The strong growth of the Carrefour share continues. After gaining nearly 3% Monday to close the Paris Bourse, the title was up 1.39% to 33.53 euros to 11.45, in a market that climbed 2.65%.
If the information has not yet been confirmed by Carrefour does not wish to comment, the group would indeed begun selling its operations in Thailand (550 million euros turnover in 2009 ), Malaysia (300 million euros of turnover) and Singapore (80 million euros of turnover), according to Reuters. "I would not reconsider our position on a number of emerging markets where the potential is not important," said Lars Olofsson, Executive Director of Carrefour, Le Figaro last January. These transfers could bring him some 800 million euros.
"Carrefour has too dispersed"
"These operations will confirm Carrefour to focus on China (3.5 billion euros in turnover in the first quarter of 2010, Ed), Taiwan (1.3 billion euros of turnover) or Indonesia (800 million euros of turnover), "said an analyst of CM-CIC Securities specialist value. He added: "These markets like Mexico, Chile, Japan, South Korea or Switzerland, which Carrefour has withdrawn, were either uninteresting or markets where the group has rapidly exceeded by its competitors. Carrefour was too dispersed. According to the analyst, other distributors present in Asia as Tesco and Casino would be interested, or even private equity investment based on the evolution of debt markets and mergers and acquisitions.The Casino has wished to make any comment.
Carrefour wants to "re-enchant the hyper"
To boost sales of its hypermarkets, the group plans to create new concepts. As part of its "hyper-enchantment" Carrefour should delegate its rays to Virgin Music, according to the magazine Challenges. By outsourcing this department to a specialist, the group hopes to attract more young people into its stores. A first test will be done in the store Venissieux. And if successful, the contract could be extended to 238 Carrefour hypermarkets, and cover all rays non-food, whose sales have fallen 5% in 2009.
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A draft "courageous, necessary and just." After the day of action against the pension reform, which drew between 797 000 and nearly two million people across France, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde, has defended the government's project on air in France Inter Friday. "Our priority is to protect the retirement plan division," she insisted.
While Prime Minister Francois Fillon has expressed this morning, Christine Lagarde said that "the government is not obtuse", and that "dialogue will continue. Discussions will be limited to "some point" in the text of the government, confirmed the minister."President Nicolas Sarkozy said on the issues of hardship, of polypensionnés and long careers, there is room for negotiation," she added.
"The message we give is our determination to continue to reform in serene courage and wherever necessary," said Christine Lagarde, who emphasized "the urgency" of the situation of public finances France. Asked about the signal that the French government would provide the markets with pension reform, Christine Lagarde did not deny the need to 'send a message of safety "for those who invest in the" France risk. However, the triple-A rating enjoyed by France, which is the best possible debt rating is "stable," Plassnik said.
Safeguarding the employment of older
While the unions believe the government bill "unfair" to employees, the minister said on France Inter radio that "high income will contribute" to the overall effort while "capital income will be taxed" payday loans . She also stressed the government's job to safeguard the employment of older workers. Two directions are preferred, namely training and alternate agreements with the companies on hiring senior employees.
"Delaying the age of retirement must be accompanied by measures to prolong the careers of seniors," the minister reiterated. According to figures released Thursday by the employment center, the seniors have been recovered on May 1 sharp increase in their number of registered unemployed (ranging between 1.3% and 1.4% by categories).That was several months that such progress had been achieved.
The discussion of the severity and recovery
For Christine Lagarde, these figures are "bad". And all the more reinforces the government's reform policy. A policy which it defines as "a subtle exercise" between the need to support recovery and the imposition of austerity measures. "On one hand, it is engaging the major investments planned under the Big Loan. On the other side, be careful not to spend any how, "says Minister of Economy.
A debate that should rightly be exported this weekend in Toronto at the G20 summit. Recovery plans for growth and fiscal restraint? The choice to divide Europe and the United States, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.Relativizing discord among summit participants, Christine Lagarde nevertheless called for a "more collective work.
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Louis Welsh, president of EADS, on Tuesday presented the results of fiscal 2009 marked a net loss of 763 million euros, with heavy consequences including increased provisions under the Airbus A400M and the effect of exchange Euro-dollar negative (1 billion euros for the third consecutive year).
But observers have in mind the case of U.S. tanker. The defense giant Northrop Grumman American announced that he would compete to win a contract for 35 billion dollars to provide 179 refueling aircraft to the U.S. Army. This is the first installment of a giant order of 500 aircraft for 100 billion dollars. Northrop said that the criteria of the tender favored Boeing, also nominated. Consequently, EADS, his partner had no choice but to throw in the towel.
The news caused an outcry in Europe.«(…) During the current crisis, the smallest signs of protectionism are harmful, "accused Br?derle Rainer, German Minister of Economy," even in the field of defense, free competition should not be hampered unilaterally. The Foreign Office warned that "France, with the European Commission and its European partners concerned will proceed to the consideration of this new development and its possible implications.
A complaint before the World Trade Organization (WTO) seems to be excluded because it is not competent defense. And it can not intervene following a sovereign decision taken by a private company, namely Northrop. Louis Welsh did not want polemics or insult the future: "I am not a politician but an industrialist. I am part of a fact.The U.S. market remains a priority for us. "He was careful not to comment on the decision of its American ally. Northrop could have filed an appeal before a federal judge because he had a strong case. He preferred to drop and de facto release EADS. For the Democrats who control Congress have pushed the message. We must leave the field open for Boeing needs this contract to stay in the field of military aviation. Boeing, whose headquarters are located in Chicago, a stronghold of President Obama. Northrop would have been assured of being able to catch up on other contracts. He could not alienate its biggest customer, the Pentagon, who can not stand to see its decisions appealed to the GAO, the U.S. equivalent of the Court of Auditors. This was the case in early 2008 when Boeing was denied victory by Northrop and EADS.And succeeded.
Result, the U.S. Army for ten years waiting for its new tanker. Today is back to square one with, as in 2001, only one bid. It is possible that again the Republicans react as they reject the absence of competition.
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