The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed up 1.56% Monday, ending in the green for the first time in six sessions, coinciding with the rebound of the euro and U.S. index futures.
The Nikkei gained 127.48 points to 8,287.49, after falling last week to a low of two and a half years.Government sources in Rome say [...]

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Compass publishes an annual operating profit up 9%

The world of catering Compass reported Wednesday a 9% increase in operating income underlying annual, thanks to improved margins and growth through acquisitions.
The British, French Sodexo's main competitor, displays the full year operating income (Rex) from 1.09 billion pounds (1.26 billion euros), according to 12 analysts' forecasts a study provided by it.
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down 0.39% Monday, uncertainties related to the evolution of the debt crisis weighed on investor sentiment, which also took profits after strong gains on Friday.
The Nikkei lost 34.31 points to 8,769.09 and the Topix, larger yielded 1.57 points (-0.21%) to 750.45.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou concluded [...]

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down 0.69% Monday as investors took profits after a Japanese monetary authorities intervene against the soaring yen.
The Nikkei lost 62.08 points to 8,988.39 and the Topix, larger yielded 7.37 points (0.96%) to 764.06.
The Bank of Japan intervened in foreign exchange markets to counter speculation that makes [...]

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 [...]

The French regulator had warned in August 2010 at Dexia

The French banking regulator warned Dexia Credit Local (DCL) in August 2010 that its liquidity position did not meet minimum requirements and that it planned to put the financing subsidiary of Dexia local under "special supervision" and to appoint a controller.
Already recapitalized in 2008 to 6 billion euros not the French public authorities, [...]

Industrial production increased as expected in the U.S.

Industrial production in the United States increased as expected in September, according to figures released Monday by the Federal Reserve, the manufacturing sector offsetting a decline in the utilities.
Production increased by 0.2% the previous month, according to the expectations of economists polled by Reuters and after remaining unchanged in August. (Revised from an [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

German growth "close to 3%" this year

Angela Merkel has revised the outlook for growth on the rise in the country, while global growth is threatened. German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Blegrade by August 23, 2011)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) German would be "closer to 3% than 2.5%" this year. This statement [...]