Time to innovation is not always compatible with that law. Joaquin Almunia, European Commissioner for Competition, has captured the difficulty and to regulate the Internet. "These markets are rapidly changing especially benefit from an early resolution of competition issues," he said Monday during a press briefing.

This has prompted Brussels to propose a settlement with Google under investigation for abuse of dominant position opened in November 2010. The Internet Group has a few weeks to propose changes to its services on the European Commission. In exchange, it will close its investigation, like that Brussels did for E.ON in 2008 and IBM in 2011. This would allow Google to escape a fine of up to 10% of its turnover. For its part, the regulator can hope to have an impact on the market before that certain players are completely suffocated.

Brussels expects improvements in four areas of Google. The first is the prominence of its own services in the search engine – to the detriment of Dailymotion YouTube for video, Google Maps Mappy privileged rather than to the location. The second concern of the European Commission for copying contents of thematic research services, including the opinion of online, on the pages of Google.

In the field of advertising, Brussels believes the problem that Google imposes exclusivity to advertisers is in the sponsored links. Finally, the European regulator calls for Internet accounts to the group on portability of purchased PPC campaigns on AdWords.

Google disagree

The European Commissioner for Competition detailed the grievances of Brussels in a letter to Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of the group. "In this case, Google has repeatedly expressed its willingness to discuss concerns that the Commission could, short of an adversarial process," Joaquin Almunia also recalled.

But the band plays Mountain View caution. "We have just begun to study the Commission's arguments. We do not agree with his conclusions but we will be happy to discuss any concerns they may have "in this case, reacted Al Verne, Google spokesman in Brussels. Google might as well play on the fact that the digital landscape has changed in two years and now he needs to face new competition, with the rise of social networks and mobile.

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Virginie Calmels, newly appointed CEO of Endemol Worldwide while retaining his position as president alongside Endemol France, book exclusive vision of the audiovisual market bad credit payday advance.

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The romance between romance novels and digital media should not go unnoticed at the book fair opens its doors today. Special emphasis will indeed be given to the digital revolution, a growing market on which the various places novels in rose water have already made a place in the sun. The editors observe indeed a craze for romance in digital format. The books displayed feelings of record sales in electronic format. On the platform Numilog, the main French eDiffuseur digital books, two books of romance publisher Harlequin France top the list of the four best sellers.

Stéphane Aznar, the Chief Harlequin France asserts that "digital is a significant part of our business and our sales figures for e-books are well above the national average." The subsidiary equally owned by Hachette Livre and the Canadian publisher Harlequin expects to achieve 15% of its business in the digital within two years, where sales of e-books now represents 2-3% of national market value, according to Livres Hebdo. And a number of romance novels who observes an exponential growth in sales in digital format looks forward to continuing its development. The group that is "very early stage in an ambitious way on digital," said Stéphane Aznar, now offers downloadable titles in 1000 and is expected to multiply by three by the end of the year.

Attractive prices

Besides an abundant supply, the editor explains the success of its sales of e-books by lower prices of around 30% of his books to those papers. Now readers of romance novels are very large consumers: "Our readers read 15 to 30 novels a year," said Stephane Aznar. The price factor has a significant impact.

Even finding the United States and England where the market for e-book is much more developed than in France. Susan Edwards, Director of Operations at the U.S. publisher Ellora's Cave (house specializing in erotic novels) and evokes the "voracious appetite" for its readers to the digital format, although more discreet than the paper version. "E-books take up much less space, cost less. And no need either to move into a bookstore to get them, "she says.

The Reader mask coverage

The discomfort that many enthusiasts are having to buy songs or read stories of love also disappears in public with electronic media. Indeed, in transit, the book covers too "flaming" are hidden behind the hulls iPhone or digital reading lights. Gillian Green, editorial director of Ebury, told the Guardian that "there is such a snob vis-à-vis the genre that readers do not assume their tastes. With shelves and reading lights, they no longer have to hide. "

Everything leads us to believe that the romances in electronic format have good times ahead! The New Yorker as well as ensures the success of the ebook in the United States reflects this passion for romance novels.

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The smallest city in the United States seeks inhabitant (s) and buyer (s). Don Sammons, the only resident of the town of Buford, in the State of Wyoming, decided to put his entire town for auction on April 5 for the price of $ 100,000 or about 76,000 euros. The sale includes a house with three bedrooms, a gas station, a shop that also serves as a post office, a garage, a school dating from 1905 and the postal code of the city (82 052).

Don Sammons who came to settle there in the 1980s, the city acquired in 1992 with his wife and son. Its only inhabitant who is also the mayor confides in his welcoming gas station nearly 1,000 customers a day in summer and 100 winter. But at the time of retirement, after the death of his wife and his son had deserted the scene, he believes it is now time to move on.  

An abandoned village of Limousin for sale

The future buyer will not complain about the neighborhood. Located at 2400 meters altitude and windswept, the small town of 4 hectares, bordered by the Rocky Mountains, was deserted after the railroad that served the was deflected. Buford claims the title of the smallest city in the United States. There is also no surprise that it is in Wyoming. With a population of 563,626 inhabitants in 2010, the State of West is the least populous country and has the lowest density with just over two per square kilometer. But according to the website of Buford, the city has not been abandoned. Founded in 1866, a time she counted 2,000 inhabitants and has also seen a few past personalities including U.S. President Ulysses S.Grant who visited in 1869. Butch Cassidy, the famous outlaw immortalized on screen by Paul Newman's even been arrested after pointing a trade.

The city is a bargain when compared to other cities recently implemented vente.Un little further north, in the neighboring state of Montana, the town of Pray is for sale for a whopping $ 1.4 million or just over one million euros. Another opportunity to be seized, this time closer to home, the hamlet of Courbefy, in Haute-Vienne, will be auctioned in May for $ 330,000 Euros.

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Football clubs are they like other entities? The question worth asking, when European football comes back to show a record deficit for its fiscal year 2010: more than 1.6 billion cumulative loss by 665 European clubs in first division. As for the debt, it reached nearly 15 billion euros, according to the latest data from the European body of football (UEFA). An aberration by some as a time when European countries are asked to clean up their finances. Besides, if football clubs were rated, they would pass the test? Not sure … There is a little over a year, research firm AT Kearney also noted that "if they were functioning as normal businesses, the championships of Spain, England and Italy would be put in bankruptcy within two years. "

Spanish and English clubs have reached an astronomical debt.

This meeting was preceded yesterday morning by a preparatory meeting involving key ministers.A tax on wealth was also considered.

For its part, the Bank of Italy said yesterday, after completing a "stress-test" on the public debt (equal to 1.9 trillion euros, or 120% of GDP), it was "sustainable and expected to remain stable or decline slightly over the next two years, although rates on government securities amounted to 8% and that growth is zero. "

"Be responsible"

Silvio Berlusconi pledged Tuesday to Angela Merkel to present the stimulus at the G20. The stakes are high for Italy, when the borrowing rate to ten years the country approaching the "point of no return."

Gone are the days when the giants were the audiovisual respect the Yalta on TV: TF1 and M6 to the largest piece of the free TV, Canal + in the world of pay-TV and its 11 million subscribers. In France, the two families have substantially the same size: just over 3 billion euros for free TV financed by advertising and about $ 4 billion to pay.

After struggling for years to ensure a near-monopoly on pay TV (up to buy its rival TPS), it will not take long to Bertrand Meheut to tumble into force on the television commercial. Now a subsidiary of Vivendi will have three frequencies of DTT: iTV, Direct 8 Direct and Star. Be as much as TF1 and M6 more than the group which, in addition to the namesake chain, has only W9.For Bertrand Meheut, this operation meets the logic of "creating strong audiovisual groups able to defend themselves both on the live broadcast on the non-linear over the Internet. This will increase the value of our programs will experience an exclusive first exhibition in pay and free TV in a second. And pay-TV business is our heart. "

465 million for Bolloré

If this sounds like a declaration of war groups TF1 and M6, the marginalized, at the same time, the few independent French media landscape, and BFMTV NRJ12. With the launch of DTT in 2005, the Higher Audiovisual Council wanted to bring new players in the PAF: Bolloré Group AB, NextRadioTV and NRJ Group. But since the first two have sold their frequencies. Claude Berda NT1 and TMC has given its ally TF1.Bolloré sells Direct 8 Direct and Star in Canal +. The two remaining independent are the big losers. For its part, Bolloré Media made a good deal. Since 2005 he has invested hundreds of millions of euros in Live 8 and 70 million euros for the acquisition of Direct Star. Five years later, it enhances its flagship TV to 465 million euros! The channel Direct 8, mini-general, would be about 350 to 400 million euros Faxless payday loans. Direct Star would be a hundred. "We have successfully completed the first phase by creating Direct 8 from scratch and placing it among the first of TNT. But for the second phase, which will see all the media groups to engage in significant competition on the content, we decided to partner with a large broadcasting group, "said Vincent Bolloré.The myth of an audiovisual largely open to competition turns into a clash between three private-TF1, M6 and Canal + – and a public group, France Televisions. With their financial firepower, the first three will fight a war without thank you for the acquisition of content.

Add to this a sharp competition for advertising. Canal + now has a board weighing 400 million. Bertrand Meheut is trying to calm things down by stating that "this partnership does not change the industrial landscape, since we are in the continuity of existing channels. We are small in this market for free TV. " He recalled that "TF1 and M6 are, conversely, present in the pay television."It is unclear whether this is enough to calm things down, because, at the same time, the president of Canal Plus says it does not want to "abandon its free channel Canal 20" under channel offset. In this case, Canal +, which exceeds the number of authorized frequencies (maximum seven), should sell two. "It will sell certain frequencies paying," he says. The chain may be referred planet, present on the DTT.

This comes on the eve of the presentation of the report of Michel Boyon, president of CSA, the future of DTT. It is now a fait accompli. The media landscape is recomposed without him. If Canal + bought Direct 8 Direct and Star, the future of DTT is widely drawn. The TF1 group is in a strong position to demand not only the transfer of its news channel LCI of DTT (where it is marginalized) to DTT.But Nonce Paolini, CEO of TF1, claim compensation as a string, which should be TV Breizh. For its part, the M6, if he will not be weakened, will support its claims. He also wants to transform its pay DTT channel Paris Première chain free. And he also wants compensatory chain among its two projects WikiTV M6 family.

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The renaissance that nuclear power seemed to promise, in the world, there are a few more months, will she be? Areva had put in a position to be a key player in the expansion of civil atom, only controlled and profitable alternative to fossil fuels and "clean" in CO2 emissions which is more. The French group and hired some 12,000 people each year to keep pace expected of its business.

Since 11 March, the situation has changed dramatically: Germany, Switzerland and now Italy, have decided to end their civil nuclear program. India, with firm orders for new reactors was expected before the summer, will surely prolong his reflection. Anne Lauvergeon refused to believe in a "nuclear winter".For her as for other supporters of the atom, the policy decisions taken today as the heat of the moment can be questioned tomorrow.

For now, the international development of Areva is at stake in the coming months, all the nuclear installations in Europe will be reviewed. Although the terms of these "stress tests" are still being defined, Areva will necessarily be at the forefront. Like Anne Lauvergeon, his successor will have to become a diplomat of nuclear power, both to reassure his interlocutors on the safety of this activity and convince them to pursue an effective dialogue with the French group.

– Restore the finances of the company

For a long time, critics of Anne Lauvergeon stigmatize poor operational management of the company and its finances in jeopardy.In 2010, the company has also accused an operating loss of 423 million euros and the rating agency has become mediocre. The group also suffers from having camped on his credo of "vertical integration", to the point of purchase, too expensive, its own uranium mines, which now require large investments. Finally, the action Areva is listed in this form since May 30, has lost nearly 15% payday loan companies.

– Pacifier relationship with EDF

Relations have never been easy between the two companies, they have become abominable between Anne and Henri Proglio Lauvergeon, CEO of the utility since the fall of 2009. Regularly called to order by the state, their shareholders to both, the two companies to work together STRIPS sentenced last fall to formalize a strategic partnership.

All aspects of collaboration are concerned, the supply of uranium to the reprocessing of spent fuel, to building new reactors. But the various working groups have not yet yielded any conclusions. Again, the management of Areva will be watched around the corner. Luc Oursel will be on a narrow track of restoring harmonious relations with EDF, without appearing the vassal.

Seen from the Elysee, the issue is crucial because it is to harmonize relationships within the French nuclear industry to win export contracts. Without compromising the ability of Areva to sell only his skills to other electricians global EDF's competitors.

– To service the Finnish EPR

It's really cursed the site for Areva. The new generation of reactor Olkiluoto 3 should have been operational in 2009. It will not be before 2012.His bill, expected around 3.5 billion euros, has appreciated by 3 billion euros, lead accounts Areva. The company – which has staked his credibility by taking on the project management of this project – no longer has the right to make mistakes. The EPR is the cornerstone of its international development. And it is that Luc Oursel return the task to make a successful export, arguing its assets in terms of safety.

At the same time, the new leader of the nuclear group will tackle the launch of the TDD, a new medium-power reactor that. Through this case is the ability of the company to expand its portfolio of facilities that will be tested.

These bees towns were nestled there by the beekeeper Nicolas Giant at the request of the king of luxury. Hives in the hive after the bags, fashion jewelry, "LV" has become a honey! Purpose: To educate employees on environmental issues and biodiversity.The protection of bees is crucial, the hive cities produced four times more than the hive fields, where intensive agriculture, pesticides and its Asian hornet Maya threaten these benefactors instant payday loan.

"As sweet as honey", Louis Vuitton, the luxury first company to take this initiative, has made about the theme of its windows. In his first major harvest, she received 75 kg of honey, 500 pots rare, reserved not for sale but to employees and friends of the family. Louis Vuitton scratched nectar, but also labeled Honey La Belle Jardiniere, by reference to the roots of the seat. This was a natural …

Household consumption to menu

After finishing up the day, Wall Street reacted little to the various macroeconomic indicators on the agenda Friday. Household consumption has caught up. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, spending rose 0.6%, the ninth consecutive month of increase, after rising 0.9% in February (revised from 0.7%).

Inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month the U.S., according to the price index associated with household consumption expenditure (PCE), released Friday in Washington.It reached 1.8% yoy, while she was still only 1.0% in November

But the growth of economic activity in the Chicago area slowed slightly more than expected, according to the index released Friday Thursday by the trade association ISM, which stood at 67.6 for April.

At 3:55 p.m., the second estimate of the index of consumer confidence in April, awarded by the University of Michigan, will be unveiled.

Merck, Chevron and Caterpillar publish their results

On the corporate side, Chevron (-0.84% ​​to 107.90 U.S. dollars) has published better than expected results in the first quarter. Net income group share was up 36% year on year to 6.2 billion dollars in the first quarter.

The manufacturers of construction equipment Caterpillar (2.37% to 115.33 dollars) has issued an earnings per share up 411% at 1.84 dollar.The turnover at 12.949 billion dollars, increased by 57%. The group revised its forecast for 2011 up. It expects sales of between 52 and 54 billion dollars against 50 billion previously.

Goodyear (9.92% to 17.81 dollars) on Friday issued a first quarter earnings four times higher than Wall Street expectations, thanks to strong demand.

Blackberry sells more than 15% yesterday after warning on its results.The Canadian group Research In Motion (RIM), maker of multimedia phone BlackBerry, has announced Thursday that its earnings forecasts for the current quarter, published on March 24 last, had to be revised downwards because of disappointing sales.

Merck (+0.14% to 35.82 dollars) announced a net profit in the first quarter more than tripled over the same period last year, which was impacted by costs of merger with Schering Plough. It amounts to $ 1.04 billion. The pharmaceutical group has slightly raised its annual forecast.

The groupeMicrosoft (-2.06% to 26.16 dollars) is very guarded, after publication, on Thursday after the market close, with net income up 31% to 5.23 billion for the third quarter shifted its fiscal year. A performance that does not stop him being left behind parApple (0.79% to 349.50 dollars).Based on the number of shares and excluding special items, earnings amounts to 61 cents, above the 56 cents expected by analysts. The turnover shown up 10% to 16.43 billion, despite the climate of "mixed" for the PC market.