He took his time. But the New York jury delivered its verdict on Friday evening the group of telecommunications and media company Vivendi sued by shareholders ruined by its near-collapse in 2002, was convicted of misleading communication. Its CEO at the time, Jean-Marie Messier, has instead been milled.
As expected, Vivendi's lawyer Paul Saunders immediately announced he would appeal, and that he intended to "win". "We are satisfied that the damage is half of what the plaintiffs claimed this side there is a partial victory," said the lawyer. The plaintiff had estimated that damages could rise to 11.5 billion dollars.
Messier absent when the verdict
Jean-Marie Messier and Guillaume Hannezo, its chief financial officer, were absent when the verdict.They have yet to appear in magistrate in Paris in the spring, with five other executives of Vivendi, including responding to charges of disseminating false or misleading information, price manipulation and abuse of social goods, which they could worth up to 5 years imprisonment and heavy fines for bad credit payday advance .
After three months of trial, the nine board members of the Federal Court had to decide on 57 points very technical. After answering a series of questions establishing the guilt of the accused or not, they have, for each trading day occurring between October 2000 and August 2002, "determine the amount of inflation being caused by the fraud alleged" .
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Expenses related to health care, absenteeism, business closures and premature death: the National Institute for Research and Safety and the School of Arts and Crafts feel that the cost of stress at work has reached 1.9 to 3 billion euros in France in 2007. "An evaluation minimum, the study did not take into account only one stressor," the combination of strong pressure on (the tasks performed at rapid rates and subject to deadlines) and a lack of autonomy in carrying out the work. " This would represent a third of cases of stress, excluding for example the lack of support or recognition. Moreover, only cardiovascular disease, depression and musculo-skeletal disorders have been identified as diseases resulting from stress.
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The staff of Leica range in France climbs in France. No more view on the device and Gennevilliers. The teams of the prestigious manufacturer of optics and cameras, whose headquarters was located in the suburbs of Paris for 25 years, have won the exchange. Now they literally dive on Lake Annecy in Savoy, where an old factory has been refurbished to accommodate the fifteen employees at headquarters. "We carry nearly a quarter of our turnover in optics, said Stéphane Manara, the manager of Leica Camera Western Europe.It was difficult to offer our customers to try before you buy if we gave a large surface on the device.
The lucky few who spend an average of 5500 euros for a box and from 2,000 to 8,000 euros for the optical can now follow short training courses in outdoor seat in the new Alpine Leica 350m2 terrace where they are dedicated.
Another major innovation for the brand fetish Cartier Bresson: a shop owned outright by the company was opened in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Rue de la Pompe. Others have also opened in London, Tokyo and Moscow. Until then, the brand had on reseller partners. But leaders of the German company wanted to better control their distribution.Especially in recent months, the manufacturer has launched several new digital cameras aimed at different audiences: The S2 for professionals, the X1, a compact for a wider audience and the M9, the first 24X36 trademark. Not forgetting his first monocular pocket for hikers
President of Leica Acting, Andreas Kaufmann, the representative of the family owns a small cottage industry, announced in 2008 the deployment of a twenty Leica shops in the world and "shopping shops" nestled in large signs. Since last spring, Andreas Kaufmann has passed the torch to Rudolf Spiller, the new CEO of Leica, Zeiss former. The latter must take Leica red where it fell this year. Indeed, the group posted a net loss of 4.8 milion euros (against a profit of 3 million) for a turnover of 134.2 million.
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Nicole who? Nicole Notat. The former boss of the CFDT has perhaps gone the media landscape, it nevertheless remains active. She who was the first woman to lead a trade union confederation in France is now CEO of Vigeo, a rating agency social enterprises. She oversees a team to issue ratings of companies based on criteria that are not only financial but also social (wage policy, governance, …) or on sustainable development. Member of the High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality (Halde) – three half-days per month we entrust Does she paid 100 euros each to examine possible cases of discrimination, it is also Member of the Century, a renowned think tank.
Invited Talk Friday on France Info Net (in partnership with lefigaro.fr with lexpress.fr this week), she initially welcomed the decision "wise and good" Jean Sarkozy not to run for the presidency of the Institution public management of Defense (EPAD). "He did not measure what it meant to be called Sarkozy" Justice does, arguing that the case was "ill-fitted" but that its outcome could ultimately serve the individual. In contrast, it rose against the argument of youth and inexperience of the son of the Head of State that would preclude taking the head of the EPAD.
On another topic, suicide France Telecom, Nicole Notat said it was "shocked at the debate on the statistical approach", triggered this week by a statistician INSEE Cross.Asked about the citizen voting held recently on the future of La Poste, she said: "I would not have voted in the sense of loss'. To recall, almost all of the voters said no to the question "The government wants to change the status of La Poste to privatize, do you agree with this project?" A formulation challenged by the right.
Member of the commission that reflects the future large loan, Nicole Notat said, personally – but said this should be the amount suggested by the committee that it should be between 30 and 50 billion euros . A committee should also recommend to borrow at lower cost, ie banks rather than at French.Direction as already outlined by Alain Juppé as Michel Rocard, who headed the commission.
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In the second part of the show, Nicole Notat deplored the continuation of overseas banking practices on the bonus. "Distressing and disturbing," she said while welcoming the steps in the right direction made during the last G20. The President of Vigeo also substantially clarified the mission of his company, his metodes work. A relatively new, little known to the French, who suffered from the financial crisis. "If only we had already criticized," she implored on the tone of the joke, measuring the long road to go to educate the French investissemnt socially repsonse (SRI).Asked about the social ratings of France Telecom, hit by a wave of suicides, in terms of criteria Vigeo, she conceded that it should find it deteriorated.The report on the public company is "being finalized".
The second part of the show:
During the latter part of the show, Nicole Notat responded to questions from users: use of older (she presented a report to Laurent Wauquiez and believes that companies will be behind the goals set by the government), evolution CFDT, role of media work Halde, etc..
The end of the show:
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