European shares closed up to a peak a week, made their rally in a small volume extending for the third straight session.
The Paris Bourse ended with a gain of 0.46% to 3026.76. Other European markets end up in unison.
Values, Rémy Cointreau finished with a gain of 2.9%. The second group of [...]

European stock markets move down to midday, markets expect that Germany permitted the European Central Bank (ECB) to intervene massively to guarantee the debt of fragile states. But Berlin and the ECB refuse to do for now. Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin
Germany was sought on all sides Friday to find a solution to the [...]

The new car registrations in the EU fell by 1.8% in October to 1.005 million units, said Wednesday the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA).
If we add also the data from Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, the decline was slightly less marked, to -1.4%.
Over the period from January to October, registrations show [...]

The current account deficit of 2.9 billion euros in August

The current account deficit of France in August fell to 2.9 billion euros from 3.8 billion in July, showed preliminary figures released Wednesday by the Bank of France.
The deficit on trade in goods fell to 5.2 billion euros, against 6.4 billion a month earlier.
Trade in services have stabilized, generating a surplus [...]

The count-down continues until the board of Dexia

Discussions on the future of Dexia continued Saturday in Brussels and Paris to an agreement on the orderly dismantling of the Franco-Belgian bank, the first victim of the European debt crisis.
Originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, a decisive meeting of the board of the group was delayed until Sunday to give negotiators more time. [...]

Holland Aubry credible on the economy

60% of the French trust the member for Corrèze to boost growth and reduce debt, as against 22% for the mayor of Lille, according to a survey. François Hollande and Martine Aubry in the Summer of PS in La Rochelle (August 2011)
François Hollande is widely considered more credible than its rival in the primary [...]

New CO2 tax for manufacturers in 2012

The government will create a windfall tax in 2012 for manufacturers subject to the quotas of carbon dioxide (CO2), a government source said Tuesday, confirming a report in the daily Le Figaro.
This tax will be sitting on their sales-tax at a rate of between 0.08% and 0.12% and is expected to bring nearly [...]

Bureau Veritas wants to nearly double in size again in 5 years

Bureau Veritas has set ambitious goals Tuesday for 2015 through the increasing development of regulations and standards, particularly in emerging markets, allowing it to reconsider a near doubling of its size in five years despite the uncertainties ambient.
The world number two services for conformity assessment and certification, which has already almost doubled its [...]

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down more than 2%

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down over 2% Monday, because of concerns about the debt crisis of the euro area and the prospect of Wall Street's losses widen further.
The Nikkei lost 2.31% or 201.99 points to 8,535.67 and the Topix, broader, sold 14.44 points (-1.91%) to 741.26.
Philipp Rösler, German Economy Minister [...]

The Tokyo Stock Exchange declined by U.S. employment

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended Friday down 1.21%, plunging below 9,000 points after profit-taking driven by six consecutive sessions of gains.
Japanese equity markets also fell in anticipation of the statistics of job creation in the United States, expected in fall.
The Nikkei lost 110.06 points to 8,950.74 and the Topix, broader, sold [...]