European shares ended Tuesday in the disorder after the publication of disappointing indicators in Europe and the United States, after a session and hesitant in trading volumes still very limited.
The CAC 40 index closed up 0.18% to 3159.74 points."That said, it's half a surprise, in a very anxiety provoking," he adds.
Other [...]
Hurricane Irene caused between 200 million and 400 million dollars (138 and 276 million euros) in damages covered by insurance in the states of North Carolina and South, said Sunday's catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT .
This evaluation suggests that the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm may have caused less damage than feared [...]
The Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has failed Friday to announce new decisions to boost growth but felt it was vital for the economy to reduce unemployment in the long term.
Although it remains optimistic about the long term, the Fed chief has said that some changes were still troubling.He particularly said that the [...]
Macarthur Coal on Wednesday stressed its growth prospects and said to continue to seek a white knight to counter the hostile bid from ArcelorMittal and Peabody Energy, which pushed up the stock exchange.
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel and Peabody, the largest U.S. coal, offered 15.66 Australian dollars per share Macarthur, including dividend, about [...]
Volvo Car, owned by Chinese Geely,'s objective is to sell 50,000 cars in China this year, against 30,000 in 2010, said Tuesday Richard Snijders, President and CEO of the distribution division of Volvo in China.
The CEO of Volvo Stefan Jacoby announced in February to invest more than $ 11 billion (7.6 billion euros) [...]
Vice President Joe Biden tried to reassure Beijing again on the strength of the U.S. economy by ensuring that Sunday the United States would never be in default.
"The United States has never been in default and will never be in default," said Biden in a speech to Sichuan in southern China.
China [...]
European shares retreated again Friday morning after a black day, weighed down by fears of a recession in the United States. The latest information. Traders at the New York Stock Exchange, August 18, 2011
11:17: The Greek GDP could shrink by more than 4.5% in 2011 against 3.8% expected, announced Friday the Greek finance minister, [...]
The Irish finance minister warned Wednesday that he would insist that any tax on financial transactions applies to all European Union (EU) and not only to the euro area, the symbol of obstacle course that awaits project in Paris and Berlin.
These words of Michael Noonan received immediate feedback on the side of German [...]
European shares remained under pressure Tuesday mid-day, the announcement of a near stagnation of the German economy in the second quarter fueling strong concerns about the global economy that have captured markets in recent weeks.
Around 11:45, the CAC 40 index lost 1.41% to 3193.35 points, breaking, like the other major indices, a series [...]
European stock markets are volatile again show Friday in the wake of financial stocks after the temporary ban on short selling of certain securities sector in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
Around 13:00, the CAC 40 index 1.48% to 3135.26 took points, after losing up to 2.3% in the morning.
"The psychological threshold [...]