Despite a
feeling of relative calm given by both the media and the American and Japanese
financial markets going from record to record, the world economy is slowing
down badly and a widespread recession is looming. The various players are fully
aware of it and, in the face of the challenges of an imminent collapse,
countries or regions are putting various strategies in place to try and limit
the consequences...
France's
Hollande urges euro zone government
French
President Francois Hollande called on Thursday for an economic government for
the euro zone with its own budget, the right to borrow, a harmonised tax system
and a full-time president...
Report: 'US
government in GM-industry's pocket'
US
diplomats lobbied aggressively to support its genetically-modified food
industries, a campaign group has revealed in a new report. The US even pushed
EU countries to change laws to allow GM crops in...
Mali: la
communauté internationale mobilise 3,25 milliards d’euros
Lors de la
conférence internationale de soutien au développement du Mali, qui s’est tenue
ce mercredi 15 mai, à Bruxelles, la communauté internationale s’est engagée à
réunir plus de trois milliards d’euros. « Plus de 3,25 milliards d’euros ont pu
être mobilisés à l’occasion de cette conférence », a annoncé le président
français, François Hollande...
How
'Brixit' Could Affect UK Business, Economy
With the
latest vote on U.K. membership of the European Union (EU) splitting the ruling
Conservative party, U.K. business experts told CNBC what a U.K. exit from the
EU - its biggest trading partner - would mean for the country's businesses and
economy...
Japan’s
Nuclear Watchdog Shows Its Bark Has Some Bite: Energy
Japan’s
nuclear regulator, set up to replace a predecessor that ignored warnings before
the atomic disaster in Fukushima, looks set to deliver a ruling that will
permanently shut at least one nuclear plant and maybe more...
Libre-échange
transatlantique: l'UE à la rame
Si José Manuel
Durao Barroso voulait fournir aux eurosceptiques un argument de campagne clef
en main il ne s’y prendrait pas autrement. À un an des élections
européennes de mai 2014, le président de la Commission n’a rien trouvé de mieux
que de se lancer dans la négociation d’un vaste accord de libre-échange entre
les États-Unis et l’Union européenne, les deux principales puissances
économiques du monde...
Fed blame
game leads to QE end game
The Federal
Reserve's controversial quantitative-easing (QE) program has generated a new
round in the "blame game," and the Fed itself is now forecasting the
end game for QE...
Sellers
Starting to Emerge in the Bull Market
The stellar
rally in global equity markets appears to be far from over. Still, some market
watchers say they are starting to spot something that they haven't seen for a
while: sellers moving back in...
Treasury to
suspend state, local securities sales
The
Treasury Department on Friday will suspend sales of state and local government
Treasury securities until further notice, the first action to avoid hitting the
U.S. debt ceiling. The debt ceiling is expected to be reached on May 18, but
the Treasury had been expected to take steps like this one in order to keep
paying bills.
Etats-Unis
: la réduction drastique du déficit suscite des interrogations
Pendant que l'Europe tire la langue, les Etats-Unis ont de
quoi – provisoirement – se réjouir. Le régime minceur drastique auquel est
soumis le budget américain depuis quelques mois porte ses fruits, au-delà de
toute espérance...
Amazon
received more money from UK grants than it paid in corporation tax
Amazon is
on a fresh collision course over its contribution to the UK exchequer, after
the American internet giant revealed it received more money in government
grants last year than it paid in corporation tax in Britain...
La City
secouée après l'annonce d'une enquête sur l'évasion fiscale
Alors que
l'évasion fiscale est à l'ordre du jour du G7 sous présidence britannique qui
se tient à Hartwell House, près d'Oxford, les 10 et 11 mai, la City est dans
tous ses états après l'annonce d'une enquête officielle sur le recours par les
particuliers et les entreprises à des sociétés offshore en vue de frauder le
fisc...
India:
Forex reserves down $616.4 million to $293.69 billion
The
country's forex reserves slipped for the second consecutive week, dipping by
USD 616.4 million to USD 293.69 billion on a fall in currency assets, the
Reserve Bank said today...
Yuan
appreciation burdens exporters
The recent
appreciation of the renminbi has had a major impact on Chinese exporters,
especially those targeting the Japanese market, Ministry of Commerce spokesman
Shen Danyang told a news briefing on Thursday...
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