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The Bank of Japan just to curb the yen
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is mobilizing to stop the rise of the yen and boost Japan's economy. The institution held Monday morning for an emergency meeting with the agenda to "discuss means of monetary control in the light of recent economic and financial developments," a statement said.
Following the summit, the BoJ decided an extension of nearly 92 billion dollars of disposable monetary easing. Thus, the amounts allocated to fixed rate loans to banks through a special mechanism set up by the end of last year, are brought to 30.000 billion yen (276 billion euros), against 20,000 billion until to now.It has also set up a refinancing operation which adds six months to three months operations already in place.
Low market reaction
But economists doubt the effectiveness of new measures, which will be debated in the day ministerial meeting. Some analysts said they were disappointed by the lack of breadth of decisions announced. The markets have shown little enthusiasm as well. The yen lost ground shortly after the announcement of the results of the meeting of the BoJ, but it then climbed to its highest of the day. Meanwhile, the Nikkei index of Tokyo Stock Exchange has risen by 1.5% while it showed an increase of 3% at mid-session.
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The Elysee has ruled. The growth forecast for 2011 was revised downwards to 2%, against 2.5% initially announced by President Nicolas Sarkozy after a meeting between Prime Minister François Fillon and the ministers of Bercy , held at Fort Brégançon.
Accordingly, the government will fall further fiscal austerity. The state spending will be frozen in value over three years. Ten billion euros of tax loopholes and social will be removed in the fall. In contrast, neither income tax nor corporation tax will be increased. VAT will not hit.
"Are we going to save the plane on social niches and tax everything to create employment, all that is relevant, all that sustains the economy, the answer is yes," said on RTL Budget Minister Francois Baroin.
If the government recognizes that 2011 will be worse than expected, the growth target for 2010 of 1.4%, should be well met, "or even exceeded, welcomes the Elysee. "On the pressure of potential revenue will be fully allocated to deficit reduction."
"After a GDP growth of 0.2% in the first quarter, a growth of 0.6% was recorded in the second quarter," said the Elysee. "Given the rebound in activity, the prospect of growth of 1.4% will be reached or exceeded for the year 2010.This also allows, in line with OECD projections, forecast growth of 2% for 2011. "
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"[This] leads us to the end of September, that is to say, the presentation of the draft budget law to the Cabinet, to be between 3 and 3.5 billion more, which is perfectly achievable, "said Baroin.
The downward revision in growth was expected. Economists considered the unrealistic assumption of the government and rely for their part in an average growth of between 1.5 and 1.8%. For its part, the International Monetary Fund deemed "too optimistic" the official forecast. Recently, Bercy also acknowledged work scenario around 2%.
Sharp rise in occupational diseases in 2009
The business risk insurance professionals has released its report for the year 2009. The number of accidents has decreased by 7.5% over the previous year, with 651,000 accidents reported. The frequency of accidents fell to 36 accidents per thousand employees, is historically the lowest level. The daily Les Echos who interviewed Stephane Seiller the director of this branch of the health insurance crisis is largely responsible for this decline in the number of accidents. Unemployment and decreased activity in sectors such as construction and metallurgy – 20% of salaried workforce today against 36% in 1950 – explains in particular the improvement. Stéphane Seiller also highlights the increasing prevention efforts.
Bond 9% of occupational diseases
The report is rather more pessimistic about the illness.Despite rising unemployment, they jumped 9% -13.5% a year over the last decade – to reach 50,000 new cases. Almost all of this increase is explained by taking better account of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as tendonitis and herniated discs … which account for 80% of disease. Better recognition by the French system, but also the consequence of the transformation of labor. The tasks become more routine and stress are the main contributors to the increase in these disorders. The handling of chemicals also cause the progression of certain cancers.Social Security today conducting actions to better detect them.
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Banks have again supported the Paris stock exchange
Closing reassuring Wall Street yesterday gave a positive impetus for the Paris Stock Exchange on Tuesday, which has increased its earnings to grow by 1.57% enséance before reducing them after a disappointing statistic across the Atlantic on the U.S. consumer confidence in July.
At the final bell, the CAC 40 is 0.83% at 3666.4 points and preserves the points.Un 3660 this threshold had not been touched since June 22 last. Elsewhere in Europe, the London Stock Exchange closed up 0.27% to 5365.67 points.
French markets were again worn by banking shares. Yesterday, the shares had already boosted the index, in response to the publication of results of stress tests on Friday.On Tuesday, they went into high gear, including Societe Generale climbed 10.59% to 44.22 euros, Credit Agricole, which has soared 10.14% to 10.62 euros and Dexia, which has rose 7.32% to 3.87 euros. Axa and BNP Paribas followed with respective increases of 6.74% and 5.49%.
After trading, the markets will see the unemployment figures for the month of June in France.
In addition, the Department of Ecology has announced that the number of starts of new homes in France fell 0.3% for the period April-May to June, compared to the same period a year ago, while the number of building permits recorded an increase of 25%.
On the foreign exchange market, the euro continues against the greenback.Around 17:30, the euro was trading at just below $ 1.30, but the threshold has been crossed earlier in session.
The U.S. housing close look
Yesterday the key index in Paris managed to keep the threshold of 3600 points despite an early meeting very hesitant. Good numbers of U.S. homes have played an especially comforting to investors. And on Tuesday, rebelote: the Case-Shiller index of home prices meets the individual operators offering. It rose more than expected in May in the United States, +0.5%. The month of May and is the second consecutive monthly increase, a trend that comes after two months of consecutive decline.
But the Conference Board index, published in 16 hours, fell for the second straight month in July fell to its lowest level since February, to 50.4 in July against 54.3 (revised from 52.9) in JuneAn advertisement that has a little cooled investors.
Publication Burst
On Tuesday, the publications will be honored at the Paris Bourse:
Danone (-4.24% to 44.35 euros) announced before market opening a current net profit in the second quarter of 848 million euros and a turnover of 4.386 billion euros.
Altran (7.79% to 3.25 euros) has reported a turnover of the second quarter 2010 from 357.6 million euros (+2.3%). The group expects a significant improvement in the margin in the second half of 2010.
The Land of the Regions (-0.12% to 72.85 euros) published a recurring net profit increased 1.1% to 153.4 million for its first half, with rents of 264.1 million , up 1.7% at constant scope, and an occupancy rate of 94.4%.However, its net asset value, excluding financial instruments, stood at 73.20 euros per share, down from late 2009 due to the distribution of a special dividend for 2009, consisting of 3 30 euros in cash and six Beni Stabili shares, 52.5% owned subsidiary acquired in 2007
Note that M6 and LVMH will unveil their first-half results after market close. Vinci, Compagnie des Alpes and Fleury Michon publish their turnover for the period also after 17:30.At the same time, Air France KLM (+0.69%) will release first quarter results are.
Sanofi repulsed Klepierre sanctioned
The U.S. biotechnology company Genzyme has rejected a buyout proposal made by Sanofi Aventis (-0.94% to 45.15 euros) according to Bloomberg.
Capgemini (-1.1% to 34.98 euros) has announced the signing of a 6-year contract between its subsidiary Capgemini UK and Royal Mail Group Limited (RMG), the British postal service, for its service management computer.
Klepierre (-2.61% to 25.17 euros), revised down slightly its 2010 targets of current cash flow and rents, the prospect of austerity plans in Europe have slowed the recovery of consumption.
Icade (+1.05% at 73.83 euros) on Monday announced a net profit in the first half more than eight times while its net current cash flow per share, affected by the low profitability of its development division, declined 21%.
April Group (-2.88% to 19.76 euros), saw the decline in sales accelerated to 12.9% in the first half. This is explained by the group with a focus on its brokerage business, which should result in a decrease of 25% of the insurance business in 2010.
Finally, Technicolor (10.81% to 0.41 euros), has received a firm offer from the private equity fund Francisco Partners for the acquisition of the "broadcast professional" Grass Valley.
Sanofi-Aventis lowered its forecast for 2010
The pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis, seeking a major acquisition, had approached the U.S. biotech Genzyme understands the Wall Street Journal on its website. In early July, the French had been the subject of market rumors about a proposed acquisition of U.S. $ 20 billion.
"Discussions are still in their infancy and there is no agreement expected in the immediate future. Issues such as price and management have not yet been addressed. " Both groups refuse to aAny comment.
According to the U.S. daily, officials from Genzyme, which specializes in products for the treatment of orphan diseases, are studying the amount that Sanofi would pay.In Stock, Genzyme capitalization stood at 14 billion dollars (10.8 billion euros) but the group can require a significant premium given its portfolio of drugs. "If we take as a starting point around the 20 billion dollars that has been discussed before, this puts Genzyme to $ 75 (per share)," said Michael Yee, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets.
Blow to Lovenox that will have to battle against a generic
In exchange, the action Genzyme has skyrocketed 15% to 62.52 dollars at the close of Wall Street. And during transactions unofficial title continued to grow.
Faced with competition from generic drugs, many pharmaceutical companies are looking for external growth.And the more that Sanofi-Aventis has paid this Friday a blow, with the approval by U.S. health officials the first of its generic anti-coagulant Lovenox star, his second top-selling drug in the world. "The FDA today approved the Administrationa first generic version of Lovenox, the FDA announced in a statement posted on its website.
This product is developed by the Swiss Sandoz, the generic arm of Novartis, Momenta and American society.Sales of Lovenox, a drug derived from heparin and more complex to copy a traditional chemical molecule had reached 3 billion euros worldwide in 2009, including $ 1.8 billion in the United States.
Sanofi-Aventis revised downwards its forecast 2010
In the first quarter 2010, sales of this drug was 769 million euros, which was still the second largest group of drugs sold worldwide. The FDA's decision also forced to Sanofi-Aventis to reduce its forecast for earnings per share for the year 2010. Sanofi has not waited for the publication of its results on July 29 to do to the markets. "At this stage, the group plans an evolution of the EPS (earnings per share, editor's note) activities for 2010 of between 0% and -4% compared to 2009 at constant exchange rates," says Sanofi- Aventis said in a statement issued late Friday.
In April, the group had confirmed capitalize on growth in earnings per share from 2 to 5% (at constant exchange rates). But this prediction was made without taking into account competition "potential" of a generic Lovenox.
In the longer term, Sanofi-Aventis said in its statement that it "renews its objectives for 2013, as was disclosed in July 2009. At this point the focus group said two billion euros in savings in 2013 compared to 2008, to prepare for the scheduled loss of patent protecting its key drugs in favor of generic manufacturers.
The sales of Sanofi made in the USA by its anticancer Eloxin fell sharply after the launch of generic versions, while its other cancer drugs, Taxotere, will drop its patent to the public in November in Europe and United States.
In late June, Sanofi announced the acquisition of American TargeGen for 560 million dollars (458.5 million euros) in order to strengthen the fight against cancer.
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Resumption of hiring on Wall Street
At the spot where the financial crisis began, the recovery is apparent. Wall Street hiring like crazy in anticipation of better days, according to a study published this weekend by the New York Times.
Nearly two years after the fall of Lehman Brothers and plunging into the worst recession the country since the Great Depression, while the U.S. continues to languish with a persistent unemployment rate to 9.5%, the financial heart of New York recovers to beat him.
It has hired 2,000 people since February. A modest number apparently under the rescue plan 700 billion implemented by the government to save the banks, and 28,000 jobs lost on Wall Street since its peak in 2008 when the industry employed 189 000.
If the sector has hit bottom in terms of job five months ago, hiring is divided since.The pace continues to accelerate, and this recovery is even stronger than the one after the stock market crisis of 2001-2003, according to the New York daily.
This improvement reflects the revival of the New York Stock Exchange, which has made 61.4 billion dollars in profits in 2009, a record high. Deutsche Bank has hired 414 people in New York since the beginning of the year, Credit Suisse hired 600 people in the first quarter worldwide, mostly in New York, Goldman Sachs has created 600 jobs in the first quarter in a global the beginning of the year 2000 and JP Morgan.
Return of the lavish bonuses
At the same time, the copious bonus reappear instant credit report. Despite the recent passage of financial reform, Wall Street returned to "business as usual".Richard Stein, president of Sage Global headhunter, says that a dozen golden boys were offered jobs to more than one million dollars annually.
As jobs continue to disappear or progress to sentences in other sectors such as construction (- 22% since June 2008) or manufacturing (- 14%), the reputation of Wall Street is not close to s' improve nationally.
The recovery of the financial New York nevertheless raises some optimism among economists. When Wall Street goes, America goes well. "Wall Street traditionally hired for a takeover, and it was felt that the economy has hit bottom and it is slowly improving," says Rae Rosen cautiously, an economist at the Federal Reserve of New York .
The health of Wall Street is also great news for the city and the state of New York.20% of tax revenues from the state sector, which contributes 12% of the budget of the city. With wages assumed to average 392,000 dollars a year, against 64,000 for the rest of the workforce in New York, the wealth generated on Wall Street will finance a bloated public sector, with hundreds of thousands of employees in administration of the city, in education and in firefighters …
Why BP is its own insurer
BP has already spent more than three billion dollars to repair the damage from the disaster of the Gulf of Mexico. While adding a little more gets heavier every day, analysts argue the most pessimistic estimates of total bill of 100 billion dollars. The amount is even more impressive that BP is not guaranteed.
The tanker has decided there fifteen years to support himself in a reinsurance subsidiary (a "captive") the management of all of its risks. Given its size, BP did not see the benefit of paying premiums to pool their risks in a relatively small market.
Its subsidiary, Jupiter Insurance, may surrender to its parent up to $ 700 million per event. A rather small amount compared to the competition.For example, Total has a coverage of 1.3 billion dollars for its offshore drilling activity, which 250 million are made with the mutual oil, OIL, born in the early 1970s.
"After a well blowout offshore offshore California and the refusal of the insurance market of the time to cover this risk, tankers have decided to create a mutual dedicated to coverage of risks pollution, explains Gérard Naisse, director risk assessment and insurance group To tal. BP has been a member of OIL before withdrawing. "
Rising premiums
The capacity of offshore insurance is divided between the mutual OIL and Lloyds of London, the first global insurance market absolutely free credit score.In 1988, the explosion of a well off Scotland cost the members of Lloyd's 8 billion pounds. For BP, the amount of the final bill will depend on ongoing legal proceedings and from which he will return.
BP is indeed not the only company involved in the operation of wells. And the big oil struggles to court to best allocate the bill with its partners, which are, themselves, insured market.
Before knowing the exact extent of damage, the insurers have preferred to take the lead, and it shows in their prices. "For renewals of July, there are requests for tariff increases of around 25% for the covers of drilling in deep offshore, notes and Gerard Naisse. It remains to see if oil will agree to pay these prices."Meanwhile, the mutual OIL spark a renewed interest from oil that had opted for self-insurance as BP.
The disaster should not have repercussions beyond this niche of the insurance of offshore drilling. "It's a limited market, rather compartmentalized analysis John Money, head of the energy division of Aon. The accident at BP should not have any impact on other branches of industrial risk. "■
"The accident at BP should have no impact on other branches of industrial hazard"
Controversy over the cost of the G20 in Toronto
So that opens in Toronto on Friday before the G8 summit of the G20 summit on Saturday and Sunday, Canadian public opinion condemns the exorbitant cost of both events, while the country faces a budget deficit. The downtown Toronto is completely blocked during five days and reduced economic activity.
The Summits of the G8 in Huntsville, and G20 in Toronto will cost 1.2 billion dollars (960 million euros) to Canadian taxpayers. Local media raged against the sum of the Pharaohs. The G20 summit in London in April 2009, would cost only $ 30 million (24 million euros). Although comparisons with other peaks are difficult, the Conservative government, grappling with a fiscal deficit of 53.8 billion dollars (43 billion euros or 3.5% deficit to GDP) this year 's is launched into extravagant expenses.
In Huntsville, a town 200 kilometers from Toronto, where the G8 will be held Friday and Saturday, the Conservatives have built a convention center, built parks, renovated sidewalks. The construction of an artificial lake, in a country with hundreds of thousands of lakes, to two million dollars (1.6 million euros), has angered the population. Worse, the work sometimes took place in remote villages of Huntsville.
An economic mistake
The Harper government would have chosen two locations for the G8 and G20 to spoil the voters of Industry Minister Tony Clement in trouble in his riding of Muskoka-Huntsville loan payday. The largest share of expenditure is devoted to security, $ 930 million.The only mounted police has booked 5,500 rooms for nine days for its staff.
Many observers believe that the holding of the G20 in the financial hub of Canada's largest city is an economic mistake. Security measures are such that many companies and universities will close their doors this week. The National Post newspaper relayed an uproar among Canadian workers as a very symbolic of the atmosphere that reigns at the summit: "The G20 against sellers of hot dogs." In the financial district of Toronto, these vendors with their dozens of small meals on wheels are a very colorful tradition popular with businessmen.
The mayor of the Queen City has decided to ban these traders during the nineteen days that are applied security measures in Toronto. During this period, the sellers of hot dogs will have no income.The discontent of Toronto has spread across Canada. In these times of austerity, these peaks of excess may be costly politically for the Conservatives.
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The Paris Bourse expected hesitant
Following a meeting of yo-yo, which still allowed the CAC 40 gaining 0.19% at closing, and thereby save its seventh session up on the Paris Bourse this should again hesitate Friday morning.
Around 8:20, the CAC 40 futures contract on predicted still opening up slightly from 0.2% to 3691 points.
Like the U.S. markets, which also ended up in small and Asian stock markets, changing early this morning in a disorganized.
Euro side, the rebound is confirmed. On Friday morning, about 87 hours, it all round score 1.2400 dollar. There is still less than two weeks, it was worth about $ 1.19. A recovery that is explained more by technical effects that real underlying trend upward, experts said.
Rich economic news in Europe
In France, on Friday released the book "The French economy" of INSEE.The institute will also present the final results of the index of base monthly salary of the first quarter of 2010. At midday, the index value of orders received in the industry in April appear.
In Germany, Destatis publish the producer prices in May In the United Kingdom, the figures on public finances will be available in May. In Italy, these are the industrial orders contained in the agenda.
In Spain, the IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is received by the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, amid persistent rumors but denied reports of financial assistance to Spain.
Thursday night, Nicolas Sarkozy, following the Summit of Heads of State in Brussels, said there was "no concern" about the financial health of Spain and no plan aid was in the agenda.
Danone: strategy leader in Russia
Danone and Russian Unimilk announced Friday they would merge their dairy operations in Russia and nearby states no fax payday loans. This merger will create a new entity representing a turnover of 1.5 billion euros, the leader in dairy products in Russia with a market share of 21%.
Danone is the majority shareholder of the new company with 57.5% of the capital. "With this transaction, Danone's net debt will increase by 1.3 billion euros," added the group.
Distribution The distribution Leclerc abandons his device "security updates" deployed in 130 of its 520 stores, according to information from Figaro. Too complex and too costly, he failed to derail the bids of Carrefour and Auchan.
The construction group Vinci has won the contract to renovate the Victoria underground station in London, whose work should begin in 2011 and completed in 2018.Transport of London (TFL) of an amount refers to total 700 million pounds (840 million euros) for the entire renovation of the station.
Sanofi-Aventis Lab has obtained the approval from the FDA (Health Authority) for U.S. marketing of its anticancer Jevtana.
Lagardere Guy Wyser-Pratte wrote to the AMF (AMF) to request an investigation on the counting of votes on resolutions presented at the Annual General Lagardere late April, reported Thursday on its site Expansion Internet.
The biotech company Transgene, which held its general meeting on Thursday announced the merger of the functions of chairman and CEO, both assigned to Philippe Archinard.
Rhodia Standard & Poor's said the credit ratings and the prospect of chemical remained unchanged after the announcement of the acquisition of Chinese Feixiang for a little over 397 million euros.