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August 28, 2010
The price increase has decelerated in August in Germany, statistics released Friday showed, suggesting that inflationary pressures across the euro area could be diminishing. The higher wage demands from German unions, however, may counteract this trend in the first economy in Europe. The rate of annual inflation in ...
August 22, 2010
The investors said they would remain on their guard this week on U.S. markets, while trading volumes should be low and Wall Street is full of doubt and fear of seeing new signs of economic deterioration. Stepping back from 0.7% last week, the S & P 500 posted its ...
July 26, 2010
FedEx raised its earnings forecast for the current quarter and the full year, citing higher than expected growth in volumes from its two main divisions, Express and Ground. The U.S. company now expects annual earnings per share from 4.60 to 5.20 dollars, against 4.40 to 5.00 dollars allocated so ...
July 16, 2010
Bank of America and Citigroup reported earnings above expectations, due to a drop in credit losses, but prospects are uncertain declines in their share price. As at JPMorgan Chase, which published its accounts on Thursday the results of Citi and BofA in the investment bank emerged down, which does ...
July 15, 2010
Novartis AG Thursday unveiled figures slightly better than expected second quarter 2010 but has attracted attention in revising upward its forecasts for the current year. Thanks to strong sales of vaccines, the group now expects growth at constant exchange rates, its revenues would fall between the middle and upper ...
June 30, 2010
The economic sentiment improved slightly in June in the eurozone after a sharp decline the previous month, official data showed, suggesting an easing of fears of debt crisis in the region. The economic sentiment index stood at 98.7 in June, against 98.4 in May, announced Tuesday the European Commission. ...
June 23, 2010
Eric Woerth said Tuesday on France 3 that he "was not thought to resign" for the government in connection with the case Liliane Bettencourt, arguing that "there is also no reason (that it) does so. The Minister of Labour MPs denounced before the attack "disgusting", "disgraceful", adding: "my ...
March 24, 2010
General Motors unveiled Wednesday in China a new prototype electric car Smart cut for very large cities, in order to strengthen its image clean car manufacturer. The FR-V, or "Networked-Electric Vehicle," will be presented in a pavilion that GM shared with its Chinese partner SAIC Motor Corp. to the ...
March 24, 2010
Gas prices in France should increase by about 9.5% in early April, Reuters said a source familiar with the matter, confirming a report published the same day by the daily Le Figaro. The Regulatory Commission of Energy (CRE) will meet Thursday morning to discuss the proposed rate increase of ...