Financial News, Economic Education, Analysis

The distributor of ready to wear women Etam Thursday reported a jump in operating profit in the first half, thanks to China, but also an increase in its debt.
The group identified the first six months of the year operating profit of 18.1 million euros, an increase of 175.7% over one year.In Europe, profit [...]

Dow Chemical reported earnings below expectations in the second quarter, an interruption of production at three plants dwarfing sales jump, all industries and all regions.
Accordingly, the action has opened down 6.8%.
The measures undertaken in these three plants to increase their operational speeds began earnings per share (EPS) of 7 cents and [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Paris Bourse was up in early trade on Thursday and back above 3,500 points after a sharp rise in New York, buoyed, like Europe, by bank and by the optimistic forecasts on State Street the quarterly earnings season.
The European markets have embraced the methodology of stress testing of banks in Europe and [...]

U.S. consumer confidence plunged in June after three consecutive months of increases, due to concerns related to the job market, according to the index of employers' organization the Conference Board released Tuesday.
This index thus amounted to 52.9 in June against 62.7 (revised from 63.3) in May
Analysts polled by Reuters expected at [...]