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British Airways saw its loss widen in the first quarter of 2010-2011, under the combined effects of volcanic ash cloud and a strike, which did not deter the British airline reaffirmed its forecast of a pretax profit in equilibrium.
At about 8:00 GMT, the group, which saw its value melt a billion pounds over [...]

Publicis has raised its expectations for 2010 after having exceeded expectations in the first half to gain the favor of budgets and increased spending of its customers.
The third group in terms of global advertising revenues for 2010 it now expects organic growth above the rate of 3.5% estimated for the global market through [...]

European values rose again Tuesday, ending a five-week high, despite the announcement of a sluggish U.S. consumer morale, but below their highest of the day, as investors continued to anticipate an improvement conditions with some macroeconomic indicators and results of large groups considered encouraging.
In Paris the CAC 40 gained 0.83% to 3666.40 points, [...]

Greece will receive a second tranche of funding from the European Union (EU) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) because Athens has fulfilled the conditions prescribed in its austerity plan, announced by the Minister of Finance in the Weekly Kosmos tou Ependyti.
Representatives of the EU, IMF and European Central Bank (ECB) will be in [...]

The results of resistance tests passed by 91 European banks confirm the overall resilience of the banking system of the European Union, said on Friday in a joint statement the European Commission, the European Central Bank and European bank regulators.
The results announced Friday by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) show that [...]

The Paris Bourse has picked lower Thursday in the opening exchanges in the wake of Wall Street affected by pessimistic about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on U.S. growth.
At 9:28, the CAC 40 was down 0.36% to 3481.19 points.
Rodamco Unibail-resistant, with a gain of 2.9%, largest increase in ACC after the announcement [...]

U.S. stocks open down sharply on Tuesday after disappointing quarterly results published judged by a number of big names from the coast.
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones fell by 1.4% to 10,012.90 points while the Standard & Poor's 500 broad leaves 1.3% to 1057 points and the Nasdaq composite lost 1 7% [...]

Delta Air Lines, world's largest airline, announced Monday it had returned to profit in the second quarter, thanks to the resumption of international air traffic.
The group sees growth in its turnover due to economic recovery, after two difficult years for the airline industry faces a sharp decline in demand.
The company's net [...]

General Electric reported Friday a 16.1% increase in net income for the second quarter 2010, ending a run of nine consecutive quarters of declining results, the industry group that benefited from strong demand for equipment in the areas of health and energy.
The leaders of the U.S. giant, however, cautioned against some signs of [...]

Global growth will slow in the coming months, in the wake of China and the United States, because of austerity plans implemented in various countries, according to a Reuters poll.
However, several Asian countries, like India and South Korea, should yield better performance this year that envisioned a few months ago.
Ultimately, the [...]