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Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook have better watch out. The French presidential candidates are determined to stop tax evasion which these American giants of the Internet are guilty by repatriating their revenues in France to countries like Ireland or Luxembourg, where tax companies is softer.

In their profession of faith addressed to the Digital Collective of digital players, Nicolas Sarkozy as Francois Hollande promised to introduce fiscal measures to impose American groups as their French competitors in the Hexagon. "We will favor the European way (…) but we also work with a national solution," said the Socialist candidate as well. Specifically, it is to negotiate the "establishment virtual stable" at European level even with the OECD and to use the short term, to "complete business cycle" that can be considered as localized in France transactions of a company headquarters abroad. Both solutions also contained in the program menu of digital Nicolas Sarkozy, who wants "a fair taxation system in France and Europe." These tools would produce more revenue than the proposed "Google tax" championed by Senator Philippe Marini UMP, limited him to online advertising revenues.

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February was without much panache to the French national dailies. Sales of five of the eight titles of general information and sports have registered a decrease, France paid for a mailing of 1.6 million copies in total daily average, according to OJD, the supervisory body the press.

Among GPs, Le Figaro has kept its position as the leading national daily, to 330,725 copies, a slight increase (0.66%), followed by Le Monde, down 5.22%, to 279,455 copies. Sports daily Amaury Group, The Équipechute 8.8%, to 253,766 copies. Desechos sales, now only business daily since the demise of the print edition of The Tribune, have scraped 0.6%. After a strong month in January (5.7%), those of Libérationont declined 2%.  

Louis Dreyfus, chief executive of Le Monde, explains its poor performance against the election campaign, he said "less than the previous carrier," and the establishment of a retirement plan at Printing World which resulted work stoppages, "which made us miss sales in Paris and the provinces." But, conversely, the new format of the weekend's evening paper, enriched with three supplements and renovated a magazine, launched in September, is bearing fruit, with a circulation up 5% year on year , "despite an increase in the sale price low interest rate personal loans."

A new journal for tablets

Maintaining a price of 0.90 euro for weeks in Francea Today, however, allowed the national edition of Le Parisien, also in the Amaury group, earn 6.3%, to 167,890 copies, after a 14.6% jump in January, mainly due to a favorable base effect, the weather in January 2011 having lost many sales quotidien.Aujourd 'hui in Franceest focused by the judgment of the paper edition of France Soirdepuis mid-December 2011. 

For its part, says his Team in February by a slippage rate of migration to digital readership faster than in the general press, by an unfavorable base effect linked to the victory of the France team handball to World Championships in February 2011, and the cancellation of the match France-Ireland Six Nations on 12 February.

"The sports news has been sparse," said Francois Morinière, Group Chief Executive Team, which gives priority to develop its digital sales. His group will launch in May, just before the tournament at Roland Garros, a new 100% digital newspaper for reading on tablet.

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In this book the day of 12 April 1992, there were a death and birth. While journalists of The Five announced the "definitive interruption of picture and sound," Euro Disney executives were celebrating in front of cameras and music from around the world the opening of Disneyland Paris, an amusement park of 51 hectares. The happy event welcomes all the French and much of their European neighbors. It must be said that the project, past six years in the hands of the Prime Minister at the time, Laurent Fabius, then his successor Jacques Chirac, had had time to stir curiosity. If the creation, California's first park Mickey (Walt Disney himself) was in 1955 and the Walt Disney World was born in Orlando in 1971, for our old continent, it was a novelty.

Twenty years later, the "baby" is all grown up but his fans do not get tired payday loan. With over 250 million registered users since its opening, Disneyland Paris, with its 57 attractions, its 62 shops, 58 restaurants and seven hotels, has become the first tourist destination européenne.Dès April 1, they should still be Many are not rushing. For if Disney has demonstrated his expertise with regard to birthdays, for 20 years, he predicted great. Great. (Mickey) Maousse. Night show revolutionary, unprecedented parade, being revamped, new decorations … many surprises imagined by the creators of the new company to delight guests and regulars. "This anniversary we celebrate the progress, ensures Philippe Gas, Euro Disney president since 2008. And we want to do with all those who have made Disneyland with us. "

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"An explosion of magic, light and color"

It was to be expected. Recruitment of young graduates in the audit consultant should decrease in 2012. However, nothing to do with the situation of 2009, the year of drastic reduction in hiring plans. Overall, the activity of firms is maintained but the turnover of employees, which can reach 20% in good times, tends to slow. With the financial crisis, young consultants do not receive many job offers from their customers. This is less of starters to replace. "Earlier this year, our recruitment should be more selective, confirms Baculard Hervé, President of Syntec management consulting. But we can not exclude surprises for the second half, with a wave of more opportunities for young graduates. "

Pending a hypothetical thinning, caution is called for. As with Deloitte, which provides 750 to 800 hires graduates, two-thirds of tray 5 and a third tray for two or three trades of public accounting. Same trend at Mazars, announcing 350 new hires for beginners, the same as in 2011. Sylvie Bernard-Curie, HR Advisory, KPMG Audit, estimates that it will hire "as much or slightly less than last year. Our goal is 720 graduates in CDI. " For its part, PwC expects a small decline: 470 recruits out of school against 520 last year. Less CDI also to sign with Accenture, which provides all the same 350 to 400 reinforcements of graduates (excluding trainees).

Open to university profiles

Side outlets, this is a return to fundamentals. The financial audit is to remain the preferred gateway for juniors. "This area is much more resistant than other more sensitive to economic conditions, such as transactions and mergers and acquisitions," says Isabelle encumber, director of recruitment at PwC. Beginners are also popular in the Outsourcing and Accounting and consulting in strategy and management. For these trades, "the needs are very important from our customers in areas affected by new regulations such as bancassurance, or the energy sector," says Jean-Marc Mickeler, Brand Manager of Deloitte employer .

In an uncertain economic times, employers do not they go play it safe by focusing on candidates in business schools at the expense of academics? The firms insist they will continue to open in the same proportions in the Masters 2 (bac +5). "Beware of clichés. The courses are less uniform than a decade ago. Now, there are Masters who have interned, completed a double degree or completed a stay abroad, ensures Sylvie Bernard-Curie. This makes them interesting and graduate school of management. "

According to the firms, recruitment of academics could be more if some schools were more open to the world of business. "We must do a great job of selection to identify the best Masters in terms of skills and language among the thousands that exist, says Caroline Haquet, Recruitment Manager at Mazars (25% of academics). However, to communicate with campus, we have not always clearly identified as an interlocutor. There is an entry barrier higher than in larger schools. "

Demanding recruitment processes

Personality test, business cases, interviews … processes differ from one firm to another.

Deloitte. Successful applicants are entitled to an initial interview with a collaborator. Meanwhile, they pass a personality test and English. The best after a second interview with a partner. The objective: to verify the intellectual agility, openness and adaptability of the candidate.

KPMG. After an initial selection of CV, the candidate is received for a "discovery interview" accompanied by an English test and a personality test by questionnaire. If it passes these tests, he participated in a morning with the program: a presentation of activities, a second interview with a manager or a partner in the area of ​​their choice and a lunch with a young executive in the firm who will advise on the new recruit.

PwC. Candidates whose CVs have been identified individually meet with an HR manager in a key English test computer. Second step for the survivors: the realization of a business case directly with an operational manager. Finally, the "cream of the cream" is entitled to a final validation interview with a partner. The purpose of this very selective process, "validate the candidate's interpersonal skills, ability to listen and understand customer needs."

Accenture. First step, an interview of "motivation", conducted partly in English with a manager. The same day, the candidates must address collectively, in groups of about 10, the resolution of a business case. Then, the floor is, this time individually on solving another case business. The best are selected to meet a partner.

Mazars. No personality test, or resolution of business cases. Each session (in January and June) begins with an oral presentation of the firm to selected candidates. Then place two successive interviews with the firm's business. Each interview covers a portion of the CV. If the candidate is selected, it has a third interview a few days later with a more senior manager or partner.  

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Friday morning, Francois Fillon, in turn, Francois Hollande accused of lying. The president-candidate Nicolas Sarkozy had criticized Thursday his Socialist rival of "lying day and night" to the French. "It is unfortunately true," added the Prime Minister on Friday morning on RTL.

"I could still hear Francois Hollande said yesterday it had 70 billion euros in gifts to the rich: nobody is able to document this assertion, it's just a lie!" Launched Fillon. "When asked where socialists are these gifts, they are indiscriminately business tax, as if it was a gift to the richest, the VAT on restaurants, overtime …" he listed. He said that "when one wants to be president, you can not base his campaign on lies."

"The tradition of the Socialist Party is to be always left in opposition and governing Liberal rather, on pensions, privatization, taxation," he has pointed out, also calling the candidate of PS being a "conservative defender acquired," which "offers only to keep things as is".

"It is never a mistake to debate its identity"

Asked about the tax shield, Francois Fillon, who like other leaders of the majority is trying to fight against the image of "President of the rich" whose left dons the head of state, held that it this was not an "error in the context of pre-crisis." But it was "inappropriate for a decision from the moment the crisis led us to increase a number of taxes, eliminate a number of tax loopholes and the tax shield which could render all of these unjust decisions" .

The prime minister also regretted the turn of the debate on national identity, while maintaining that "it is never a mistake to debate its identity."

We "always makes mistakes, especially over a period of five years," he admitted. "I told myself it was probably too reluctant to engage the lower cost of labor to be closer to Germany and its competitiveness," he reiterated, referring particularly to the reform of the VAT called "social" as the government finally decided to conduct in the home straight. "We met a number of blocks that have led us to make reforms less ambitious than we wanted," said the Prime Minister.

"The referendum is not a goal, it is a way"

It has justified the willingness of Nicolas Sarkozy to hold referendums if re-elected to, "on some strategic issues", to "overcome these obstacles." "The referendum is not a goal, it's a way. This is not a dirty word in democracy, "said the head of government. "In some cases, simply brandishing the possibility that the intermediate bodies find ways and means of the agreement."

Returning to the idea of ​​a referendum on the unemployed, Francois Fillon said that it was to ask the French if they approve a bill allowing the transfer of 30 billion euros of vocational training to training for job seekers.

Avoid a default of Greece

While a second bailout of Greece is in loopback, the Prime Minister said that "playing the default" of the country would be "grossly irresponsible", recalling that there was "a commitment of the Greek Parliament, of all Greek political forces to these efforts. " "Bankers have agreed to relinquish 70% of loans made to the Greeks. Now we need Europeans to their promises, "he said. The effort required to Greece "are not much larger than those that are the Portuguese, Spaniards or Italians, that they do not burn their capital," he added, referring to the violence that erupted in recent days in Athens.

"We must exclude" Vanneste

On Christian Vanneste, François Fillon expressed the need "exclude" the member of the UMP after her recent statements denying the deportation of French homosexuals during World War II. The member, already known for slippage homophobic, could be ruled Wednesday of the UMP and lose his inauguration to legislation. "We need to exclude the statements he made and we must stop these controversies that hurt entire categories of the French population and divisive," said the Prime Minister.

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Internet gets more in tune with other media. After enjoying a full return to growth in 2010, investments online in 2011 after the French advertising market trends, with a more moderate increase of 7.6% (+5.2% over the same period for all the corporate media). According to the barometer of the Interactive Advertising Bureau France (IAB) and the Union of regulated Internet (SRI), the investment volume has reached last year, 3.48 billion euros gross (non-negotiating and decreasing) . "Very dynamic in the first half of the year, the display (banner advertising, sponsorships and video, Ed) was marked by breaks and a slowdown in year-end. This confirmation of the maturity of the Internet who now lives at the same rate as so-called traditional media, "said Catherine Gotlieb, VP of IAB France.

The data released Friday by the Institute Kantar Media also show that the share of the Internet in French advertising investment has stabilized at 12.5% ​​(+0.3 points compared to 2010). "With only this level of market share, the Internet remains underinvested in France, which suggests good prospects for development of the media," notes Arthur Millet, a director of SRI. Even if there is more than "outbreak of the Internet", in the words of Catherine Gotlieb, the media has installed devices at the heart of cross-media advertisers. In 2011, some 4972 advertisers have been active on the Internet, most loyal spending an average of over 15% of their communications budget.

Advent of video

Especially, two-thirds of advertisers now combine the "display" with at least one other media. The couple TV-Web continues to grow, stimulated by the advent of video. Last year, 690 advertisers used this form of advertising, 20% come from the consumer.

Culture and Recreation (370.1 million euros), banking and insurance (360.1 million), automotive and transport (352,100,000) are the three dominant sectors on the Internet. The IAB France and the IRS noted, however, increased investment in food and distribution. The latter has a "high growth", while the sector is currently under-investor with a market share estimated at 6.7%.

Similarly, with a share of 8.3%, food is "an important reservoir of growth for the display." Between 2010 and 2011 budgets devoted to food web have developed strongly (+10.5% to 190.4 million euros), including through "devices incorporating digital video," indicate the BFI and SRI. For 2012, the two agencies do not advance prediction.

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A slow start. The English concept of "charity shop" landed in France in 2007 when the NGO Oxfam has opened a used bookstore in Lille. Since then, the association has invested Paris, where two "book stores" have settled in the 14th district and in the 11th. It intends to move to the next level, opening mid-December, its first thrift store in Lille. "In line with our three stores, this new store will offer second-hand clothes, good quality at a smart price," said Stephanie Dufour, Deputy Director General in charge of finance and the development of Oxfam France.

With only four stores in four years, the NGO hard to take off his "charity shops" in France. In comparison, there were 45 shops in Ireland in 2010, 36 in Germany (where it is installed since 1995), 42 in Belgium and 697 in Britain, where the phenomenon was born in the 1940s.Today there are nearly 9000 "charity shops" across the Channel, all groups combined. "The concept is relatively new in France. It takes time to make it known, "said Stephanie Dufour. The charge is, however, before encouraging figures. "Our bookshop in Lille will achieve a turnover of 120,000 euros in 2011, a very respectable performance and comparable to those of traditional libraries."

Stores "like the others"

Unlike other charity shops such as boutiques Emmaus 300 or nearly 800 "locker room" and "vestiboutiques" of the Red Cross, Oxfam outlets wants to blend into the landscape business. "We develop like other stores, as well stocked and equipped.

The benchmark index of rents (IRL) continues its momentum. Indexed to inflation, the index increased by 1.90% yoy in the third quarter 2011, according to INSEE, its largest increase since the first quarter of 2009.

Following the same curve as the price index, the benchmark rents had fallen sharply during the crisis, before recovering from the first quarter of 2010. However, according to figures released Wednesday by INSEE, inflation emerged up 2.2% year on year in September, despite a slowdown during the past month.

Consequence of this increase in the IRL, the owners can raise rents to their tenants under lease, 1.90% maximum per year. This ceiling is not to be confused with the increase that may require the owner at the end of the lease, and which itself is not subject to this limit.

Rising rents slows

They are also in the process of marking time, like the sale price. The latest observation Clamor, the rents charged to new tenants were up 0.9% over the first eight months of the year, against 1.4% a year earlier. In 34% of cities in France, this trend is even negative. This is for example the case in Paris (-0.1%), Bordeaux (-0.9%) or Toulouse (-0.4%).

In other cities of the Hexagon, however, rents remain strong on the upside. This is the case in Lyon (+1.2%), Nantes (+1.7%), Lille (1.9%) or Le Havre (+2%). For the full year, Clamor expects an average increase of 1.5% to 1.8% against 2.5% in 2010.

The Observatory notes wide disparities between the cities but also between the quality of rented accommodation.Owners who make improvements before entering into a new lease rent on average well 9.3% more than the previous occupant. However, when the property is rented without work, its rental value decreases by an average of 5.4%.

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This incident linked to the nuclear industry had caused a stir in the summer of 2008. On the night of July 7 to 8, at least 20,000 liters of effluent containing uranium were accidentally released into the environment by the company Socatri, a subsidiary of Areva, which deals with radioactive waste on the site of Tricastin in Bollene in the Vaucluse.

Rivers and ground water surrounding the uranium had been contaminated at levels above the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO).The court believes, however, that no "adverse effects on health" or "no damage to the fauna and flora" could not be found.

Acquitted at trial in October 2010 of the offense of "water pollution that caused an adverse effect on health or damage to flora or fauna," the Socatri was convicted Friday by the Court of Appeal of Nîmes , the offense of "discharge of toxic substances into groundwater causing a significant change in the normal operation of water supply guaranteed high risk personal loans." Areva's subsidiary was fined 300,000 euros, to pay 20,000 euros in damages to each of the plaintiffs associations (including Greenpeace and the Nuclear Exit) and 10,000 euros in moral damages to a dozen residents. Of these, several had been forbidden to consume the water they were drawing ground water from their property.Some seeking compensation following the decline in the value of their homes due to the incident.

The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), which classified the incident at 1 on the INES scale has seven who had criticized the Socatri him failing initially to provide information on pollution the environment.

After the storm that brought down the CAC 40 over 5%, the Paris Bourse seems unable to stay in the green Thursday. After opening up 2.96% to 3092.16 points, the CAC 40 went back down just before noon and sank below the threshold of 3000 points, already briefly reached Tuesday. Half an hour after the opening up of Wall Street, with two good indicators on employment and housing, the index slope gently went back after plunging 2.40% to 14 hours. He lowered from 0.08% to 3000.60 points to 16 hours.

In Frankfurt, the Dax is in the green at 5647 points, up 0.61%. The FTSE-100 index of London Stock Exchange plays yoyo but is also up 0.82% to 5047 points.

The concerns are far from being dissipated, particularly those relating to the slowdown in the global economy and the issue of sovereign debt on both sides of the Atlantic.Evidence of this tension, gold continues to fly record after record. The precious metal has crossed the threshold of 1800 dollars. It is this Thursday morning in 1790 dollars, after hitting a new record of 1815.50 dollars.

Oil prices also retreated in a market that once again expressed its concerns about future growth and energy demand. On the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), a barrel of "light sweet crude" for September delivery was trading at 82.39 dollars, down 50 cents from the previous day.

Bank stocks battered

Among the values ​​of the day include banking, which have been heavily tested yesterday. The Financial Markets Authority (AMF), the stock market regulator, announced that it will monitor developments in the securities sector.Shortly before noon, BNP Paribas (-5.88% to 33.515 euros), and Credit Agricole (-1.51% to 5.981 euros) and plunged into the red after yet open on a rebound.

The title plays yoyo Societe Generale: having lost 14.74% Wednesday, it opened on a rebound of almost 9%.He dived again from 4.13% to 21.265 euros in midday before regroup after the opening of U.S. markets (-0.45% to 22.08 euros to 16 hours).

"The willingness of these attacks is to force the SG to a capital increase, which is the workhorse of some analysts and hedge funds in recent months," said an analyst based in Paris at the agency Reuters. "Their reasoning is that the group does not generate enough capital to cope with the capital ratio of over 9% in 2013." The bank, already shaken in 2008 by the Kerviel affair, only to find the investor confidence after several warnings about its results during the financial crisis.

For its part, the CEO of the bank, Frédéric Oudéa, denounced, in an interview with Le Figaro, "the series of attacks" against the French banking sector "sounds completely fantastic, I struggle with the utmost force, attacked Societe Generale, "he lamented. "We have no fear about our ability to raise capital," he added. SocGen has asked the AMF to investigate the origin of the rumors that have depressed its course Wednesday.

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Veolia Environnement (4.61% to 10.55 euros) and STMicroelectronics (3.39% to 4.488 euros), especially titles attacked in recent days, return to the field.

In addition, EADS (1.66% to 20.24 euros), the parent company of Airbus, said Wednesday it will not achieve its objectives in the United States in 2020 without new acquisitions.

Title Alcatel-Lucent (2.11% to 2.324 euros) rose after the release of quarterly results from Cisco Systems, above the consensus of Wall Street.

L'Oreal (2.29% to 1.73 euros) benefits from the decision by Goldman Sachs, which added its list of preferred European stocks to buy ("pan-Europe conviction buy list").

Saint-Gobain (1.11% to 31.775 euros) has announced the acquisition of Solar Gard, a subsidiary of Belgian group dedicated to Bekaert Specialty Films, as part of its strategy to accelerate its growth through acquisitions.

Maurel & Prom rose 4.22% to 12.35 euros after opening up over 8%. The oil company has reported a surge of 123% of its revenue thanks to increased revenues in Gabon and Nigeria.

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