Follow the mixed trend on Wall Street and Asian markets optimism? The Paris Bourse has made his choice on Tuesday. The CAC 40 begins trade up 0.63% to 3830.79 points. Same atmosphere elsewhere: the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange opened up 1.13% at 7165.14 points while the FTSE-100 index of London Stock Exchange gained 0.55% to 5805.08 points .
Yesterday, U.S. markets, which started in the green, finally ended on a stable tone, troubled by a further deterioration of three notches of the rating agency in Greece by S & P. Conversely, the Asian stock rose in unison this morning, buoyed by the announcement of the Bank of Japan maintained its key interest rate near zero to support the growth of the archipelago.
Markets, however note the acceleration of inflation in China to 5.5% yoy in May, more than expected by analysts.This rate, the highest in almost three years, should still push the country's authorities to tighten the monetary and thus assist in the deceleration of economic activity in China. The monetary tightening measures taken by Beijing to curb inflation have led to a decline in new lending by Chinese banks in May and a monetary growth slowed to a low of 30 months.
Still on macroeconomic, the current account deficit in France widened somewhat in April, to 4.8 billion euros, against 4.1 in March, due to the increase in the balance of trade in goods, according to figures released Tuesday by the Banque de France (BDF). The day promises to be as charged across the Atlantic. Program: sales details, the price index for production and business inventories.
As for currencies, the euro continues to rise against the greenback at 1.4437 dollar.For its part, oil declines, affected by the downgrade of the long-term debt of Greece and the publication of inflation figures in China. In morning trading, a barrel of light sweet crude for July delivery lost 24 cents 97.06 dollars while that of Brent North Sea crude for delivery same retreated 17 cents to 118.93 dollars.
Values to follow
The banking sector
Banks are sensitive to the Greek news, do not react negatively to the further deterioration of the country's debt that one step closer to the fault. BNP Paribas (1.75% to 52.31 euros), Societe Generale (+1.65% at 39.65 euros), Natixis (+1.64% to 3.52 euros), Axa (1.46 % to 14.95 euros) and Credit Agricole (1.25% to 10.13 euros) rise.
Axway Software: 26.28% to 23.50 euros Sopra: -2.88% to EUR 63
This Tuesday will be the first day of trading of the company, the shareholders of Sopra has given the green light last Wednesday to the proposed demerger and listing of the software division of group counseling and services.
Capgemini: 2.27% to 38.27 euros (largest increase in the ACC)
The group announced on Tuesday that in "exclusive negotiations" to acquire the operator Prosody.
Neopost: 1.37% to 59.05 euros
The group said growth in its expected sales of between 3 and 5% excluding currency effects in 2011, instead of the range of 2 to 4% previously expected. The manufacturer of franking machines for mail said it has completed the acquisition of GBC-Fordigraph.
Suez Environment: -0.53% to 14.02 euros (largest decline of ACC)
The group, through its subsidiary Degremont, has won a contract for the extension of the treatment plant and wastewater recycling in Qatar Doha West, for a total of 35 million euros, "he said Tuesday in a statement.
L'Oreal: 1.16% to 85.45 euros
Liliane Bettencourt should be placed under curatorship enhanced seen his health, according to doctors appointed by a judge of guardianships that have not examined directly, however, announced Tuesday a source familiar with the matter, confirming information site lemonde.fr .
As expected, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, meeting Thursday in Frankfurt, has left unchanged its interest rates. However Jean-Claude Trichet sought to prepare the minds of an increase in July. "Overall, the risks to price stability are on the upside, and a strong vigilance is therefore warranted," said the president of the ECB at the press conference that followed. In the coded language of Frankfurt, a "strong vigilance" is the conventional signal to indicate a rate hike next month."Right now we still believe that the July increase will last (this year)," said Jonathan Loynes, however, the chief economist for Europe of Capital Economics.
Jean-Claude Trichet has not sought to exaggerate the danger of inflation: "The upward pressure on inflation (is) mainly due to energy prices and raw materials," he admitted. Markets have noted that the ECB had not raised its forecast of rising consumer prices for 2012, which remain in the range of 1.1% to 2.3%. This status quo, compared to previous estimates of last March, has contributed to a decline of the euro vis-à-vis the dollar.
In terms of economic growth forecasts have been revised slightly upwards for 2011 (from 1.5% to 2.3%), the range for 2012 is particularly large (between 0.6% and 2.8 %)."Uncertainty remains high," commented Jean-Claude Trichet installment payday loans.
No "default"
It was also expected on Greece, "after the procession of contradictory statements from finance ministers, who have unfortunately contributed to widen interest rate spreads on sovereign debt in the euro area in recent weeks," regrets a market economy. The ECB President was extremely strong. "It would be a great mistake" than engaging in a debt restructuring, "he insisted. "Our position is clear and we served on European governments" no "credit event", no "default". The ECB considers that Greece would be closed permanently while the financing markets.
"We exclude any participation of private creditors who would not volunteer (from them), he only conceded.He however refused to say what would the ECB on securities it has in its balance sheet (between 60 and 70 billion euros), if private investors decided to extend the maturity of their claims.
In a less dramatic, the college of 27 governors took action on the succession of its chairman, in the form of a statement. "The governors did not Councilof objectionable to the proposed candidate, Mario Draghi, who is a person of recognized standing and professional experience in monetary or banking matters."
Serious competition from Google's Android, Apple gave Monday a facelift to the iPhone. Surrounded by a cohort of leaders, CEO Steve Jobs introduced from San Francisco, California, the new version of IOS, the operating system behind the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch. This software, including a 5 iOS draft was made available to developers on Monday, will be available for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPad iPad 2, and the latest iPod touch here in the fall short term personal loans. Here's what we can learn from this presentation.
Devices iOS archive their data on Wi-Fi and 3G. Photo credits: Kimihiro HOSHINO / AFP
Christine Lagarde is likely to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In any case, the scenario that emerges, as the Japanese business daily Nikkei, citing sources close to the international finance on Wall Street. The newspaper said the French Minister of Economy, the only officially declared candidate with the Mexican Agustin Carstens, get the support of the United States and Japan, the first two countries of the organization by number of votes. Also according to the Japanese daily, this support would be provided by Washington and Tokyo from June 10, the official date of filing of nominations.
No reaction from Tokyo at the moment on these assumptions, the finance minister Noda Yoshikiko having limited to clarify that the new IMF chief should be chosen through an open, transparent and based on merit.
Priority to emerging
These signals confirm a nomination well under way for Christine Lagarde. But out of interest, no premature triumphalism. The French minister continues his world tour to defend his candidacy and try to answer the demands of emerging countries in search of better representation.
These are also priority figure in his travels. After being in Brazil May 30, she will visit India on Tuesday, then in China. In total, four or five days of campaigning in Asia "" listen to the voice of these countries on the IMF and possibly take into account their recommendations into its program, "according to his entourage. Finally on June 10, the Minister will travel to Lisbon to meet his African counterparts.
In its international campaign, Christine Lagarde also can probably count on strong support from Germany.Monday's visit of Angela Merkel in Washington to discuss with Barack Obama instead of the IMF is emerging from this point of view of good omen. It could allow the German chancellor to convince Washington, if not already done so, whether to support the European candidate.
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Gaddafi's Libya, where she placed her money? Part of the answer was made Thursday by the publication of a report of internal financial Libyan sovereign fund, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA). This document, dated June 30, 2010, was uncovered by the British NGO Global Witness. It reveals very conservative management has been made of the $ 53.3 billion (about EUR 38 billion) held by the fund, which are now subject to a freeze by the EU and U.S. authorities.
Libyan managers have a taste of Europe: they have put about 60% of assets, particularly in France. At June 30, 2010, Societe Generale manages the LIA AIF for $ 1.05 billion (after a loss of 750 million euros in three months), BNP Paribas for $ 10 million.
Major French companies
At June 30, 2010, the Libyan sovereign fund also owns 536.6 million euros in shares of companies quoted on the Paris Bourse. One of them, Lagardère, the LIA is placed in the "strategic", with an investment of $ 62 million in market value. Other major French companies in the portfolio "not strategic", such as France Telecom (53 billion), Vivendi, Suez-GDF, EDF, or Danone. The LIA was then invested tens of billions in each.
The fund's management is very opaque, it is impossible to know what equity it holds today in the French companies.A clue: According to statistics from the Bank of France, financial institutions hold in their coffers hexagonal 8,233,000,000 ($ 5.8 billion) of Libyan origin at December 31, 2010.
A prudent strategy
"Then in mid-2010 many uncertainties still hang over the global economy, management remains extremely cautious LIA," says Philippe Waechter, head of economic research at Natixis AM. He holds to this date 60% cash, 10% bonds and 8% of shares. "This defensive strategy used to limit risk, continues the economist. This did not prevent the LIA wiping lost between the first and second quarter 2010, 4.53% of their capital to $ 53.3 billion (37.8 billion euros).
The details revealed by this paper could resume the hunting of Libyan assets, frozen since early February by a European decision, said Fabrice Marchisio, a lawyer specializing in this field. He said "this will require financial institutions that have dealt with Libya to register with the authorities if they have not already done."
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U.S. stock markets are changing very slightly lower on Thursday. The Dow Jones lost 0.23% to 12,365.67 points, the S & P 500 was down 0.07% to 1319.57 points and the Nasdaq was unchanged at 2760.97 points.
The New York Stock Exchange finished up Wednesday, rebounding from a series of three consecutive declines.
On the foreign exchange market, the euro rebounded against the dollar on Thursday, helped by speculation about a coming increase in Chinese investment in the European sovereign debt.In early afternoon in Paris, the European single currency was worth 1.4196 dollars against 1.4083 dollars late Wednesday.
On the macroeconomic front, the U.S. GDP grew 1.8% in the first quarter, according to the second official estimate of the growth of winter, which confirms the original figure while analysts thought it would be revised upwards (consensus expected 2% growth).
New jobless claims in the United States are divided on the rise during the third week of May, 424,000 according to figures released Thursday by the Department of Labor (cons 414,000 the previous week), while analysts expected a decline, to 400,000.
Freescale Semiconductor revises downward its ambitions
The side of values, the scoring title Freescale Semiconductor will begin Thursday.The group says it still hopes to sell 6.5 million additional shares by June 1, in addition to the 43.5 million already invested. Freescale has set a price of $ 18 per share when it had advanced a range from 22 to 24 dollars in early May.
Microsoft: 1.49% to 24.55 dollars
The investment fund Greenlight Capital, a shareholder of Microsoft, wants to remove the CEO of computer giant, saying that Steve Ballmer is a man of the past.
Computer Science: -10.50% to 39.46 dollars
For his part Computer Sciences announced yesterday evening after the close of Wall Street have registered for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010/2011 earnings per share of $ 1.09 against $ 1.16 and $ 1.66 expected year past. Turnover was 4.2 billion, stable over one year.Over the full year, EPS fell 10.4% while turnover remained stable at 16 billion dollars.
Liberty Global: 0.77% to 44.59 dollars
Also after the close of U.S. markets, Liberty Global has received an indicative offer from Foxtel to buy back its subsidiary Austar United Communications owned 54.2% at a price of 1.52 Australian dollars per share, valuing the share of Liberty Global to nearly one billion Australian dollars.
NetApp: 4.81% to 54.22 dollars
NetApp reported for the fourth quarter earnings per share of $ 0.59 against $ 0.53 expected and $ 0.5 last year, while turnover reached 1.4 billion dollars against 1.2 billion last year.For the quarter, NetApp expects earnings per share of 0.52 to $ 0.57 and revenues of about $ 1.5 billion.
Google: -0.68% to 516.13 dollars
Also of note, Google is expected to unveil today a contactless payment solution developed by MasterCard and Citigroup. The owners of Android phones will eventually make their phones instead of their credit card at the checkout.
Thousands of passengers were stranded on Tuesday morning in Scotland as a result of the eruption of Icelandic Grímsvötn, which continued Monday spit a heavy cloud of ash and begins to disrupt air traffic in northern Europe. Eurocontrol, the European organization for aviation security, announced that 252 flights were canceled Tuesday.
Indeed, while Europe's airspace remains open, some companies have already taken action. British Airways has decided, "a precaution" to ensure no link between London and Scotland until Tuesday 14h (local time). For its part, the Dutch company KLM canceled sixteen flights between Amsterdam and the northern United Kingdom and Air Lingus and Easyjet have suspended their relations towards Scotland and northern England. In contrast, the British government has ruled out a total closure of its airspace.The Irish Aviation has also ensured that "all airports remain open," although "some flights could be affected by restrictions imposed by other European service providers."
The Scandinavian countries are also affected. The cloud reached Tuesday western Norway and Denmark. However, according to the Norwegian operator of airports, the impact on air traffic remains "very limited" for now. Ashes should be extending south of the country by the end of the day. In Denmark, the airspace was closed below 6000 meters on north-west. Delays and cancellations were reported at the airport in Copenhagen.
'No threat' for France by Thursday
"The cloud should reach the end of the day on southern Scandinavia, Denmark and parts of northern Germany," Eurocontrol said Tuesday.It could then move to France and northern Spain in midweek, "if volcanic emissions continue unabated," says Eurocontrol. Information figaro.fr confirmed Monday by the French Pascal Scavina forecaster. Monday night, the Secretary of State for Transport has, however, wanted Thierry Mariani reassuring. "For the next 48 hours, there is no threat, no risk.From Thursday, all depend on the nature of the eruption, "he said on France 2.
After the eruption of Eyjafjöll a year ago, the scenario of complete paralysis of European airspace could it be repeated? According to Thierry Mariani, "it will not take any risks but we can certainly go through some clouds of ash without any damage to the engines and therefore without any risk."
On Monday, the force of the eruption of Grímsvötn was still considered "important" by the Icelandic Meteorological Services. If the main airport in Iceland, the Reykjavik-Keflavik, reopened Monday night, civil aviation was unable to say whether he would remain operational on Tuesday.
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AREVA will be able to breathe. His former ally Siemens will pay him $ 648 million plus interest by a fortnight, following the breakdown of an agreement between the two groups. Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has in effect made public last night the penalty imposed by the German group for a case that began in March 2009.
Two years ago, Siemens has decided to withdraw from their joint venture Areva NP owned 34%, after failing to take a larger share. The German group did not then expected to reach an agreement with Areva output to form a new alliance with Russia's Rosatom nuclear.
Siemens has thus not met the terms of predetermined separation between the two groups no teletrek payday advance. The French decided to launch an arbitration against Siemens, liable to a penalty of 40% of the value of the shareholding of Areva NP.
The ITC has agreed with Areva and Siemens believes that has broken the pact of shareholders. The German group scoop the maximum penalty, a penalty of 40% of the value of its stake in Areva NP. The 34% share capital of Siemens Areva NP was valued 1.6 billion euros in March, when Areva took over Siemens' share in Areva NP.
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What common laundry between Skip, LU biscuits, liquid dishwashing Mir and Amora mustard? All these products are now part of the loyalty program "My Life in Colour", which just launched all the French subsidiaries of Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch behemoth of consumer products, and Kraft Foods, the giant of agribusiness.
By bringing together more than 60 brands in food, hygiene and beauty care of the house, the two companies will be able to reach 6 million French households. The issue is crucial for the industry. First, build powerful databases to improve knowledge of their end customers and do well against those distributors who have millions of contacts.On the other, consumers have with a direct and regular contact by mail and Internet-based information and discount coupons.
Loyalty programs launched in the 1990s lost momentum. Two years ago, Unilever took stock of its "To tell you the truth," launched in 1997 around thirty marks. The finding was unequivocal: it is increasingly difficult to emerge from the multitude of programs created by marks or competing groups as "Want more" Procter & Gamble, "Croquons life" Nestle or "Danone and you. " The attractiveness of "To tell you the truth," launched on the basis of a consumer magazine and enriched with a website in 2001, languished."Traffic growth was not enough, it lacked power," says Anne-Gabrielle Dangu, media and CRM Director of Unilever France.
In late 2009, the food group made the radical choice to sell his program to Publicis Groupe, responsible for finding other brands to strengthen it. However, Kraft Foods, which launched the program "suggestion box" for its LU biscuits bought from Danone in 2007, was seeking to launch a multi-brand. Publicis suggested the two groups together to create a common agenda. The pooling of their databases should reduce their costs while gaining attractiveness.
Nestle and Procter & Gamble align their data
The merger of Unilever and Kraft in the field of relationship marketing is a trend that is expected.Nestle and Procter & Gamble have already pooled their databases to send their respective print magazines in 3 million households. Each maintains its program for now, but both groups should soon announce a strengthening of their cooperation.
Will they go up to launch a single program? "You have to purchase a plate large enough to sustain a multi-program," said Viola Degas, CEO of OgilvyOne. The only approach to food no longer seems sufficient to capture the attention of consumers, already watered copiously on the Internet for revenue and cooking tips offered by sites like Marmiton.