3 members of the CA Alstom UK arrested for corruption

Three members of the Board of Directors of Alstom in the UK have been placed in custody on suspicion of corruption, money laundering and false accounting, announced the Serious Fraud Office UK.
The arrests came after raids on nine sites of Alstom, said the SFO.
The British authorities suspected payment of bribes, kickbacks [...]

The annual profit of the Credit Mutuel soaring

Crédit Mutuel in 2009 reached a very high profit rise to 1.83 billion euros, compared to 440 million euros in 2008, thanks to improved financial markets, according to a statement released Wednesday.The year 2009 was "satisfactory and places us in terms of results at the 3rd largest French banks," commented Stephen Pflimlin, chairman of [...]

The phrase du jour – The postponement of the carbon tax, "a crime against humanity"

Former Socialist Prime Minister Michel Rocard on Wednesday described as "very bad news" the indefinite postponement of the carbon tax saying that "in ten years," we speak of "crime against humanity" about those who have "fallen behind".
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Eurozone – the countries of Euroland are close to agreement on Greece

A European diplomatic source said Tuesday, March 23 evening to AFP that the sixteen countries using the common currency were "close" to an agreement to Adler Greece out of its financial crisis. This should be finalized and announced Thursday morning in Brussels at a summit of leaders of countries in the euro area, just [...]

The station loses nearly one billion euros in 2009

The station has undergone in 2009 a net loss of 980 million, particularly due to impairment without which it would display a positive result of just three million, "she said Wednesday in a statement. The group had posted a profit of 575 million in 2008 and 1.042 billion in 2007. On a turnover – [...]