The Paris Bourse started up in early trade, supported by oil companies and banks, with the exception of Dexia receding after the release of its quarterly results.
Investors are cautious before the release of key figures of employment in the U.S. this afternoon.
At 9:30, the CAC 40 index is 0.71% at 3791.02 [...]
Novartis AG Thursday unveiled figures in line with expectations in the second quarter of 2010 but has attracted attention in revising upward its forecasts for the current year.
The laboratory in Basel now expects growth at constant exchange rates, its revenues would fall between the middle and upper range of a single-digit rate (excluding [...]
Crédit Mutuel in 2009 reached a very high profit rise to 1.83 billion euros, compared to 440 million euros in 2008, thanks to improved financial markets, according to a statement released Wednesday.The year 2009 was "satisfactory and places us in terms of results at the 3rd largest French banks," commented Stephen Pflimlin, chairman of [...]
Former Socialist Prime Minister Michel Rocard on Wednesday described as "very bad news" the indefinite postponement of the carbon tax saying that "in ten years," we speak of "crime against humanity" about those who have "fallen behind".
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