It's a simple story of leeks and parsley that was enough to put at the door. Peggy Gerard, who works at a supermarket Ed Nieppe, in the North, was fired July 15 for gross misconduct after the vegetables were discovered in his car. This woman, a supervisor, says she got these vegetables "faded" with a premiere independent, and they were for his rabbits. But his explanations were not enough to his employer, who believes she tells … salad.
Because the direction of the hard-discount Ed says Peggy Gerard admitted during the control be in possession of the goods from the store. "On June 1, an area manager wanted to control the trunk of my car when I went home for lunch," says this single mother who works for the brand since October 2005."I refused twice because I felt that he had no right. But the third, I finally agreed. He found a black garbage bag with vegetables in it. In the afternoon, shortly after the reopening, I was told to go home, "said the employee fired.
Without contributions Assedic
Thief or victim? Peggy Gerard vain shall submit a declaration confirming that the merchant had recovered well, the eve of the facts, the vegetables in question. "I never had no problems. I was never charged even if an apple when I fly threw for 300 euros of goods per day, "says the young woman.
Peggy Gerard now plans to defend himself before the tribunal. It took the union Workers' Force (FOR) will continue Ed's behalf. "This is unacceptable.Not only do we get to the bottom, but we must treat emergency because Ed refused to give certificates of the Assedic contributions to enable it to survive, "Lionel rebels Meuris, general secretary of the union county TF North, adding: "The facts are totally unjustified. Ed to grow up acknowledging their error and restoring its employee's rights. "
Lettuce, leeks and parsley vegetables "stolen" in question – be sufficient to deprive Peggy Gerard's job? In late June, an employee of Monoprix in Marseille had been laid off for trying to get two salads and six melons in a garbage collected. He has since returned to duty.
This time, the Fininvest will have to pay. The court sentenced him on Saturday appealed the group owned by Silvio Berlusconi to pay 560 million euros in the CIR group, owned by Carlo de Benedetti. The judges of the Court of Appeal of Milan have found that control of the publisher Mondadori, obtained in 1991 by Fininvest, to the detriment of the EIF through a favorable court decision, was made possible by the corruption of judge and lawyers involved. In 2007, the Criminal Justice had issued a similar notice, including the judge sentenced Vottorio Metta was stationed in nearly three years in prison.
On appeal, the Milan judges, however, have reduced the scale of the financial penalty, determined in the first instance to 750 million euros.Unlike 2007, the decision will also be immediately enforceable: Fininvest will address 560 million euros in damages without waiting for the trial to the Supreme Court that the group should seek. "Our lawyers are already beginning to study the complaint," has indeed responded Marina Berlusconi, the eldest daughter of the Head of Government and president of Fininvest. This assesses the amount of the penalty "to double the participation of Fininvest in Mondadori guaranteed fast personal loans."
Electoral setback and legal troubles
The Cavaliere had nevertheless worked hard to save the payment of such penalty to the group. Approaching the verdict, he did not hesitate to try to vote by Parliament an amendment to the Civil Code suspending sanctions in excess of 20 million euros on appeal, until the final decision of the court of Cassation.A measure to be adopted in the Bill ratifying the austerity plan. Faced with the outcry in the opinion of this measure, the Cavaliere has this week backed down.
This decision is more bad news for the chairman, who combines political defeats in recent months and legal troubles. Also implicated in the "Rubygate" Silvio Berlusconi suffered a severe mid-June electoral setback. The Italians have indeed overwhelmingly (over 94%) rejected four bills proposed by his government and put to a referendum: one devoted to the construction of new nuclear power stations, one on the privatization of water management by municipalities, and two providing legal immunity of ministers and the chairman of the board. Silvio Berlusconi, who announced Friday he would not stand in 2013, probably did not finish with the law.
Since 2007, departments are put on a diet. The government spending should not grow faster than inflation. The regime is strict, the temptation is great to work around it. To do this, simply departments to offload some of the expenses of parastatals to apparently take their own goal. These organizations, called "operators" are not lacking: they are 584, and range from Météo-France CNRS through employment center or museum. Aware of the danger, the State has established safeguards. Since 2009, operators must reduce their workforce. He had to act because, in 2007 alone, the GSEs have created more jobs (13,989) that the State did deleted (11 244). In addition, operators are supposed to lower than 10% of their operating expenses from 2011 to 2013 and can no longer borrow.But Philippe Marini, the rapporteur of the UMP in the Senate budget, these measures are insufficient. He recommended capping the resources of the operators or similar bodies. Reason: when an agency receives a plethora of recipes, especially because the taxes that are given up, he spent wrongly through. He gives two examples: the National Film and Moving Image (CNC) and the National Center for Public Service (CNFPT).
• Cinema: hocus-pocus of the Ministry of Culture
This organization supports the film and audiovisual production. In 2011, he should see a tax revenue it collects, known Cosip increase by 38% to 583 million euros. What "incentive program to spending just as dynamic as the resources," the report said Marini.In fact, the 2011 budget provides for the CNC 30% increase in staff costs, investment and operating current and an increase around 10% of various subsidies. Even more perverse, the state took advantage of the sudden "boom" to transfer expenses to the TNC. Thus, 11 million grant awarded to the French Cinematheque, previously charged to the budget of Culture, have been taken over by the CNC. By hocus-pocus, the department may see a decline in spending! The CNC remind him that the collection of certain taxes was transferred and that "the institution has been given a board involving all ministries including Bercy," says one in CNC.However, all parties acknowledge that CNC has received revenues "significant" under the Contribution of telecom operators who echoed the total budget of 198 million additional CNC in 2010. So the idea of government is it today to "limit the profitability of this tax," for systems allowance and lower rates. What can continue the digitization of cinema, whether in rooms or in catalogs.
• The training center of territorial agents sitting on a pile of gold
This structure is responsible for training local officials. Its resources mainly come from local contributions, contributions set at 1% of payroll. The center has benefited, in turn, the surge in enrollment in the communes, departments and regions in recent years.This windfall – revenue grew from 240 million in 2002 to over 360 million in 2009 – has not led to a rigorous management. The CNFPT was pinned several times by the Court of Auditors, including in 2011: over-reliance on the same providers, 22% increase in personnel costs from 2004 to 2008 (with a premium increase of 40% over the past six years!) … "The CNFPT spent 67 million to acquire a seat in the middle of Paris," said Jean Arthuis, president of the centrist in the Senate Finance Committee. Despite these expenditures, the excess CNFPT was 33 million euros in 2009 and has a "treasure" of 327 million euros of equity. That is why MPs have decided to temporarily reduce its resources, by reducing the fee to 0.9% for two years.
The government is intensifying the fight against fraud. That was the message you want to pass the budget minister, Baroin on Wednesday by making public the figures for abuse detected in 2010. In total, the state services deplored the loss of 3.4 billion euros, all public finance fraud combined.
In detail, it is tax evasion which, with 2.4 billion euros detected, most of the losses in 2010 deplored. Fraud in Social Security is in turn a much smaller portion (about 15%), the order of 458 million euros. A figure which Labour Minister Xavier Bertrand had already communicated, at the beginning, before the members of the evaluation mission and control of Social Security.
Progress remains to be done
'Significant results' achieved through improved quality controls, s'estfélicité Baroin. The mobilization of officers of this struggle, better coordination of actors and especially being able to pass files between different services (Banks primary health insurance, employment center, the family allowance), allowed, according to the minister, to detect even more abuse personal loan for poor credit.
It was on this last point that Baroin wishes to focus the efforts of the administration. "It's obviously in the field of the crossing of files that we want to progress. [We are moving towards] a centralized payment incidents or signs of fraud, "he advised. The aim is that such fraudsters once reported to be more regularly monitored.
Labour Minister, Xavier Bertrand, had already begun to turn in April last tougher penalties for fraudsters who abuse the social security system. "You have to apply and increase the existing penalties," he had tried to stop the "theft of the French."
However, progress is at hand. Members of the evaluation mission and control of Social Security in outline in the report they just make it public. According to their estimates, social security fraud would actually alone 10-20000000000 euros, of which three-quarters come from black labor. A figure that is breathtaking, when compared to the deficit of social security in 2011, estimated by the government 21 billion euros.
On Thursday morning, the Paris Bourse continued its-shy-rebound, as Asian markets. The Cac 40, which ended yesterday evening in a small increase remains in effect in the green in early trade (+0.13% to 3933.92 points) while China is flying to the rescue of the euro area by purchasing securities Debt issued by the IMF for Portugal. The improvement is mainly due to the upward revision of growth forecast in the U.S. and the euro area by the OECD yesterday.
While the G8 summit opens today in Deauville, speculation will go well on the nomination of Christine Lagarde to the IMF management.Moreover, for Greece, the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said that Europeans had "not exhausted scenarios to support" the country, and found that debt restructuring has "significant risk."
Meanwhile, this Thursday, we follow the important economic figures:
• The French consumer confidence picked up slightly in May thanks to a receding fears of unemployment and inflation, shows Thursday monthly survey by INSEE. The composite indicator of consumer confidence is up one point to 84. Seventeen analysts and economists surveyed by Reuters on average expected a figure unchanged from April 83.
• Same time, figures on real estate in Paris and Ile-de-France in the first quarter, volumes and prices, and the prospects of Notaries of France were unveiled: the existing housing in Paris had reached an average the 8000 euros in the second quarter.
• In the U.S., at 14.30, we expect the deuxème estimate of GDP in the first quarter, and the traditional weekly claims for unemployment benefits.
On the currency front, after an air hole which brought him under the $ 1.40 yesterday, the euro and takes up 0.67% to 1.4177 dollars on Thursday morning at 8 o'clock.Oil, he, also incorporates height and handles more than $ 100 in New York.
Pierre et Vacances: heavy loss
Eurazeo (-6.09% to 53.55 euros) sign the heaviest decline beyond Paris stock exchange after its decision to increase its share capital.
Side companies, the real estate and leisure Pierre et Vacances Thursday posted an increased loss of 16.8% in first half of its fiscal year offset, dug by the extra costs to plan for business transformation, and anticipates growth in turnover in the second half.
France Telecom (+0.25% to 15.75 euros) and Canal + have given up the movie channels merge Orange (France Telecom) and TPS Star (Canal +) in a joint venture, La Tribune reported Thursday.
Saint-Gobain (0.67% to 44.49 euros) and its shareholder Wendel (1.25% to 83.23 euros) set the framework for their relations for 10 years.Wendel will not exceed 21.5% of the capital of Saint-Gobain.
According to the Financial Times, banks and hedge fund with Societe Generale (0.43% to 42.28 euros) leader, reportedly sold financial products to 3.5 billion euros in the Libyan sovereign fund that led to heavy losses, estimated by 30%.
Five candidates whose French Axa (1.27% to 14.75 euros) and CNP (0.65% to 13.88 euros) are still competing to buy Emeklilik-Deniz, the Turkish subsidiary of the insurance Franco-Belgian banking group Dexia (, said Thursday the newspaper Les Echos without citing its sources.
A major shareholders manager nursing homes Korian (+0.42% at 16.75 euros), the holding Batipart family Ruggieri, took 9.5% of the rival group Medica (2.69 % to 15.25 euros) for an undisclosed sum.
NYSE Euronext, a target of a takeover offer of 10.2 billion Deutsche Börse, is hoping to draw on its platform listing more Chinese groups this year in 2010, told Reuters quotes the head of international The transatlantic exchange operator.
LDC (+0.34% at 73.75 euros), the poultry producer, reported Wednesday a 24% decline in net profit for its fiscal year 2010/2011, to 47.8 million euros, penalized by higher raw material prices and restructuring costs. The company said it expects more than 100 million of capital expenditure in 2011-2012.
Vergnet (0.43% to 4.70 euros). The manufacturer's shareholders approved Wednesday the wind coming from the Strategic Investment Fund (ISF) and the Breton group Nass & Wind capital of the company.The ISP and Nass & Wind, specializing in the production of green electricity, announced in mid-April their plans to invest 18 million euros in Vergnet.
Faurecia, Capgemini, Natixis and Legrand hold their general meeting Thursday. Derichebourg publish its results for the second quarter after market close.
Money, 2.5 billion euros for the state. Competition to satisfy the regulator. Of land, as requested by Parliament. So Eric Besson, Minister of Industry, gave Monday in Le Figaro launches auction for 4G mobile phone licenses, there's something for everyone.
Operators, for whom these new frequencies are strategic deal with the explosion of mobile Internet, find, them, those auctions "overly complex" and "too fast".
"It's a gas plant, has criticized an operator, whereas the frequencies were divided into 15 lots and there were 9 combinations of frequency blocks available! "Given the excessive complexity of the procedure, we may be tempted not to go," he says.
The operators also consider the price too high."It requires a considerable financial effort to operators just when they are asked to invest in tomorrow's networks and optical fiber to continue to deploy 3G mobile networks," says one of them.
"That's fair. Operators are critical that the state will sell. It's like when Vou s buy an apartment, you put forward faults, not strengths, "says a close case. But the risks of litigation appear to be low, while the text is accurate and has been validated by the State Council.
MVNOs reassured
For their part, small operators without networks (called MVNOs), who were concerned about being excluded from the 4G, are reassured."We find that our calls for vigilance has clearly been agreed to promote the MVNO model and taking into account an ambitious architecture in the bidding," said Monday the spokesman of the Alternative Mobile, an association of 10 major MVNO, representing 90% of the market.
However, none of them even in the consortium, does not seem ready to be a candidate. "This tender aims to give additional spectrum for existing licensees," reacted Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux, CEO of Virgin Mobile, the first mobile virtual network operators with 2 million customers. "There is no room for economic fifth licensee," he said.
"The goal of planning that we put into law is fully respected, observed Senator Bruno Retallack of Vendee, Chairman of the Board of the Digital Dividend."The tender is balanced. The game is not made in advance and favors neither the one nor the other, "says Laura of Raudière, member of Eure et Loir.
Beyond the reactions of each other, do not mistake a poker game now undertakes. Operators should not miss the boat: This tender is a procedure in a single round. Everyone should have bet just before filing its envelope.
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Launched in 1984, Avanquest Software, which currently generates a turnover of nearly 90 million euros and employs 570 employees worldwide, is present in the United States, Asia and Europe. From the outset, the choice of an international position has emerged at Bruno Vanryb. With a particular appetite for the U.S., according to him indispensable in the business software and high-tech, since it across the Atlantic that produce the bulk of innovations. "I always thought that a French company that does not succeed in America is not intended to succeed internationally. From the beginning, so I wanted to bet on the American dream.It gives me great adventure: have 50% of its sales in the U.S., selling software to the Americans is quite special, a bit like selling ice to Eskimos "Mollé Morgan says there.
Last year, the company has focused on France by acquiring Micro Application, the leading French publishers of the public. "By force of being developed internationally, we forgot the country where we have our headquarters and where we are publicly traded, that is to say France," explains the manager. An acquisition that enables Avanquest Software to be number one in France."Micro Application, not just 20 million euros of turnover, are also thirty years experience in software, with great managers who will bring us many new ideas."
Must smartphone
Another development technology this time, also had a major impact on the activity of Avanquest Software: "cloud computing", literally "cloud computing". "Cloud is a trend. It's really the dematerialization in general. We started with a computer in which they put a floppy disk and now you can access all data from anywhere. This is the total convergence. You take a program like that of the Highway Traffic Avanquest, you can have it on Facebook, your phone, a gateway for Nintendo … That's the future: convergence, access everywhere everything.Why must the cloud, it is the servers, "explains Bruno Vanryb.
Among the underlying trends at work in his area, the connection with smartphones is in his eyes became an essential element. "You can not make a software if you do not its function smartphone. So we have to invest to be very strong in these technologies, and only the best will survive, "predicted the leader. By joining the gesture to speech: Avanquest has launched an application for BMW, via smartphones.
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The green is still maintained at the Paris Stock Exchange on Friday. The CAC 40 connects a third round of consecutive increase, after surging 1.41% on Thursday. He advances from 0.21% to 3977.14 points in mid-day. In London, the FTSE rises 0.43% to 5906.41 points while in Frankfurt the Dax advance of 0.47% to 6966.16 points.
Operators are inspired by gains on Wall Street yesterday and this morning in Asia. But caution should however be appropriate when the problems of sovereign debt of countries of the European Union back to haunt the markets. Fitch and Standard & Poor's (S & P) lowered the rating of sovereign debt by two notches from Portugal, because of "increased political uncertainty" that has shaken the country since the resignation of Prime Minister Jose Socrates.European leaders are meeting just since Thursday in Brussels to find a way to fly to the rescue of the country and avoid a domino effect. They endorsed the night of Thursday to Friday a comprehensive system of defense against crises of debt that carries the actual capacity of the Fund's lending support to countries in the Eurozone in trouble from 250 to 440 billion euros.
The Japanese nuclear supervision
In addition, the Japanese nuclear situation remains worrying. This Friday, the operator of the plant in Fukushima, Tepco, said that the work of rehabilitation of the plant could take another month because of the difficulties encountered by workers to cool the reactors.
In Libya, fighting continued between armed forces of Colonel Gaddafi and the coalition forces.The NATO countries have agreed on Thursday to take command of military intervention and will next week over the coalition led by France, Great Britain and the United States.
U.S. GDP on the agenda
However, operators should carefully monitor the indicators of the day. On the menu this Friday:
– French GDP in the fourth quarter. Insee said Friday it has revised upwards to 0.4% growth in gross domestic product of France in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to the previous quarter. A first estimate published on Feb. 15 gave an increase of 0.3%.
– The French consumer confidence has deteriorated more than expected in March, returning to its level of last July partly because of fears about price trends, shows the monthly business survey released Friday by the INSEE .The composite indicator of consumer confidence has emerged after 85 to 83 in February.
– Money supply M3 in the euro area rose by 2% in February (+1.5% in January).
– The barometer Ifo business climate, the main index of business confidence in Germany fell to 111.1 points in March, ending nine months of increases in a row and a record high of 111.3 points in February, according to figures released Friday.
– Overseas, the trading day will be marked by the publication of the final reading of fourth quarter GDP (1330). The index of consumer sentiment in March will follow (2:55 p.m.).
As for currencies, the euro was stable against the dollar at 1.4166 dollars against 1.4168 on Thursday. On oil markets, a barrel of light sweet crude for May delivery yielded 3 cents to 105.57 dollars.That of Brent North Sea crude for May delivery gained 21 cents to 115.93 dollars. "Oil prices remain high due to geopolitical tension and underlying factors that support lessons, and this dynamic market seems set to continue," note analysts at Barclays Capital in a note.
Values to follow
Farm Credit: + 2.22% to 12.20 euros
Farm Credit has the highest increase of ACC on Friday, while BNP Paribas qu'Exane initiated coverage of French banks with a buy recommendation on the green bank.The analyst opinion adopted a "outperform" on the Crédit Agricole, with a target price of 16.70 euros.
Edenred: + 0.33% to 21.34 euros
Edenred the group's title, after the split in July with the Accor hotel group, continued his progress on Friday, still worn by various rumors about a possible takeover of the company or paying a special dividend. The work took more than 18.5% over the last five sessions
Eurazeo: + 5.03% to 55.75 euros
The group announced Friday the creation of value target of two billion euros by 2014, a goal that comes as the investment company just return to profit in 2010.Moreover Eurazeo and fund Colony Capital exclude launch a bid for hotel group Accor, which they together hold 32.79% of voting rights, to come into compliance with new regulations, said Friday Patrick Sayer, Chairman the Executive Eurazeo.
Schneider Electric: + 0.72% to 119.40 euros
The group announced Thursday it had acquired US Summit Energy specializes in services for Energy, for $ 189 million.
Lagardère: -0.45% to 30.03 euros, Vivendi: + 0.25% to 19.74 euros
Canal + will launch at the end of a free television channel, announced the CEO of the encrypted string in an interview with Le Figaro.
TF1 (-4.02% to 12.90 euros) and M6 (-2.52% to EUR 18) react badly to the news.
Lafarge: + 0.84% to 44.25 euros
Based on a review of the MFA, the Egyptian Sawiris family increased its shareholding in cement producer of over 14% in March.
EDF Energies Nouvelles: -0.53% to 35.75 euros
The group announced Thursday it had signed two contracts in Canada of electricity supply in 20 years with Hydro-Quebec for wind projects totaling 49.2 megawatts.
France Telecom: + 0.03% to 15.69 euros
Polish operator TPSA its announced Thursday it had sold its subsidiary Emitel $ 1.7 billion zlotys (423 million euros) at the bottom of Montagu Private Equity.
The Bel Cheese must publish their annual results this Friday.
For some groups, the Chinese adventure can turn into a nightmare. Mattel, the giant American toy, just made the painful experience with her Barbie Store in Shanghai, built in 2009 for $ 30 million. The largest store in the Barbie world, comprising over 3300 m² the largest collection of dolls and related products, closed its doors.
Unique in the world, with its pink neon, restaurant and bar, this concept would allow Mattel to forcibly enter the Chinese market very strong. At the opening of this store, China accounted for only 2.5% of sales of Barbie dolls in the world. Mattel, which had set a goal of making its first market in 2014, could only see flat sales. The objectives have been reduced by 30% during the first eight months of opening the shop.
Linda Du, spokeswoman for Mattel, prefers to talk about a strategic change.But these remarks do not preclude the observers to see a law of the series. A month before Mattel, Home Depot, the world's largest chain of DIY stores, closed stores are in Beijing last. In late February, he was followed by consumer electronics retailer, Best Buy, which announced the closure of its nine stores.
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Analysts agree that these closures are due to lack of interest in Chinese products sold by these companies. Home Depot offered to the Chinese urban and tools to tinker with themselves, even though they prefer to hire labor for small daily tasks. In the same spirit, the world's leading interior decoration, the American B & Q, "is now suffering and could be next," says Patrice Nordey, director of the Atelier BNP Paribas Asia, based in China.For what is seen as a pleasure by Westerners, is not for the Chinese, "he says. Similarly, Barbie and American measurements was shunned by the girls and their mothers seem to prefer the design of a Hello Kity.
"There is a gap and a failure in the analysis of flavors in this population. The attractiveness of the Chinese domestic market leads to many errors. Companies want to be first and are of much more rational, "says Patrice Nordey.
These difficulties are compounded by the competition from Chinese vendors itself. "Foreigners invest in hundreds of square meters and post their sellers. In front, the Chinese buy very large areas and saucissonnent each square meter they then sublet to small sellers. The shop abroad faces a multitude of vendors and brands.It is very difficult. "
Lack of analysis
However difficult to imagine that these groups are launching an international dimension to these markets in the dark. "This is what emerges from these experiments, however, finds Patrice Nordey. Millions are spent on useless things instead of being used for market research. " According to the analyst, Americans are more prone to this kind of disillusionment as the Europeans. "They have sales concepts that work very well at home. And they tend to believe that this will be the same in China. The Europeans and the French in particular, are more cautious and throw more upstream analysis.
This does not prevent them from making mistakes. Crossroads initially sold the meat in plastic. But the group quickly realized that it did not fit local customs and is now selling the cup, as a market, "notes Patrice Nardey.Mercedes is also a good example: "The Smart has never been successful here. Mercedes does sell only 300 in the year because it is a two-seater car too expensive for the Chinese. But last December they started bundling Internet. Result: in 3:30, 200 Smart sold, "said Patrice Nardey, who is keen to emphasize the lack of questioning of groups on the choice of sales channel. "Retailer, hypermarket, shopping mall or the Internet: it must be analyzed. And we realize that the canvas is the system of selling the most dynamic in China. "
But in this country, everything can change very quickly, including lifestyles and consumption patterns. "For companies to be attentive, flexible and responsive," says Patrice Nardey.
Argentina closes its doors to the Barbie doll
Argentina has closed its doors Wednesday to all products from toy maker Mattel U.S., including Barbie and Hot Wheels cars and Cars, as part of a new series of protectionist measures. The Federal Administration of Taxation (AFIP) has announced that it had "suspended the importing company Mattel toys because she had not presented the certificates of origin in 39 cases. Mattel "has committed serious misconduct," said the AFIP in a statement.
Dante Sica, director of the institute Abeceb analysis, "the government has two objectives: one attorney, the other implicit. "The first is to protect local industries. The second seeks to preserve the balance of trade balance in an election year. "Toys made in Argentina represent over 30% of the total, against about 5% in 2003.And the government has already announced a series of protectionist measures to try to halt the decline in the trade surplus, which fell 58% during the single month of January 2011.
Imports of Mattel toys worldwide leader with a turnover of 5.8 billion dollars (4.1 billion euros) in 2010, in Argentina represent 7.5 million (5.3 million euros). (AFP)
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Major development or just update? Steve Jobs himself came on stage to introduce her youngest. "We worked so hard on this product that I did not want to miss this moment," he said. Criticized for its poor facilities, the iPad goes into high gear: a new faster processor, a camera and a video camera for video telephony. A new look too: the iPad 2 is thinner, 8.8 mm against 13.4 mm for the first iPad. It is even thinner than the iPhone 4. He also lost a little weight: 590 grams against 680. A white version will do a new accessory of choice for fashion victims.
With its two cameras, we can communicate by videophone with other recent models iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and submit to his correspondent that the film camera back.We expected a micro-USB connector, but Apple chose to stay true to its unique special connector. To compensate, he offers an HDMI adapter that lets you play in 1080p which is displayed on the screen of the iPad (39 €). If Apple provides service on a minimum of technical equipment, it continues to innovate in terms of ergonomics. His new IOS software 4.3 allows sharing of content, the 3G connection iPad but also videos and music stored on an iPhone or a computer with iTunes.
"We worked so hard on this product that I did not want to miss this moment," argued Steve Jobs. Photo Credits: Justin Sullivan / AFP
