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Paris Has it been too sure of his strength? There is just one more year, the possibility of relocation was seen as a joke by the City Council. At the point of not meeting the requirements of the French Tennis Federation, eager to expand the site of Roland Garros in order to accommodate the public, partners and media in better conditions, and to demand a fee from astronomical 2016 (the current lease expires in 2015). "There is a Roland Garros. There is no other. It will be more if it leaves Roland Garros Paris. The love story between Roland Garros and tennis is necessarily the Porte d'Auteuil, on the current site (…) I'm really a city tour to the suburbs but frankly what belongs to Paris is Paris.Roland Garros as the Eiffel Tower is part of Paris, has just recently told Jean Vuillermoz, Deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of sport in a whiff of superiority. Faced with this situation, the TFF has decided to react by putting Paris in competition.

A hotly contested competition
A bluff? Initially judged as such, the call for entries is taken very seriously. Three suburban sites are then selected to host Roland Garros: Versailles, Marne-la-Vallée and Gonesse. The quality of records that are pushing the proposed FFT to seriously consider a move. "Attitudes have indeed changed," admitted the director Roland Garros Gilbert Ysern, whom we asked last November.Under pressure, the Mayor of Paris reacts through Bertrand Delanoe, who tabled a "vow on the development of the Tournament of Roland Garros in Paris" fulfilling all the wishes of the original Federation. Extending the area of 60% (5 hectares), covering the Central, the construction of a new 5,000-seat stadium, a new concession for a period of 99 years and a charge down the figure indexed business.

An eminently strategic
By choosing to stay in Paris, the FFT would be the choice of conservatism. A choice of heart more than reason? So says Hervé Dupont, executive director of the Plaine de France, holder of record of Gonesse."Either the Federation made the strategic choice to remain in Paris for convenience, for fear of change, because it costs him a little cheaper … Either it moves and in this case we believe we have the best project." Leaving the historic site Auteuil would especially at Roland Garros to catch up and even take the lead, on the other Grand Slam tournaments (Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Australian Open) in terms of area (over 30 hectares) no checking account payday advance. Pragmatic, Guy Forget is rather favorable to offshoring.

An opinion that disagrees obviously not John Vuillermoz: "Is that what is important is the space, the number of acres? Does the importance of this tournament is not elsewhere? The goal is to get better. There will be an opening to a new space, a new short 5,000 seats. A lawn will replace the short No. 1, which is not beautiful.This will allow spectators to picnic before a large screen that will broadcast all the matches. This is what will stay at Roland Garros in its box, while remaining accessible to the greatest number. This is not just about square meters. "

Dissension
Unlike Gonesse and Marne-la-Vallee, where the political will to welcome Roland Garros is unanimous, the case of Paris, like that of Versailles, is facing some dissension. "We are a democracy, everyone can express themselves. You say there is no opposition would not be true.Now, democracy is majority and in this context, the Paris council has spoken: 12 councilors voted against and 141 voted for! After the Greens, who voted against the Olympic Games in Paris, which are against the top-level sport in Paris and that the residents of the Porte d'Auteuil want to stay together and not to involve the mass is their problem … But the great mass of the Parisians is favorable. All the polls show, "says Jean Vuillermoz, reminding us that Paris can count on support from the weight, partners and sponsors.

Sponsor support historical
BNP Paribas, whose brand is associated with at Roland Garros for 37 years, is actually very clear about this: "We support the continuation of the tournament in the capital. We believe that much of the prestige is that it is in central Paris.Whatever the qualities of offshoring projects, they would not have the same influence. "Same story from Alain Afflelou:" Roland Garros is a prestigious tournament that counts a lot in terms of public relations device. Currently, it is easy to reach, it will be more complicated than 35 km … "Favorite, File Paris nonetheless threatened. Not sure he collects 66% of votes of the 195 voters of the Federation for its victory on Sunday. He could well find themselves with ballot Versailles (the most dangerous rival?). The two finalists then the tie would be within three months, an absolute majority, at a new General Assembly …

The Paris plan:

In France, household consumption is relatively good. But consumers have changed. The crisis has left its mark and changed behaviors. "They are more suspicious than ever" vis-à-vis prices, brands, advertising and signs, says a study by TNS Sofres for the Internet of 8700 Observatory Cetelem. Now, consumers no longer take for granted what they say sellers. They learn before you buy. Nearly 60% of them say look "very carefully" prices. And half of respondents (49% in France) report systematically seek promotions, are the most scrupulous Portuguese (66%), Slovaks (66%) and Romanians (64%).

Lack of competence

The European online shoppers are becoming more and more time for reflection.Before making a major purchase (over 160 euros), 90% of them "leading the investigation" on the Internet. Upon arrival, French polled almost one in two (48%) said it happens more than a month between when he started to learn and when he decides instant payday loan. For information, younger (61% of those under 30 years, against 40% of those over 50 years), plébiscitent blogs and other social networks (Web 2.0), considered more reliable than the comments left on some commercial sites .

More demanding and very well informed consumers "no longer grant an innocent belief in the marks and arguments vendors," said Flavien Neuvy, head of the Observatory Cetelem. The rise of the Internet has challenged the traditional role of the seller.The latter has lost its "superb" in the eyes of Europeans, who generally find it does not seem "not competent enough, passionate enough and is not considered to be the right person to negotiate the price." Only 38% of those surveyed also believe that the vendor has advised that at their last major purchase was familiar with his field … which is unlikely. Vendors must reinvent itself.

After doubling with Apple in the smartphone operating system Android, Google Will it all in the tablets? This seems to be the unstated objective of the leader in Internet search. His version of Android 3.0, Honeycomb her first name, bills itself as "the first operating system designed for touch pads". Unlike competing systems that were designed for smartphones and declined for the tablets.

Among the strengths highlighted by the Google executives, on Wednesday, is the storage of personal data on the cloud, the cloud computing. If the user loses his phone, he will find his tablet … despite all his personal data. An argument that reminds one of the strengths of the BlackBerry, which also enters the segment from the shelves. And like its Canadian competitor, Android lets you open several applications at once.Plus a button that makes the trips.

Google also takes on video conferencing. His shelves are equipped with front and rear cameras. But moving objects par excellence, they also have a stabilizer, which avoids having an effect of camera shake during a conversation.

Create an ecosystem

Google is also focusing on the convergence of smart phones, tablets and also Google TV, Android, to facilitate the adaptation of existing applications from one environment to another. This represents a potential saving and financial gain for developers totally free credit score. User side, it allows access from any device on an Android downloaded application on Android Market and receive an indexing system very intuitive.Honeycomb may also be used as an eBook, to "turn the pages so sweet and nice," according to Google, but with a screen rendering that is not unlike that seen on iPad.

Google is also focusing on the accessibility-on-3 for Android attract content providers and application developers. No question for the search engine to keep pace with Apple in the field of available applications. However, Disney announced Wednesday the arrival of four applications on Android.

As in telephony, Google will leverage the power of manufacturers. Motorola was the first to unveil Xoom, its shelf under Honeycomb, creating the event at CES, the electronics show in Las Vegas in early January. LG followed with his G-Slate to be launched in the U.S. in the spring. And in France in late March, early April.Small feature of the G-Slate: it can take 3D images. It is also one of the key creeds of manufacturers chose Honeycomb: enabling the user to view content, but also to conceive.

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European shares end down on Tuesday. The CAC 40 shows a decrease of 0.34% to 4019.62 points at closing. Elsewhere in Europe, the FTSE-100 from the London Stock Exchange was down 0.44% at 5917.71 points while in Frankfurt the Dax lost 0.12% to 7059.01 points.

Investors remained on guard before the speech of Barack Obama before Congress on the state of the Union and before the start of the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Federal Reserve (Fed).

The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. President will explain that he intends to find points of growth in renewable energy and research. Barack Obama will announce new spending in education and infrastructure, including road improvements, as the business daily. He could also announce to Congress a tax reform sought by conservatives."This speech will set the scene for the next two years," says Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University in New Jersey. "This will also be a delicate balancing act," says this former parliamentary attaché.

In the U.S., housing prices fell further in November, dropping 0.5% from October, according to the monthly S & P / Case Shiller index released Tuesday.

Consumer confidence has improved significantly in January, according to an index released Tuesday by the Conference Board, which jumped to 60.6 against 53.3 the previous month.

In France:

– Starts of new homes rose 2.4% in December and 6.9% over the last three months of 2010, to 3.5% to rise throughout the year, 346,018 , according to figures released Tuesday by the Department of Ecology and Sustainable Development.Not since July 2009 to observe a 12-month total so high, the ministry said. Meanwhile, the number of building permits granted for dwellings fell 0.7% in December and 1.9% over the period October to December compared with the previous three months.

– Expenditure on French household consumption of manufactured goods rose 1% on average in 2010, a year that ended on a 0.6% increase in December, driven by the end of the scrapping in automotive, INSEE said on Tuesday.

The IMF raised its forecast for global growth

The International Monetary Fund raised its forecast Tuesday for global growth in 2011. The institution said it was counting on 4.4% growth for the year, against 4.2% forecast in October. The forecast has been raised especially for the United States, 3% against 2.3% previously.The IMF explained by Washington's decision to extend for two years of tax cuts decided in 2001 and 2003, which would "add a half point of growth" in 2011.

For the euro area, the forecast was left unchanged at 1.5%, as well as for France to 1.6% against 2.2% in Germany (2% previously). For emerging and developing its forecasts remain broadly stable, with 9.6% growth in China, India 8.4% or 4.5% in Brazil.

Note that the side of the currency, the euro started to fall on Tuesday after almost touched the threshold of $ 1.37 on a wave of optimism in the euro zone and facing a dollar weakened by a resurgence of anxiety on the eve of the monetary policy decision from the U guaranteed payday loans.S. Federal Reserve (Fed).Vers11H00 in Paris, the euro bought 1.3581 dollars against 1.3635 dollars late Monday.

To follow: Renault, Lagardère and France Telecom

Renault: + 2.43% to 48.47 euros

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the automaker, has again said Monday that crews were also shocked Nissan as their counterparts from Renault by the discovery of the spy case that hits the mark in diamond.

Interparfums: + 5.56% to 25.64 euros

The manufacturer of fragrances, which reported Tuesday an annual turnover exceeding its own expectations, has revised upward its forecast for 2011 in favor of launching a new fragrance Burberry and integration of Boucheron lines.

Havas: + 1.06% to 3.80 euros

ING has raised its recommendation on Tuesday Havas from "hold" from "buy" on the title, while lowering procurement to "neutral" opinion on the sector of advertising agencies in Europe.

Lagardère: -1.61% to 34.84 euros

The group identified a new time on Tuesday its forecast for operating profit in 2010 for its media business, which should save a contraction of less than 5%, so far it expects a decline ranging from 5% to 10%.

France Telecom: + 0.43% to 16.33 euros

Orange announced Tuesday that it is in exclusive talks with the French platform on the internet Dailymotion videos to acquire 49% of its capital to 58.8 million euros, with an option for up to 100% from 2013.

LVMH: +2.42% to 116.50 euros Hermes: + 1.21% to 146.20 euros

The CEO of luxury goods group Bernard Arnault, has enjoyed a fashion show for Dior (a subsidiary of the group) to reaffirm that the rise in the capital of Hermes was peaceful, also ensuring that it does not take control the famous saddler.

Alcatel-Lucent: + 2.85% to 2.45 euros

The group sees a clear interest from the French telecom operators for future generation mobile networks (4G), but the speed of their deployment will depend very much on the price of licenses to be auctioned by the state.

Air France-KLM: -0.77 to 13.54 euros

A group of independent experts commissioned by the airline to consider the safety of its flights after the crash of Paris-Rio, concluded that the airline had not committed any deviation from the regulations.

STMicroelectronics: -2.48% to 8.35 euros

The group released Monday a profit that exceeded expectations in the fourth quarter but noted that it anticipated a drop in sales in the first quarter, about 7% to 12% sequentially on the other.

Sanofi-Aventis: -0.69% to 50.63 euros

The pharmaceutical giant has hired a search firm to potential candidates for appointment to the Board of Directors of Genzyme, said on Monday sources familiar with the matter.

Spir Communication, Klépierre NextRadioTV SeLoger.com and publish their turnover in the fourth quarter.

Monday afternoon, Pierre Berge, Gilles Van Kote and Louis Dreyfus were presented to three shareholders: Pierre Berge, Xavier Niel and Matthew Pigasse, the result of the thirteen candidates for the hearings as director of the World. A name was consensus that Erik Izraelewicz, former managing editor of The Tribune and former editor of Echoes in the world. The three shareholders have agreed to submit it as the only candidate on the supervisory board to be held Feb. 7. Thus they avoided the psychodrama of a short list, a solution which had been rejected by the representatives of the editors fast cash. Then the name of the future director of the World must be approved by 60% of the votes of writing. This vote should take place on February 10.

Erik Izraelewicz, born in 1954 expected to attract the qualified majority.It embodies both stability and identity of the newspaper for having spent many years (1986 to 2000) and has a project to revive the newspaper.

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The trend remains fragile on Friday on the European stock exchanges. In Paris the CAC 40 has remained in limbo (-0.30% to 3964.84 points) yesterday, Thursday.But this Friday, the index is the height in early trade: 0.46% to 3983.06 points.

Factor supporting this day, the morale of French manufacturers, which continued its gradual rise in January, with a sharp jump of six points from the previous month to 108 points, the sentiment index of all the winning business it a point to 106 points, Insee said Friday.

This morning, Asian stock markets overall declined sustained change, and yesterday afternoon, Wall Street has ended in equilibrium, investors opted for caution amid speculation about new Chinese measures to prevent overheating of the second world economy .

The appointment on Friday, the monthly business survey in industry and services by INSEE. Then 10 hours, the German Ifo index will be monitored.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro is trading above $ 1.35 on Friday.The euro has gained strength this week against a background of successful bond issued by EU countries like Spain and Greece. In front, the dollar depreciated while Barack Obama has welcomed Tuesday its Chinese counterpart and called for yuan appreciation.

Sanofi-Aventis is expected to extend its offer for Genzyme

The offer expires on Genzyme Friday 21 January.

Vivendi Judgement of Paris criminal court in the trial of Jean-Marie Messier.

The three Renault executives questioned complained and defend themselves with force. The doubt settles. The CEO of Renault will speak Sunday evening.

Kaufman & Broad Group announced Thursday night have returned to profitability in 2010 and 21% had reduced its debt after a year marked by a resumption of commercial activity.

The Somfy blinds specialist has announced a turnover up 12.1% for its fiscal 2010 to 852.6 million euros. Sales have benefited from buoyant activity in Germany, Central Europe and East and France. They have offset lower sales in Northern Europe.

Damartex The apparel retailer reported Thursday evening sales up 3.8% in the first half of its fiscal year 2010-2011, to 385.3 million euros.The group, which owns the brand Damart, has not made a forecast for the coming quarters.

Schneider Electric has confirmed on Thursday the closure of its plant in St. Pryvé St. Memin (Loiret) managed by one of its subsidiaries.

Air France-KLM The company yesterday accsué its seventh session decline in a row, with a drop of more than 4% Thursday evening after closing the warning on the results of EasyJet yesterday.

Scor said Thursday it had successfully placed 400 million Swiss francs of perpetual subordinated securities.

CGG Veritas has finally announced that it issued 360 million euros in convertible bonds after exercising the over-allotment option.The group had initially planned to issue 315 million euros.

PRPA The motorway company has reported a traffic increase of 1.3% in the fourth quarter, offsetting heavy traffic traffic light vehicles affected by snowfall and shortages of gasoline early fall.

Compagnie des Alpes The leisure group said sales growth of 1.41% in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2010-2011 supported by a good attendance of its ski areas through early snowfall observed in late 2010.

Veolia Environnement Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault, the holding of the Dassault family, announced December 31, 2010 hold at 5.37% of share capital and voting rights of society in environmental services.

Cegid reported Tuesday a turnover up 0.4% for 2010 and expects a net profit increase for its entire fiscal year.

Technip announced Friday it had won a contract from refining in Bulgaria worth 70 million euros.

The VAT hike on January 1 in telecoms has triggered a fare increase in mobile Internet and most telcos. But the French are not all equal before the increases. There are those whose membership will increase and those to be spared. So those who may request termination of their free online and those who remain bound to their operator. For the occasion, Lefigaro.fr compiled the information given by the major French telecom operators.

Orange increases capped

In Orange, about 11 million subscribers are affected by rising prices. In mobile, it affects 3 million customers, a fleet of 18 million. She passed on two ranges of current packages: packages blocked M6 Mobile and Origami Star.She is one to three euros, rounded to achieve a round number, usually in favor of the customer (see pdf). Other packages earlier, including television, are also increasing. The affected customers were notified by mail, and can terminate free.

In ADSL, the nine million Orange customers are affected by changes in fees. All packages can watch television, the "Livebox", a satellite or an Internet portal, the operator calls. The increase ranges from 1.10 to 3 euros (see pdf). It is for example 2.10 for the package "triple play" basis, up from 29.90 to 32 euros.In this case, rounding is not on the client's favor, since the price should be 31.77 euros in strictly applying the VAT increase from 5.5 to 19.6% on half of the package.

SFR price points

SFR applies also rate increases in the fixed and mobile. It affects 5.2 million mobile customers in eight ranges of packages, one-third of subscribers of the operator. These increases reflect the increase in VAT to the penny, and are usually rounded to the client. However, they may reach ten euros more expensive packages, because unlike Telstra, Vodafone did not put up ceiling from 3 euros. Watch your bill.

In ADSL, these increases offset by work. The increase is 1 euro for subscribers under 20 euros, for example to offer "Internet only" Same day payday loans. And it is 2 euros for offers from more than 20 euros.The package "triple play" reference at 29.90 euros to 31.90 euros so happens, instead of 31.77 euros if SFR did not round prices.

Bouygues Telecom: no increase in mobile

Bouygues Telecom stands out from its two main competitors, as it announces no increase in the mobile. Its 8.4 million subscribers packages are spared. This gesture he described as "generous" aims to recruit new customers from its competitors.

In ADSL, where Bouygues Telecom has 645,000 customers, packages will be € 1.88 more expensive starting in February, regardless of the offer. The subscription "triple play" reference at 29.90 euros will be increased to 31.78 euros, which is a more accurate calculation for the client in Orange and SFR.The subscription "quadruple play services including Internet, television, fixed telephone and mobile, will also be affected.

Darty: the penny

As Bouygues Telecom, Darty chose to pass this increase to the penny in ADSL. We thus find the same increase of 1.88 euro for offering "triple play" at 29.90 euros.

Free: a smart option

Free is definitely the smartest of all.He leaves the price of his crime to 29.99 unchanged, but lots of television, which becomes an option, charged 1.99 euro.

Numericable: unexplained increases

The cable operator, whose bids are yet mostly untouched by the VAT hike, took advantage of this new deal to increase its rates by three euros on average from August, for no apparent reason.

Other operators

Alternative operators like Virgin Mobile or NRJ, did not apply the reduced VAT on their packages. They do not reverberate upward.

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RTL confirmed its position as the leading French radio in terms of total audience over the period September October 2010 with 12.3% of total audience, according to Mediametrie. An increase due to the excellent performance of its morning which is leading to all radios on the edge 5am-noon.

NRJ radio becomes the second of France thanks in part to its edge morning hosted by Nikos Aliagas. The station now shows 10.7% of total audience. Europe 1 on his side reach the same levels of 2009 after his little slump in the spring. Note also that RMC gradually from 6.5% of total audience a year ago to 7.1% over this new wave. In the wake of NRJ, Fun Radio is also progressing. Finally, France Inter, despite the strikes which have affected this fall, lost only 0.2% of total audience.

Note the record audience of local radio with 19.5% of total audience.The social movements of October have resulted, according to experts, a massive return of French to local radio stations.

Finally, the radio media as a whole gained more than one point in a year affrichant a total cumulative audience of 81.6% against 80.2% a year ago.

The restructuring of the famous studios of Metro Goldwyn Mayer took the look of film to open this weekend and cut short the ambitions of redemption by billionaire Carl Icahn. Friday night, the creditors of the legendary studios have announced a bankruptcy filing – MGM has been placed under "Chapter 11" in the American legal terminology – with a recovery plan by Spyglass Studios, producers of the film Invictus. They preferred this solution to a sale of MGM's debt ($ 4 billion) to Carl Icahn, who could then redeem the shares and take control of the company. "MGM will implement without delay the plan, which drastically reduced its debt and puts the company in a strong position to implement its business strategy," the company said Friday.

Carl Icahn, who had tried everything to avoid this scenario, did not comment but must rant.He had proposed twice to buy the debt of studios and producers Ben Hur about 4,000 other films, to merge with the studios Lions Gate, which is the main shareholder. Its offer would have allowed him to hold 51% stake in MGM and so force the merger. The U.S. financial stock specialist crusades to impose its views on the companies it covets. Before his passion for Hollywood, he has set his sights on companies as varied as Texaco, Revlon, Time Warner Cable Motorola pay day loan lenders.

"007" suspended

On Friday, MGM saga was another twist. The accusations of manipulation, Lions Gate has filed a lawsuit against Carl Icahn before a court in New York.The studios and producers Precious television series Mad Men accused him of leading a "double game" by publicly criticizing the merger of MGM and Lions Gate, in secret while accumulating more and more shares in the two studios. And, in order to complete this same merger on terms more favorable to him. "Icahn has acquired enough shares at bargain prices to ensure maximum benefit," said Lions Gate's complaint. In recent months, the billionaire has indeed amassed 10% of MGM's debt which he described at the same time as "a dinosaur in decline." And it has increased its stake in Lions Gate from 19% to 33%.

If justice valid restructuring plan for MGM, it emerges from bankruptcy with 95% of its debt converted into shares. The securities are held by banks JPMorgan and Credit Suisse as well as hedge funds.Spyglass would hold 5% and its directors Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum take the direction of the new MGM. Which would pave the way for the filming of the latest James Bond, suspended for months. The agitator Carl Icahn Will he throw in the towel? In theory, experts say, he may refer the matter to court.

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In late September, Suez Environnement is ahead of its annual forecast, however, reported this summer. In the nine months, the champion of Water Management and Waste said he enjoyed "a more rapid growth internationally, particularly in Asia and Australia."

Thus, the gross operating income rose 9.9% at constant exchange rates to 1.7 billion euros for a gross operating margin of 16.7%. In August, the group had announced its annual forecast of gross operating income "of at least up 9% at constant exchange rates." For their part, analysts on average expected EBITDA of 1.671 billion euros

As for turnover, it was up by 11.8% to 10.1 billion euros. The group is aiming for growth of "at least 7% over the year." Analysts were on average a turnover of 10 billion.

On the highly water monitoring in Europe, the group recorded a turnover of 3.1 billion euros, with organic growth of 1.4%. The Europe segment, also highly anticipated, generated $ 4.4 billion in sales with organic growth of 8.6%. The group's activity abroad jumped 29.8% to $ 2.7 billion (+21.0% organic growth) during the first nine months of fiscal 2010 payday loans online.

Confidence of the group in achieving the annual goals

In addition, the group's net financial debt amounted to 7.3 billion euros. It is down to one billion euros (-12%) compared to June 30, 2010 "thanks to strong cash generation," the group said.

Suez Environnement has also implemented a cost reduction program for 2010-2012 which it expects a net gain in EBITDA of 250 million euros in cumulated over three years to 2009.

The CEO of Suez Environment, Jean-Louis Chaussade, said he is confident the group's ability to meet its annual targets. Analysts believe however that these targets are conservative.

However, management did not provide information on the proposed dividend for 2010, analysts expected that information yet.

In early trading, the progression of the title is broadly in line with the market where the Suez advance of 0.5% against 0.6% for the CAC 40.

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