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 [...]

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 [...]

Oil prices end down sharply because of Greece

Brent crude closed Monday at 101.71 dollars a barrel, down $ 1.05, or 1.02%, against a backdrop of rising dollar against the euro and concerns about the crisis European debt.
This is the lowest closing price of Brent in seven and a half months.
Shortly before, a barrel of U.S. light crude had [...]

Papandreou Sarkozy would meet Friday

Greek Prime Minister would meet with French President to discuss the plan to end the crisis in the euro area. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou at the EU summit of June 23, 2011.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou would meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Friday to discuss the plan to end [...]

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 [...]

These bosses who pull the strings of the Chinese economy

They are less media that Steve Jobs or Carlos Ghosn, but equally powerful. Overview, images, big names in the Chinese economy. By Lucille Caillaut
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BofA sells its credit cards in Europe and Canada

Bank of America announced Monday the sale of its credit cards in Britain, Ireland and Canada.
In Canada, the U.S. bank has an agreement with TD Bank Group on a portfolio of $ 8.6 billion, according to a statement released Monday, however, reveals that the amount of the transaction.
TD Group said it [...]

The CDS, a bad instrument for measuring the debts of States

Credit derivatives and CDS (credit default swaps) are a poor instrument for measuring the risk to the debts of States, particularly rated and most liquid such as France, the United States or Germany, experts say Reuters poll.
Since the collapse of large U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in September 2008, CDS, hitherto limited to [...]

Lisbon provides for a reduction in GDP of 2.3% this year

The Portuguese Government states that the country's gross domestic product will contract by 2.3% this year and 1.7% in 2012, as the country implements austerity measures required by the bailout of the EU and IMF.
The Minister of Finance, Vitor Gaspar, also told the press that Lisbon was preparing new spending cuts to ensure [...]