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The slower growth is confirmed in both industry and services. Even slowdown across the euro area. Assembly line of Smart in Hambach
The growth in activity in France was down in July, slower growth is especially confirmed in the French service, according to the final estimate of the PMI index released Wednesday by the firm [...]

Changes in commodity prices and the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan have had a negative impact on the accounts of Schneider Electric, whose chief executive told the newspaper Les Echos that he was now the bottom of her range of operating margin target for 2011.
If Schneider Electric continues its annual target organic [...]

The Italian Parmalat, which was acquired in June by French Lactalis, Thursday lowered its forecast for gross operating income for fiscal 2011, due to low consumption in Italy.
The company anticipates an EBITDA of 365 million euros in 2011, against 377.3 million euros in 2010 and 385 million originally expected.
However, Parmalat expected [...]

SGS, the world leader in monitoring and inspection, announced Friday a lower than expected performance in the first half of 2011, coupled with a concern about margins.
If the group expects to Geneva this year strong growth in sales about 10%, it expects operating margins but slightly lower at constant exchange rates.
The [...]

The European Commission said Wednesday it has sent a statement of objections to 12 manufacturers of electrical cables about a possible agreement on the markets for submarine cables and underground.
In a statement, the EU executive expressed concern that producers have agreed to allocate markets and customers and to fix prices in Europe.
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Carrefour said on Thursday the appointment of Christmas Prioux to head its operations in France and that its first half results in France were below its forecasts.
The second global distributor, who battle to recover the profitability of its hypermarkets in France, had already warned that its performance was not up to expectations.
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European banks have debt Greek stock seems to move towards an agreement for renewal (rollover) in which they take possession of new debt replacing the bonds matured.
Germany last week proposed an exchange of bonds which, in effect, would extend the debt maturities of seven Greek. But banks appear to favor the softer option [...]

The group "Other unemployment figures" returns to the concept of job vacancies. He said the voluntary unemployment is little or no. Employment center Assedic unemployment
In 2007, the collective "Other unemployment figures (TDCA) was created to denounce the production manipulated the unemployment figures. After years of silence, the group again about him to point the [...]

The Paris Bourse closed down 1.89% on Thursday and the important support level of 3,900 points, weighed down by declines on Wall Street after the publication of statistics that cast doubt on the strength of growth in the States USA.
The CAC 40 index closed at 3889.87 points, either in its moving average 200 [...]

The Minister of Agriculture has however requested the establishment of a working group in Brussels to develop proposals to help farmers. The Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, the international exhibition of reindeer herding, in September 2010.
The French Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, said Monday he did not support the establishment of a [...]