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LOS ANGELES Stars of pop music without panties, warriors of the night, and vampires sexy spiced sauce fame last year with the arrival of Lady Gaga, Conan O'Brien, Kirsten Stewart and Robert Pattinson – Superstars Twilight – the first in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.

But despite their impressive debut (Gaga landed in fourth place in the list), is Oprah Winfrey is the winner of the year. After being supplanted by Angelina Jolie last year (Jolie finds himself in the 18th rank this year) and the Queen of the media takes the crown in the annual Forbes list of global super-celebrities. Winfrey earned $ 315 million over the last 12 months.

The moderator of televised debates had tears in his eyes when it announced that this season would be the last debate.This news has helped our self-made billionaire to get more mentions in the press than any other member of the Celebrity 100 list. Winfrey owes much to his show, The Oprah Winfrey Show and her magazine, her website is closely followed, his radio, his television shows and movies like Precious, who received six Oscar nominations. For the future, her Harpo production company, which launched the careers of Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray and Dr. Oz, will this fall Nate Berkus, a former decorator become moderator of debate.

A few months later, our lady launch Oprah Winfrey Network, a channel on the theme of lifestyle, in partnership with Discovery Communications (DISCA – news – people).

The remaining top

Beyonce Knowles win two seats to finish second in the list, with $ 87 million in annual revenue.His world tour of over 90 concerts has collected more than 85 million dollars to blow up a portfolio that combines album sales, fashion line House of Dereon and a range of promotional contracts ranging from Nintendo (NTDOY.PK – news – people) in L'Oreal. Beyonce, the female half of the couple's most powerful nation in the world hip-hop, has continued to expand his business empire beyond the music with the launch of its first fragrance, Heat, a few months ago.

Third position: director James Cameron. With the success at the box office of Avatar, the man who proclaimed himself "king of the world" has pocketed the tidy sum of 210 million dollars this year. Although his film in 3D has failed to win the Oscar for best film, he beat own record of Cameron cashing $ 2.7 billion at the box office to become the film that made the biggest revenue the history of cinema.(Titanic occupied this place for 12 years, with 1.8 billion dollars.) While the Blu-ray edition of Avatar's record-breaking sales and an expected result is, Cameron will certainly continue to be included in our list for several years.

Revenue increase

In response to market fluctuations and a global economy that appears reluctant to leave, the income figures contained in our Celebrity 100 list demonstrate a remarkable resistance.The stars of our list have in fact collectively won $ 4.7 billion this year, compared to 4.1 billion last year.

The Celebrity 100 list that includes movie stars and television personalities from television, models, athletes, authors, musicians and comedians, as revenues related to entertainment and media exposure (presence in press, television, radio and online). Given the growing power of social networks, we have added a rating of "social media" that reflects the presence of each celebrity on Facebook and Twitter. The income considered is the income before taxes between 1 June 2009 and June 1, 2010.Management fees, agents and attorneys have not been deducted.

Great start for Gaga

Lady Gaga was catapulted on our list, ahead of pop music stars like Madonna much more established (10th) and U2 (seventh). It has revenues estimated at $ 62 million to a global tour of 106 concerts and his willingness to partner with companies such as Virgin Mobile and Polaroid No teletrack payday loans. Not to mention that his fame and his theatrics earned him an enormous press coverage while his music videos are feeling on the Internet.Proof: This completes the first rocker visionary for social media and Internet presence in the Forbes Celebrity 100 100

Gaga is also the highest ranked newcomer on the list, leading a group that includes the Black Eyed Peas (48 million), O'Brien (38 million) and Robert Pattinson – Stewart, of co-stars Twilight. Pattison finishes at the fiftieth come up with an estimated 17 million dollars, but Stewart, who works on fewer projects outside of Twilight, placed 66th with 12 million dollars.

Woods is good for the moment

And to complete the top five: the golfer Tiger Woods.Despite his personal and professional setbacks this year (all the negative publicity has been removed from the list this year), the big target of sensationalist newspapers has still managed to earn $ 105 million between June 2009 and June 21010. Fact: The sources of income have declined since the scandals in his name (Accenture (CAN – news – people), AT & T (T – news – people) and the Pepsi (PEP – news – people) have abandoned Woods as spokesman), but he still pocketed millions from his contracts with Nike (NKE – news – people), Electronic Arts (ERTS – news – people) and Upper Deck.It is worth mentioning that the activity of designing golf courses has difficulties because of the global economic crisis.

His image tarnished should nevertheless result in a significant drop in the rankings next year.

Goodbye Smith

Celebrities and their revenues, which depend on new contracts and fans capricious, fluctuate widely from year to year. Among the victims this year we have Will Smith. After finishing 11th in the list last year with 45 million dollars, king of blockbuster films does not even ranked this year as he has not made any new film during the period analyzed.

Another notable absentee this year is rapper 50 Cent. In 2009, he was impressive 50th with revenues of $ 20 million.But his latest album, Before I Self Destruct, has sold only 500,000 copies and remained quiet as he lost 25% of its weight for the role of a cancer in a film that will be out soon, Things Fall Apart.

A few words on methodology

The Celebrity 100 list as the power on the basis of money and fame. Revenue estimates, which include revenues from movies and television shows, endorsement deals, books and other entertainment projects have been made for the period between June 2009 and June 2010. Figures have been rounded where appropriate. We also used other sources such as Billboard, Pollstar, Adams Media Research, The Nielsen Company and SNL Kagan.Celebrity is calculated using the number of results from Google (GOOG – news – people) Blog Search, the number of entries to television / radio LexisNexis, overall indications in the press on Factiva and the number of times the picture a celebrity appears on the cover of 25 consumer magazines. The social classification is calculated using measures such as the number of friends and fans on Facebook, and the number of followers on Twitter.

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Hostile to a widespread tightening, the G20 has accepted this weekend in Toronto fiscal restraint to the map, depending on the country, and spread over time. The countries have agreed to "reduce by at least half the deficit by 2013, and stabilize or reduce the costs of public debt to GDP by 2016," without specifying binding targets to States.

As a result, financial markets, the atmosphere of uncertainty can be expected.In Paris, while the CAC 40 has lost about 5% in just three sessions of declines marked – and having earned 10.5% in nine sessions of gains on – the hesitation should be on the agenda this Monday morning.

Around 7:15, the euro was steady at 1.2380 dollar, while gold, also stable, is still treated in 1256 dollars.

A well-attended American Statistical

On Monday, held a ministerial meeting between OPEC and the European Commission.At the European Central Bank, the figures on the M3 and loans to private sector will be announced at 10 o'clock.

In the U.S., followed the very household income and expenditure for the month of June will be available at 14:30, just before the opening of Wall Street.

The statistic most watched this week will be the number of applicants for overseas jobs, which will be released Friday, which should mark a break in trend, with new positions expected destruction.

The bank fee: disagreements

Priority of Berlin and Paris, the tax credit has received a cold reception in Toronto at the G20.Despite support from Washington and London, the communiqué does not mention the tax lip as a legitimate option for banks to charge up the pieces of the crisis.

Banques populaires Caisses d'Epargne According to information Wansquare, BPCE Foncia has decided to withdraw from the sale. The preparation of a new law regarding the directors and the rout of Urbania Group were due to the sale of the land.

Casino Jean-Charles Naouri, CEO of the group, delivered the Figaro's strategy to cope with a sluggish consumption in France, however, offset by continued momentum abroad. The boss does not plan to float Cdiscount and will focus more on small and medium format hypermarkets (6 000-8 000 square meters), rather than the hypermarkets.

Trigano will release on Monday its sales for the third quarter of fiscal offset.

The Paris Bourse is maintained in the zone of turbulence since it passes through Tuesday. The CAC 40, after nine sessions of gains chained and won 10.5%, has now three sessions of decline, losing 4.8%. So much so that since the beginning of the month, the benchmark index of the Paris took only 1.5% and rises to 3555 points.

This Friday, at the beginning, the CAC 40 has tried to resist, rising 0.24% to 3564 points, but the fragility of the ambient trend and volatility have prevailed and the index declining about 11 hours from 0 25% to 3546 points.

In the same time, the euro appears stable, very slightly positive at 1.2341 dollars after resuming colors Thursday as statistical mixed overseas sowed doubt about the robustness of recovery amércaine.

Overall, the atmosphere is tense markets. The Asian market on Friday morning, displays counters in the red.In France, unemployment has not risen so much since seven months.

Pressure mounts while also meet from tomorrow G20 Toronto. Discussions burning its menu.

National accounts in the spotlight

In France a quarter of an hour before the opening of trading, INSEE revealed a growth of just 0.1% in the first quarter of 2010, however, revising upwards the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) last quarter 2009 to 0.6%.

Consumer spending has remained stable over the first three months of the year, reports the Institute.The purchasing power has registered a decline of 0.1%.

In the U.S., the third estimate of GDP is known to 14:30.

Banks up

As for values, Credit Agricole (-1.7%) Societe Generale (1.4%) BNP Paribas (+1.1%) and Axa (1.32%) appear at the top of the charts of best performance of the CAC 40, behind Vivendu which grimpede 1.7% to 17.5 euros.

In contrast, the values cars are worth, including Peugeot plir 0.67%, Renault, 0.36%, 0.6% Michelin. Construction is bad too, with Lafarge (-0.96%), largest decline, and Saint-Gobain (-0.25%).

Latecoère: 2.56% to 6 euros According to Le Figaro, the aerospace supplier will propose to its shareholders on Friday, meeting in General Assembly, the free allocation of share purchase warrants (BSA) in 2012.It has thereby remove some 43 million euros.

Bourbon: +3.3% to EUR 35 The group has unveiled its strategic plan for 2011/2015 including investment of 2 billion dollars in the marine service vessels for offshore oil.

Pressure on prices in the telecommunications networks transition to mobile technology fourth generation "LTE" should distribute the cards in this highly competitive sector, but not enough to halt the pressures on the prices of telecom equipment, told Reuters Chairman of the Mobile Division of Alcatel-Lucent, Wim Sweldens. The shares were down 0.85% to 2.2 euros, the steepest declines the CAC 40.

GDF Suez (+0.3%), Total (-0.5% to 38.25 euros), EDF (+0.5%) The price of gas will increase by 4.7% from 1 July to 6.3 million customers in France said Thursday the Commission of Energy Regulation.

The EDF Group postponed its decision to invest in an LNG terminal in Dunkirk (Northern), said Thursday a spokesman for the group. This terminal was supposed to compensate for some job losses related to the closure of the refinery from Total.

Computer Services sector companies might respond to better than expected quarterly results announced Thursday evening by Accenture. The Group's net profit stood at 564 million dollars (457 million euros), or $ 0.73 per share against 537 million ($ 0.68 per share) a year ago and $ 0.69 expected by Wall Street.

Alstom: -0.5% to 38.3 euros French industrial group on Thursday launched a U.S. production plant turbines, especially for nuclear power generation, for which he has invested about $ 300 million, according to a statement.

Air France wants to travel light. The company expects 4390 departures without layoffs by March 2013, a reduction of 16% of its workforce compared to March 2008, after which relies on a document from the Central Committee of the company business.

No social plan, but hiring jellies, retirement and not replaced quits 1765 people. In total, the company should have 2,436 employees under the 2010-2011 fiscal year (which ends in late March 2011), 834 the following year, and 1121 in 2012-2013.

Between the beginning of the crisis in 2008 and 2013, it will be 9312 jobs will be eliminated, according to La Tribune. Hardest hit will be the ground staff including 3,200 voluntary redundancies. While drivers should be redundant by 2013, ground staff and cabin should be reflected in slight under-staffed in three years.

The success is well meet up for the latest Apple products, the iPad. The company announced the Apple had sold more than 3 million copies of his tablet. And less than three months after its launch. In good shape Thursday, June 24 launch of the iPhone 4.

Apple has delayed for one month out of its touch pad internationally because of the huge demand in the United States, which had exceeded its expectations. Next month the tablet, which combines the functionality of a mini-computer, a player and a media player must land in nine additional countries (Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore).

News that support the Apple stock offering. Quoted on the Nasdaq, Apple still wins the title more than 1.36% to 273.85 dollars, close to its highest of 275.97 dollars.But analysts see the stock price well above its record close reached last Friday in payday loans with no fax. For the more optimistic, and like the popular analysts at Deutsche Bank, the price of Apple stock could still earn $ 100, $ 375.

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Last week, Apple and the U.S. operator AT & T, which has exclusivity on the iPhone in the U.S. have had to suspend the process of pre-orders, their system is clogged by the enormous demand, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs had to apologize.

The new multifunctional phone, especially with a high definition screen, a feature allowing telephone conversations and video editing software video, has landed Thursday in U.S. stores.Some analysts believe the iPhone will sell 4 million copies to 44 this year, 55 million units next year.

The signing took place in presence of Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Saturday in St. Petersburg, Russian promoter Hermitage is committed by a Memorandum of Understanding with the EPAD to build by early 2016 two towers of 91 floors of a new kind of defense. Today, the skyscraper highest in the business district tu 220 m The twin towers designed by architect Norman Foster-star will climb to 323 m, "a meter below the Eiffel Tower to avoid offending local sensitivities," says Emin Iskenderov, CEO of Hermitage. Importantly, this will be the first high-rise (high rise buildings) mixed in France combining housing, offices and shops.With the key equipment in unprecedented tours: a theater of 1,300 seats, a contemporary art gallery, a five star hotel, restaurants, swimming pools, a student residence …

As for the apartments have a spectacular view of Paris, they will be positioned in the niche market of luxury with a price of 12,000 euros per square meter. A challenge for Defence is not today a prestigious address for individuals and Parisians are not rushing to live in towers.

Introduced in March 2009, the Hermitage Plaza project has also met with some suspicion among the French real estate professionals. First, because this promoter Russia has never built a tower in France. Then because it is a huge operation to two billion euros.

Buildings slated for demolition

But since then, Hermitage has provided some safeguards.Including funding. "We have already invested $ 150 million, Emin Iskenderov details. And in all, we will bring 250 to 280 million euros in equity. Furthermore, we are in advanced discussions with a pool of European banks to grant us a credit line of 700 million. And the marketing of our area we will bring the remaining one billion euros. "According to our information, Hermitage is also negotiating with the Four Seasons hotel group to host one of its locations in the towers. On the marketing of 540 apartments, Emin Iskenderov was also very confident: "I have already received 3,200 letters of prospects who want to buy from us."

Another thorny issue: the relocation of 250 families who lived in the buildings slated for demolition to build the towers Plaza. For now, Hermitage has found a solution for 235 to 250.That leaves five families to relocate in the year. A task is not insurmountable. But there is still a few steps before this project happen. In late July, demand for building permits will be filed. It should be granted in early 2011. And work should start right away. With delivery scheduled for late 2015-early 2016.

Demoralized. Wall Street erased its gains after a timid opening up (+0.16%). Around 4:40 p.m., the Dow Jones lost 0.75% to 10,339 points, the Nasdaq was down 0.75% to 2291 points while the S & P anbandonne 0.71% to 1107 points.

The markets were disappointed by the number of entries in the weekly unemployment rose in the United States during the week to June 12, at 472 000 460 000 cons last week, according to the Labor Department. Economists on average had 450 000 registered unemployed. The entries of the week to June 5 were also revised up from an initial estimate of 456,000.

In addition, consumer prices have suffered their worst fall in May last year and a half under the blow of sharp decline in energy costs. The index of consumer prices adjusted for seasonal variations show a decline of 0.2%, the biggest drop since December 2008.Economists and analysts were predicting a similar decline after a decline of 0.1% in April.

Still on macroeconomic statistics, the current account deficit widened in the first quarter to 109 billion dollars, or 3% of GDP, compared to fourth quarter 2009. This is his third consecutive quarterly increase since the low of $ 84.4 billion in the second quarter of 2009, when the international commercial exchange had significantly contracted due to recession.

In addition, two indicators sow confusion in the minds. The condition index of industrial activity in the Philadelphia Federal Reserve came out much lower than expected in June and called for a fragile economic recovery in the United States. The index came in at 8 in June as against 20.9 expected and 21.4 in MayThe employment component falling in the negative, at -1.5 against 3.2 in May, the lowest since November 2009.

For its part, the U.S. index of leading indicators registered a record high in May, according to the Conference Board, suggesting that the recovery of the U.S. economy will continue. The index rose 0.4% to 109.9, after having stagnated in April instant payday loan. Economists projected an increase of 0.5%.The index should continue to increase but more modestly in the coming months due to an unemployment rate still important.

Pending Brussels

The market is also attentive to the summit of European leaders in Brussels today in which they intend to tighten fiscal discipline and laying the groundwork for an economic government to reassure the markets remain concerned about the euro area and in particular the situation Spain.After Greece, Ireland and Portugal, the markets are worried because of the financial health of the country and its capacity for economic recovery after an austerity plan, despite the undertaking of structural reforms on the market work in the banking sector.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro gave ground in the morning against the greenback, passing under $ 1.23, reflecting a renewed concern.

AOL supervised

On the side of values, according to several American media, the internet group AOL (-0.22% to 22.23 dollars) is about to give the social network Bebo to an investment fund, Criterion Capital Partners, a small fraction of the price he had paid to take it two years ago.

Always on the side of values, FedEx (+0.20% to 78.23 dollars) Wednesday reported a quarterly profit slightly above expectations.

Also note Apple (1.31% to 270.75 U.S. dollars) which said it had registered more than 600,000 bookings for the new version of the iPhone during the first day of marketing.

JM Smucker (6.29% to 61.38 dollars), a group specializing in food, has reported a turnover of 1.07 billion dollars for its fourth fiscal quarter and a Earnings per share (EPS) of $ 1.07 before exceptional items.

Pier 1 Imports (5.24% to 8.44 dollars) a manufacturer of furniture, for its part, reported an unexpected profit adjusted under its first fiscal quarter in favor of improving its sales business on a comparable basis and its margins.

Mobile Internet, the driving of the media industry and recreation? In any case think that PricewaterhouseCoopers, which estimated that more than one French person in four will be equipped for the mobile Internet in 2014, 18 million people. In its annual "Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2010-2014", the audit firm notes that the phenomenon of "mobile consumer" includes high speed.

In fact, the French were somewhat neglected voice calls in 2009, the benefit of SMS and especially multimedia applications, according to a recent study by the firm IDATE to the French Association of Mobile Operators (SWOT). The mobile internet service becomes widely used for the 7.3 million owners of smartphones. Result: the average expenditure for voice slid nearly 6.3% in 2009, while spending on data services and mobile Internet have increased by 8%.

Access PC slowing

So much so that the U.S. bank Morgan Stanley in her study "Internet trends," predicts that the use of mobile Internet will be greater than that of fixed Internet within five years. The world had 1.8 billion Internet users in 2009, up 13% year on year, says Morgan Stanley.

The growing role of digital technology in society has contributed to the recovery, although "fragile", the media industry and recreation, says PricewaterhouseCoopers. In his study, the firm believes that the activity of this sector worldwide is expected to grow 5% per year between 2010 and 2014, after declining 3% in 2009 to reach 1.69 trillion dollars. In parallel, the Internet will show an average annual growth of 9% over this period.

A real opportunity for the media industry and recreation.The trend is toward "consumer web", says PricewaterhouseCoopers. Internet users consume more media and online entertainment, sharing and enriching the content instantly on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, or hosting sites (YouTube, Dailymotion).

The "socialization" of media

"Then they ate up individually, the opportunity to comment and share content regardless of where one is transforming the media consumption in a collective experience," said Mathieu Aubusson, associate specialist in media industry and leisure for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The rise of digital media, however, is not without its challenges. "The digital migration and changes in consumer behavior put great pressure on existing models," warns Matthew Aubusson.The media industry and recreation needs to find profitable new business models, while supporting the rapid pace of innovation hits new offerings.

"The movement of consolidation, partnerships should emerge to share the risk in a rapidly changing market," says the partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. These risks include the threat of overheating networks puts telcos at bay, while data traffic is exploding.

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Thursday at the conference NPA-Le Figaro, Stéphane Richard, CEO of France Telecom, has not minced his words. "We're not a patron. On The World, we take a look industrial. "What interests telecom operator, is essentially The World Interactive, the joint venture group Le Monde and Lagardere. Orange would bring his digital expertise. The objective is to achieve the same "marriage" of advertising agencies news sites. Stéphane Richard praised the merits of a merger between Orangeactu and Lemonde.fr, respectively second and third information sites in France. However, the advertising of the World Interactive, called iRégie.com is a subsidiary of World Economy Advertising, itself owned 51% by Le Monde, against 49% of Publicis.

"To play a marginal role"

Problem.If Orange wants to play a role in Le Monde Interactive and its governance, it will have to redeem the minority shares of two words: Lagardère and Publicis. But Lagardere has made it clear he was not a seller 's best payday advance. So, to achieve his ends, Orange must accept an interest in the whole group Le Monde newspaper and the Web. Orange is ready "if necessary, to play a marginal role in the round table" investing "nearly 40 million" on the side of takeover candidates, whoever they are.

The last candidate to have filed a date préoffre is the group Le Nouvel Observateur. His boss, Claude Perdriel, would invest 80 million euros alongside a partner. In front, he will find the offer of the trio Pigasse-Niel-Bergé.All this agitation on the part of candidates has been at the center of the ordinary and extraordinary general meeting of the Society of Editors of the World (MRS) held in the afternoon on Thursday. The next meeting should be convened on June 25, time to get a clearer picture on the submission of applications.

Time is running out, because the world must find the money before July 15. Otherwise, it may be insolvent.