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 ...
July 12, 2010
UK recession was more severe than feared and the economy would have contracted in the first quarter of 2010 if the government had not spent much, show official figures released Monday. The National Statistics Office has maintained its estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) rising 0.3% over the first ...
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 ...
May 4, 2010
Blood and tears. This program requires that the Papandreou government in Greece for years to come, to avoid bankruptcy in the country. He promised to markets to reduce the deficit from 14% of GDP in 2009 to 3% in 2014. A huge effort, obviously very painful socially, which requires ...