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Christine Lagarde ensures that concerns about France are unfounded. But the level of debt worries and effort may be insufficient rigor. Analysis.
"Go tell that France is threatened, is touting" … Christine Lagarde did not appreciate the page of the Sunday newspaper. On Monday morning, following the finalization of the bailout, the economy minister has [...]

Nearly seven months after Greece, the EU should announce this afternoon an aid of 85 billion euros to Ireland to support the country weighed down by its banking sector and halt the contagion in the area euro.
Finance ministers of the euro area shall meet at 13h00 (12h00 GMT) and will be joined by [...]

The average net salary rose 3.7% in 2008 in the State civil service. But this apparently higher than that of the private is actually a side effect of decentralization. Explanations.
The average net wage in the State Civil Service (EPF) grew 3.7% in 2008, an increase due to the mechanical transfer to local agents with [...]

The computer group Bull, which has hired more than 850 people this year, expects to make a thousand recruits next year, almost half in France.
Specialist information systems secure, in a statement released Wednesday, says he wants to accelerate its development including hiring more than 400 people in France, 90 Spain, 75 in Morocco [...]

Zodiac Aerospace on Tuesday confirmed its growth targets for the recovery of aircraft programs, having more resilient than expected in 2009-2010 in controlling costs.
The aerospace equipment, on which its competitor Safran had to give Thursday in any hostile bid for now, said maintaining its dividend to one euro per share for the fiscal [...]

This former chief of staff of Xavier Bertrand is the new office of chief adviser of the State. Principal architect of the pension reform, Raymond Soubie will take the presidency Arfilia, his family holding company.
Raymond Soubie, 70, social adviser of Nicolas Sarkozy, will step down Tuesday, November 23 and will be replaced by Jean [...]

The particularly low tax rates applied to companies in Ireland is at the heart of the standoff between Dublin and its European partners in terms of financial assistance under negotiation.
The Irish government is seeking in effect to receive assistance from several billion euros granted by the IMF and the EU but at the [...]

Glencore plans an IPO next year, said Thursday the sources familiar with the matter.
The operation could allow the brokerage of raw materials to raise 10 billion pounds (11.7 billion euros), said one source, thereby achieving one of the most important marketing ever performed in London Stock Exchange.
The group, which released earnings [...]

France Telecom will be disciplined on acquisitions in emerging markets and may consider share buybacks to return cash to shareholders, said Wednesday its chief executive Stephen Richard.
He also suggested that telecoms operators would have to further reduce their costs in the future.
"We have a very strict policy regarding mergers and acquisitions [...]

Inflation in Britain accelerated in October to its highest annual pace in four months, forcing the Governor of the Bank of England (BoE) to write another letter explaining why inflation remained above target for the BoE.
Consumer prices rose 0.3% in October and 3.2% year on year, according to figures released Tuesday by the [...]