2014. "They will be recommended and delivered according to market developments," the company said.

The board of directors would propose a dividend of 8.8 euros per share.

Orders of 98 Falcon and 60 Rafale

Last year, Dassault Rafale has delivered 14 and a record 77 Falcon (aircraft) against 72 the previous year bad credit payday advance . At the end of the year, the balance appears in negative controls to 1.32 billion euros. For only Falcon, its largest division, the negative balance amounted to 3.85 billion.

For more, Dassault Aviation has provided any forecast results. The manufacturer adds, however, have received orders for 98 Falcon and 60 Rafale. Charles Edelstenne, CEO of Dassault Aviation said in a press conference that sales of Dassault Aviation in 2010 should be stable and that its results should be "a little worse."On Thales, Charles Edelstenne said the reorganization projects have received approval of two major shareholders of the group, state and Dassault Aviation.

* Dassault owns Le Figaro.

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By putting on Thursday Ermine first President of the Court of Auditors, Didier Migaud definitively stored his old political habits. Former socialist president of the Finance Committee of the Assembly, appointed under the opening by Nicolas Sarkozy to succeed Philippe Séguin, who died suddenly last January, does not distract the institution's objectives: "The fundamental role of the Court" is to "give citizens the information they are entitled (…). Needless to seek an indescribable sense of power-cons, "he said Thursday on the occasion of his installation, in the presence of head of state, presidents of the Senate and the Assembly and Ministers Budget and Justice."The Court and the financial courts are not judges of the desirability of public policies: they have to assess how and to assess the results."

Take height and work in a bipartisan … This is not an empty word for close to Laurent Fabius – who was one of the first to congratulate him on Thursday after his swearing. Didier Migaud notably drafted with Senator UMP Alain Lambert organic law on finance laws (LOLF) rule that since 2006 the annual budget presentation to the State. But he also participated in the commission Pébereau debt. The chairman of BNP Paribas has always praised the sense of responsibility of the member of the Isere, which had agreed to sign a report calling for deep cuts in public spending, despite pressure from his political camp cash advance america . His case is not isolated as 52 000 hectares of land have been invaded by salt water after the passage of Xynthia. "It will take years and years for desalination," said the farmer. Bruno Mayor announced a plan to tens of millions of euros to farmers (see box below)."I shall return in a few weeks to see how its implementation takes place," he said.

A plan dedicated to farmers

A budget of several million euros to farmers. This was announced on Wednesday the Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, the operators hit this weekend by storm Xynthia. In detail, two types of aid are considered. Firstly, a reduced specific financial burdens and also social. The state with the Agricultural Social Insurance Agency has raised 5 million euros for the first strand.

Then, after a case-by-case damage caused by Xynthia field, another package will be released under the National Guarantee Fund for Agricultural Disasters (FNGCA)."Given an initial estimate and according to recent experiments, this should be in the tens of millions of euros," said one familiar with the matter. The new aid will complement those of the plan emergency support and to the extent permitted by Brussels (De minimis 15 000 per farm). For their part farmers have asked for clemency for the administration, for example, identification of dead animals or statements in order to benefit from the CAP.

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To increase its capacity from 6 to 8 million passengers per year, the airport of Toulouse, who is now a publicly owned company, had decided before the crisis, to build the new hall. A very bright and functional addition to three already existing.

The architect Toulouse Gerard Huet, who was responsible for this achievement which cost more than the 100 million euros. A terminal voluntarily generalist who will be able to accommodate both the needs of low cost carriers as majors. It has been sized to be extended if the request came. There is, for example, 12 banks record that could very easily become 24. "This is not because we built a terminal that airlines and passengers rush!" Says, however, very pragmatic, Jean-Michel Vernhes, Chief Executive of the airport.

Without falling into the trap of subsidy per passenger demanded that certain low costs "of practices which we reject," he says talks continue with low-cost airlines, which now represent 17% of the traffic bad credit payday advance .

For the year 2010, Air Nostrum, a subsidiary of Iberia, will reopen the line to Barcelona operated twice a day, however, EasyJet will increase its capacity to Charles de Gaulle and Air Austral to La Reunion. To facilitate access to the airport road has been reviewed and a new 3 700 parking spaces is under construction. It will then improve the service between the airport and downtown."We do not oppose the construction of parking and improved public transport," says the President to the attention of elected officials.

An open house is scheduled Saturday, March 6 just before the commissioning.

The French do they realize the inevitability of the efforts to achieve a satisfying retirement? This suggests that a poll published Sunday in the JDD. According to this consultation Ifop *, breaking with previous surveys on the subject, 41% of respondents said they were ready to contribute more to retire as soon as possible. The average age of starting accepted amounted to almost 62 years, one third of respondents saying the same for departure between 65 and 69 years. A first. Because of this development, the level of concern by the amount of future pensions continues to grow, 76% of respondents reported little confident, against 61% a little over a year.

If the French are therefore more willing to make sacrifices, they do show, however, little lenient with successive governments.They are in fact 40% believed that the pension system has not really been up to this reform, while 48% believe that those assets have gone done the wrong way.

An instructive survey, a few months of a new launching system. The Head of State has chosen last year to advance the timing of the pension reform from 2012 to 2010. If the CGT said the current system "viable", the secretary general of the CFDT François Chérèque decides in contrast to the introduction of a points system, more personalized than the current system, as was done in Sweden. For now, the government appears not convinced, saying the country had recently suspended the system. If considering a reduction of the legal age of retirement now set at 60 years, a dues increase does not seem so far not in the agenda.

* Conducted the 7 and 8 January on a sample of 1019 persons, representative of the French population aged 18 and older, including 522 active. Quota method. The interviews were conducted by telephone at residence of respondents.

Very good month of October for new car sales in France. According to figures released Monday by the Committee of French Automobile Manufacturers (CCFA), new registrations have increased by 20.1% in October. In all, 210,140 new registrations were recorded during this month, an increase of the market by 25.6% on a working day adjusted. October were 22 working days, against 23 in October 2008. In September the market had already been marked by a significant jump (+14.1%).

In October, the French brands achieve very good performance with an increase of 21.8% for PSA Peugeot Citroën (+7.2% in ten months) and 34.5% for Renault (+6.3%% on ten months). On Nissan Motor, which Renault has a share of 44%, sales rose 39.9% last month. Since January, Nissan's registrations are up 7.1%.Foreign brands generally have their registrations rise by 14.1%.

According to François Roudier, spokesman for the CCFA, the market has again benefited from the triple effect of scrapping bonus, bonus and ecological attractiveness of the new models that appeal to customers and were heavily controlled . The result is disappointing in contrast to the light commercial vehicles (-22.4%) and trucks (-54.5%), road transport and construction through a difficult economic phase.

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