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The Wii is going to hand. Consistently cited by many sources, Nintendo is preparing to introduce a new game console, at the latest at E3, the largest international exhibition of video games to be held early June in Los Angeles. The general view, this new console, the ability to display games in high definition, will be significantly more powerful than the Wii, and perhaps superior to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, its competition with Microsoft and Sony .

The transition to HD will adapt games from the PC and other consoles, says the site Game Informer. If the Wii has distinguished itself from the competition with its motion sensing controller to the Wiimote, it has been hampered by a lack of quality games developed by third-party publishers, other than Nintendo.Last fall, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata admitted that the links with these game developers were too stretched. Thus, nine of the ten best selling games on Wii have been developed internally by Nintendo.

Nintendo have this time sought to be exemplary. The Japanese company would have involved its partners well in advance, so they start early game development, which would explain the passage the amount of leakage of information. In addition to saving power, the technical architecture would approach that of the Xbox 360, including the development tools are known and appreciated by the editors, outlines 01net.The new console will also adopt a Blu-ray, for storing sets of larger size, and always read the old games on the Wii thanks to backwards compatibility.

A touch pad as a joystick

According Computerandvideogames and 01net, the new console will also be accompanied by a new kind of controller. This unique accessory will take the form of a touch pad with a diagonal of around six inches, which will incorporate a front camera and replace the Wiimote. Each equipped with their own shelf, so players will have an individual screen, in addition to the image displayed on the TV. They will be able to deploy new strategies, out of sight of their opponents.

With this new controller, Nintendo KINECTS to replicate Microsoft's and Sony's Move, which focus only on the recognition of movements, in line with the Wii.The accessory will also be a response to smartphones and touch pads. A study by Google found that users of tablets used it primarily to play, before the Internet search and found the emails. According to a study released Friday, sales of games and Android iOS in 2010 accounted for 8% of U.S. income sector.

These speculations about a new Nintendo console arise while sales of Wii seriously slow. In the U.S., sales in the first quarter were halved in a year, according to data released by the NPD Friday. With over 80 million units sold worldwide, the Wii has largely outpaced the Xbox 360 and PS3, which exceeded the 50 million sales, but whose life will be longer.The output of the Wii's successor could come at the end of 2012.

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Nicolas Hulot, who had to declare candidacy for president on Wednesday morning that the economy is disconnected from reality. "I try to ask again and again the question of an economic model compatible with the physical reality of the world," he declared last December. The standard is not abundance but scarcity ", contrary to prevailing economic theories.

Created 20 years ago, Hulot Foundation for Nature and Man published in recent years of economic policy recommendations. The rhetoric to concrete action, these works are now a genuine box idea for an environmentalist candidate.

The instigators. Nicolas Hulot likes to say he knows nothing about economics. This is less true.He has surrounded himself in recent years of senior economists, like Patrick Criqui, an expert in the fight against climate change, or the founders of the consulting firm Carbone 4, Jean-Marc Jancovici and Alain Grandjean, advocates of "development sustainable. " Last December, he sent to Paris for a conference Tim Jackson, a British economist reference advocating a reduction in consumption.

"Desecrate GDP". "An infinite growth in a finite world is hopeless: there must be a fool or an economist to believe it," said Nicolas Hulot last December at a conference, paraphrasing the economist Kenneth Boulding. We must therefore evaluate the progress that otherwise simply by gross domestic product (GDP), which measures the creation of wealth by a country. Hulot Foundation for enthusiastic and alternative economic indicators, such as carbon footprint, or welfare no fax pay day loan.And welcomes the passage Stiglitz report commissioned by Nicolas Sarkozy on the measurement of social progress.

A large loan to finance "green economy". Education, training and research, "clean technology" energy saving … Hulot Foundation has calculated that France needs to invest 600 billion euros by 2020 in sustainable development. To avoid digging all the public debt, the state must borrow from the European Central Bank "to zero or very low." Economists of the NGO out the measurement in a technical appendix of 20 pages. Nearly 100 billion euros should be invested for example in the construction of 500,000 new homes, advocates the foundation.

Radical reform of taxation. Staunch defender of the carbon tax, Nicolas Hulot has apparently failed to disarm it.Its foundation therefore recommends to "pay more in energy consumption and reduce taxes on labor." Through the establishment of a climate energy "tax on energy consumption enterprises, governments and households," says the foundation in a document dated June 2009. This tax would be offset by a universal allowance climate for smaller households and less polluting.

Clamp finance. Hulot Foundation believes that "limiting the ability of banks to finance operations without social interest" in limiting the borrowing capacity of investors who speculate. It proposes to limit operations to leverage and lead the hunt for tax havens.

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The CAC 40 breaks finally the figure of 4,000 points on Wednesday. In the wake of Wall Street – the Dow Jones gained 0.66% at 12,278 points – and Asian stock markets – the Nikkei climbed 1.92% to 9640.31 points, the Paris index opens up 0.91 % to 4024.02 points. And this after having stumbled twice on the psychological threshold. On Tuesday, the Cac 40 ended up 0.27% to 3987.80 points.

On the macroeconomic front, the INSEE published 12 hours the number of business failures for the month of October. For the euro zone economic confidence in March is expected at 11:00. Overseas, the program is the employment figures in the private sector for the month of March (14h15) and the weekly inventory of crude oil to the United States.

Oil is down slightly in early morning, below $ 105 for U.S. crude and 115 dollars for Brent.

Euro loses ground versus the U.S. dollar under $ 1.41. The greenback rose in turn against the Japanese currency, to nearly 83 yen to the dollar.

The Cac 40 all green

As for values, no title to remain constant at about 9:15 down. Since the beginning of the week, the auto industry is still at the party: Renault has the highest increase (2.23% to 39.25 euros) and Peugeot climbed 1.75% to 28.25 euros.Vallourec falls between the two manufacturers with an increase of 2.02% to 79.87 euros.

GDF Suez: 1.23% to 28.43 euros

GDF Suez has signed with 24 banks with a credit line multi-currency $ 4.5 billion for a period of five years to refinance in anticipation of undrawn credit lines maturing in 2012.

Total: 0.80% to 43.09 euros

Total share with the British and the Chinese CNOOC Tullow into three equal parts assets held by Tullow in exploration areas in Uganda, according to CNOOC.The group will pay 1.47 billion euros.

Pernod Ricard: 1.15% to 66.21 euros

Pernod Ricard has failed in an appeal of his request to have the right to use the USA brand of Cuban rum, Havana Club, according to a decision of the Court of Appeals in Washington.

Neopost: -1.03% to 63.20 dollars

Neopost Tuesday reaffirmed this year aiming for a rise of 2 to 4% of its turnover in constant exchange rates, after last year's growth of 2% excluding currency effects as a result of an acceleration its growth in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Sanofi-Aventis: 1.01% to 49.55 euros

Sanofi-Aventis announced that certificates of conditional value (CCV) attributed to shareholders as part of Genzyme's redemption of the U.S. laboratory by the French group will be traded on the Nasdaq after the close of the offer, which expires in 2359 New York City time, on 1 April 2011.

Metropole TV (M6): 0.38% to 18.52 euros

Metropole TV M6 title, said he was ready to launch two TV channels free on Freeview. In an interview with Les Echos, its president, Nicolas de Tavernost said, however, remain in favor of a moratorium on launching new free channels, following the announcement of a proposed general entertainment channel on Freeview by Canal +.

Medica: -3.51% to 13.90 euros

The fund BC Partners said considering a sale of approximately 14.6% stake in specialist care dependency.Following this transaction, BC Partners will own approximately 30.5% of Medica.

EuroDisney: 1.56% to 7.83 euros

The Financial Services Authority which is investigating the operations which the title was EuroDisney in February would be on the trail of an algorithmic trading company, according to Le Figaro.

Orpea: -0.70% to 35.35 euros

The private nursing homes and clinics Orpea conducted in 2010 earnings up 8.5% to 66.4 million euros, after a year marked by the acquisition of 5,000 beds that allows the group consider a 25% growth for 2011, according to a statement Wednesday.

After the stock market, and Trigano Bricorama publish their respective annual and quarterly results.

Green remained in the game this Friday. At the close, the CAC 40 gained 0.63% to 3810.22 points and has recrossed the threshold of 3800 points, dropped Tuesday. For the week, the benchmark index of the Paris Bourse has still lost 3% (-3.02% exactly).

Elsewhere in Europe, the same movement today: the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange took 0.11% to 6664.40 points, while the London Stock Exchange rose by 0.39% to 5718.13 points. Over the last five sessions, they gave respectively 4.32% and 1.88%.

This general relief at the weekend followed the decision of G7 finance ministers to intervene to halt the yen. They announced their decision to conduct a joint intervention on foreign exchange markets in response to the steep appreciation of the yen in recent days.The yen hit on Wednesday its highest level since the Second World War!

Hand disorders in the Arab world, Libya announced a cease-fire while the UN was prepared to launch a military intervention. The Libyan withdrawal had a calming effect on oil pressure. The black gold is still beyond 100 dollars a barrel in New York.

No increase in Fukushima

Finally, operators learn with relief that the Japanese nuclear situation has not deteriorated. As pointed out by the IAEA, the situation remains worrisome in the Fukushima plant, but it has not worsened since Wednesday.

On the currency markets, the euro continues to gain momentum against the dollar: the currency was trading at about 17.30 1.4164 (1.05%).

Side indicators, the day was relatively calm.The producer prices rose 0.7% in February in Germany, a figure slightly higher than expected which feeds the fears of accelerating inflation in the first euro zone economy. According to figures released Friday by the Federal Office of Statistics, the annual increase stood at 6.4% after 5.7% in January.

Notice also that the euro area recorded a trade deficit in January increased over the same month a year ago and higher than expected, Eurostat said Friday.The trade balance for the euro area showed a deficit unadjusted 14.8 billion euros in January, following a deficit of 0.5 billion euros in December 2010 and a deficit of 9.7 billion euros January 2010.

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Lafarge: + 0.85% to 41.41 euros

The rating agency S & P lowered its rating on the cement to "BB + / B 'with stable outlook.

NicOx: + 8.01% to 2.35 euros

NicOx signed a license agreement with Ferrer for Spain naproxcinod (cons osteoarthritis drug), which remains subject to approval in Europe of treatment. To date, naproxcinod has been authorized in any market.After watching this Retoque treatment by U.S. health authorities (FDA) last summer, NicOx announced its intention to seek licensing agreements in Europe and the world

EADS: + 0.92% to 19.24 euros

Airbus was the first indicted Thursday for manslaughter in connection with the investigation into the crash of Flight 447, Rio Paris, which had been 228 casualties on 1 June 2009. In addition, the helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter has announced yesterday the construction of a new plant in Mexico to an investment of $ 550 million (390 million).

Societe Generale: + 2.18% to 46.43 euros, Crédit Agricole: -0.53% to 11.22 euros, BNP Paribas 0.48% to 52 euros

Banks react little to assumptions for new tests of resistance in European banks, unveiled by the European banking supervisor.The new criteria are nevertheless considered "more severe" than in the previous year which had been criticized for its laxity.However, contrary to what she had planned earlier this month, the European supervision of banks (EBA) has not published the list of establishments that would be subjected to these tests.

Renault: 1.52% to 38.14 euros

Thursday, after an interview with Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the automotive group, Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy and Eric Besson, Minister of Industry, reiterated a "thorough audit" had been requested on this matter " to identify the origin of recently observed failures within the company. "

NRJ Group: 4.02% to 7.50 euros

The group reported a turnover up 4.1% to 343.6 million euros, while net income group share was increased fourfold to $ 32.3 million euros.

Sodexo: -0.60% to 48.14 euros

Its U.S. subsidiary has filed a complaint Thursday against a civil union Service Employees International Union (SEIU) which it accuses of illegal practices concerning unionization of employees.

NYSE Euronext: -2.31% to 24.92 euros

The proposed takeover of cons-Nasdaq OMX Group is facing a dispute with his partner approached, the IntercontinentalExchange, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website Thursday.

Total: -0.07% to 40.76 euros

Total Petrochemicals is putting into operation a new unit of 50,000 barrels per day refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, said a spokeswoman on Thursday.

Archos: -4.81% to 7.52 euros

The group hopes to double its sales in 2011 and return to profit by betting on the booming market of touch pads, but warned that the Japanese disaster may have affected his production, "said CEO and founder Crohas.

We do not accept a contract of life insurance to invest money for a few months, for sure. Insurance rhyme first with long-term. But life is not always smooth sailing and sometimes it becomes necessary to dip into these savings before time. For additional income or in case of hardship, the savings invested in life insurance is available. How? Two little known options can help you out while preserving the priority of the contract (nothing changes in the taxation of the contract) and the ability to make further payments.

Perform a partial redemption: a smaller tax over time

The withdrawal (or buy) allows you to create regular income. It includes some "savings" and some "interest or capital gains."It is the latter which is only subject to payroll taxes (12.3% since 01/01/2011) and the income tax or a standard deduction amount varies depending on the age of the contract: 35% if less than 4 years and 15% if between 4 and 8 years (*). Past 8 years, interest is not taxed, if less than 4600 € / year for a single person and less than 9200 € / year for a couple filing jointly. Better to book this type of operation to the "old" contracts and verify each year that the exemption limit is not exceeded.

Advance, neither tax nor social security contributions

The advance is a specific need and limited in time payday loans. It's actually a loan made by the insurer on the available savings, which also continues in its full, grow as if nothing had happened.The advance may not exceed 80% of savings invested in a vehicle in euros by example and must be repaid within 3 years of receiving payment (these terms must be included in the general conditions of each contract). Cost or interest rate is the average rate on government bonds plus compensation insurer (+0.50% to 1%). The advance, which is an advantage, is not considered by the IRS as income or capital gains: there is no tax or social charges payable on the amount received … provided that it is actually repaid.Otherwise, it will be reclassified to withdraw, with the tax applicable to them!

(*) There is tax exemption, regardless of the duration of the contract in the event of termination, liquidation, severe disability, etc..

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The Tokyo Stock Exchange finished Friday's session down sharply from 1.56% as investors fearing a future rise in interest rates in China could slow global recovery. At the close, the Nikkei 225 index of blue chips dropped 162.79 points to 10,274.52 points. On the whole week, the Nikkei has yielded 2.14%. The activity was intense on Friday, with 2.67 billion shares traded on the primary market. The broader Topix index of all titles of the first table on his side lost 16.34 points (1.76%) to 910.85 points.

The annual government deficit in Japan in 2020 could reach a staggering 23,200 billion yen (210 billion euros), excluding debt interest, if major reforms are not conducted according to an official report.Under this Scenario, the financial problems would only get worse for the islands, already heavily indebted to the tune of around 200% of its gross domestic product (GDP), the largest proportion among developed countries.

Moreover, in the press Nipon, augmented reality starts. Technology groups and advertising agencies invite Japanese readers and viewers to shoot pictures in newspapers or on TV images with a mobile phone, in order to bring out the videos, a fun way to connect media them. NTT Comware, a subsidiary of Japanese telecom giant NTT (-0.95% to 145.00 yen), this system is currently experimenting with the music bar Blue Note Tokyo.

Red on the other places in Asia, Dhaka remains closed

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U.S. stock markets open on Monday without much enthusiasm. The Dow Jones timidly advance of 0.15% at 11,509 points. Friday the New York Stock Exchange has experienced a new session without major trend. The Nasdaq gained 0.31% to 2652 points and the S & P 500 has gleaned 0.30% to 1248 points.

Wall Street just surfing to new heights for more than two years, seems to catch his breath. Since September 1, the S & P 500 has in fact increased by almost 15%. "Like many indices have risen, buyers are not lining up. The sellers are so few, large managements have already made their arbitration … "says a professional.

Immobility further strengthened by the approach of several key deadlines. Indeed, if today's meeting promises to be even quiet with no major indicators in the U.S., the next day should be much more animated.Indeed, the major economic releases this week will focus on the day on Wednesday and one Thursday. Investors monitor including sales of existing homes (Wednesday) and new (Thursday). But the main highlight of the week at the macroeconomic level is expected on Thursday with the number of durable goods orders for November.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro accentuated its losses against the dollar on Monday, still weakened by concerns about public finances in the euro area after the cut Friday by Moody's rating of Ireland. About 11:00 am in Paris, the euro bought 1.3154 dollars against 1.3185 dollars on Friday night.

Meanwhile, the National Retail Federation raised its sales expectations for the month of December. It now expects 3.3% yoy against 2.3% previously. For his part, ShopperTrack revised its forecast of 4% against 3.2%.And retailers like Wal-Mart, Toys "R" Us, Macy's has replaced aggressive promotions for this weekend to boost sales with Christmas.

The side of values, the U.S. investment bank JP Morgan (0.62% to 39.92 dollars) on Monday announced the "significant investments in real estate in London" and including the acquisition of a building at 25 Bank Street in the business district of Canary Wharf, which will become its new European headquarters in 2012.

Google Internet group (+0.26% to 592.36 dollars) has asked manufacturers to delay the TV marketing of their models connected to the internet in order to improve the operating software of these televisions, said the New York Times.

Chevron (0.82% to 89.22 dollars) confirmed Monday that one of its pipelines had been damaged in southern Nigeria a lost generation, after the announcement Saturday by an armed group of bomb attack three pumping stations.

Always on the side of s values, according to the Wall Street Journal, the group of North American Food Sara Lee (+0.35% to 17.32 U.S. dollars), full strategic thinking since the departure of his boss Brenda Barnes during the summer, plans to sell the Brazilian JBS. Citing sources "familiar with the matter," the business daily said in its online edition Friday that "JBS approached Sara Lee and discussions were held, with interruptions, for several months."The daily noted, however, that the capitalization of JBS are hardly higher than Sara Lee, "it might be difficult to establish an offer of full recovery."

Also note, the terminal manufacturer Ingenico payment is a "strategic" and "essential" for the French electronics industry, said Monday the Minister of Industry Eric Besson, welcoming the rejection by the Board of Directors this company a bid for a foreign company.Ingenico (75.89% to 7.37 dollars) did not identify its suitor, but according to different observers would be the diverse group of American Danaher (+0.09% to 46.84 dollars).

Moreover, the U.S. online retailer eBay (-0.20% at 29.76 dollars) on Monday announced the purchase for 150 million euros from German site brands4friends that organizes private sales of designer clothes, accessories or consumer electronics. This site, founded in 2007 and which claims 3.5 million members, operates on the principle of private sales is to say promotional offers for its members, on branded products.

The council has censured Thursday, 19 constitutional articles of the law of social security funding for 2011, whereas they had no place in this text. One of these articles – adopted after considerable hesitation – plans to experiment by a year of "birthing", less than medicalised maternity classic, but nearby hospitals.

The former health minister, Roselyne Bachelot, said she preferred to support this experiment rather than letting young women wishing to give birth "naturally" fall into the hands of cults. Another article stated finally ruled that family allowances would be reduced for parents of children placed in social services.

The struggle for redemption Draka intensifies. The merger between Italy's Prysmian Cable Guy and Dutch would give rise to world number one cable to Nexans. But a third robber came to disturb the celebration. After the Dutch Draka refused the offer of 731 million euros of Nexans and accepted that of the Italian Prysmia, the Chinese group was outbid Tianjin Xinmao supply Prysmia. It proposes EUR 20.50 per share against 17.20 for Prysmia, a billion euros against 840 million. In other words, a difference of about 15%. However, if another candidate submits a bid higher than 15% in less than Prysmian, Draka may withdraw its agreement with Prysmian Cable Guy Italian and revise its bid. On Wednesday, both sides confirmed that they were engaged in discussions.

Nexans could withdraw

Until more information, Nexans, whose bid was rejected Monday by Draka, could announce his retirement. Every effort should therefore be played between Prysmian and Tianjin Xinmao. The Italian seems to be favored by Draka, since its offer has received unanimous support from the leadership of the Dutch group, as well as its largest shareholder, Flint Beheer, which owns 48.5% of capital. Before the Chinese do not make the offer though.

The new group that wants to build Draka and combine Prysmian Prysmian's presence in southern Europe and the Draka in the north and would be present in cables for telecommunications and energy. Its combined turnover would be around 5.8 billion euros based on 2009 figures for both groups.Prysmian's offer, to be launched in the first quarter of 2011 and completed in the second quarter, representing slightly more than 9 times the gross operating profit (EBITDA) of EUR 143 million projected in 2010 for Draka.