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On 19 April the fast food giant McDonald's was organized, with lots of communication, a great day for hiring new employees, announcing wanting to recruit 50,000 in the United States. This Friday, the group published the results of this: 62,000 people were detained, more than one million applications filed on that occasion. Thousands of people had also pressed the day before said signs of the chain which held such a day for the first time.

"I hope this initiative will be the beginning of the redefinition of employment at McDonald's," says vice president of human resources Danitra Barnett. The challenge for the famous fast food chain was good to improve the image of the job at McDonald's, more often associated with only a small job positions opening outlook.We are talking across the Atlantic "McJobs" to refer to jobs that paid as little challenging!

The state of the labor market in the United States, yet difficult, has also enabled the brand to attract many candidates. The unemployment rate is currently 8.8% in the U.S., its lowest level in two years, but new jobless claims are rising sharply divided during the third week of April, according to figures from the Administration.

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The order of keys on computer keyboards is now the last vestige of the era of typewriters. In India, the last factory in the world still producing the devices on which generations of typists have damaged their nails, just down the curtain.

The Daily Star has revealed that, without controls, the group Godrej & Boyce, based in Bombay, not surprisingly, decided to cease production after more than half a century of production.The fault, of course, the irresistible rise of the computer, which has reduced from 50,000 units in 1990 to only 800 in 2010, the number of units produced annually by the conglomerate of the subcontinent cash advance.

The Indian government has given the coup de grace by deciding to gradually move to IT, to the chagrin of officials who say old type faster on a machine.

To liquidate the latest machines in stock, Godrej & Boyce shakes the rope speculation. "This is the last opportunity for fans of typewriters," said the Indian press one of the leaders of the group.

Accuracy before rushing to Mumbai: Most of them are intended for texts in Arabic.

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The return of the Easter long weekend is prudence in the Paris Bourse. Closed since Friday, the latter has only indication for a mixed close on Wall Street Monday and wait very pronounced in Asia on Tuesday morning. The Cac 40, which had just managed to stay above the figure of 4,000 points on Thursday, then begins a slight decline from 0.19% to 4014.29 points.

Even movement on other European markets: the London Stock Exchange lost 0.04% to 6015.84 points in early trade while the DAX in Frankfurt Exchange loose 0.09% to 7288.77 points.

The meeting could be very volatile when many major publications are expected in the United States. Side of macroeconomic indicators, the festivities begin on Tuesday by the index of consumer confidence and U.S. investors and the S & P property.On Wednesday, markets will pay close attention to durable goods orders and especially the Fed decision on rates. Thursday will be marked by the first estimate of U.S. GDP in the first quarter, while Friday is expected the Chicago PMI.

Side business publications, many Americans reveal their weight lours trimestriles results, including 3M, Amazon, Ford, Microsoft, or Caterpillar. The French will not be left with, among others, Renault, Seb, Klepierre, Bull, Safran, Saint Gobain and Total.

Side currency, the euro remains strong against the dollar at 1.4527 but fell slightly (-0.15%).From their side, oil prices retreated in Asian electronic trading, a barrel of light sweet crude for June delivery lost 91 cents to 111.37 dollars and that of Brent North Sea falling by 66 cents to 123 dollars.

Air Liquide is better than expected

Areva and Suez GDF

Both groups must announce within weeks a partnership in offshore wind to meet a tender of 10 billion euros to be launched in France in May, reported Tuesday the daily Les Echos.

Saffron

Six years after the founding merger between Snecma and Sagem, Safran Thursday changed its governance to return to a traditional organization, the Chief Executive Jean-Paul Herteman becoming CEO

Air Liquide

The group announced Tuesday a turnover of more than-expected first quarter and confirmed its forecast an increase in net profit this year.World number one industrial gas produced a quarterly revenue of 3.543 billion euros, up 8.8% excluding currency and natural gas. The only gas and services division posted growth of 11.4% on a comparable basis to 3.185 billion.

Technip

The group won, through its subsidiary, KTI, a contract for ten superheated steam generators for the first phase of an oil sands project in Canada.

Scor

The French reinsurer acquired Transamerica Re, the U.S. division of the business mortality Dutch insurer Aegon, for 630 million euros, becoming the second life reinsurer in the U.S., according to a statement.

Eurazeo and OFI Private Equity Capital

The investment company said Tuesday the acquisition for 132 million euros of OFI Private Equity Capital, an investment company that specializes in French SMEs currently controlled by the mutual insurance group Macif.

Michelin

The group said Thursday it would raise its target volume growth throughout the year if sales continue at levels experienced in the first quarter, which was marked by a turnover in excess of expectations.

Biomerieux

The group published a turnover up 3.5% in the first quarter.

Valeo

The group said Thursday sales rose sharply in the first quarter and said he was confident he will continue to grow faster than the market in 2011, but did not detail his ambitions for the full year. [ID: nLDE73K1GA]

ADP

The group said they had been exploring the possible sale of the control group Alyzia specialized in ground handling operations for airlines and airport security.

First A380 to Montreal

Renault Samsung

The manufacturer could be affected by the announcements of its partner Nissan said Tuesday that its production in Japan would fall by nearly 60% in April 2011 over April 2010.Moreover, the South Korean affiliate of French Renault and Hyundai Motor will recall over 100,000 vehicles because of manufacturing defects, said Monday the Department of Transportation in Seoul.

Air France-KLM

The first Airbus A380 carrying the scheduled Air France between Paris and Montreal landed Friday at the PE airportMontreal Trudeau.

Europacorp

The group has once again launched Thursday a warning on its results 2010-2011, warning that the expected loss for the year would be greater than those anticipated by the market, partly because of new provisions.

Veolia

The management of the airport platform Perpignan fell Friday in the purse operator Veolia Transport, a week after that of Carcassonne.

L'Oreal

The general meeting of shareholders on Friday renewed almost unanimously the appointment as director of the heiress Liliane Bettencourt group, 88 years, for a period of four years.

After Exchange, April, Lafuma, Renault, Seb, Manitou, Sopra, and STMicroelectronics will unveil their turnover in the first quarter.

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Second consecutive year of decline for the Nintendo group. The Japanese video game specialist has published annual results on Monday in freefall. Its net profit fell 66.1% to 77.6 billion yen (648 million). Its operating profit tumbled 52% to 171.1 billion yen (1.43 billion euros) in respect of the 2010-2011 year ending 31 March. Figures well below market expectations.

These poor results are explained by the slowdown in sales of the Wii home console blockbuster, but aging of Nintendo. The group has sold just over 15 million in 2010-2011, against 20.1 million the previous year. In addition, the launch of the new handheld 3DS relief was too late to be able to save the year of manufacturer.

The console manufacturer table for 2012 on the results up, but below analysts' forecasts.Nintendo says count on an operating profit of 175 billion yen for the year 2011-2012, against a consensus of 215.8 billion yen. "The market reaction should be bad," said Yusuke Tsunoda, a financial analyst at Tokai Tokyo Securities, quoted by Bloomberg no fax payday loans. "Sales of Wii expected to drop as the group probably provides lower prices on the console."

"New Play"

The Japanese video game giant has tried to reassure. He announced the presentation of the successor to the Wii on June 7 at the electronics show in Los Angeles, E3. The group declined to give details, except that it will offer "a new way of playing at home," said CEO Satoru Iwata.

However, information already leaked to the press.Much more powerful than the Wii, it would be equipped with high definition, like its competitors Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The Japanese group have also developed a new kind of controller, which is akin to a touch pad. One way to compete with smartphones that break into mobile video games. Nintendo's portable console, the DS has seen its sales plummet by 10 million units this year to 17.5 million.

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Rising electricity prices in the coming years will she "modest," as stated by the Government? Nothing is less certain. Especially if the state relies on the Champsaur report to determine the selling price of nuclear energy for EDF to its competitors, under the law on reorganization of the electricity market.

In the conclusions of this report – that Le Figaro was bought – "the average price of Arenh (restricted to nuclear power history) over the period of regulation could out to about 39 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) .

This figure is substantially lower than the threshold advocated by EDF, which estimates that 42 euros per MWh the full cost of nuclear power (operation, maintenance, future investments …).But it is also well above the starting price desired by EDF's competitors, who point out that current tariffs are regulated on the basis of 35 euros per MWh. Anyway, to 39 euros per MWh as stipulated in the Champsaur report, the convergence required by law in 2015 between regulated tariffs and prices Arenh will result in a significant rise in the former."In a context where all components of cost of supplying electricity are up, the constraints of evolution of the price system (…) are extremely strong," the report notes.

Although several hypotheses can be considered according to the weight of taxes and the rate of inflation, but increase the rates regulated by 2015 could average 6.5% per year as the underlying report.

The impact of Fukushima

Suffice to say that politically, the application of such a law might be scolded consumers. Hence the long wait before the final decisions of the government.

Still in its conclusions, the Champsaur report notes that "tests were made before the serious problems that have affected nuclear power plants in Fukushima.And to emphasize that the results of the audit of central French government decision "should be taken into account in calculations of electricity generated by nuclear power history." For EDF, this is no doubt this will generate additional costs for maintenance of the park, which should therefore be reflected in the price of Arenh.

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Peugeot's success in emerging markets. The automaker's sales rose 10.2% to 15.4 billion euros in the first quarter, supported by demand from BRIC countries.

In Russia, PSA Peugeot Citroen has seen its sales grow by 94.6% compared to last year with 15,600 vehicles sold in the first quarter. In Latin America, Group sales rose by 16.1%. And China, sales have also soared, with an increase of 15.1% with 102,600 cars sold. Conversely, in Europe, sales fell by 5.6% with 575,400 vehicles sold.

Furthermore, PSA maintains its outlook with an operating profit of the automotive division "higher than 2010."The group believes that the "contribution of the performance plan to the tune of 1.1 billion euros to more than offset the significant increase in raw material costs and other direct production costs." In addition, results from current operations of its subsidiary Faurecia, Gefco and Banque PSA Finance "should show up in 2011."

Resumption of dividend payments after a two year freeze

Peugeot has confirmed its outlook despite the impact of the disaster in Japan. The manufacturer estimates the cost of the quake about 150 million euros on operating income. Peugeot but warned: "The situation was however returned to normal, the group remains alert to its evolution."

Meanwhile, the group's supervisory board decided to submit to a vote of shareholders in general meeting on May 31 next, a dividend of 1.1 euros per share, after two years of interruption.

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U.S. exchanges to raise. After closing sharply lower Monday, Wall Street opens on Monday, up slightly Tuesday. The Dow Jones gained 0.12% and the Nasdaq rose 0.22%.

Before the publication of the results tonight Yahoo and Intel, the return to stock market indices through better than expected corporate earnings and renewed housing construction in March.Housing starts rose 7.2% and building permits by 11.2%.

The day after lowering the outlook on the U.S. debt by Standard and Poor's, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the country was "in a much stronger position (than other countries) to deal with its difficulties. "

Oil prices continue to fall Tuesday in the opening exchanges in New York, as investors questioned the impact of high prices on demand.In early afternoon on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), a barrel of light sweet crude for May delivery traded at 106.25 dollars, down 87 cents from the previous day.

Citigroup: 0.90% to 4.46 dollars

Citigroup announced Tuesday that he gradually got rid of a portfolio of 12.7 billion dollars of toxic assets account for a large portion of its losses during the crisis in order to mitigate the anticipated effects of the implementation establish rules of Basel III.

Johnson & Johnson 2.98% to 62.26 dollars

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday net profit down 23% to $ 3.47 billion for the first quarter but remained higher than expected (3.2 billion dollars). Turnover, up 3.5% to $ 16.2 billion, also exceeded expectations (15.83 billion U.S. dollars).The group raised its forecast for annual earnings per share, taking it to a range of 4.90 to 5 dollars, against a previous range of 4.80 to 4.90 dollars and a forecast of analysts of 4.83 dollars.

NYSE Euronext: 1.17% to 38.77 dollars

Nasdaq OMX stock exchange operators and IntercontinentalExchange noted Tuesday their proposed purchase of NYSE Euronext board of directors of the places in New York and Paris no fax needed payday loans.

State Street: 2.08% to 45.60 dollars

State Street issued on Tuesday a quarterly operating profit rose to 444 million, or 88 cents per share, slightly above the consensus.

General Motors: -1.33% to 29.57 dollars

The U.S. Treasury could sell much of 33% of shares he still owns stake in General Motors this summer or fall, according to a source familiar with the matter.Neither the timing nor the size of the sale, however, have yet been determined.

Goldman Sachs: -0.42% to 153.14 dollars

Goldman Sachs announced Tuesday a 72% decline in earnings in the first quarter compared to last year to 908 million. Analysts expected a profit of about $ 477 million. The turnover of the bank stood at $ 11.9 billion in the quarter, down 7% year on year but higher than the 10.2 billion expected by analysts.

Bank of New York: -1.78% to 28.68 dollars

Bank of New York reported Tuesday in a 4% rise in quarterly profit to 625 million, supported by higher asset management revenues and commissions.

Seagate Technology: -2.91% to 17.32 dollars

Seagate Technology will buy the operations of disk drives from Samsung Electronics for $ 1.4 billion in cash and stock, said on Tuesday South Korean group.

Texas Instruments: -0.98% to 34.45 dollars

Texas Instruments on Monday announced a quarterly profit slightly below expectations. The first quarter earnings rose to $ 666 million, or 55 cents per share, against $ 658 million and 52 cents a year earlier.

Harley Davidson: -1.68% to 39.04 dollars

Harley Davidson reported earnings per share of $ 0.51 in the first quarter, below the consensus at $ 0.53. The group recorded quarterly revenue of 1.06 billion euros, against 1.05 billion expected.

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Back to business in Bettencourt. Reconciled since last December, Liliane Bettencourt, heir to L'Oreal, and his daughter Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, working actively in the management of Tethys and Clymene, the two holding companies responsible for managing the family fortune and owner of 18% stake the cosmetics company. The first fruits of this management amounted to 300 million euros. According to the Journal du Dimanche, it is money that Françoise Bettencourt Meyers affect the result of a subtle tax game.

Specifically, the company Tethys, which has since reconciliation Director Jean-Pierre Meyers, husband of Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, voted after a special general meeting a capital reduction. As its name implies, this operation is to reduce, directly or indirectly, the amount of equity in society.It can be done by a bid for a certain amount of shares outstanding. The latter will then be canceled and the redemption price will be deducted from equity.

Tethys has purchased the 380,000 shares owned by Liliane Bettencourt and her daughter Frances fast cash advance. At 900 euros per share, this means that 300 million must be paid to the latter while the mother must receive 41 million euros.

Operation of law

Rather than paying the 300 million directly to Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the company Tethys has decided to borrow 100% of this amount to the bank. From an accounting perspective, this takeover will enable Tethys to reduce their taxes by deducting finance costs of the loan. By inflating its debt and reducing its equity, the company should also pay more tax on corporations.These are the dividends that will be paid by L'Oreal for five years which will then allow the company to repay the loan.

For his part, Françoise Bettencourt and puts his hand on a jackpot of 300 million euros during this period. A transaction tax optimization work that illustrates the cooperation of the family clan and that is perfectly legal.

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Google results are not quite the appointment. Quarterly profit (ending March) published after the close of the NYSE has not reached the level expected by Wall Street. And despite a 29% increase in turnover from one year to another.

The world's leading online research has reported a net profit of 2.3 billion, or $ 7.04 per share, against 1.96 billion dollars and 6.06 a year ago. The adjusted earnings per share stood at 8.08 dollars, below analysts' forecast ($ 8.10).

The net turnover has meanwhile reached 6.54 billion dollars, up 29% over the same quarter the previous year (5.06 billion dollars). It's a bit better than what analysts expected (6.32 billion dollars).

Google said that the "cost per click" advertising medium related research grew 8% in the first quarter of year over year but down 1% from the fourth quarter of 2010.

In after market trading, Google was heckled title. He lost nearly 5% to $ 550.

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Nothing goes between the oil sector and the state. At a meeting with parliamentarians UMP, Nicolas Sarkozy slammed the remarks of the CEO of Total, Christophe de Margerie, who was considered inevitable that a liter of super jumps to 2 euros. "The remarks of Mr. de Margerie per liter to 2 euros are indecent", told the president before launching: "I'll do it."

Christophe de Margerie was expressed as the price of super unleaded 95 had just set a new record at 1.53 euros per liter. About the boss of Total were subsequently taken over by the President of the French Union of Petroleum Industries, Jean-Louis Schilansky.

Christophe de Margerie was also described the contribution required of oil tankers to stem the rising fuel prices as "very short-term solution."He also stressed that with flex fuel price increases, and that this promises to be sustainable. Consequently, Total decided yesterday, after a central committee of business, open a voluntary departure plan for a hundred people per year until the end of 2017, in its refining sector in France .

To offset soaring fuel prices, the state has asked the oil industry to get their hands in their pockets to the tune of 115 million euros. On I-TV last night, Segolene Royal, Socialist candidate in the primaries PS, Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed to go further and "ask the premier to make an order blocking the rising price of gasoline."

Pressures on oil prices, and renewed debate on nuclear power after the accident Fukushima, grow to a global reflection on the energy policy of France.Alternative, the use of shale gas could be rejected. Yesterday, Francois Fillon has indeed called "revoke licenses already issued" for the exploitation of these deposits, including the environmental impact is controversial.

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