– Station: Ticket prices for trains Coral, Intercity and TER (Regional Express Train) will increase an average of 2.5%. This will result in higher ticket from 10 cents to 2.30 euros depending on distance traveled during the trip.

As for the discount cards (cards 12-25, Senior, and Child Escapes +), their prices remain unchanged.

– RATP: The price of individual tickets will go from 1.60 euro to 1.70 euro.

Subscriptions Navigo will also increase, except for packages zone 1-5 and 1-6.The monthly Zones 1 and 2 (Paris and suburbs) rises from 56.60 to 60.40 euros (+6.7%), the zones 1-3 of 74.40 to 78.20 euros (+ 5.1%) and the zones 1 to 4 from 91.70 to 95.50 euros (+4.1%).

• Energy

– Gas: After an initial increase in April, prices will increase again by 2% to 4.7% (about 8 euros per year for those who use gas for hot water and cooking 45 per year for those who use it also for heating)

– Bulbs: As part of the scheduled end of incandescents in the EU to promote energy saving, incandescent lamps of 60 watts are removed from store shelves.Those whose power was 100 watts or more have disappeared from shelves in 2009.

• Bonus for scrap

The premium case is lowered to 500 euros instead of 700 for any car ordered until December 31.

• Stamps

The price of postage for mailings of letters under 20 grams, will increase by two cents from 56-58 cents, an increase of 3.5%.

• Retirement

The index points which is the basis for calculating salary in three public (state, territorial and hospital) must be revalued by 0.5%.

• Unemployment benefits

Allowances of approximately two million unemployed by unemployment insurance compensation will be revalued by 1.2%.

• Communication

– Hadopi: It is from this Thursday that the first warnings will be mailed to users in violation of the law on downloading.

– Phone: The price of calls made and received from another EU country (roaming within Europe) will be reduced to 39 cents per minute excluding VAT cons 43 cent today. Receiving a call will be charged € 0.15 per minute instead of EUR 0.19.The SMS tariff remains unchanged for its 11 cents per message.

• Business and Disability

Firms with more than 20 employees employ any disabled person and took no action to promote employment of disabled people will have their penalties tripled to about 13,000 euros per person missing.

• Livret A

Currently at its lowest level since its inception to 1.25% – Return of the booklet A should move to 1.50% or 1.75% from 1 August by Budget Minister Francois Baroin.

The shortfall of the state would it 2.35 billion euros a year on some 130 billion collected last year under the VAT.

Disagreement on Figures

As for salaries, increments and other benefits provided under the industrial agreement signed by the five trade unions and three of five business organizations in the sector would reach one billion euros accumulated since March 1, date of application the agreement saving account payday loan. Some 21,700 jobs have also been created, the government said. This figure is disputed by the union FO who believes him, he must subtract the 15,000 net new jobs recorded on average each year for ten years in this industry.

The measure would also have saved 25000 companies, nearly one third of the 80,000 restaurants in trouble before the reduction in VAT, as the specialist firm Gira Board.

Second lowest rate reduced

Twelve countries now have a reduced VAT on food in Europe. Since the authorization granted in 2009 by the European Commission. Only France and Belgium have taken the plunge. On 1 January 2010, Belgium has lowered its rate of 21-12% in food, drinks. Before the green light from Brussels, ten other member states had historically lower VAT in restaurants. With a rate of 5.5%, France has the second highest in the restoration reduces the lowest in Europe, just behind Luxembourg (3%).

It has indeed all the gadgets invented by "Q", the famous scientist in charge of research and development office of MI6 in the series.The purchaser may then take the machine gun that shoots more bullets for security reasons, swivel plates, spreaders with nails, oil, smoke, a sunroof and other shield bulletproof … The car has undergone a thorough technical inspection after several years without moving, can reach speeds of 230 kilometers per hour thanks to its 282 horsepower.

$ 12,000 in 1965

Praised by Aston Martin for the production company EON Productions during the filming, the shooting star was subsequently bought by American radio host Jerry Lee. He then paid $ 12,000 – about 9800 euros to acquire the DB5 and the famous plates "FMP 7B" internationally known.

The sum should be widely exceeded at auction in October, the proceeds will go to the charity of the current owner who works against insecurity and crime. RM Auctions think that auctions should exceed 3.5 million pounds (4.2 million euros). Christian Huet, an expert in car collection of the National Alliance of Automotive experts estimate the high court. Such sums are reached only by him on sales of car racing, and when museums are buyers. Recently a Bugatti Atlantic has been acquired for more than 20 million euros.

"An Aston Martin DB5 is generally estimated at around 200,000 euros. This version accessorised could be at least double or even 450,000 to 500,000 euros, "said the expert. A price he thinks warranted, and which the former James Bond car can be sold later."The fact it was sold in favor of an association could also drive up his price," admits also Christian Huet.

At the London Stock Exchange, the fears were mostly related to the fact that BP would eventually suspend payment of its dividend. "We are resigned to the fact that there may be a suspension of the dividend," said Tony Shepard, an analyst at Charles Stanley, quoted by Reuters.

Last Friday, though BP has reaffirmed its intention to announce to its shareholders on July 27 the amount of its interim dividend by way of the second quarter. Dividends paid by the group representing some 10.5 billion dollars (8.7 billion euros) per year.

Yet another bad news for the oil group that is not due to his inability to pay, but the fact that the U.S. authorities there are not favorable payday advance. "It does me no problem that BP complies with its legal obligations (to its shareholders, Ed), but I want them to know they have a moral and legal obligations here in the Gulf, warned Tuesday Barack Obama.

The U.S. authorities have also sent an ultimatum to compel them to BP by unveiling its plans to 72 hours to stop the leak.

"BP must state its plans for its parallel initiatives ongoing and alternative oil recovery, including establishing a timetable within 72 hours after receipt of this letter," says the letter from the admiral-cons Coastguard James Watson chief operating officer of BP, Doug Suttles, and dated Tuesday.

With the installation of a funnel, BP has accelerated since last week the recovery of oil leaking from the wells to 1,500 meters below the surface of the water for more than seven weeks. But the water continues to move towards the U.S. coast and crude oil continues to flow.

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Vivendi has said it would immediately seek the annulment of the verdict, considering many have grounds for appeal, including the admission of French shareholders in the process and "the wrong method of calculation of damages by the plaintiffs .

Precisely, the question of damages is central.Natixis Securities (review "step up" with a target price of 20.5 euros) says it is for now "impossible to know the benefits that will ultimately claimed. But we know the upper limit, namely 6.6 billion euros, according to plaintiffs' lawyers.

Uncertainty about the amount of compensation

The broker table for the moment on the assumption that 50% of claimants will be compensated – or they do not require as happens in 25 to 30% of cases for class-actions in the United States or that they are not eligible – the amount of damages would range around 3.3 billion euros creditreport .

CM-CIC, which is to "hold" while reducing its theoretical value from 21 to 20 euros, the risk is estimated at 2 billion euros.The broker said to have maintained a 20% discount in its estimates, "given the uncertainties posed by this litigation."

Uncertainties that will influence, and that will last. Vivendi said the prospective payment amounts would be "uncertain for an extended period yet undetermined.

According to CM-CIC, the final verdict on appeal, will not occur until 2011-2012. Vivendi should not provisioned hedge risk in its 2009 accounts.

Nevertheless, this verdict is limiting financial flexibility, Vivendi, at a time when external growth is central to its strategy.

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Without giving details, the president of Areva said that the funds selected are discussing with the government: "Everyone wants to come in and they are talking with the state of both terms and price.

Opening the capital of the group up to 15% was a government decision of June 30, 2009. According to Le Figaro, investors should be concerned the Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the sovereign fund of Qatar and his counterpart from Kuwait.

Number 1 of uranium production

In addition, Anne Lauvergeon took the opportunity to reaffirm that Areva has become the largest producer of uranium. She said there are 70 years of proven uranium reserves for the third generation of nuclear reactors and 5,000 years of uranium reserves for the fourth generation.

The fourth generation of reactors, including the industrial launch is planned for 2040, would provide significant savings in resources and produce less waste.

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According to banking sources, these major creditors have no desire to make the slightest effort against the shipowner in Marseille, to the extent that any condition imposed so far has been met by Saade is ie an improvement of governance and hiring a real boss. So much so that some people no longer exclude the group is reflected in backup process to bring the bankers to the wall.

The ISP is prepared to invest in CMA CGM

This makes it the biggest IPO in Paris for the Bureau Veritas in October 2007.

CAD / CAM activities are divided between sales of Toyota and Peugeot in Africa, the manufacturing Bic pens in Nigeria, the distribution of drugs Novartis and Pfizer, bottling beer Heineken and Coca-Cola in the Congo or the installation of Otis elevators.

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