The tax on purchases of shares of French companies save those whose market capitalization is less than one billion euros, according to a document released Monday by BFM Business.
The fee will rise to 0.1% of the value of acquiring the shares. It must take effect in August.
Are concerned the major listed companies [...]
The new car registrations in the EU fell by 1.8% in October to 1.005 million units, said Wednesday the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA).
If we add also the data from Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, the decline was slightly less marked, to -1.4%.
Over the period from January to October, registrations show [...]
Mario Monti, appointed Sunday evening to form the next Italian government has promised to conduct "with a sense of urgency but with care" consultations to establish the composition of his cabinet.
These will begin in the evening and will begin with interviews with the presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, Gianfranco [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Fears of a relapse of the global economy have intensified Thursday with the release of purchasing managers' index (PMI) showing a contraction in private sector activity in the eurozone and in China, which fueling the decline in equity markets.
Against the backdrop of the debt crisis, the activity of services in the euro area, [...]
Finland would be irresponsible if it did not require collateral in exchange for his aid to Greece, said Friday its finance minister, Jutta Urpilainen.
"It would be completely irresponsible for the government. That's why it will not happen. The Social Democrats will not give up," she said at a gathering of the Social Democratic [...]
Countries in the euro area who want to convince Greece to provide a guarantee in return for cash assistance may delay the payment of the next installment of the bailout program and put the country in default, said Moody's.
Greece has signed with its international donors agreed a new rescue package in July, covering [...]
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 [...]
The U.S. Congress was about on Sunday to reach a last-minute deal to raise the debt ceiling and prevent the world's largest economy a default.
"We are ready," he told CNN the leading Republican minority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, who plays a key role in these talks.
Meanwhile, a senior White House [...]