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The trend remains fragile on Friday on the European stock exchanges. In Paris the CAC 40 has remained in limbo (-0.30% to 3964.84 points) yesterday, Thursday. But this Friday, the index gained height in early trade: 0.46% to 3983.06 points. An increase that continued in the morning: at about 10:30, the index rose 0.66% to 3990 points.

Factor supporting this day, the morale of French manufacturers, which continued its gradual rise in January, with a sharp jump of six points from the previous month to 108 points, the sentiment index of all the winning business it a point to 106 points, Insee said Friday.

And above all, good news from Germany has added to the heart of balsam investors.The barometer of the Ifo business climate, leading confidence index in Germany has reached a new record in January at 110.3 points against 109.8 points in December.

This morning, Asian stock markets overall declined sustained change, and yesterday afternoon, Wall Street has ended at equilibrium, as investors opted for caution amid speculation about new Chinese measures to prevent overheating of the second world economy .

The appointment on Friday, the monthly business survey in industry and services by INSEE. Then 10 hours, the German Ifo index will be monitored.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro is trading above $ 1.35 on Friday. The euro has gained strength this week against a background of successful bond issued by European countries like Spain and Greece.In front, the dollar depreciated while Barack Obama has welcomed Tuesday its Chinese counterpart and called for yuan appreciation.

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The offer expires on Genzyme Friday 21 January.

Vivendi balance to 21.56 euro Judgement of the Criminal Court of Paris in the trial of Jean-Marie Messier.

Renault: 0.75% to 47.22 euros The three executives in question have filed a complaint and will vigorously defend. The doubt settles. The CEO of Renault will speak Sunday evening.

Kaufman & Broad: 0.62% to 24.40 euros The group announced on Thursday night have returned to profitability in 2010 and 21% had reduced its debt after a year marked by an upturn commercial my credit score.

Somfy: 1.57% to 185.90 euros The shutters specialist announced a revenue increase of 12.1% for its fiscal 2010 to 852.6 million euros. Sales have benefited from buoyant activity in Germany, Central Europe and East and France. They have offset lower sales in Northern Europe.

Damartex: -3.40% to 23.04 euros The apparel retailer reported Thursday evening sales up 3.8% in the first half of its fiscal year 2010-2011, 385.3 million euros.The group, which owns the brand Damart, has not made a forecast for the coming quarters.

Schneider Electric (+1% to 111.10 euros) on Thursday confirmed the closure of its plant in St. Pryvé St. Memin (Loiret) managed by one of its subsidiaries.

Air France-KLM The company goes from 1.84% to 13.56 euros after posting seven consecutive sessions of decline with a drop of more than 4% Thursday evening after closing the warning on the results of EasyJet yesterday.

Scor (balance) announced Thursday it had successfully placed 400 million Swiss francs of perpetual subordinated securities.

CGG Veritas (1.49% to 24.41 euros) announced that it has finally issued 360 million euros in convertible bonds after exercising the over-allotment option.The group had initially planned to issue 315 million euros.

APRR: +0.10% to 51.38 euros The motorway company has reported a traffic increase of 1.3% in the fourth quarter, offsetting heavy traffic traffic light vehicles affected by snowfall and shortages of gasoline in the early fall.

Compagnie des Alpes The leisure group said sales growth of 1.41% in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2010-2011 supported by a good attendance of its ski areas through early snowfall observed in late 2010.

Veolia Environnement Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault, the holding of the Dassault family, announced December 31, 2010 hold at 5.37% of share capital and voting rights of society in environmental services.

Cegid reported Tuesday a turnover up 0.4% for 2010 and expects a net profit increase for its entire fiscal year.

Technip announced Friday it had won a contract refinery in Bulgaria worth 70 million euros.

Febrile very end of this year, Asian stock markets turn from green to red on Tuesday. Markets, which react further to higher Chinese interest rates are not reassured by the direction chosen by Wall Street. The U.S. stock market, which reopened its doors yesterday (under snow) after an extended weekend, has taken the quotations on a very mixed.

Moreover, markets are following the trend driven by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And it is not good: at the close, the Nikkei lost 0.61% to 10,292.63 points while the broader Topix index dropped 0.20% to 902.83 points. All in a trading volume remains low, with barely 1 billion shares traded.

The Japanese stock market has welcomed into doubt the flurry of macroeconomic statistics published in the morning.First, the unemployment rate in the archipelago has stagnated at 5.1% of the workforce in November, unchanged from October, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Then, retail sales rose 1.3% year on year in November, recording their tenth increase in 11 months. The rebound in sales of food products and appliances offset the fall in car purchases. From his side, industrial production rose 1% in November (first increase month on month in six months), a figure in line with expectations. In contrast, consumption of Japanese households fell 0.4% in November over a year while economists were expecting a small increase.

Hong Kong takes in the red

At this news have been grafted in doubt following the opening of the Chinese stock exchanges.While Shanghai welcomed without panic rising interest rates, the reaction of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, closed for Christmas, was more negative payday loans for self employed. The Hang Seng Composite lost 0.94%, taking with him the Shanghai Composite, which fell by 1.20%.

The other exchanges can only follow the movement: the Korean KOSDAQ loose 0.09%, the S & P lost 0.45% Australian. Only the Indian Sensex keeps head above water (+0.13%).

"Investors have protected their profits when values fell in Shanghai last night. They did not buy more with the uncertainty about Chinese values, "said Kazuhiro Takahashi of Daiwa Capital Market.

The increased gross

Crude prices were up Tuesday in electronic trading in Asia, while North America is swept by a cold snap, according to analysts.In morning trading, a barrel of light sweet crude for February delivery took 24 cents to 91.24 dollars. One of Brent North Sea crude for February delivery gained 18 cents to 94.03 dollars.

Eastern Canada has been affected in turn on Monday by the snowstorm that hit the U.S. east coast with winds up to 150 km / h, which disrupted air traffic and caused power outages. The storm, which wreaked havoc on Sunday and Monday most of the East Coast of the United States was raging in the evening on the New Brunswick and eastern Quebec, where about twenty centimeters of snow had fallen. Accumulations of 50 cm was possible in some places until Tuesday morning.

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In the wake of the Asian and U.S. stock markets Wednesday on Thursday, the CAC 40 continues to catch up on 4000 points. Shortly before the mid-session, the index in Paris gained 1.18% to 3712.57 points.

At the London Stock Exchange, the FTSE-100 gained 0.88% to 5692.06 points. At the Stock Exchange Frankfurt, the DAX climbed 0.51% to 6901.38 points.

After the gain of 1.63% Friday, some investors might want to take profits. But the prospects of measures announced on Thursday (13:45) by the European Central Bank to support banks and shore up public finances should reassure them a bit more. Tuesday night, the president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, had calmed the rising rate of interest on State debts.

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On the macroeconomic front, the unemployment rate remained steady in the third quarter to 9.3% of the workforce in France and 9.7% with the overseas departments, according to figures released Thursday by the INSEE.

The rating agency Standard & Poor's is also presenting the macro and micro perspectives of the euro area for 2011. It will also review the credit quality in France in 9 hours when it should reaffirm that France "deserves its AAA rating," as she had said earlier this week, its president, Deven Sharma.

Large battery of indicators

For the euro area, producer prices in October (11:00) and the second estimate of GDP in the third quarter (11 hours) are scheduled.Overseas, investors will follow with attention the weekly claims for unemployment benefits (1430) and promises of home sales in October (16 hours).

Redemption Draka Nexans written in Brussels

On the podium of the largest increases in the CAC 40: Unibail-Rodamco (1.76% to 139.10 euros), Schneider Electric (1.39% to 112.75 euros) and Axa (1.31% to 11.57 euros).

Conversely, Cap Gemini (-0.86% to 32.41 euros), STMicroelectronics (-0.49% to 6.92 euros) and Essilor International (-0.49% to 48.18 euros) are largest declines the CAC 40.

Nexans: +0.60% to 54.08 euros

As for values, Nexans has written to the European Commission to draw his attention to the conditions of the bidding of the Chinese Xinmao on Draka, against which the European players are weakened by the risk EU fine against the industry cable, it said in a letter which Reuters obtained a copy credit score.

Neopost: -0.07% to 67.46 euros

Neopost said Wednesday sales rose 8.6% for its third quarter, supported by its operations in the United States, and raised its sales growth target for 2010.

BioMerieux: 68,82 EUR +0.10%

BioMerieux announced Wednesday the closure of the Portland United States, which will result in a charge of five million dollars (3.8 million) in its 2010 accounts.

Technip: 2.18% to 63.26 euros

Technip has signed a contract worth about 67.9 billion dinars (692 million) with the group public oil Algerian Sonatrach, to modernize the refinery of Algiers.

Hermes / LVMH: Adam enters the scene

Hermes: 1.62% to 160.25 euros, LVMH: 0.97% to 119.65 euros

In the conflict between Hermes to LVMH, the Association of Defence of Minority Shareholders (Adam) is seeking families in the majority of Hermes they are launching a takeover bid for the group. The heirs of the famous saddle must meet this Friday.

Rexel: 3.27% to 15.63 euros

Rexel has revised upwards its forecast 2010 with a annual turnover of approximately 11.9 billion euro (against 11.3 billion euros in 2009). EBITA margin should be close to 4.9% (against 4% in 2009).The group is also strengthening its operations in Switzerland, by acquiring a distributor of electrical supplies, Grossau, whose 2010 sales totaled approximately EUR 50 million.

Pierre & Vacances: -3.01% to € 51.50

The leisure group homes, Pierre & Vacances, announced Thursday a plan to reduce its costs, after posting a fall in net income of almost 83% over the year end in September, to 7.3 million.

Bouygues: +0.03% to 31.50 euros

Bouygues will release its third quarter to 17.45.

Wendel: 3.91% to 64.60 euros

Wendel, largest increase in DTH, is holding its annual meeting for the presentation of non-listed companies on the theme "Investing in high growth economies."

The management of Bank of Americaâ may be the need to worry. The revelations promised by the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, on "a major U.S. bank" could affect their property. The site manager specializing in information leakage had declared in October 2009, the magazine Computer World, he had "5 gigabytes of data from Bank of America, the hard drive of one of its leaders." Although it seems unlikely that these documents be released two years later, the speculation went well underway yesterday. And U.S. investors have deemed credible. Result: the title of suspected U.S. bank backed off over 3% Tuesday to close on Wall Street.

According to the founder of Wikileaks, the revelations would be worthy of those who led Enron.In an interview with Forbes magazine, Julian Assange said that "the shock wave will be the same. Violations of the law, unethical practices will be disclosed but also the functioning of the internal structures of decisions and the ethos of bankers … and it has an incredible value. "

Former hacker intends to denounce the "unethical practices" through the dissemination of thousands of incriminating documents. "We must be careful not to stick a label offenders to people before being quite sure, however, said the founder of the site.

In the name of transparency, Wikileaks intends to denounce the facts and encourage their shift. His publications on the war in Iraq or those on American diplomacy has already had repercussions worldwide. Remains whether the developer of embarrassing truths may also upset the world of finance.

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While Apple iPad promises to be "the" Christmas 2010, the multimedia tablet arrives in stores operator Orange.

Until now, customers could buy French on the web in Apple Stores, Fnac, Surcouf, some Carrefour, Leclerc and Casino between 600 and 800 euros.

With the grant from Orange, the price of the iPad 3G falls to 279 euros when purchased with a dedicated package, revealed Monday Stéphane Richard, CEO of France Telecom, Business on BFM.

Orange will offer two packages. One to 35 euros per month, with a commitment of 24 months including 2 GB / month, unlimited WiFi hotspots Orange, unlimited e-mails (including attachments) and unlimited WiFi access at Orange TV . It should offer a second package at 31 euros a month for 1 GBOrange customers will receive a 15% discount on these rates.

SFR and Bouygues in negotiations

Orange is the first operator in France to announce the marketing of the tablet. Not surprising because the French had so far been an excellent distribution channel for Apple iPhone with 3.25 million units sold (including 2.6 million in France), Orange is the second largest seller of the iPhone world behind the U.S. ATT. The French group still expects to sell one million iPhones for Christmas, including well over half in France. However, Orange does not reveal the amounts of iPad he managed to get from Apple.

Beside the iPad, Orange will also offer other tablets: the Samsung (Galaxy) for Christmas and later two other tablets, Huawei and Archos.

Its competitors SFR and Bouygues Telecom are themselves still in negotiations with the firm at the apple.If SFR also hopes to have the iPad for Christmas shopping, Bouygues Telecom does not think the market before 2011.

Because as always with Apple, negotiations are tough. "The demands are huge for Apple. It requires operators of sales volume commitments hallucinating. And also requires very high levels of subsidies, "says an analyst. Apple has not met its sales targets, so it now requires operators to help them. "

It will not be so simple for Apple to get rid of operators, although considering developing its own SIM card. "Whether the iPhone or iPad, if there was no grant of financial operators, Apple would sell a lot, lot less.So the balance of power between Apple and the operators are not quite as lopsided as you might think, "said Stéphane Richard.

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Fiat Group would be better if he could do without its Italian plants! It was enough for Sergio Marchionne, boss of the iconic flagship industrial countries, causes a frenzy by launching these remarks during his visit on October 24 at the RAI in a program of evening prime time.What a contrast to one who has been lionized in the mid-2000s in saving Fiat from bankruptcy, and even hoisted atop a pedestal after able to restore the pride of all Italy by seizing the year latest from Chrysler, American automobile manufacturer!

For nearly two weeks, the press dissects, commented about the one who wears his black cashmere sweater forever – including the White House in the presence of Barack Obama – giving voice to those who are offended and others who are not unhappy to hear from the boss the most newsworthy of the country they hold a speech without being heard: the immobility and loss of competitiveness of the peninsula.In its way, that of a strong character in character, even theatrical, Marchionne causes to try to make things happen.

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The powerful Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) is among those who do not appreciate these provocations. She accuses him of failing to comply with the rules of social negotiation and accuses him of wanting to put the country with a fait accompli. For its leader Guglielmo Epifani, Marchionne "might have been transferred to Germany if he had behaved this way instead of going to his first Board of Directors": "The return around the green carpet Is it easier or more difficult now instant cash for bad credit…? "he asked.

Politicians are more mixed. There are those who are offended.Some point out that the Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino (Fiat) was founded in 1899 by one Giovanni Agnelli, the great-great-grandfather of the young John Elkann, who now chairs "would be nothing without subsidies State ":" Long ago it would have sunk, "said Gianfranco Fini, the leader who goes to Italy. "Marchionne has a short memory," adds the Northern League.As for the Communist governor of Puglia, Nicki Vendola, he accuses him of "insensitivity to the political homeland."

Interviewed by Le Figaro, following his first meeting on 4 November, with the managing director of Fiat, the new Italian Minister of Development, Paolo Romani, acknowledges that "his language is harsh, but certainly useful for Fiat and the country ", adding:" The industrial project is a chance that Italy can not afford the luxury of losing. "Rather than the words of one evening, the minister prefers to keep only the development project Fiat in Italy, presented earlier this month by the same Marchionne.

The skipper of the manufacturer promises to invest 20 billion euros by 2014 to double production in Italy and bring it to 1.4 million cars and 250,000 commercial year.Already, at Pomigliano d'Arco, near Naples, an agreement reached last July and ratified by referendum by two thirds of employees expected to produce 280,000 per year Panda from the end of 2011 and to saturate the capacity. Starting next year, Fiat will invest 700 million euros. "The agreement was signed. The extension work of the plant will begin next year. Is a given, "says the manager.

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The decision-making abilities of energetic son of rifleman irritate the unions, but delight the markets. When he took the wheel of Fiat in February 2005, succeeding a host of managers more ephemeral than each other, nobody would have bet on the survival of the group.At the time, Umberto Agnelli, younger brother of the Lawyer, who died in January 2003, had confidence in this pattern of humble origin, born in 1952 in the Abruzzo and very young emigrated with his parents in Canada (which he will nationality without giving up the Italian). After brilliant studies (law, finance and tax expertise), he began at Deloitte & Touche in 1983 as a tax expert, then moved to Zurich in Alusuisse.

In eighteen months, Marchionne Fiat Saves the financial disaster in late 2008 before launching a formidable challenge: make a global group, one of five or six in the world able to produce six million cars a year.He is interested in Opel – but the negotiation will fail – and in parallel leads the rescue of Chrysler, which takes 20% of the capital and operational direction in October 2009.

"We give him full confidence," said John Elkann, head of the Agnelli family of Fiat and president no credit check personal loan. While hastening to explain: "Marchionne has not spoken to close factories in Italy. He only posed a real problem, that of competitiveness. "He recalled" how Italy is important for Fiat, Fiat is how important for Italy. " Moreover, Marchionne himself, on leaving the Minister Romano says opportunely "never threatened to leave Italy."

Not surprisingly, the industrial feel quite close positions on the Fiat driver unattractiveness of Italy. Emma Marcegaglia, president of Confindustria, said: "We are with Marchionne.He posed a real problem, the government factories. We must confront it. "In exchange for a fight against absenteeism and chronic diseases false, simplifying labor contracts, which are over 400 criteria of flexibility to meet fluctuating demand, supermanager the Fiat made a revolutionary proposal: "Align salaries with those of his group in Germany, 50% higher." Provided that a new labor discipline is adopted in enterprises. A new challenge? By all. "This is the best answer we can give to a labor relations system that has stiffened," said Sergio Dompé, President of Pharmaceutical Industries Farmindustria. For the president of Manpower, Stefano Scabbio, "only such an approach will enable the country to recover productivity."

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BIOMERIEUX group said Friday it lowered its target to 4.5% annual growth in organic sales (cons 6% previously), because of the "persistence of the economic downturn" in health in Europe West and North America.

The group has however confirmed its annual target of an operating margin of between 17 and 18% at constant exchange rates.

"In Western Europe and North America, conditions in the field of health continued to deteriorate," commented CEO Stephane Bancel said in a statement guaranteed pay day loans.

In the third quarter, bioMérieux has recorded a turnover of 333 million euros, up 8.9%. But at constant exchange rates, sales growth was 1.1% only.In Europe, Middle East and Africa, growth of group sales rose 3.7% over this period, up just 0.9% at constant currency and perimeter.

In North America, the group even recorded a decline in organic sales of -2.8%, which is an increase of 8.8% as reported.

Yahoo! sign third quarter "solid." In any case, what is stated in a press release issued after the close on Wall Street Tuesday, the patron saint of American Internet portal, Carol Bartz. The latter was pleased to see net income for the third quarter of the group jump 113% to 396 million dollars against 186 million a year earlier to the same period. In action, earnings totaled 29 cents per share when analysts expected 15 cents.

This is done quarterly profit boosted by gains reaped 13 cents on sales of HotJobs, job search site, sold to Monster in February for $ 225 million in cash.

Turnover is also slightly below expectations of observers. Excluding traffic acquisition costs (revenue paid out to partners), Yahoo generated revenues of 1.124 billion dollars against 1.13 billion expected by markets.Total sales grew, they, from 2% to 1.6 billion bad credit pay day loans.

For the future, the outlook is also below expectations. The number two search engine behind Google expects sales, excluding traffic acquisition costs, of between 1.125 billion and 1.255 billion. Analysts predicted revenue of 1.26 billion.

"We sold the assets that are not in our core business while making strategic acquisitions such as Associated Content and Citizen Action, and we have developed partnerships with key Facebok and Twitter, and Zynga to improve the experience for Yahoo! our 600 million users, "said Carol Bartz justified.

But for investors, these arguments do not suffice.In after market trading Tuesday, shares were down 0.13% to 15.47 dollars after removing from 2.73% at closing.

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Google surprised the markets. Internet group posted a statement on Thursday after the close of Wall Street reporting a net profit increase of over 32% to 2.167 billion dollars. Reported in action, earnings were $ 7.64 dollars when analysts expected on average 6.69 dollars.

Revenues also exceeded the consensus. It climbs from 23% to 7.286 billion dollars. Observers expected a figure closer to $ 5.27 billion.

In the statement, the group's CEO, Eric Schmidt, was pleased to have achieved an "excellent quarter". Optimistic, the boss of the search engine is also committed to "investing aggressively in both our employees and our products to continue our innovation agenda" quick payday loan.

The group, which had on September 30 of $ 33.4 billion of cash, including promised "significant investment spending." The numbers have already increased by 1,500 people during the quarter, counting 23,334 employees in total.

In exchange, the news was widely welcomed. Titles Google leapt from 5.78% to 574.70 dollars in trade after the close of the NYSE.

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The red color should be the start of this day at the Paris Bourse. Having already dropped yesterday, the CAC 40 will follow in the footsteps of Asian stock markets which, on Tuesday, consolidate their positions. The fall of Wall Street Monday after net cashed up Friday, should encourage investors to Paris to follow this trend.

Unlike yesterday, however, the session should come alive with the publication of several macroeconomic statistics. In France, INSEE is to publish the figures for consumer spending in August. The consensus expects a slight decline of 0.3%. The consumption figures for Germans in September will also be published this morning, as the final reading of GDP for the second quarter of the United Kingdom.

The afternoon will be awaited with the S & P / Case-Shiller home prices in the United States.It will be followed by the index of investor confidence and U.S. consumers in September.

As for currencies, the euro regained vigor against the greenback. In morning trading, one euro is worth 1.3454 dollars (0.19%).

Technicolor sells a stake

Technicolor announced Monday the sale of the majority of its 50% stake in Screenvision U.S., specializing in advertising for the film, for $ 60 million (45 million euros).

Eurocopter (EADS) yesterday unveiled a new range of helicopter, the X3. Lutz Bertling, head of the group, took advantage of a press conference to clarify that Germany had yet maintained its order for 80 Tiger helicopters contrary to rumors in the German media.They had recently assured that Germany would lower the number of Tiger ordered 60 and the number of military helicopters and 80 NH90 ordered against 122 Online payday loans. Pessimistic, Lutz Bertling said last night also that "2011 will be the toughest year of Eurocopter. Cancellations of orders decreased but the stimulus of government too. " However, he stated that 2011 would not be a year of losses. "We believe that the first signs of recovery should be perceptible from the second quarter of 2011."

Aries automotive supplier specializing in the production of aluminum parts, announced back in shape with a green Monday in the first half net profit of 5.1 million euros against a loss of 2 million euros a year earlier."The group anticipates continued growth in its turnover by 2013 and envisages a return to an activity level comparable to that recorded in 2007, close to 47,000 tons of foundry.

The Board of Directors of Bollore decided Monday night to distribute an interim dividend of two euros per share given the good results of the group in the first half of 2010.

Sanofi-Aventis continues its policy of acquisitions by announcing an agreement on Monday to buy VaxDesign, a U.S. biotech that develops in vitro models of human immune system.

Gabon, come to the capital of the French group Eramet, reaffirmed the country's president to visit Africa in Paris.

Trigano believes that the sales growth recorded this year should continue in 2011 thanks to the success of its new models.

As for publications, Neopost Unveils Tuesday its first half results.