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Italy boasts the leading producer of wine - June 13, 2011

On a European total of 157.2 million hectoliters, Italy has produced 49.6 million and France 46.2 million, according to data from the European Union published this weekend by the conference Italian Agricultural Confederation, Coldiretti.

In the first quarter of this year, exports grew by 15%. This growth reached 31% in the United States, became the first foreign market, thanks to a clever marketing high risk personal loans.

However, despite the improvement of the quality achieved by the winemakers Alps, French wine prices are twice as high. Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne others have done last year 6.33 billion euros in exports, against 3.93 billion euros for Italian wines.

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Nicolas Canteloup piles up again on Europe 1 - June 11, 2011

"We just agree with Denis Olivennes. I remain on the morning of Europe 1 for a seventh season, "says the comedian Nicolas Canteloup. "What motivates me is greed. A presidential year is always a strong year and I feel confident on Europe 1. After the departure of the trio Alexandre Bompard, Philippe Balland and Marc-Olivier Fogiel, I hesitated. Then I got to know Guillaume and Denis Olivennes Cahour. And for the next season, I have great sympathy for Bruce Toussaint, I passed through the corridors of Canal +. "Nicolas Canteloup retains its format and schedule 8 5. It has become a pillar of the morning with peak audience of 1.4 to 1.6 million listeners, according to the waves. But the phenomenon goes beyond the antenna. It chronicles the most podcasted Europe 1 and, since Nicolas Canteloup found his character DSK, the replay on the website has doubled.

However, the chronicle of humor during the election period is a difficult exercise. "I am my first audience and I am aware of my responsibility to the antenna. If I flirt with the lines, I know I will not exceed. I will not pay attention to the political balance, the only balance that I respect, is whether or not it's funny, "analyzes the imitator.

William Cahour noon

The decision to stay Canteloup allows Denis Olivennes, CEO of Europe 1, to structure its first fall schedule. It will focus on three major events information with a morning from 7 am to 9 pm 30 entrusted to Bruce Toussaint paperless payday loans. Europe should fall to 1 MIDI William Cahour, replacing Patrick Roger. It retains the chief editor.The third appointment information is presented by Nicolas Poincaré who replaced Nicolas Demorand during the latter's departure as head of Liberation.

With this information, the second pillar will be the entertainment. No name is still stopped to replace Guy Carlier and his ticket mood 7 am 55. Europe 1 denies having proposed this niche Stephane Guillon.

Entertainment side, Jean-Marc Morandini take over the morning at 9 am 30 with a program of media literacy. Then, host Michel Drucker's big show home 10 am 30 noon home surrounded by comedians (as Willy) or beginners. The afternoon will begin with the historical issue Franck Ferrand, who won in a few months. Lawrence Ruquier retains its time slot of 15 pm from 30 to 18 hours.However, Faustine Bollaert is not renewed in early afternoon.

The grid is not completely stopped, and the question of the evening is not yet settled. So far Pierre-Louis Basse hosted a cultural show, "Welcome to Baja."

In this election year, Jean-Pierre Elkabbach memory of the station, retains his interview in the morning and Sunday morning political talk show "Le Grand Rendez-Vous". However, time slot and day of broadcast of the New Issue of Arlette Chabot policy, director of information, are not yet finalized.

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"The couple Joffrin-Collin has not reformed Liberation - June 9, 2011

And two. Having poached in March, Laurent Joffrin of the co-chairmanship of Liberation to entrust the reins of Le Nouvel Observateur and the chief editor of news magazine, Perdriel Claude, the owner of the newspaper group, has hired Wednesday Nathalie Collin Co-Chair of the daily street ranger. Aged 46 years, the former boss of EMI France, who had joined Liberation in 2009, will assume his new duties in early August. Alongside Laurent Joffrin as co-chair of the board of the Nouvel Observateur, it will specifically support "strategy, development, partnerships and management." It will also be responsible for DG Debt Management Group, which also publishes Challenges and Sciences et Avenir. These two transfers decapitate the leadership of Liberation, in a situation remains fragile – the newspaper that has reached 200,000 euros profit in 2010.After considering an exchange of equity and industrial and commercial synergies with Le Nouvel Observateur, the newspaper is engaged since March in a plan to recapitalize nine million euros made by the group Colbert Land, of which 6 have already been paid. Edouard de Rothschild, chairman of the supervisory board and shareholder at 26% Payment at par with Colbert Land, must quickly find a successor to Nathalie Collin. In the entourage of the French businessman, is no secret that the revival of Libération is far from over. "There are still chapels, personal conflicts, with a very old organization. The newspaper still has room for improvement and optimization, "says one Business Card Holders.

LE FIGARO. After Laurent Joffrin-Claude Perdriel, boss Le Nouvel Observateur, has poached the co-chair of "Liberation", Nathalie Collin. Do you feel betrayed?

Edouard de Rothschild.The torque-Laurent Joffrin-Nathalie Collin has improved the content and quality of Liberation, but as a fellow shareholder and chairman of the supervisory board of the newspaper, I am a reproach to have left to buy social peace without reforming the business . This is an opportunity for liberation can modernize and reform the house, whether its organization, operation, management.

A few months ago, you were considering a merger with Le Nouvel Observateur '…

As a shareholder, I'm not political and I observe from a distance, but I find that a squabble between Le Nouvel Observateur and Liberation is sterile, unproductive, when primaries will play within the Socialist Party and where major substantive discussions will be held on the left.

Your strategy for "Liberation" Will it change?

Le Nouvel Observateur is an aging institution.Today, a generation of readers is renewed. It is within this context that Nicolas Demorand joined Liberation as "publisher". A new "publisher" should be appointed shortly. We have some interesting candidates to succeed Nathan Collin. We will choose three to Bruno Ledoux, group Colbert Land, the daughter of Italian shareholder Carlo Caracciolo, and myself.

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No enlargement of the ISF to works of art - June 8, 2011

The deputies followed the government's view: Tuesday night later, they rejected the amendment, which taxed the works of art to the wealth tax (ISF). Works of art are therefore exempt, as they have since 1982. And, a priori, the Senate, which will examine the end of June the reform of the taxation of wealth, should not return to this point.

The vote closes days of debate that divided the majority. Because the amendment taxing works of art came from the UMP Marc Le Fur. Since its adoption in Finance Committee on Wednesday, the government objected small personal loans. But it is Nicolas Sarkozy himself is mounted to the plate Tuesday, qualifying in front of ministers and leaders of the majority, "triple stupidity" the idea of taxing works of art.

Tuesday's meeting, Marc Le Fur finally withdrew his amendment, which the coup was introduced by the socialist president of the Finance Committee Jerome Cahuzac. But the UMP did so by raising another issue, that of taxation works of art at their sales. Amendments within these charges will be discussed today.

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Ipsos could include the top 3 market research - June 6, 2011

New turmoil in the global market for education. The British group Aegis and French Ipsos confirmed Monday that it entered into discussions for the sale by the former to the latter its subsidiary Synovate market research. Exchanges are still at a preliminary stage. And the auction could climb. Recovered 500 million pounds (560 million), assets of Aegis are likely to interest other predators, starting with the giant German GfK study, who missed the takeover of TNS by WPP in 2008.

For Ipsos, engaged for fifteen years in the internationalization of its activities, the acquisition would enable Synovate to continue his race for size, rising to become world's third largest school, behind the U.S. and Britain Nielsen Kantar (WPP ), doubling the German GfK.It would strengthen its positions in Europe and North America, access to new markets like South Africa or Scandinavia, but also to double in size in Asia, Synovate has achieved 27% of its activity in 2010 and nearly 10% growth.

"We could also strengthen our role with our key customers in financial services, automotive or consumer," said Didier Truchot, Ipsos co-president and founder. The financial structure of the French group, which exceeded one billion euros in sales last year, allows him to consider this acquisition with cash of $ 150 million and a low debt ratio.

Possible dismantling

Remains to be seen what this operation for Aegis.Some analysts believe that the sale of Synovate, which represents 40% of the activity of the UK on a total income in 2010 of 1.46 billion pounds (1.68 billion euros), opened the way for dismantling. A scenario reactivated by the recent statements by Vincent Bollore, the group's largest shareholder with 26.5% stake, which now calls his participation purely financial investment, therefore intended to be sold. Having failed to bring Aegis of Havas, which is also the main shareholder, the French businessman could withdraw at encouraging the sale of Aegis by apartments. The transfer studies buckled, the media arm (Carat, Vizeum) could then concern several communication groups, including the French Publicis and Havas ….The two groups are no comments for now.

This hypothesis is more plausible that there are few synergies between the two branches of Aegis. Speculators are not wrong. At the announcement of discussions with Ipsos yesterday morning, the action of the British group has jumped from 7% to the London Stock Exchange, its highest level in four years.

Another scenario: Aegis could use the proceeds from the sale of Synovate to strengthen the media. The group wants to reduce its dependence on particular markets in Western Europe to grow in the U.S. and boost its digital business. In the first quarter, the media arm rose 10.1%, against an increase of 7.3% for Synovate.

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The Cannes Festival of the pub is full - June 4, 2011

It will not open its gates on June 19 but has already set a record. For its 58th edition, bringing together the cream in Cannes global communication, the International Advertising Festival-Cannes Lions has 28,828 registered creative works from 90 countries, on Wednesday welcomed its organizer, the British media group Emap . It is beyond the record of 28,284 filings in 2008, before the crisis hit the sector the following year.

Good barometer of the vitality of the industry, the number of subscribers increased by 19% compared to last year. The biggest battalions of candidates to the lions, the trophies awarded for the best campaigns judged by professionals, always come from the United States (4045 work), the largest market worldwide, followed by Brazil (2647), Germany (1971 ), the United Kingdom (1922) and France (1617).Outside of Brazil, now two years since the new Mecca of global advertising giant, emerging markets, including Asia (Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia …) continue to increase their presence. India, for example, topped the 1000 campaigns listed.

Inflation in the number of categories continues with a new competition created, that of creative effectiveness (Creative Effectiveness). A prize for the best performance (Craft) was launched last year. A total of thirteen categories are represented in traditional communication (film, press, billboards, radio …) but also in the non-media (direct marketing, event management, integrated marketing …). In quantity, online advertising devices (e million) close behind the TV commercials of thirty seconds (movie lions).Unlike last year, all categories are progressing, including PR lions, which outweigh the best features of public relations, design or lions in the design professions.

La Croisette expects about 8,000 professionals. Eight French judges involved in the development of the charts, including the boss of the world creation of Publicis, Olivier Altmann, jury view, Chris Garbutt Creative Director of Ogilvy France, the film jury, and Jean-Marie Dru Chairman of TBWA world juror from the first edition of Creative Effectiveness prices.

France in force

The 81 agencies participating French try to do better in 2010, where they had won 40 lions.For this edition, they appear to have regained its appetite, as they have records in 1617, against 931 last year, according to the Association of communication agencies (AACC), which also were 200 certifications , against 140 in 2010. The largest category is disputed by the French press (472 papers presented), followed by the display (271), Web Campaigns (210) and movies (153).

The state wants more consumer protection - June 2, 2011

At one year of presidential elections, the state wants to find ways to better protect small against the powerful. Thus, Frédéric Lefebvre, Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs, will introduce draft legislation to "strengthen the rights, protection and consumer information" by the Cabinet on Wednesday. Le Parisien, Aujourd'hui en France had access to the text. The newspaper said that the bill contains 25 measures, some of which emanate directly from the consumer.

Among the main measures, the newspaper cites the one on mobile: after only three months, against six today, subscribers can request the release of their phones, at least one package without commitment period must be offered and restrictions the unlimited plans will be highlighted. On Internet access providers should provide a social rate of broadband Internet.

Penalties for delinquent owners

Moreover, the deposit of all tenants, including housing non-contracted, must be returned within two months after the tenant leaves. Otherwise, the owner must pay a penalty of 10% of the rent each month of delay. The energy sector will also be more cautious with respect to its customers. Operators, such GDF and EDF will provide "personalized advice tariff" and subscriptions will be suspended in case of disputes. Dependence will not escape the attention of the State: Families of nursing home residents who died will no longer pay the entire monthly rent. And, like food, a label "AOC" will also apply to manufactured goods.

With this battery of measures, the bill aims to "give the consumer control over their spending," says Frederic Lefebvre Paris-Today in France. The aim is also to "protect consumers by ensuring that the losses suffered early end, particularly in terms of unfair," said Secretary of State.

Measures "without any real coherence"

But some believe that the legislation could go further. Moreover, when asked by the newspaper, the President of SFR indicates that virtually all measures "consistent with the commitments made by operators last year."

For its part, the consumer association UFC-Que Choisir "bitterly regrets the lack of ambition of Bill consumption."In a statement, it says that "prices soared, the purchasing power of consumers dries up and the government just a few buckets of water through a patchwork of measures, without any real consistency, who can not afford to restore balance in most markets. "

UFC-Que Choisir particularly regret that no steps are planned to frame price inflation on the food shelf, so that "the explosion of agricultural raw materials ablaze the labels." On electronic communications, the association said that the bill still does not allow the cap to 12-month commitment period. Finally, the combination of consumer cites the "glaring absence" of the group action as "the emblematic example of the limited scope of this text," promised before his election by Nicolas Sarkozy.The association would ask members to make extensive use of their right of amendment and the government to be open to proposals for enrichment to allow consumers to regain their place of actual market actor. "