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As announced last week by Marc-Philippe Daubresse, Minister of Youth and active solidarity, the Solidarity labor income (RSA) is now extended to young workers under 25 years. "This means concretely that the first beneficiaries will receive their allocations on October 5," said Minister of Youth and active solidarity. This provision of the plan "Action for Youth was announced September 29, 2009 by Nicolas Sarkozy during a visit to Avignon and is intended" to accelerate the return to employment for young workers. " It is aimed at young people aged 18-25 who worked at least 3,214 hours over three years. Either two years full time in the last three preceding the application.

"All periods of employment or self-employed are taken into account," said Marc-Philippe Daubresse.Namely contracts alternately, learning, CDD, CDI, or temporary assignments. The periods internships, volunteering, civil service, however, are not integrated. As for periods of unemployment compensation, but also redeployment agreement under Custom (PRC) and contract of employment transition (CTP), they are neutralized to a maximum of six months, increasing the period of 3.5 years, at most.

460 euros per month

The amount of "RSA young" is established on the same basis as the RSA and therefore calculated based on income and family status. Specifically, a person younger than 25 years without work and without any resource having worked for two years and exhausted entitlement to unemployment benefits will receive an allowance of 460 euros per month.As a young active with two years experience and who receives income of 500 euros per month with no other resource, he will receive a check from the state of 215 euros per month.

A communication campaign (posters, radio spots, web banners, flyers …) – with, as its slogan, "the RSA today is to young" – will be launched in early September to reach the target. However, considerable uncertainty remains about the number of beneficiaries and the overall cost of the device. The Elysee was banking on 160,000 eligible youth and a cost of 250 million full year.But the minister refused to confirm those figures.

"I reject the goals that we can not reach because I am a scientist," he said, calling the figure of 160,000, publicly reaffirmed on Feb. 24 by François Fillon, the "wet finger in the forecast." His services admit, however, that RSA is expected to cost 80 million young full year and thus ultimately benefit at much less than 100 000 young people.

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Top of tough week on Wall Street. After opening in a small decrease (-0.1%), the NYSE has widened its losses during the session to close on a net decrease of 1.39% at 10,010 points. The Nasdaq coward 1.56% to 2120 points while the S & P drops 1.47% to 1049 points.

The euphoria that followed the release Friday of the revised figure for growth in the second quarter will not last. Caution has again made its appearance in spite of macroeconomic statistics as bad as expected. Consumption has picked up 0.4% yoy compared to June. It's better than the expected by analysts, who had estimated the consumption growth to 0.3%, according to their median forecast.Spending growth has outpaced that of household income since, according to the ministry, they are divided up by 0.2%, after virtually stagnating in June

The wait has dominated this session because of the flurry of statistics to be published this week. On Tuesday, it will house prices and economic activity in the Chicago area in August and, finally, the consumer confidence that will be published. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be dominated by such employment with, successively, the ADP employment figures, entries weekly, and finally figures of unemployment and employment in August.

Waltz of mergers and acquisitions

On the corporate side, the dance of mergers and acquisitions continues. 3by (-2.03% to 31.80 dollars) fall after surge 25% to 32.5 dollars on Friday night.As for his suitors, HP (1.47% to 38.56 U.S. dollars) has increased its prices by 3 27 to $ 30, Dell (1.12% to 12.02 U.S. dollars) has aligned its offer Friday morning about $ 27.

The German manufacturer Infineon Semiconductor announced Monday the sale of his division's wireless, which makes components for mobile phones, the U.S. Intel (-2.23% to 17.96 dollars) for 1.4 billion (nearly 1.1 billion euros).

The CEO of Sanofi-Aventis, which formalized Sunday his intention to acquire U.S. biotech Genzyme (3.39% to 69.91 U.S. dollars) to $ 18.5 billion, said that "a lot of time can still drain "by launching a bid, in an interview with Voices dated Monday. But the board rejected Genzyme Monday unanimously the proposed terms.

The Indian government was to meet Monday officials from the Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry (RIM: -0.88% to 45.59 U.S. dollars) to try to break the deadlock over access to encrypted data from the phone, on the eve of the ultimatum on blocking two messaging services.

French insurer Axa has reduced by almost half its share in the prestigious investment bank Goldman Sachs (-1.97% to 136.66 U.S. dollars), the center of criticism for his role in the Greek crisis, according to documents the regulatory authority of the U.S. markets (SEC).

The U.S. industrial conglomerate 3M (-1.67% to79, $ 65) announced Monday the acquisition of Cogent group (24.40% to 11.09 dollars) to over 900 million dollars (708 million euros) This represents a premium of nearly 18%. 3M will pay $ 10.50 in effect by title Gogent, which posted a closing price of 8.915 dollars Friday.The transaction should be completed in the last quarter of 2010.

All hands to fight on the front of internet tablets. The Apple iPad, with more than 3 million copies sold in three months, is envious. For telecom groups, the return is that the cons-attack. And Orange is already in line. According to Les Echos, the telecoms operator feeds a very ambitious project at the beginning of school year: to "democratize" the market shelves.

How? With the launch by the end of the year signed a tablet Orange, whose price should be less exposed to 250 euros. This tablet 3G, equipped with the Android operating system from Google, would be manufactured by a "large Asian manufacturer," according to Les Echos.

The newspaper said that the tablet packages are bound to always study, but they would probably be closer to those keys that the 3G model chosen for the iPad.That is to say in the form of subscriptions with over-flow, rather than charging by the day, the volume of data. With a subscription package, the price of the tablet and Orange could fall under 100 euros, according to Les Echos. In comparison, the 3G model iPad the cheapest sells 599 euros.

"Several projects under consideration"

Reacting to this information, Orange said that "on the shelves, several projects are under consideration, particularly in France." The group also recalled that Stéphane Richard, its chief executive, had already said that Orange "would develop in the tablets by commercializing iPad". He had met the boss of Apple, Steve Jobs, last May.

For Orange, "sign is a way to regain control against the manufacturers," says the business daily. Because the foolishness of the shelf is only beginning.

Harvest new tablets

Even before the launch of the iPad last April, some blue chips have already announced their intention of cutting cruppers to Apple, including HP, Sony or Asus. By Christmas, a new crop of magic slates is expected. After HTC, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson, LG and Toshiba will launch their own shelves, also equipped with the system Android. Other players will join the fray in 2011, as Acer.

To win in this new balance of power, Orange must do better than the first time. Indeed, the operator has already attempted a breakthrough on the market shelves, there are more than a year, by launching a small portable screen and multifunction: the Tabbee. A product that has not really taken off.

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Accor is ahead of schedule of asset sales. On Monday, the hotel group announced the sale of the walls of 48 hotels for 367 million euros. The real estate transaction, Accor calls "major in Europe, which should be finalized by the end of 2010, includes 31 hotels in France, 10 in Belgium and 7 in Germany, for a total 6,300 rooms. It concerns 28 Etap hotels, 13 Ibis, Novotel and a SuiteNovotel 6.

These hotels will continue to be managed by the group under the same signs – there are 28 Etap Hotel, 13 Ibis, Novotel and SuiteNovotel 6 – under a variable lease for a period of 12 years renewable 6 times Accor's initiative, or 84 years total. The average rent will be equal to 19% of turnover.On the basis of turnover in 2009, the rent would amount to 22.4 million euros according to Accor.

Under the lease, the new owner will assume responsibility for structural maintenance investments in hotels, insurance costs and property taxes.

The deal includes a renewal program of 47.6 million euros, 33 million euros financed by the acquirer, thus enabling Accor to accelerate the deployment of new generations of rooms Etap and Ibis in a forty establishments.

Chief objective of reducing debt exceeded

This operation, carried out for 80% of the amount from the insurer Predica (a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole) and the balance at the corporation Walls Land (Land subsidiary of Regions), will have a positive aimpact 282 million euros 2010 net debt of the hotel group and three million euros per year on its profit before tax.

The group had announced in May a program to dispose of hotel assets amounting to 2 billion euros over the period 2010-2013. He then indicated that such transactions were to reduce its debt of around 450 million euros in 2010 alone and more than half of that amount had already been the subject of transfer agreements.

With 282 million euros announced today, Accor therefore exceeds its annual target of reducing debt.

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This is the most reassuring news announced by the U.S. authorities for more than two months. According to Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen American to oversee cleanup operations in the Gulf of Mexico, BP should be able to contain 100% the gap in the well from which oil flows to by Monday. A new funnel, bigger than previous ones, is currently installed by the British oil.

This funnel, called "Top Hat Number 10", should recover up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day (12.7 million liters), against 25,000 now. The authorities are optimistic that based on their assessments, the well lost more than 60,000 barrels per day. The previous dome will be first removed. A large quantity of oil escape so well for 48 hours.But once the new funnel posed, the results will be immediate, promises Thad Allen.

Since April 20, the day of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform off the coast of Louisiana, BP has increased its attempts to clogging, all unsuccessful.

No stop before August

BP was more cautious in its forecasts. Bob Dudley, responsible for managing the disaster, spoke of another scenario where difficulties in installing the new funnel could delay the time from Monday to Thursday.

But authorities are confident: "We have the climate we need," said Thad Allen. The admiral, however, required to calm the enthusiasm that followed the announcement. "I used the word 'contain' and not 'stop'," he commented.According to him, the well would not be closed as well as two-pass will not be completed free instant credit score. These wells, dug deep to inject cement and mud, should not be installed until mid-August. Once the leak stopped, the extensive cleaning and restoration of the ratings will continue.

Anadarko does not pay

On this last point, BP was again struck Friday denied Anadarko Petroleum. The company, which owns 25% of wells responsible for the spill, said she would not pay the $ 272 million that BP is asking her to cover their share of cleanup costs, according to U.S. law known pollution.

On June 18, the tension was raised a notch between the two partners lorsqu'Anadarko stated that the explosion of April 20 on the platform Deepwater Horizon, "was preventable and was a direct result of decisions and actions BP unthinking.

In another e-mail sent Friday, a spokesman for Anadarko, John Christiansen, however, felt that his group remained "committed to working in good faith with BP to reach a satisfactory resolution."

BP is now awaiting the response of Mitsui, which owns 10% of the wells. The British oil giant is claiming $ 112 million for cleanup costs.The company has not yet made its position.

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Surprising as it may seem, the purchasing power of French households has increased more during the recession of 2009 than during the previous year. Very specifically, the increase was 1.6% last year, against 0.4% in 2008, according to figures from INSEE. Unemployment forces, incomes have barely increased in 2009 (1%). But inflation has settled down, which has given fresh air to the household budget. With a decline in oil prices and food prices, prices of consumer spending fell 0.6% in 2009, when they rose 2.9% in 2008 payday loans.

Concerned by the crisis, the French preferred to save the additional resources, including by placing life insurance. The savings rate has reached 16.2% at end 2009. Consumption has it, plus a small 0.6%. The scrappage boosted purchases of cars (+8.3%).The French bought mass televisions, went to the movies more but have less clothes and bought train tickets and plane.

Catastrophe! The verdict of the experts gathered yesterday on behalf of the Health Authority (FDA) on Naproxcinod NicOx is clear: sixteen votes to one against, they voted against the authorization for the U.S. market for treatment cons osteoarthritis.

If the FDA ultimately decides the approval of a drug in the United States, the Advisory Committee constitutes a notice of weight, especially when it is so decided. The agency should make its decision before July 24 next.

But already, the hopes were so meager that the actions d?grindolent Stock Exchange Thursday, while trading in securities listed in NicOx 9:00, after being suspended Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. at the request of the company. At the close of the Paris Bourse during the uncoupling of 44.53% to 2.9 euros.On Tuesday, the day the group announced this biotechnology application to stay the course, the shares had already fallen from 28.37%.

Total, in three sessions, NicOx has lost more than half its value.

The continuation of the project Naproxcinod compromised

The President's Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday, Dr. Kathleen O'Neil, summarizing the conclusions of the Advisory Committee meeting, said extant 'enthusiasm about the potential of naproxcinod but that additional data from additional studies on job security would be needed, "reports the group in a statement.

This single sentence has made it clear to investors that the case is wrong party.According to analysts at Natixis, the American drug agency should provide to NicOx a "Complete Response Letter" means not permitted, requiring further study to clarify the gray areas of the record, particularly in terms of job security product.

Now "option to initiate studies on the long term is virtually impossible for NicOx," according to them. This would require large patient populations over periods of several years of testing, an expensive option that NicOx should not continue, they said. Natixis is passed directly on Thursday morning of the recommendation to "buy" to "ease".

A big blow for NicOx, which had very high expectations of this product across the Atlantic.Analysts said the potential of the drug could reach 1.3 billion euros of sales at the peak of sales, in 2017.

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At a time when travel is no longer the preserve of a few explorers, the Expo is no longer just visitors to travel around the world but rather to give them vacation ideas. The Chinese are now just under 55 million to go outside their borders on vacation. By 2020, they will be 100 million. This will be the tourist population of the world's largest. And some countries are willing to settle for a small portion of these new visitors. "We want to capture a share of this growth. That's why we joined the program joined the Nordic sells northern Europe as one destination for Chinese tourists, "says Palsson Hrein, Consul General of Iceland in Shanghai and commissioner of the Icelandic flag Expo 2010, which has made tourism one of the three themes of the exhibition.The Icelandic Minister of Tourism will make even the Expo June 17 This day is an opportunity for Reykjavik to invite Chinese travel agencies and journalists specialized in tourism.

The correlation between tourist attraction and intention to visit the pavilions of the exhibition is obvious. The United States, Australia, Japan, Thailand, France, Italy and Spain were the most popular pavilions during the test days of the Expo last two weeks. They are also the countries most popular with Chinese travelers.

The smaller nations or absent from the traditional tourist tours competing ideas to attract maximum visitors to their pavilions electronic check payday advance. They hope to offer a promotion that no travel agency can never offer them."This is a unique platform to build the brand image of a country," said Debby Cheung, director of Ogilvy Public Relations in China.

Denmark did not hesitate to move her Little Mermaid bronze for the first time outside of Copenhagen. The exhibit coming to the center of the Danish flag to the end of October. Operation successful communication since the advent of the statue has become a major "buzz" of Chinese Painting Expo. The calculation is simple, with three million visitors a year, the Nordic country can hope to show one of its landmarks twice more tourists in half the time. Luxembourg followed suit by bringing his G?lle Fra (Golden Male), moved the Monument of Remembrance to the entrance of the Luxembourg flag Shanghai.

Others offer a real experience.In front of a screen that broadcasts images of snowcapped mountains, visitors can smell the Swiss chalet mountain air, spread by machinery, just before getting on a chairlift athentique rooftop while green building. "This is an opportunity to do direct marketing that does not stand in the next decade," says Frank Serrano, head of the France Pavilion at Shanghai.

The Paris Bourse is a pause.Alors that Wall Street has ended the day by standing still and that the Asian stock markets operate in a disorganized this morning, and without trend, the CAC 40 has opened close to balance on Wednesday, falling very little, from 0.13% to 3982.15 points.

Shortly before the opening bell, Insee has published a public debt to France, 77.6% of GDP, against 67.5% of GDP in 2008. The deficit was driven in by 1.8 points to 7.5% of GDP in 2009, a figure slightly less bad than expected (7.9% expected). The deficit increased a total of 80.1 billion, reflecting a decrease of 4.3% of revenue and an increase of 3.8% of spending, Insee said.

Furthermore, producer prices rose 0.1% in February in France after rising 0.6% in January.

Elsewhere in Europe, the main financial centers are also changing in peace: in London, the Footsie index Gently fold from 0.07% to 5668 points, in Belgium, the Bel 20 was down 0.18% at 2651 points.

But after the trading session should be much busier then a rain of important indicators will be published Wednesday in France, Europe and the United States.

An ample macroeconomic news

At 11 hours, the rate of unemployment in the euro area will be watched by investors, as well as inflation in March (first estimate).At mid-day also, the French Building Federation (FFB) will hold a press conference on the prospects of the market in 2010.

Overseas, his eyes riveted on the figures ADP employment in the private sector in March, which fall at 14.15 (they are the employment figures to be unveiled Friday are the most anticipated by investors) . In February, U.S. employment had come out better than expected. The unemployment rate was 9.7%.

Half an hour later, the economic activity of the Chicago area over the same month that will be scrutinized by investors. Then at 16 hours, February industrial orders register on the radar screens of traders.Finally, at 16:30, the weekly crude oil inventories in the United States will be made public overnight pay day loans.

Other events to note on Wednesday for the first time a foreign minister, in this case the French Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde, participates in the German Council of Ministers, devoted in particular to a stabilization fund for banks (9:30). It will then hold a press conference with his German counterpart Wolfgang Sch?uble at noon.

Societe Generale court

The French bank Societe Generale must respond to a complaint filed by New York Court of pension funds and individual investors who accuse him of having wasted money.The bank securities retreated in early trading from 0.49% to 46.48 euros.

Axa declines sharply (-0.82% to 16.34 euros, the biggest drop CAC 40) while S & P downgraded its rating on value. Just behind BNP Paribas plaice 0.77% to 57.84 euros.

Regarding EADS (1.28%, to 15.07 euros, 2nd best performance of the ACC) and Replenishment American, Barack Obama, during a press conference in Washington with Nicolas Sarkozy, has said it wants " avoid all-protectionism ". He promised a selection of "free and fair" for the contract to 35 billion euros.

Schneider Electric is displayed at the top of the list, with an increase of 1.97%, to 87.11 euros.Vinci rises from 0.97% to 44.22 euros, still boosted by his victory over the tender to 7 billion euros for the HSL South-west France.

Later publications, the leading classifieds website Adenclassifieds saw its net profit fall by almost 88% last year. But there have been signs appear since the end of 2009. At approximately 9:10 am, no title Adenclassifieds not traded.

On Wednesday, Orpea, a leading French farmers establishments comprehensive care for dependents, has published a rebound in net income of 26.1%, to 61 million euros. The shares climbed 3.3%, to 31.51 euros and are headlining on the SBF 120.

Neopost back him, 2.53%, to 59.7 euros. The group saw its net profit fall by 5.7% in 2009 to 147.9 million euros.

This Thursday, September judges hear a variety of defense lawyers about a hundred "class action" (action for common name) filed against the Japanese carmaker Toyota, following the recall of 9 million vehicles.

If the judges decide to consolidate the class actions – based on grounds of complaints (brake pedal …) – into one, for examination by a court, Toyota and the plaintiffs will be invited to agree amicably.Otherwise, the dispute will be settled after a trial.

Certainly it would not be in the interest of Japanese rush into a long and very heavy in terms of image, because the press loves the American business class actions, especially when they involve a large listed group.

Between 3 and 5 billion dollars in financial compensation

Asked by the newspaper Les Echos on Wednesday, Jim Carter, lawyer and author of a complaint in partnership filed against Toyota, "the amount of damages can be assessed using a technique called" mass appraisal "based on factors known (such as vehicle age, mileage, etc.) to estimate the loss in value of their cars of all persons who filed a class action no fax cash advances !!!???!!!?? ?!!!.

He said Toyota may be required to pay financial compensation which "could reach between 3 to 5 billion dollars," he said, while acknowledging not knowing the maximum amount taxed at the manufacturer to date.

Forward, back to better

A month ago, was held hearings in Congress. On this occasion, the operations manager, Jim Lentz, apologized to his group, and acknowledged that it has "too much time to consider a rare but serious safety problems. Technical faults which he attributes in part to "a miscommunication within the company, with regulators and with consumers."

To this the CEO of manufacturer Akio Toyoda, admitted that "the pace at which we (the band, Ed) we developed was too fast.Our priorities are confused and our basic principle of listening to consumers to make better products it is found compromised.

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