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European Union, Germany, France, Great Britain, the United States … Hours after the verdict that sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his associate to 14 years imprisonment, the protests have fused. Anthology. Russia: "a politically motivated verdict"
Lilia Shevtsov, antenna Carnegie Moscow Center. "This shows that Putin continues to govern Russia, as Medvedev's liberal speech mean nothing [...]

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan's third largest bank, may appeal to the market to finance big acquisitions in the context of development in the archipelago of its activities beyond the commercial bank, said its chairman.
The bank bought last year to Citigroup Japanese broker Nikko Cordial for 550 billion yen (5.1 billion) to strengthen [...]

China National Chemical (ChemChina) plans to buy 60% stake in Israel's MA Industries, the latest episode in the willingness of China to develop the global agricultural chemicals.
The deal values the Israeli group, specializing in pesticides, to 2.4 billion dollars (1.8 billion euros).
The Chinese group will acquire the 53% stake in MA [...]

France is rated "AAA", the highest mark possible by the three major international rating agencies, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch, who represent about 90% of the global rating.
In the "club" very closed countries rated triple A by all three agencies are in addition to France, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Austria and Luxembourg in [...]

The ratings of the long-term debt of Portugal from AA-to A +. In an economic "hard", Fitch does not further deteriorate.
The rating agency Fitch Ratings has lowered the rating one notch from Portugal, "A +", warning that it could still be degraded due to an economic "hard" and the slow reduction the significant deficit. [...]

Nicolas Sarkozy never misses an opportunity to criticize the socialist heritage. The Head of State has also gutted the 35 hours of substance since taking office. Yet, when elected UMP ask to return to the legal duration of work, it is cons. Decryption.
"Niet." Two members of the government – Baroin and Xavier Bertrand – [...]

The sale process of the industry magazine Lagardère International continues and is not at the stage of firm offers, said Tuesday a spokesman for the group.
These statements are the result of an article in Le Figaro that Lagardere has received two firm offers to buy back its branch of international magazines from the [...]

Household consumption and labor market progressing slowly, 2011 should not experience a dazzling start, according to Insee.
The recovery in France will continue, but hardly pass up a gear. Household consumption continues to support growth and the labor market continuing its slow recovery, according to projections released Thursday by the INSEE.
"The French economy [...]

Industrial production rose 0.4% in November in the U.S., its biggest gain since July and a new sign of an end of the year for the first dynamic world economy, according to data released Wednesday by the Reserve Federal.
This increase has emerged above the forecast of a 0.3% increase following an investigation by [...]

A U.S. federal judge on Monday said non-constitutional clause requiring each citizen's flagship to have health coverage by 2014. It does not mean blocked the implementation of the text.
A U.S. federal judge said Monday unconstitutional clause reform assurande disease Barack Obama obliging every citizen to have health coverage by 2014, but has not so [...]