Justice condemns the free Google Maps for Enterprise

The Commercial Court of Paris condemned Google for abuse of dominance at the expense of the French company directory mapping who accused him of offering free services to integrate maps on websites. Google Maps, widescreen version.
While the antitrust authorities in Brussels and the United of States have launched investigations into possible abuse of dominant [...]

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended almost stable

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended almost in equilibrium, gaining 0.08% on Wednesday, supported by company results satisfactory, despite some disappointments, such as Honda Motor, whose performance Quarterly did not meet expectations. </ p> The Nikkei gained 7.28 points to 8809.79 points and the Topix, broader took 2.69 points (+ 0.36%) to 757.96 points. </ p> [...]

Troika to Greece: "We need to deregulate transport"

The representatives of the creditors of Athens (EU, ECB, IMF) insist that Greece deregulates including the taxi trade. Thousands of "outrage" expressed Sunday, June 19 against the austerity of Syntagma Square in Athens.
Representatives of international donors in Greece (EU-ECB-IMF) urged Friday to the Minister of Transport on the need to deregulate transport, including taxis, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The S & P's decision will weigh on risky assets

Risky assets should suffer the heaviest blows Monday at the opening of financial markets after the decision of Standard & Poor's to deprive the U.S. of the highest credit rating, the "triple A", say the professionals interviewed Saturday Reuters.
If they speak of "historic" or "serious decision", they caution that it is not a [...]

Spanish growth slows, Italy should follow

Growth slowed in the second quarter in Spain and the Italian economy should suffer the same fate in the months to come, say economists after the publication of preliminary figures of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the two countries Friday.
The torpor of the activity in Italy and Spain, third and fourth economies in [...]

Beijing urges Washington to stabilize the bond market

The governor of China's central bank urged Washington to take "concrete and responsible" to solve the budget crisis and stabilize the U.S. bond market Treasury.
Zhou Xiaochuan, in fact, judge that the uncertainty in the market for Treasuries is likely to affect the international monetary system and threatening global growth.
This is the [...]