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The online banks will have to convince the French still reluctant. A BVA survey conducted for the Dutch bank ING Direct, four out of five French are not ready to transfer all or part of their funds in a bank online.

Requires close

The first reason given for their refusal is the need for closeness (89% of responses). Even if they are not all satisfied with their current bank, the French chose an institution primarily because it is easy to reach from home or workplace. Then (74%), fear of having no one to contact if problems or unexpected. Finally, the desire to maintain a customized report with a counselor is paramount for 68% of the 736 respondents with an internet connection … and 73% of them feel just as consultants online banks are unreachable.More surprisingly, the French fear the formalities of transfer of accounts and especially the closing costs from their current institution. But the closure of checking accounts are paying more since 2005!

Fresh lean

Yet the French recognize the qualities of online banks. Some like their fee policy on current operations or the free cards are recognized strengths. 35% of respondents spoke as a major factor in choosing a bank. The hourly range is also appreciated. That leaves working on customer relationship … ING, which currently has 750,000 customers in France, with 500,000 more expected within 6 months.

"See the BVA survey for ING Direct

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Nicolas Sarkozy is he fell off the bed? The Head of State arrived well ahead of schedule Saturday morning at the Salon de l'Agriculture in Paris. While appointments had been given to the press at 9:00 am, for arrival between 9:30 and 10:00, the President took everyone to court in arriving at 8:30.

Half an hour before the exhibition opens to the public, and while all the journalists had not yet arrived, the head of state has been able to finish a quiet and calm in a tense situation. It is accompanied by Ministers Bruno Le Maire (Agriculture) and Michel Mercier (Rural Areas and Regional Planning).It has been particularly welcomed by Jean-Michel Lemetayer, president of the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (FNSEA).

"Nicolas Sarkozy is taking its time"

While departing from the tradition, the president has not opened this year's Salon de la Porte de Versailles, it was eagerly awaited by farmers who suffer the brunt of crisis. The Salon de l'Agriculture has always been a difficult visit to Nicolas Sarkozy payday advance . Two years ago, his baptism of fire as president had led to a controversy surrounding the famous phrase, coined a visitor who refused to shake his hand, "Casse-toi pauvre con". Especially, the current president's hard to bear comparison with his predecessor.Jacques Chirac is in fact very comfortable in the exercise, which he demonstrated again Friday during a visit acclaimed.

"It seems that Nicolas Sarkozy, who usually do not linger in the aisles of the Salon, decided this year to take more time to listen to farmers," explains one of the envoys of Figaro on site, which also describes the security services "tense". Anxious to avoid overflow, the bodyguards of the president are intractable. The Roundtable, scheduled for the morning with representatives of the agricultural world, will take place elsewhere out of sight, journalists are invited to follow from the newsroom.

More to come on lefigaro.fr …

The group of wines and spirits Pernod Ricard is on Monday's Combined General Meeting to approve the consolidated accounts of social and fiscal 2008/2009, ending June 30, 2009. In a statement, he stressed that "even if the general economic environment remains challenging, particularly in Europe, the first signs of improvement appear on some markets."

Pierre Pringuet, the Group Managing Director says "target for the year 2009/2010, a growth in recurring operating income of between 1% and 3%, with stronger advertising and promotion on strategic brands.

The title Pernod Ricard, a component of the CAC40, the flagship index of the Paris bourse, gained 0.4% to 57.02 euros in mid-session.

They are presented as "the cornerstone of the company, but feel" left out "after having invested limitless. A paradox highlighted by the study conducted by consulting firm HR Solutions Alter Ego, and Françoise Toulemonde, marketing consultant and prospective studies (1). "Isolated," "disoriented," in full midlife crisis "… The survey paints a finding black … More specifically, it reveals that the professional motivation of this population are similar to those of the famous generation Y, characterized by individualism and infidelity to the company.

For Quadras, succeed at work is above all a personal project: "always learning" for 45% of them reconcile their pro-life to 39%. In contrast, only 12% believe that success is linked to having significant responsibilities.

If the quadrants have high expectations of HR, over 80% believe that evolution will not pass through internal mobility, but from somewhere else.

For the firm Alter Ego Solutions, "companies have an interest in reconsidering these quadrants, if they do not want to see in smoke from their expertise or simply face an acute risk of demotivation.

The conclusions to be drawn? Companies should treat this "quiet generation", which is showing "signs of impatience."

The study concludes with Generation Y, concluding that this "puzzle recruiters" may be basically a "shell" and that individualism is perhaps generations. A revelation …

(1) Survey conducted between April 23 and 14 mail in 2009, among 1200 men aged executives.