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		<title>It is good to be a shareholder in Asian societies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ For twelve years OCG Consulting conducted the survey, such a situation had never arrived. * The ten companies that have created the most value for their shareholders in the world between 2005 and 2009 are all Asian. Not a single Western society on the charts. In the Top 10, seven of which are Chinese [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> For twelve years OCG Consulting conducted the survey, such a situation had never arrived. * The ten companies that have created the most value for their shareholders in the world between 2005 and 2009 are all Asian. Not a single Western society on the charts. In the Top 10, seven of which are Chinese both are based in Hong Kong. </p>
<p> TSR = Total Shareholder Return: returns for actionnairesMarket value = market capitalization in billions of dollars.</p>
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		<title>Orange offers its subscribers Deezer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ They were the first pups born of the marriage of convenience between Orange, a subsidiary of France Telecom, and Deezer. The telecom operator and the site plays music Thursday night unveiled the commercial offers will be available to Orange subscribers to access the unlimited music on their mobile and as part of a subscription [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> They were the first pups born of the marriage of convenience between Orange, a subsidiary of France Telecom, and Deezer. The telecom operator and the site plays music Thursday night unveiled the commercial offers will be available to Orange subscribers to access the unlimited music on their mobile and as part of a subscription to the Internet. </p>
<p> Deezer hopes to increase its subscriber base &#8211; from 25,000 today to 200,000 by the end of the year and one million a year &#8211; and expand its sales &#8211; 6 million euros in 2009 20 million euros in 2010. Orange, meanwhile, has &quot;to differentiate the active target urban youth and families with teenagers.Indeed, if access to Deezer Premium is included in the packages Origami and a triple play offer at 29.90 euros per month it costs 5 euros extra per month for other packages <a href="http://payday-4all.com">No fax payday advances</a><!-- . -->. </p>
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<p> It remains for both partners, who unveiled their alliance in late July, to sign the agreement validates the rise of Orange in the capital of Deezer. The French operator will take 11% share in the listening site, which provides not need to raise new funds to launch its international deployment in the fall. </p>
<p> This partnership is strategic to guarantee a peaceful future to Deezer.This yields a significant boost to the development of its subscriber base pay, additional income for determining advertising revenue generated on the paid site, which must repay the rights to record labels and copyright societies to exploit the 7 million shares offered to its users. </p>
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<p> &quot;Music: Orange launches Deezer </p>
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		<title>The Elysee revises down growth in 2011</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> 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. </p>
<p> 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. </p>
<p> &quot;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,&quot; said on RTL Budget Minister Francois Baroin.</p>
<p> If the government recognizes that 2011 will be worse than expected, the growth target for 2010 of 1.4%, should be well met, &quot;or even exceeded, welcomes the Elysee. &quot;On the pressure of potential revenue will be fully allocated to deficit reduction.&quot; </p>
<p> &quot;After a GDP growth of 0.2% in the first quarter, a growth of 0.6% was recorded in the second quarter,&quot; said the Elysee. &quot;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. &quot; </p>
<p> Find 3000000000 </p>
<p> &quot;[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, &quot;said Baroin. </p>
<p> 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 &quot;too optimistic&quot; the official forecast. Recently, Bercy also acknowledged work scenario around 2%. </p>
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		<title>Auto: sales of &quot;Big Three&quot; climb</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#34;The recovery is slow but it is there.&#34; On Tuesday, the director of U.S. sales of General Motors (GM), Don Johnson, was optimistic. Exited bankruptcy in July 2009, restored and relieved of some of its debts, the manufacturer claims for the month of July sales in the U.S. rose 5.4% year on year to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> &quot;The recovery is slow but it is there.&quot; On Tuesday, the director of U.S. sales of General Motors (GM), Don Johnson, was optimistic. Exited bankruptcy in July 2009, restored and relieved of some of its debts, the manufacturer claims for the month of July sales in the U.S. rose 5.4% year on year to 199,692 units. Off Hummer, Saturn and Pontiac, being closed, and Saab, sold to the Dutch Spyker, sales of the first American manufacturer reached 199,432 units, up 24.6% year on year. </p>
<p> In detail, the Cadillac and Buick brands saw sales increase by respectively 142% and 137%. In contrast, Chevrolet, which represents the bulk of group sales with 139,916 units sold last month rose more slowly (12% on a year). The manufacturer announced the transition of its sales jumped 22.2% on a year in China last month.</p>
<p> Ford, the second of the Big Three, has published sales up 5% to 166,092 units sold on American soil. This increase remains well below the 13% expected by the markets awarded the title in stock (-1.44% to 12.97%). The increase is mainly attributed to the addition of trucks (+27.4%). Sales of the Ford Focus for example, have plunged nearly 30%. </p>
<p> The third U.S. manufacturer, Chrysler, reported an increase in sales of the same order: 5% year on year to 93,313 units, driven by the success of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee (54%). The 2011 version of this model was launched only two weeks ago. This is the first new model since the release of the bankruptcy group in June 2009.&quot;The vehicle has good national and international journals&quot;, says sales manager, Fred Diaz. </p>
<p> Toyota and Honda fall </p>
<p> The Asian competitors are not far behind. The South Korean Hyundai and Kia in particular have seen their sales increase by 19% and 21%. Japanese ad for Nissan&#39;s share of sales up 14.6%. </p>
<p> By contrast, Toyota saw its shipments drop 6.8% in the United States to 169,224 units. Honda also reported performance against the trend, with a decline of 5.6% of new car registrations last month. </p>
<p> Reassured </p>
<p> Analysts said the figures show an upturn for the industry according to figures from June which had emerged down compared to May &quot;After the June data, everyone had said that, finally, the sector was not yet out of.Now, it appears that this month was a hiccup, &quot;has said Al Castignetti, commercial director for the Nissan brand to the U.S. market. </p>
<p> On July alone, the American automotive market is expected to exceed the million new vehicles sold. On an annualized basis, analysts on average expect a market to 11.4 million vehicles in July, against 11.2 million a year ago and 11.08 million in June </p>
<p> ALSO READ: </p>
<p> &quot;GM is considering a return on the stock market this year </p>
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		<title>Novelli creates a commission on sales buoyant</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Final figures will not be available before school, but this last day of summer sales, the Secretary of State for Trade Herve Novelli wished to reiterate its appreciation for this vintage 2010, one year better than the two previous Both declined. Visiting a temple Parisian trade, Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann, the minister reiterated [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Final figures will not be available before school, but this last day of summer sales, the Secretary of State for Trade Herve Novelli wished to reiterate its appreciation for this vintage 2010, one year better than the two previous Both declined. Visiting a temple Parisian trade, Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann, the minister reiterated that the period of the balance which has just passed an average increase in turnover of between 5% and 15%. </p>
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<p> Apart from e-tailers (Sarenza, Brandalley &#8230;) announced on Tuesday that rates of double-digit growth for the period, many professionals do not share the enthusiasm of Herve Novelli.The Federation of clothing stores (FEH) regretted that such an influx of customers from the first two weeks have calmed down a lot, accusing the floating balances, these balances traditional free-off period &#8211; established by law to modernize the economy in 2008. </p>
<p> &quot;I heard here and there a number of criticisms concerning the treatment of sales&quot;, said the minister explained that the decision to introduce these additional weeks of balances had not been taken lightly and was the result of months consultation. Nevertheless, he announced the creation of a commission before 15 September 2010 to review progress on this measure for any amendments. Issue which does not entail, for now, its membership.</p>
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<p> Echoing the complaints of his guest of the day, Philippe Houze, chief executive of Galeries Lafayette, Herve Novelli also Secretary of State for Tourism has benefited from his visit to criticize the mayor of Paris. Bertrand Delanoe has indeed refused classification of the Boulevard Haussmann department stores and in tourist areas, preventing their opening Sunday. </p>
<p> Extolling the benefits of overseas customers which is keen to encourage the arrival, the Minister expressed his disappointment, and denounce the importance of the shortfall caused by this decision. &quot;We must understand the economic and tourism sector&quot;, he said, recalling that the vast majority of Parisians (70%) would not oppose the opening of large stores in the area on Sunday.</p>
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<p> &quot;The summer sales have not recipe </p>
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		<title>Banier: 710,000 euros per year L&#039;Oreal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The case Bettencourt rebounds in the economic field. Le Monde said in its edition dated 31 July, the bonds that unite Francois-Marie Banier, this time not to Liliane Bettencourt directly, but to society that it is the first shareholder, L&#39;Oreal. The newspaper said the cosmetics group had concluded in 2001 a &#34;sponsorship agreement&#34; and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The case Bettencourt rebounds in the economic field. Le Monde said in its edition dated 31 July, the bonds that unite Francois-Marie Banier, this time not to Liliane Bettencourt directly, but to society that it is the first shareholder, L&#39;Oreal. The newspaper said the cosmetics group had concluded in 2001 a &quot;sponsorship agreement&quot; and a &quot;service contract&quot; with society Héricy, founded in 1996 by Francois-Marie Banier. The friend of Liliane Bettencourt would receive each year and 710,000 euros per year under these two contracts, and until December 31, 2011. Income is slightly lower than, for example, the patron of Michelin, Michel Rollier.</p>
<p> The day of the signing of these agreements, whose existence was confirmed by lawyer Francois-Marie Banier, it would have sent a letter to the former CEO of L&#39;Oreal, Lindsay Owen-Jones, making reference to payments &quot;Dear Lindsay, It is with great emotion that I have just signed the contract that allows me to work even for ten years without the desire to please,&quot; wrote François-Marie Banier, already accused by Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the daughter of Liliane Bettencourt, &quot;abuse of weakness&quot; on the person of his mother. </p>
<p> This time, it is the shareholders who turned against Francois-Marie Banier. According to Le Monde, citing the lawyer Frederik-Karel Canoy, a sixty shareholders have decided to join the approach of Michel Tiphineau, a retiree who has already filed complaints against Francois-Marie Banier 5 July last for abuse of corporate assets .The Paris prosecutors opened a preliminary inquiry, which has been entrusted to police the financial police. </p>
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<p> &quot;The many gifts of Liliane Bettencourt </p>
<p> &quot;Before the police, Woerth dismisses charges </p>
<p> Patrice de Maistre back in custody </p>
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		<title>GDF Suez bid for International Power</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The rumors have picked up this weekend in the British press about GDF Suez and the acquisition of British rival International Power. The group confirmed in a statement Monday morning that &#34;discussions are continuing&#34; on a rapprochement between the two groups. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The rumors have picked up this weekend in the British press about GDF Suez and the acquisition of British rival International Power. The group confirmed in a statement Monday morning that &quot;discussions are continuing&quot; on a rapprochement between the two groups. </p>
<p> &quot;This merger would be achieved by issuing new shares in International Power profits of GDF Suez, which would become the majority shareholder of the new group International Power,&quot; the statement said. </p>
<p> The Mail on Sunday newspaper suggests an offer of 6.4 billion pounds (7.6 billion euros), or 420 pence per share. It is expected that International Power pays a special dividend in cash to compensate its shareholders.</p>
<p> &quot;The new group International Power is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, also states the release. </p>
<p> The Financial Times and the Mail on Sunday explained that negotiations between the two groups, which had ended without success in January, resumed two weeks ago. Through this transaction, GDF Suez wants to both increase its electricity production capacity from 68 to 100 GW and develop its international activities. </p>
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		<title>Garden Party: caterers minimize cancellations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The garden party at the Elysée has it been canceled too late? The caterers will they be reimbursed? Taxpayers will pay the note they? After the announcement of the cancellation of approvals under the Ministries of Interior, Overseas, in the prefectures and sub-prefectures, these issues are on everyone&#39;s lips. Especially since the member Rene [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The garden party at the Elysée has it been canceled too late? The caterers will they be reimbursed? Taxpayers will pay the note they? After the announcement of the cancellation of approvals under the Ministries of Interior, Overseas, in the prefectures and sub-prefectures, these issues are on everyone&#39;s lips. Especially since the member Rene Dosière (related PS) spoke for the receipt of an invoice 313 618 2009 euros. The debate, then fed by Ségolène Royal in an interview with the Nouvel Observateur, however, is minimized by the main actors of the case. </p>
<p> &quot;There was no cancellation in the legal sense. These are the tenders that have been canceled. Today, nobody can say &#39;I lost the case, because no one had been chosen &quot;slice Lars Bernard, vice president of Synhorcat, a leading professional trade.&quot;So there is no impact because in this profession, we do not prepare anything in advance. A caterer is not Picard, irritated the union representative. </p>
<p> Same story on the side of the Elysee usual caterers. &quot;We were still at the stage of tendering. We filed our application and we expect the answer. We have therefore incurred no expenses, &quot;said Francois Raynier, owner of upscale catering Raynier Marchetti, who denies the passage strengthened its team of 150 people in anticipation of the Garden Party. &quot;150 is our average size,&quot; says he. </p>
<p> &quot;From homemade </p>
<p> The prefecture also announced that the cancellations last minute should incur any costs because the buffets are mostly prepared in-house. &quot;We use the kitchen of the prefecture,&quot; says one in Rennes.In the Sarthe, everything is &quot;homemade&quot; due to &quot;credit limit&quot;. The few jurisdictions involving caterers explain &#8211; as is the case in Mayenne &#8211; they were still &quot;at the stage estimates. </p>
<p> In the Alpes-Maritimes, the services of the prefecture are in this case state spending &quot;very minimal&quot; to &quot;a few hundred euros&quot;: &quot;We&#39;re pooling with the city of Nice and the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes limit spending from outside caterers, &quot;says a spokeswoman. </p>
<p> Flexibility </p>
<p> Even if there had been a contract between two parties, there is no fixed schedule for repayment in the profession, making negotiations on a case by case basis between the provider and client. &quot;It&#39;s the law of business but we always find common ground,&quot; says Bernard Bras.In case of cancellation, the situation remains manageable, &quot;he assures,&quot; It is a profession without visibility. Sometimes some customers confirm the case only 3-4 days before the big day We are accustomed to this kind of situation. &quot; </p>
<p> At the forefront of the controversy, the food critics temper this speech. According to them, traders are well advised not to claim compensation for the expected win lucrative contracts in the future. &quot;It&#39;s flattering to prepare the buffet or the Elysee Matignon is a commercial asset, an honor, a good card,&quot; says Claude Lebey, editor and author of restaurant guides. </p>
<p> Rebound </p>
<p> The representative of Synhorcat still regrets the loss of activity represented by these cancellations. &quot;We are talking thousands of hours of work.For the Elysee, the decision could also have been taken earlier this year when the budget is fixed &#8230;. </p>
<p> For the future, the profession remains optimistic. The idea of a snowball effect of cancellations is scanned. &quot;On the corporate side, which represent nearly 80% of our business, we see a rather significant recovery from last year,&quot; says Lars Bernard. &quot;These are not exceptional receptions for when the box is bad, do not &#39;do too much peter cap&#39;. But when there is a quick turnaround, we must celebrate. This is happening today. &quot; The other big market traders &#8211; that of individuals &#8211; is also on the mend: &quot;over time, we notice that people continue to celebrate events,&quot; notes vice president of Synhorcat. The public sector, the smallest of openings, should be the one to be hit hard.</p>
<p> &quot;End 2008-2009, business has plummeted because of last minute cancellations of contracts. In the worst of the crisis, some professionals have lost 40% activity. 2010 is therefore a year of healing. Regarding cancellations, we are entitled to think that this will not be like that all year, &quot;concludes Lars Bernard. </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The morale of French households do not seem to favor a clear recovery in consumption. In the first quarter, sales of Casino in France and have fallen 0.9% after falling 2.7% in 2009. Although the strong growth recorded by the distributor Stéphanois abroad (10.2% in the first quarter, after 5% last year) largely offset [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The morale of French households do not seem to favor a clear recovery in consumption. In the first quarter, sales of Casino in France and have fallen 0.9% after falling 2.7% in 2009. Although the strong growth recorded by the distributor Stéphanois abroad (10.2% in the first quarter, after 5% last year) largely offset this decline, the group must respond. Jean-Charles Naouri, its CEO, shares his strategy in an interview with Le Figaro. </p>
<p> LE FIGARO &#8211; The morale of your customer shops is it affected by the crisis? </p>
<p> Jean-Charles Naouri &#8211; Many signs show that pessimism has worsened. He returned in September 2008, at the peak of the crisis. Because of the crisis of Greek and that of the euro, the fear of job loss has increased and concern about the standard of living reached a record high since 2007.The French prefer the job security of their purchasing power and their careers. This general pessimism is, however disconnected from the real economy, which seems to gradually resume. France is no longer in a situation of danger of deflation, the interest rates are permanently lower a guarantee for the future, and the weak euro is an element of recovery. The figures, including our own business performance, there are better a couple years. </p>
<p> Consumer behavior change it? </p>
<p> We found two relatively recent trends Firstly, in an environment seen as more complex, consumers no longer want it decides for them. They want to regain control over product quality, origin and value for money in particular.Similarly, while far to the client, other consumers were at best indifferent and at worst seen as troublemakers, he now draws more and more choices to their preferences and ratings. This horizontal communication facilitated by the Internet, this new proximity, we must reflect and inspire us to develop relationships with our customers in and outside the store. </p>
<p> How are you adapting? </p>
<p> We have a head start in this area because we have long been close to the heart of our strategy. We could for example indicate, in each point of sale, the preferred products or selling. We already strong commitments on the quality of our products.We reassure our customers, for example about what they buy indicating on the Casino-brand products, in addition to the nutritional use their carbon footprint, or that they are without oil palm and gluten free. We just put in place within the group, a Health Committee attended by several senior experts whose mission is to anticipate health issues and help Casino make good choices on offer. We also test systems dematerialized Innovative allowing customers to share their recommendations. </p>
<p> Hypermarkets Géant Casino continue to lose market share.Are they so essential for the massification of procurement and management of shopping malls you plan to transfer them not to invest in your most promising formats nearby? </p>
<p> I believe in small and medium format hypermarkets (6 000-8 000 square meters), which constitute the backbone of malls. I believe in the relevance of non-food offer in textiles, leisure and household equipment. Casino no reason to separate from Géant. Our superstores are as profitable as those of our competitors, and we set the target that market share has stabilized Géant Casino this year.Remember, also, that 40% of group turnover from international have a double-digit growth in France and the formats most carriers (Franprix, Monoprix supermarket Casino &#8230;) know sustained growth, which boosts the overall growth of revenues of Casino. </p>
<p> How is the recovery of your brand discount Leader Price, whose sales fell sharply last year? </p>
<p> This is another priority group in France in 2010. We are very pleased with the sales growth in stores converted to the new concept and we are accelerating the pace of refurbishment of outlets from week to week. </p>
<p> Could you introduce CDiscount stock exchange to accelerate the deleveraging of the group? </p>
<p> This is not the agenda.A listing imposes many constraints on management whose priority now is to continue double-digit growth in turnover. We are the leader, but in a very competitive environment. </p>
<p> Can you imagine Rueducommerce complementarities with the site, which Rally has just 8% of capital? </p>
<p> It is a very minority participation, without presence on the board of directors. </p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> This is not a surprise but the time is more than ever in a pinch. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy will meet on Monday to prepare the European Council by the end of the week and the G20 Toronto. Discussions will focus obviously on public deficits in the euro area, including sanctions to apply against the states that are lax or new ways of coordination of economic policies. Originally scheduled on June 7 last, the interview was postponed, allowing the two leaders unveiled their own plans for savings. </p>
<p> French plan considered &quot;practicable&quot; </p>
<p> The plan submitted by Paris this weekend, is considered &quot;feasible&quot; by the Governor of the Bank of France, Christian Noyer.This has indeed said Sunday he is &quot;perfectly possible&quot; for France to bring its public deficit to 3% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2013 as foreseen in the government aims to reduce the public deficit (government, corporate accounts, local communities), 100 billion. To do this, the Governor of the Bank of France has called for &quot;focus on measures to reduce expenditure&quot; <a href="http://payday-loans-cheap.com">Guaranteed no fax payday loans</a><!-- . -->. </p>
<p> Effort on the sources of expenditure </p>
<p> And that&#39;s the government&#39;s target. The Budget Minister Francois Baroin said Sunday that the objective will be achieved by making &quot;a major effort on all sources of expenditure, the state plans to cut public spending by 45 billion euros. The Minister added that this effort on ITélé would &quot;not less&quot; than in Germany.In Germany, the government wants to save 80 billion by 2014, thanks to budget cuts in military spending and social. </p>
<p> The question remains what the market reaction. For now, a report published Sunday by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says that the bailout of the European Union has not defused the fears of the markets. The institutions in Basel has also reaffirmed that the French and German banks are particularly exposed to the debts of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain with a respective total of 493 billion and 465 billion dollars. </p>
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