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September 3, 2010
Wall Street finished higher on Thursday, avoiding the profit-taking after surging the day before with the announcement of an unexpected recovery of promises in real estate sales and falling jobless claims. In volumes remain relatively low, the Dow Jones finished with a gain of 50.63 points, or 0.49%, to ...
August 24, 2010
The Nikkei ended down 1.33% Tuesday, and passes for the first time in 15 months below the threshold of 9,000 points, foreign investors and hedge funds selling their securities, concerned about the inertia of Japanese authorities against the yen. The Nikkei lost 121.55 points to 8,995.14 points and the ...
August 2, 2010
Car sales in Japan, excluding mini-vehicles of 660 cm3 at most, increased by 15.0% in July compared to last year, to 333,403 vehicles, announced the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. In the first seven months of the year, sales are up 28.9% to 2,054,094 units.
July 19, 2010
Oil closed up for the first time in four sessions on Monday on the New York market, thanks to gains on Wall Street and tightness in the refining world following the closure of a major Chinese port. The contract on August U.S. light crude ended on an increase of ...
July 8, 2010
ICBC world's largest bank by market value, could raise up to 6.6 billion dollars (5.2 billion euros) of new money, say sources. The big Chinese banks are trying to raise capital undermined by excessive lending policy promoted by the state last year.The aim is also to meet new capital ...
July 1, 2010
Car sales in the U.S. fell in June from the previous month and the major manufacturers do not believe in for the second semester, they foretold the return earlier this year. The American automotive market, the world's second largest after China, shows a slowdown similar to that suffered by ...
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 21, 2010
The billionaire Liliane Bettencourt said Monday fiscal adjustment of all its assets "that are still abroad, in a statement sent to AFP. "I decided to proceed with the regularization of all family assets that are still abroad, in collaboration with the French tax administration," said the heiress in ...
March 24, 2010
Crédit Mutuel reported net income quadrupled in 2009 to 1.8 billion euros, with a net increase in revenues that offset the increase in provisions for credit risk because of the crisis. The French mutual bank, parent company of Crédit Industriel et Commercial, saw last year's net banking income increased ...