The annual negotiations between Japanese steelmakers for the price of coal to coke multi-year contracts and Australian mining groups began two weeks ago. But they come to the heart of the matter in January....
The situation is becoming absurd. Free, Neuf Cegetel and counterparts offer packages with free and unlimited calls in voice over Internet (VoIP) to all fixed numbers, France, and many international destinations. But...
Simultaneously, two announcements Friday morning have changed the deal following the announcement of the relocation of the manufacture of footwear for professional use Jallatte in Tunisia ("Les Echos" from May 31). On...
The draft exemption and zero-rating of overtime may be very generous ("Les Echos" of yesterday), it does not all employees equal. Received yesterday at Bercy, the unions have illustrated this inconvenience by many...
Even if many people are trying to avoid it, the change is the essence of the human condition. Consultants encouraged, the poets lament, historians record it. And the individuals and communities often surprised by their...
Tempus fugit. Star of wedding lists, table service, expected to last a lifetime, joined copper Cookware batteries and housewives in money at the bottom of the cabinets. Time, the mode of the misfits helped sell the...
This is not obsessive proselytism, but automotive news that leads us once again behind the wheel of a 4 4, one of the most controversial body of the time. One thing is certain, he is a proud candle to the new 4 4...
Innovation in a globalized economy is indispensable to avoid Europe and the France to be marginalized in the term. This observation was repeated both in Barcelona to Lisbon. Despite the agreement on the diagnosis, the...
While China does not rise. Unlike its counterparts, Bank of China has pleasantly surprised observers (hoping however have not matter to a book artifice), announcing have divided by two, since the summer, his exposure...
"The elegance of the Hedgehog", of Muriel Barbery, caracole always among the best ten sales of books. For the 81st week, book even rose from the 8th to 6th place! Last year, of Chanel "No. 5" is is displayed as the...
Finished the sounds of boots for the Nasdaq, Euronext and other Deutsche Börse. For the first time since a long time, it was not matter of OPA, yesterday at the presentation of the accounts of the London Stock...
If it is not compulsory to label with a body such as the France deposits, Clévacances or even Fleurs de Soleil, the operation is one more to drain customer. Especially if the House is located in open country. As these...
June 30, 2008, the European Commission adopted Regulation No 622/2008, amending the Regulation No 773/2004 and establishing a procedure for community transaction limited to only cases of agreement and committed at the...
"It is a well constructed plan, which will allow the market road rehabilitation," commented yesterday on the leader of a French Bank. Banks support plan presented yesterday by Christine Lagarde, which extends to the...
The two buildings of Mecachrome stand on heights of Amboise (Indre-et-Loire). At the controls of a huge Japanese machine tool to 600,000 euros, Anthony, twenty-four years, plant a piece that will soon join the wing of...
The current crisis probably marks the end of an era: easy money, the excitement of contemporary art. But, often, the crisis act as indicative of pre-existing trends whose emergence is suddenly accelerated. The excesses...
The truth does not necessarily from the mouth of the first to speak out. Alcoa results are always reviewed with interest to the first publications. Their content should not wait for critical information about the...
"Dé-cloi-his-ner." This could be the battle cry of this peaceful grandfather good smile and gentle voice. Officially, Pierre Vialle, 65, is retired since April 4. Unofficially, his days are busy. If it has abandoned...
The Nasdaq launch the assault of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) The question probably taps the minds of the leaders of the London stock market since a few hours now. Because the Nasdaq is now able to go on the...
L ' Oréal saw its profitability erode on the first half of 2009. The Group recorded a decrease of 8.3 of its operating income to EUR 1.37 billion. In one year, its operating margin increased from 17.3 to 15.7....
