Jul 30

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 [...]

Jul 25

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 [...]

Jul 22

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 [...]

Jun 29

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 [...]

Jun 25

Publicis expects organic growth above 3% in 2010, said Friday Chairman of its Executive Maurice Levy in an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the festival "Cannes Lions".
He reported an acceleration of organic growth of Publicis in the second quarter compared to the first and perspectives become more favorable for the second [...]

Jun 17

Developing countries and emerging countries should represent nearly 60% of world GDP in 2030, thanks to a tilting movement of wealth that the crisis has accelerated, says the OECD in a report released Wednesday.
The rapid growth of large developing countries has helped reduce poverty but also increased inequality, says the Organisation for [...]

Jun 17

In explanation improbable fake emails Jerome Kerviel told Wednesday, the 7th day of his trial how he had circumvented the controls that, throughout 2007, were astonished abnormalities detected in its operations. "Whether it's stupid, stupid, I grant you that (…) but I was in a spiral … it was a boulevard, has once again [...]

Jun 17

President Barack Obama won Wednesday the leaders of BP, called at the White House, to accept $ 20 billion aside to compensate victims of oil spill continues to spread off the U.S. coast.
"I am pleased to announce that BP has agreed to put $ 20 billion aside to meet claims for compensation [...]