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 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 [...]

Default, return to the drachma, massive devaluation, hyperinflation, recession … out of the euro would lead the Greek economy to disaster. Demonstration. Of "indignation" burn Greek euro banknotes to the Bank of Greece in Athens, October 17, 2011
The euro area, you love it or leave it. This was essentially the message from Nicolas Sarkozy [...]

The price of light crude ended down on Tuesday for the third straight session, affected by the renewed pessimism caused by the decision of the Greek Prime Minister to hold a referendum on the agreement European rescue of the country.
On the Nymex, the December contract on the U.S. light crude (WTI) ended on [...]

European shares continue to rebound in close

European shares continued their rebound Thursday started the day before, the European Central Bank (ECB) has as expected left rates unchanged and said it would provide liquidity to banks to longer term to avoid a new drying ("credit crunch" ).
For the presidency of the last Board of Governors of the ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet, [...]

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 ECB and the G7 are trying to calm markets

The financial managers of industrialized nations have stepped on Sunday and Monday news to reassure financial markets, frightened by the colossal debts of European countries and the United States.
Monday morning before the opening of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the finance ministers and central bankers from the G7 issued a statement in which they [...]

DuPont raised its forecast after good second quarter

DuPont reported Thursday a second quarter earnings above expectations, thanks to robust sales in agriculture and chemistry, while raising its forecast earnings per share for 2011.
The U.S. chemical company posted net earnings of $ 1.22 billion, $ 1.29 per share, against $ 1.17 billion, $ 1.26 per share, a year earlier.
Excluding [...]

Casino would not give up its rights to the Brazilian Pao

Casino will not give up its right of control over the Brazilian distributor Grupo Pao de Acucar in 2012, wrote the Brazilian press on Tuesday.
Casino CEO, Jean-Charles Naouri, said a senior official of the Brazilian government that he would defend the right of the French retailer to increase its stake in Pao de [...]