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Atos continued to bounce back despite the difficulties of the IT sector in developed countries. Despite a slight drop in sales (-0.7% to 2.47 billion euros on a comparable basis) in the first half, the services company in computer engineering said Wednesday in a statement net income group share of 100 million euros in the first half, up 66% year on year. Atos has indeed improved its operating margin. A 166 million, represents 6.7% of revenues, compared to 6% for the same period last year. "In the first half of 2011, as planned, we managed to increase the operating margin for the fifth consecutive quarter," welcomes these results Thierry Breton, CEO of Atos.
The first group activity is outsourcing, which shows an increase in its turnover by 0.6% to 906 million euros.The operating margin turned positive in all service lines of the group, except for high-tech transactional services (HTTS), where it fell slightly by 0.5% over the first half of 2010. This decrease is attributable to significant investment group in the countries of Asia and Europe, including the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Spain.
An advance on the schedule for the integration of SIS
Former Atos Origin has officially completed in early July the acquisition of the holding company consolidating all IT activities of Siemens, Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS), which gave birth to a new entity, now called Atos. In exchange, the German group was to take up to 15% in the new entity. The merger helped to improve the financial position of the group."The growth in operating margin was performed in the context of preparations for the integration of SIS," said Thierry Breton, adding that the group is now well positioned to increase its competitiveness, and is ahead of schedule to deploy program realization of merger synergies cashadvance.
Growth in the UK due to public commissions
In terms of performance by geographical area, the UK market of the company that turns out to be the most dynamic yet. Group revenue increased by 3% in the United Kingdom, supported in particular by the return of public commissions that have operated in the area of facilities management (6.6%) and HTTS (+7%) after a freeze period of new contracts during the economic crisis, said Michel Alain Proch, chief financial officer of Atos.
Moreover, in Europe, the activity of the company specialized in IT services has suffered persistent problems in the markets, which led to a very high selectivity of the contracts. This is the case of Benelux, where the turnover of Atos was down 4.1% and France, where the decline in the activity of specialist services is 2.9% in the first six months of the year. These are two historic regions for the group, accounting for one third of its business. As for the new entities Chinese, Turkish and Russian, the results should impact the sales of Atos about 50 million, they will be integrated with results from the fourth quarter, it said. The transfer of these entities occurred on July 1, when the acquisition of SIS by Atos.
The group now expects an operating margin of 6.2% for all of 2011, for an annual turnover of around 6.8 billion euros. Atos also confirmed a target cash flow up 20% to 170 million euros.
These encouraging results have been applauded by the Paris Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The title of the SSII took 5.01% to 39.16 euros to 10 hours.
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The European Central Bank has pointed out as planned today its main interest rate from 1.25% to 1.5%, at meeting of its governing council in Frankfurt. The financial markets were convinced that since Jean-Claude Trichet, its president, expressed his "great vigilance", vis-à-vis inflation, June 30, before the European Parliament. It reached 2.7% year over year, according to Eurostat.
This will be the second time this year that the ECB interest rates rises and the eleventh increase since Jean-Claude Trichet took charge of the institution in 2003.
Not since the single currency is "European economic growth has been uneven," noted economists, however, Societe Generale. Industrial production rose 9.6% year on year in Germany (2.6% in France), whereas it fell by 10.9% in Greece.Jean-Claude Trichet is expected to speak on the role of rating agencies include difficulty many observers that the ECB does not it stands out more openly to their own decisions refinancing of banks.
The CAC 40 is expected to resume on Friday after his heavy fall of more than 2% Thursday night. Markets should appreciate the calming of the Greek case. While Europe has promised a new plan Thursday to save Greece, while maintaining the pressure to Athens in exchange for adopting an unpopular austerity program, Greece, she has reached an agreement with international donors on the final details of a new austerity plan, whose adoption in parliament expected next week.
Moreover, the French Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde was released Thursday in Washington visibly relaxed in his great oral before the Board of the International Monetary Fund, which shall designate within a week its new CEO.She assured that she would not be lenient with European countries if it took the head of the institution.
In France, INSEE said that growth will wait for 2.1% in 2011. The first months left on the ground running, with a 1% growth in the first quarter but spring is marked by a strong downturn in part because of the end of the scrapping a car that plunged household consumption, in the face of any support in the international environment.
Oil has won
All eyes will also look to the monthly survey of French consumer confidence survey for June, to be published by INSEE 8:45.In Germany, the Ifo barometer (10 hours) followed, while the U.S. side, durable goods orders will be scrutinized closely.
Meanwhile, the euro stagnated this Friday morning (0.02% to 1.4268 dollar) while the side of commodity markets, the last few hours were hectic. Yesterday, the price dropped $ 5 in New York, at $ 90 and $ 7 in London. A decline caused by the International Energy Agency that surprised by deciding to draw on its stocks to supply the market.
EADS not "indifferent" to an approximation Thales / Safran
After a week early for professionals, the Paris Air Show opens Friday for three days the general public who can see the stars in flight aviation such as the A380 or the Rafale fighter absolutely free credit score.The 667 contracts announced four days propel the Airbus order book of European best-seller, the A320 Neo, over 1000 copies. In total, Airbus set a new record high with 72.2 billion dollars in contracts.
In addition, EADS can not remain "indifferent" to a rapprochement between Thales and Safran, two major suppliers, said Thursday on radio BFM Business Marwan Lahoud, Chief Strategy Officer of European aerospace group.
Bernard Charles, CEO of the world leader in 3D software, Dassault Systems, told the BBC that the aviation economy is on the verge of a revolution.
The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) denounced a "deliberate process" of non-reporting of accidents at the site of the Flamanville (Manche), particularly on the part of Bouygues, in a report revealed Friday by humanity.
Vinci has signed a new syndicated credit line of four billion euros in five years, two options to extend for one year to fund the general needs of the group. This new facility replaces several existing credit lines not drawn, maturing in 2012, a total of 3.685 million euros.
PSA declined to commit to a future timetable for its plant at Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), said the CGT.
Société Générale.Bank unions have denounced a draft direction to reduce the incentive and incentive to be paid to employees in 2012.
Areva has announced a new joint venture in nuclear power in China. The nuclear group has signed a contract for the supply of instrumentation systems from the heart of two reactors at the plant Ningde.
Sanofi has obtained the green light Thursday of the health authorities of Canada to put his cancer Jevtana on the market.
Gain an advantage over competitors like Netflix preparing their arrival in France. Thursday, VideoFutur announced a new offering called "hybrid" meant to build consumer loyalty and especially fond of videos of recent films. Netflix based on the model, offers a package VideoFutur Pass Duo 6.99 euros to access both video on physical media (DVD, Blu-ray) and video on demand over the Internet. For that price, subscribers will have access to all films released theatrically for over nine months on DVD and Blu-ray on Wheels. They have more opportunity to access video on demand for new films four months after their release at a price of 2.99 euros per film.Finally, the subscription will provide access from the start to an unlimited number of old films on the Internet (thirty-six months after their theatrical release).
"We found that video on demand suffered from very competitive prices since, until now, users had to pay 5 euros to access a work. However, the price of a physical video is now 2.90 euros, says Marc Tessier, president of VideoFutur. It was important to align the rates of physical and dematerialized video. We also wanted to compensate for the disadvantage of video subscription which provides access to a limited number of works thirty-six months after their theatrical release. "
This marketing offensive is primarily intended to prepare announced the arrival of more competition in the market for image and video over the Internet.
Rapidly changing
Netflix, the video service to 25 million U.S. subscribers as well as Amazon and Google – the search engine which now recognizes the images – prepare for their arrival in Europe. With their agreements with major U.S. studios purveyors of blockbusters, these new players may be required. For VideoFutur, it is especially important to speed up the transfer that the company is experiencing a difficult situation. In 2010, the results showed a loss of nearly 6 million euros for a turnover amounting to 8.2 million euros, down 42%. If the company does not envisage a return to balance by 2013, however, it focuses on new developments such as increasing the number of physical stores, which should be of the order of fifty 'By the end of the year.
The record turns Greek puzzles. In Brussels on Tuesday, finance ministers of the Eurogroup have once again gathered to discuss a new rescue plan, with the stumbling block of how to involve private creditors.
The coming days ahead crucial step after the meeting convened in emergency Tuesday night. The future plan for assistance must be discussed Monday during a Eurogroup long planned – this one – in the context of the EU summit on 23 and 24 JuneMeanwhile, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel should also mention the issue in Berlin on Friday.
Crushed by the weight of a huge debt of 350 billion euros, Athens has already obtained a loan of 110 billion last year, and creditors are preparing to give a hand to the pocket extension could be around 90 billion euros, according to figures frequently mentioned.
Reactions conservative banks
"The German government is ready to take additional measures," said Tuesday the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, while holding that "of course" private sector participation was "an element" of any additional program.His Dutch counterpart, Jan Kees de Jager, for his part felt that the private sector should shoulder more than 30% of a new assistance plan.
But the European Commission, the ECB and France in particular, warn against any commitments forced march of banks and other pension funds, which could have a destabilizing effect on markets. "We are against the involvement other than a voluntary private creditors," was repeated before MEPs Mario Draghi, who should succeed Jean-Claude Trichet in November.
For its part, the Commissioner of Economic Affairs, Olli Rehn, has talked about the preparation of an "Agreement on the basis of the Vienna initiative, under which banks extend the term of their loans and do so voluntarily."For the Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders, "all sorts of authoritarian measures likely would include a risk for Portugal or Ireland, a risk for the euro area."
Several options are on the table. Berlin calls for an exchange of bonds, which would lengthen the debt maturity of seven years. The other track to the study is a continuation of voluntary debt maturities (rollover).
The ground is shifting, investors can quickly interpret a conscription as a step toward bankruptcy. As a warning, the rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded three notches Monday note of Greece, to "CCC".
From the banking side, the reactions are currently cautious.The German Banking Federation Saturday approved the principle of private sector participation, without specifying the terms, while the governor of the Bank of France showed its confidence in the financial system driver (see below). French and German institutions are most at risk from international creditors.
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Small form for Wall Street to start the week. At the close, the Dow Jones lost 0.50% to 12,089.96 points, the Standard & Poor's was down 1.08% at 1286.17 points and the Nasdaq dropped 1.11% to 2702.56 points.
The scheduled end of the second program of quantitative easing (QE2) of the Federal Reserve also weighed on the trend on Wall Street. Started last August, the program of monetary easing had allowed the S & P 500 gain 30% over a period of eight months through April. The S & P 500 has since lost 5% from its peak last month.
The absence of major economic indicators or corporate earnings later in the week also makes investors excited.
Portugal calls for calm
Concerning the problems of sovereign debt in Europe, the new Portuguese government appealed for calm on markets.The President of the Social Democratic Party, Pedro Passos Coelho, who succeeded Jose Socrates, has assured creditors on Sunday night that his country would not be "a burden" for them, promising to "do everything" to "honor the commitments" the Portuguese State.
As a result, U.S. banks suffer: Bank of America loose 3.99% to 10.83 dollars, Citigroup dropped 4.47% to 38.07 dollars and Morgan Stanley sells 2.60% to 22.52 dollars.
On the foreign exchange market, the euro declined slightly against the dollar on Monday after climbing to its highest level since a month after the release of new funding for Greece, while the greenback suffered from concerns about the strength of U.S. economic recovery. In the evening in Paris, the European single currency was worth 1.4570 dollars against 1.4637 dollars on Friday night.The euro climbed to 1.4658 dollars in early morning, its highest level since May 5
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The side of values, the airline sector is battered on Monday. Delta Airlines coward 3.01% to 9.33 dollars. Forecast company profits will be halved in 2011 because of high oil prices, unrest in the Arab world and natural disasters in Japan, said today the International Air Transport Association (Iata).
Apple: -1.57% to 338.04 dollars
On Monday, Steve Jobs, the boss of Apple announced the service icloud cloud computing. The Cupertino company creates a new front against Amazon, Google and Microsoft.For the "cloud" is expanding.
Goldman Sachs: -1.06% to 133.90 dollars
For its part, the U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs will make public internal documents on its activities in the mortgage before the crisis, to counter the charges against her in the Senate, says the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).Also according to the American newspaper, the United States are studying the possible impact on competition in the acquisition of patents from bankrupt Canadian telecoms equipment maker Nortel giants of the computer and the internet like Google or Apple.
Fiat: -0.56% to 10.72 dollars
Sergio Marchionne said on Saturday on the sidelines of a conference in Venice, having made an offer to the Canadian government to buy back its share from 1.7% of Chrysler for about $ 125 million, or the same terms as the takeover announced on Thursday from 6% U.S. Treasury for $ 500 million. Two years after taking 20% stake in Chrysler, Fiat Group will officially become the majority in the third of the U.S. Big Three. The price for crossing the symbolic threshold of 50% was indeed set Friday: Fiat will spend 560 million dollars for the last 6% stake held by the U.S. Treasury.This enables him to climb to 52% of capital.
Microsoft: 0.44% to 24.01 dollars Yahoo!: -1.47% to 15.45 dollars
The e-mail services from Microsoft and Yahoo have in turn been the subject of infiltration attempts. The U.S. wants global rules against piracy.
The World Health Organization has classified the mobile phones in the category of products whose use is "possibly carcinogenic". If their harmfulness is not formally demonstrated, scholars have already shown that heavy users appeared to have a greater risk of developing cancers in the head (brain, parotid gland, inner ear). It is therefore necessary to minimize, at least as a precaution, exposure. Lefigaro.fr present you some tracks.
Use the speakerphone or handsfree
The amount of air absorbed by the body decreases rapidly when leaving the phone (decrease proportional to the square of the distance separating the receiver from the transmitter). The use of loudspeaker used to limit its exposure. Similarly, hands free kits are very effective even if a very small waves propagate along the wire.
Bluetooth kits work them on the same frequency range as laptops (or Wi-Fi). But they emit more than 200 times less safe. From the moment the end user's team for that call, they are commendable. Otherwise, they can instead make things worse.
Limit conversations moving
The phones do not emit systematically with the same power. When you start a conversation when the phone connects with the relay antenna, it is more important example.
When you are moving (subway, car, train), your phone also emits more strongly to search for nearby antennas. And when you pick wrong, your phone tries to compensate by sending more powerful waves.In both cases, it is better to avoid spending long shots son.
Call from a fixed maximum
The best way to avoid exposure to wave the phone is still … not to use it. Behind this lies a profound truism commercial development: since December 2010, the major ISPs offer for very reasonable money, unlimited plans to laptops. We can call his friends without breaking the bank since its fixed.
Note that cordless phones and son (also known as DECT) operate on the same wavelength range but emit about ten times times less power.
Prioritize mails and SMS
Speak no more: write. In this way, you keep your laptop away from your ear and you limit the amount of waves it emits. The introduction of SMS packages and mails Unlimited makes this alternative economically viable.As for phones, they are more likely to have full keyboards that facilitate the writing of messages. Some users have already integrated this new way of communicating.
Do not keep your laptop close to you
Your phone emits at very short intervals to keep in touch with the network (or 3G telephony). Better to leave your laptop on your desktop in your pocket, in your living room on your bedside table. Most phones now have a function "airplane" that lets you disconnect your terminal from the network and benefit from other applications (alarm clock, games, etc.).
Buy a phone with a small SAR?
Cell phones all have a SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) which gives the amount of absorbed wave by human tissues for a maximum emission.Limited to 2 W / kg in Europe (1.6 W / kg in the U.S.), it is measured by the manufacturer itself has a legal obligation to mention it in the manual. Some websites will enumerate the values to allow comparisons. Critics point out that a DAS phone can be clamped to get a hint when he issues an average of more waves than cameras with a high SAR.
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The reform bill just passed by the Council of Ministers, the debate continues on the creation of the famous tax on high salaries and bonuses. And the question that arises now is that the threshold will be taken.
Always opposed the creation of a new tax bracket, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, in effect, gave the green light to Pierre Mehaignerie, Chairman of the Committee on Social Affairs, to think about it the establishment of an "outstanding contribution". Francois Baroin, the budget minister, was then referred to a $ 2 million to 3 million euros as the threshold for application of this new tax. But according to Les Echos this morning, a government source said that this threshold could be lowered.Also according to the business daily, Pierre Mehaignerie advance, meanwhile, the leveraging of income above 1 million euros.
The tax, originally scheduled to be exceptional, should also become permanent. It would be introduced through an amendment to the Finance Act amendment that members must consider from 6 June.
Debate in the fall
Chairman of the Committee on Social Affairs did not give further, creating a new tax bracket. It even has the approach of presidential elections in 2012 to convince the executive.
The battle is announced on this subject for the time referred to in fall. "This debate should be raised but it has its place in more finance law that at the collective (that is to say, the supplementary budget law) on the reform of the ISF, which is well balanced" , said the MP.
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The director of Medicare does not hide its intention, revealing new figures on excess fees, weigh on the negotiations with private doctors, which should lead to early summer. "The system just drift since its inception 30 years ago, Frederick van Roekeghem regrets. We want to sound the alarm on the need to implement structural reforms. "
Overruns (these are requested beyond the "tariff Safely" legally by doctors of "Sector 2 but poorly repaid by certain complementary health) accounted last year for 2.5 billion euros, on a total of 20.9 billion euros in fees. A proportion is similar in style singled out by the Inspectorate of Social Affairs in 2004, which argued that while a "significant increase" during the previous decade.But behind this "apparent stability", says Fred van Roekeghem lies a greater concentration.
In 1990, 16% of physicians "family" could charge excess fees. Since then, the degree requirements were introduced which prevent virtually any plant of the generalist sector 2, and only 7% of workforce is concerned. The proportion of specialists in Area 2, with her stable for the past twenty years (41% in 2010). But if she fell for clinical specialties (pediatricians, dermatologists, gastroenterologists between 32% and 40%), it flies in the operating room: 34% against 28% for anesthesiologists, 85% against 73% for surgeons.And in all these areas, the sector will expand in the next two years as junior doctors settle overwhelmingly.
Physicians increasingly "greedy"
In addition, doctors applying overruns are becoming more "gourmet" on the amounts required: 54% of the "Safely rate, on average, against 25% in 1990. Note that Medicare confirms the intuition of the French Mutuality: 4.5% of public hospital doctors allowed to perform – for 20% of their working time to the maximum – a professional activity in area 2 practice overruns higher than their liberal counterparts "pure." Supplements such resources reach 81% in surgery, against 56% in the private sector, 80% against 48% in ENT, ophthalmology, or 96%, 60% cons.
Overtaking both more frequent and higher are concentrated in certain areas – with high purchasing power – like Paris and West of the Ile-de-France, Rhône, Alsace and the Coast d'Azur.
A problem of access to care
Nevertheless. "The phenomenon empire, says Frederick van Roekeghem. It poses a problem of access to care. " The boss of Medicare does not refute the argument of doctors (surgeons in particular): they are using the overruns is that the social security system pays too little certain acts, given their cost, their difficulty, duration, or the risk that affects the amount of insurance premiums. It's good to help doctors make more money without costing too much to Medicare that the sector 2 was created in 1980 by Raymond Barre.And it's not a coincidence that the least among specialists in Sector 2 are installed cardiologists (20%) and radiologists (13%), considered very good living by simply make rates Safely.
Frederick van Roekeghem says ready to act on the question to finally allow the entry into force of the solution advocated since 2004: the "optional sector. This would be for anesthesiologists, surgeons and obstetricians Area 2 volunteers to achieve at least 30% of their actions and costs Safely, do not charge for overruns over 50% on the rest of their activity, complementary health s 'committing their part to repay the money. "This discussion will reopen. I think it's the last time, "warns the director of Medicare.
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Hotel Martinez divided into apartments or offices? One hypothesis is now possible according to Le Parisien in France today. The famous Art Deco hotel, which annually hosts the biggest stars of world cinema at the Cannes Film Festival, may soon be for sale by its owner, the investment fund Starwood Capital. Nearly six years after buying the group Taittinger, the American group, forced to reduce its debt, in effect withdraws progressively from the luxury hotel. After having yielded to the Israeli group Arlov Lutetia in July 2010, and the Crillon hotel to a member of the royal family of Saudi Arabia at the end of that year, Starwood Capital could be tempted to secede as the famous Cannes hotel .Bundling of several hotels including the Martinez, a $ 1.5 billion, had already almost completed in 2008.
This possibility seems this time even more credible, the newspaper said that the clause which requires the continued operation of the hotel business site has rightly expired last April 24. Imposed by the state group Taittinger redemption of the hotel in 1981, she ran that in thirty years. It is clear that if the hotel was sold to the cut, the fund Starwood Capital would clearly benefit much higher. Quoted by the newspaper, counsel for the heirs of the historic Martinez, Pierre Zeghmar, assesses the value of the total around 1 billion euros as qu'appartements separated, against only 300 million as a hotel.
If the mayor of Cannes denies fearing a possible sale, but it is going to take the precaution to enter the palaces in the local plan. A measure that would ensure their hotel assignment in assignments. But according to Pierre Zeghmar, "this measure will be effective after July 2011, leaving a window of the American group. Still, the Grand Hotel has recently invested, according to Deputy Mayor of Cannes David Lisnard quoted by Le Parisien – Aujourd'hui en France, five million euros to renovate the rooms before the G20, which will take place in Cannes in November. An "institution of this type, currently very profitable," is anyway always potentially for sale, "said the mayor.
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