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 [...]

The group formed around the building Bouygues Ile-de-France, with architect Renzo Piano, was selected to build the future courthouse in Paris, said Friday the board of EPPJP.
Bouygues was competing with Vinci for this major project, to be confirmed by the signing of the PPP expected by February 2012, says in a statement.
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The acquisition of Synovate weigh on Ipsos in Q4

Ipsos said Wednesday that the purchase of Synovate, the market research arm of Aegis, would cost between one and two percentage points of growth over the last three months of 2011 and probably in the first quarter of 2012.
Research firm, which also reported a slowdown in activity in the third quarter, does not [...]

Pressure on the French AAA weigh on the euro area

The warning from Moody's Aaa rating on the of France poses new uncertainties about how to resolve the debt crisis in the euro area, five days a crucial summit for the future of the single currency, say the Analysts.
But if the decision of the rating agency to assess the stable outlook of the [...]

Slight decrease in the trade deficit the United States in August

The trade deficit of the United States declined slightly in August, show figures released Thursday by the Commerce Department.
The trade balance posted a deficit of 45.61 billion dollars, while the market was expecting a hole of 45.8 billion.
In July, the deficit eventually amounted to 45.63 billion (44.81 billion in the first [...]

Support for Dexia not a risk to the French note, according to Fitch

The cost of support for Dexia is not insignificant for Belgium, but France, this bailout is not in itself a significant risk to his notes because of its low exposure to the Franco-Belgian bank, said Monday a Fitch analyst told Reuters.
"The cost of support for the Belgian Dexia is not insignificant, and highlights [...]

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 [...]

Groupama postponed its IPO in 2015

The mutual insurer Groupama will give priority to profitability rather than market share gains during the implementation of its new savings plan 2012-2015, after which the group plans to put its new stock exchange, said its director general daily Les Echos.
Standard & Poor's downgraded Friday the long-term rating of Groupama, a decision to [...]

What future for the investment bank UBS after the fraud?

The pressure to sell the investment bank will increase further following the discovery of a fraud involving two billion dollars in the facility.
A 31 year old man was arrested Tuesday morning in London to a folder on unauthorized transaction, which could result in a loss for UBS in the third quarter.
The [...]

Nissan Infiniti cars built in Europe

Nissan's Infiniti brand will announce Wednesday a proposal to build a high-end compact car in Europe in recent years, making it the first Asian luxury brand to build locally, Reuters reported on Wednesday sources close to the matter.
The car, based on a flexible architecture provided by the partner Daimler, will probably not built [...]