| The growth has progress of 0,1% with the troisime quarter 2008 according to INSEE. France quickly thus a deuxime conscutif quarter of fall of the GDP.
France has well chapp accuracy the rcession with the troisime quarter by recording a growth of 0,1%, according to a deuxime provided estimate Monday by INSEE, which confirms first rsultats publis mid-November.
Aprs to have enregistr a retreat of its product rough intrior (GDP) of 0,3% with the deuxime quarter, France quickly thus a deuxime conscutif quarter of fall of the GDP, which marks, according to the dfinition communment allowed, enters it in rcession of a conomy.
According to INSEE, the asset of growth of France for 2008 remains of 1,0% with the troisime quarter. The asset of growth is the level of GDP which one is Sr that it will be reached, except in the event of rcession during the following quarters.
But it should be a question only of one deferment of trs short hard. In its dernires prvisions, the Statistical institute thus expects what France rocks in the rcession with the dbut of the nearest Anne for the premire time since 1993: it prvoit a collapse of its GDP of 0,8% at the last quarters 2008, followed by a... |
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| The grve starts this Saturday will continue. No amlioration to wait before Monday evening, according to CGT.
Grves railwaymen, dregs in particular a new organization of the schedules and workloads, will still disturb Sunday the circulation of the trains in Ile-de-France and in the Alpes-Maritimes, indiqu Saturday the SNCF has AFP.
“There will be no volution Sunday, has dclar the spokesperson of the SNCF, the traffic will follow Mrs. programs that Saturday”.
In Ile-de-France, on the sector of the station of Paris Saint-Lazare, a train on two will circulate on the lines Transilien J (Mantes-The-Pretty, Gisors, Ermont/Eaubonne) and L (Versailles Right Bank, Saint-Name-the-Bretche, Cergy-le-Haut).
AFP/Archives/Francois Guillot
A user moves towards the quays, the 25 dcembre 2008 parks Saint-Lazare Paris.
Friday, a CGT person in charge of Paris Saint-Lazare had confi AFP that there was “very little chance that the dbloque situation before Monday evening”, grateful nanmoins that the direction had made them “proposals”.
“There are advances, but the account yet”, had prcis is not there.
In the Alpes-Maritimes, the grve of the drivers of Nice east since Thursday in its troisime... |
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| The direction of the 3 Swiss ones has indiqu this Friday that “no dcision east finalizes” on ventuelles suppressions of employment, dmentant the figure of 400 stations supprims avanc by the Barber.
The direction of the 3 Swiss ones has indiqu this Friday to have “enclench a deep change of its mtier of the sale outdistances”, but that “no dcision east finalizes” on ventuelles suppressions of employment, dmentant the figure of 400 stations supprims avanc by the Barber.
AFP/Denis Charlet
The sige of the 3 Swiss Crosses (Northern) the 26 dcembre 2008
“3 Swiss has enclench a deep change of its mtier of the sale outdistances. The whole of the leading quipes and the personnel have been mobilized for several months in the transformation of the modle commercial O the E-trade continues its dveloppement and reprsente dj more than 40% of the turnover”, crit the direction in a communiqu.
“This redploiement ncessite galement a rflexion on the processes, the organizations and the comptences cls. This stage, no dcision east finalizes natural to engage the process of consultation of managements and labor”, is it addition.
According to the Barber of Friday, “the 3 Swiss ones count for... |
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| Group 3 Swiss will announce as a fvrier a reorganization of width which will result in more than 400 redundancies, crit Le Figaro.
Group 3 Swiss, numro two franais of the mail-order selling, will announce as a fvrier a reorganization of width which will result in more than 400 redundancies, crit Le Figaro.
The direction from the group, dtenu 55% by German Otto and 45% by the Mulliez family - galement propritaire, inter alia, of soldering irons Auchan and Dcathlon -, has “neither confirm nor dmenti our information”, prcise the daily newspaper.
The other spcialists franais of the VPC, Redoute and Camif, is also affects by the crisis of the sector. Redoute had annonc in October the removal of 672 stations, points out the newspaper, and Camif is in compulsory liquidation.
“Nobody must feel the shelter”
The direction of the 3 Swiss ones has prvenu the reprsentants of the personnel “a few days ago”, crit Le Figaro: “Nobody must feel the shelter.”
According to information of the newspaper, the redundancies would relate to in particular the sige socit, Roubaix, O 140 170 stations disparatraient.
The other suppressions would relate to the six centers of calls, situs... |
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| The dpenses of consumption of the mnages amricains have retreat of 0,6% instead of the 0,8% annoncs. It is nanmois the 5th conscutif month which the mnages consume less, which does not conceal arriv since 1959 from the United States.
The dpenses of consumption of the mnages amricains have baiss in November for the cinquime conscutif month, which is not arriv since 1959, moving back of 0,6% per October report/ratio, according to the official figures corrigs of the variations saisonnires publis Wednesday.
The fall is nanmoins infrieure with the prvisions of the analysts, who counted on a drop of the consumption of 0,8%.
The incomes of the mnages have retreat for their part for the premire time since July, cdant 0,2% in November, according to these give dpartement Trade. The analysts awaited a stabilit incomes compared to the month prcdent.
By rduisant their consumption more than did not decrease their income, the hearths were careful face the crisis, prfrant to put money the shelter in prvision of more dark days, as in tmoigne the strong increase in their rate of pargne which is not 2,8% of their income available (against 2,4% in October), that is to say its more high... |
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| “Vis-a-vis current uncertainties”, the Fortis bank has dcid to resell dollars amricains and pounds sterling.
The Fortis bank has annonc Wednesday to have enregistr a loss on transactions on foreign currency of 295 million euros, causes by the rcente lowers exchange value of the dollar amricain and pound sterling.
“In the optics of clture considers oprations with the Belgian government and BNP Paribas advertisements on October 6, Fortis had acquired dollars amricains and pounds sterling the 8 dcembre”, indicates Fortis in a communiqu.
“Vis-a-vis current uncertainties”
“Vis-a-vis current uncertainties”, Fortis has dcid to resell the dollars amricains and the pounds sterling concerns, which has gnr a net loss of 295 million euros.
Following the “unexpected judgement” of the Court of Appeal of Brussels of the 12 dcembre, the clture of the transactions with the Belgian government and BNP Paribas, including the cration of a entit considers for hberger the wallet of crdits structurs, has T suspended, according to Fortis.
The loss has engendr a contraction of the position of pro forma liquidits clear at September 30, 2008 (as the 19 dcembre communicates), which is master key of... |
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| Free leaves Fdration franaise tlcoms, supposed reprsenter the collective intrts of the sector. According to the supplier of accs Internet, “the conditions of the competition would not allow the expression of joint positions”.
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Freebox
Free (socit Iliad) has dcid to leave Fdration franaise tlcoms (FFT), estimating that “the current conditions of competition made difficult the expression of positions joint”, one learned Tuesday auprs from the supplier of accs Internet and the FFT.
This fdration, which gathers the oprateurs of tlphonie and the suppliers of accs Internet, has T Cr in September 2007 for reprsenter the sector.
Whereas the attribution of a quatrime mobile licence of tlphonie - that Free covets remainder dubious, the group is in addition in dsaccord with France Tlcom (Orange), SFR and Numericable on the modalits of dploiement of fiberoptic.
Fdration franaise of the tlcoms said “regrets (R) this dcision that it espre temporary”. Iliad, whose dpart will be effective in January, is dclar of open sound ct “to return Fdration term when the conditions are runies to work together on a strong program and partag, with-LED of the competing divergences”. While waiting,... |
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| The ngociation on professional training will continue on January 6, managements and labor not having been able to agree on the whole of the questions examine Monday, one learned auprs from Medef.
Trade unions and employers' associations are however dj agreements to several measures, whose cration of funds of formation for the chmeurs and the salaris less qualifis, has prcis a spokesperson of employers' association.
This funds known as “of scurisation of the professional paths” will bnficiera of financings structural and of the economic situation for an entire amount ranging between 300 and 800 million euros.
Its amount will be fix by the National council for professional training.
An equal work group will examine in addition a rforme of individual Cong of formation (Cif) and Individual right the formation (Dif). It will have to return its conclusions before April 30, has addition the spokesperson.
The minister and the secrtaire of State Employment have annonc that a bill would be prsent dbut 2009 with for objectives directing the funds of the formation towards the chmeurs and less qualifis, of dvelopper the formation in SME, of better insrer the young people and to... |
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| The Minister for housing Chrisine Boutin announces that the device of the house 15 euros will be tended to the apartments, in a maintenance with Parisian the publi Monday.
AFP
Christine Boutin, on November 25, 2008.
“Snat has dj vot the law of mobilization for housing in urgency making it possible to tighten the device of the house 15 euros to the multifamily apartment”, dclare Mrs. Boutin. “National will examine it ds Assembles It January or dbut fvrier”, adds it.
According to the minister, the extension of the device “should make it possible to achieve the objective of 30.000” residences financs, the conditions so much Mrs. for the houses and the apartments.
Their financing is assur by the device of theLand one, which makes it possible to pay the house initially, then the ground, grce a bearing by the 1% housing. The VAT is rduite 5,5% instead of 19,6%.
AFP/Archives/Mychle Daniau
A painter works in a housing built within the framework of the device of the house 15 euros, in April 2008 prs of Caen
Concerning the program of houses 15 euros, which aimed last April crer 5.000 houses in one year, “we are currently 3.000 lances”, affirms Mrs. Boutin.
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| The bank Hypo Real Estate, one of hard the keys by the crisis financire and conomic world, in Germany, have annonc to want to remove prs moiti of its manpower over three years.
“The number of the employs will pass from some 1.800 approximately 1.000 during the three next anuses”, has annonc the bank, in a communiqu publi in the night of Friday Saturday.
“Two thirds of employment which goes tre supprims find out of Germany”, has prcis bank of Munich HRE, by adding that it counted “externaliser and to sell” some of its activits.
The bank has soulign that it will test “when it is possible of viter the dismissals”.
Bank deprives spcialise in the real financings, HRE has T trangle in September by problmes of liquidits, in particular because of the dboires of its Irish subsidiary company Depfa. The German State has contribution to him several tens of billion guarantees since dbut October. |
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