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U.S. stocks ended sharply lower Thursday as investors showed particularly nervous after the downward crossing of an important threshold for the S & P.
The Dow Jones lost 1.13% or 134.86 points at 11,770.73 points, while the Standard & Poor's 500, the reference fund managers, gave up 1.68% or 20.78 points to 1,216 , [...]

The Japanese bank Mizuho will remove 3,000 jobs in response to the deteriorating economic climate marked by weak demand for credit and a difficult economic environment at the international level.
Mizuho Financial Group announced the elimination of these positions, which represent about 5% of its workforce, by March 2016 in connection with the merger [...]

The European Commission intends to condition aid to some of the environmental and cap subsidies to make the CAP more just. A production of cabbage in Lithuania.
Brussels wants farmers to "go green". The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to condition part of the aid to respect for the environment, and to the Common Agricultural [...]

Airbus said Thursday it had registered 1,038 net orders between January and September.
The European aircraft manufacturer, a subsidiary of Airbus, said the amount of its gross orders had reached 1,179 aircraft and reported delivered 374 aircraft in the first nine months of the year.
By comparison, Boeing had recorded at September 27, [...]

Wall Street opened on an uncertain note Tuesday in the wake of profit taking and as investors questioned whether the Fed will back a move to boost growth.
In early trade, the Dow was stable (0.04%) to 11,406 points.The Standard & Poor's also (-0.01%) to 1204 points while the Nasdaq composite fell by 0.1% [...]

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 [...]

European shares fall to leave Friday after a sharp rebound, driven by financial stocks, a ban on short sales of these securities in four countries in the euro area, including France, apparently not released selling pressure.
Around 9:30, the CAC 40 index, which gained 2.89% Thursday, losing 1.65% to 3038.81 points after opening up [...]

Several European suppliers of the Swedish Saab intend to apply for bankruptcy, hoping that this threat will grow the group, faced with severe budgetary difficulties, to settle its debts to them, their association said on Wednesday.
Vehicle production is interrupted in April at Saab, suppliers refusing to deliver more parts until they have been [...]

Standard & Poor's considers the prospect of stable sovereign ratings of France and Great Britain and has no plans to downgrade over the next two years, said Tuesday the director of the ratings agency in Europe.
While S & P downgraded Friday to AA + the United States and matched their score with a [...]