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Burst in full interim results conference's media group Lagardere. The upscale women's weekly group, Be, merged with rival Envy, edited by Marie Claire group. The information was soon confirmed by the two groups. The announcement should be made official Friday morning after a conference call with two editors. "The proposed merger of two weekly was presented yesterday to the works of two groups, we stated Thursday night from a reliable source.

This approximation Express is surprising. It is the newest upscale women's magazines, Be was launched with great fanfare and publicity to great fanfare last March 19 by Lagardère Active. Positioned as a "new global media brand" (based on a website, TV and radio), Be was unable to stabilize its sales.After a promising start when the title flirts with 230,000 copies sold (OJD, dissemination France paid) Be seen its circulation fall to 171,397 copies in late June Disappointing sales, however, have nothing catastrophic, especially as Lagardère Active has entrusted to bet on a "target distribution of 160,000 copies.

The day before the first anniversary of Grazia

For its part, Envy wipes the same side. Its circulation is over 240,000 copies in February, when launched, but quickly runs out of steam until barely exceed 160,000 copies (OJD) in June … For the group Marie Claire, this result is particularly disappointing . The group had much hesitation and refine its launch for many months before jumping into the water.To minimize risks, the group had even appealed last year to Jean-Paul Lubot, the designer of Closer magazine, the origin of this new segment of the fashion magazine combining fashion and celebrity news.

Today, the merger has any marriage of convenience between two groups who know each other well. Lagardère owns 42% stake in Marie Claire, a group whose participation chaired Arnaud Lagardere wants precisely to separate. Competitors as vendors release, Lagardere Active and Marie Claire have, it seems, have even more incentive to join together to confront the supremacy, particularly in terms of advertising revenue, the third competitor in this sector, weekly Grazia published by Mondadori France sells 179,704 copies (OJD). Irony of the calendar, Lagardere Active and Marie Claire agreed to before the first anniversary of Grazia.

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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.

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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The retirement of Jean-Louis Beffa has lasted twenty-four hours. The historical pattern of Saint-Gobain – who left Thursday's general meeting president's cap with his dauphin Pierre-Andre de Chalendar – yesterday signed a contract "senior advisor" at Lazard.

As such, Jean-Louis Beffa will in particular industrial experience and knowledge of international markets, including emerging markets, where her counterparts at the head of companies are increasingly likely to want to make mergers and acquisitions .

Change jobs – even if only for one quarter of his time – has clearly seduced Jean-Louis Beffa, however, familiar with the bank to have attended countless presentations in twenty years at Saint-Gobain , much of which led him to make acquisitions pay day loan lenders.

During this period, also primarily by Lazard and BNP Paribas that it was supported. For Lazard, the appointment of a senior advisor of the profile is rather rare. According to the CEO of Lazard France, Bruno Roger, it comes as the bank just full advantage of the success of his model, and its strong presence abroad.

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What a pleasant surprise! In March, the barometer of the moral frameworks (- 26) has won eight points from February, regaining its 2005 level. "This result is exceptional in scope and that ends the period of depression began in the fall of 2008, is a bundle of factors, both macro and micro," said Francois Miquet-Marty, president of ViaVoice.

Last month, the number of unemployed has increased by "only" 0.1% and the Prime Minister said that the unemployment curve "should be reversed" this year.

In this context, the pessimism fades frames. They are more than 23% against 28% a month earlier, suggests that the number of unemployed would "increase significantly" in the coming months. It's the same for the outlook for living standards. The frames provide a breakdown is no longer the majority (45% against 51% in February).

Occupational mobility

Moreover, two important indicators, as forming part of life, experiencing a frank improvement. Thus, 25% of executives (+ 7 points) believe that opportunities to advance their careers in the coming months "will be important" and 18% (+5 points) than their financial situation "will improve".

Regional elections have also played a role in improving the morale of white-collar. "Their result has reassured the French left's ability to register their camp in a dynamic of conquest of power and those on the right on the determination of the President of the Republic to maintain focus and to pursue reforms, with the exception of the carbon tax, "said Francois Miquet-Marty. Asked about the place and role of higher education, executives claim, massively, more money for it.Eight out of ten consider, in fact, that France "does not invest enough" in this teaching.

On effectiveness, their opinion is also positive. Seven in ten "confidence" in higher education to deliver a broad general education and a narrow majority (52%), they also make it "trust" to prepare young people for the job.

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Optimism is back in the Paris Bourse in mid-afternoon Thursday, while U.S. statistics, published at 14:30, emerged in below expectations. ACC back above the 4,000-point mark.

The number of registered unemployed in the United States was up more than expected during the week ending January 9, according to figures released Thursday by the Labor Department.In data adjusted for seasonal variations, these weekly applications for unemployment benefits rose for the second consecutive week to 444,000 against 433,000 (revised) the previous week.

Another disappointment, retail sales in the U.S. fell against all odds in December, according to official figures released Thursday in Washington, but this masks a bad performance review of their surge up the previous two months.

Around 15.15, the CAC 40 yields 0.08%, to 3997 points, passing under the 4,000 points.

Investors will also pay attention to the news conference the Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, at 16 hours and the speech of the Governing Council of the ECB.

The latter announced that its key policy rate should remain at 1% level where it remains since May 2009.In the U.S., retail sales for December at 14.30, the import price for the same month at the same time, as well as requests weekly unemployment benefits will be scrutinized.

As for currencies, the euro decreased again. The European currency fell by 0.13% to 1.4503 dollars. For raw materials, oil appears in sharp decline. The barrel of light sweet crude for February delivery lost 2.84% to 79.29 dollars, while that of Brent North Sea at the same maturity, lost 2.40% to 77.76 dollars. Oil stocks have risen more than expected last week in the United States.

Ubisoft suffers

The Renault Group (Renault, Dacia, Samsung and Lada) in 2009 recorded a decrease of 3.1% of its global sales to 2.3 million vehicles in global market decline of 3.7% and a slight increase its market share (+0.1 percentage points to 3.7%), it intends to strengthen in 2010. Figures similar to those unveiled by Peugeot (+1.47%) a few days ago. After gleaning 0.1% at the opening, title coward 0.43% to 39.32 euros in mid-session.

The French game publisher Ubisoft video Wednesday revised downward its financial targets for its fiscal year 2009/2010 lagged, partly because of disappointing sales of some games and the postponement of several launches. Sanction Immediate Exchange: action coward 4.67%, to 9.6 euros. It is the largest decline of the SBF 120.

GDF Suez has announced the sale to Shell Egypt for a 20% concession in the Alam El Shawish, and keeps 25%.The sign under the worst performance of the ACC with a decline of 2.21% to 29.16 euros.

The group Vivendi (+0.2% at 21.02 euros), which challenged the participation of two of its shareholders and Adam collective proceedings conducted in the United States, was dismissed Wednesday by the Tribunal de Grande Instance Paris.

The French ready-to-wear Camaieu (+4.89% to 148.94 euros) plans to continue its development policy in 2010 and plans to open nearly a hundred shops.

bioM?rieux (+3.12% at 83.02 euros) on Thursday announced the acquisition of Meikang Biotech, a Chinese manufacturer of rapid tests, and its production site in Shanghai. Vet'Affaires (7.38%) reported a turnover of 92.7 million euros in 2009. Riber (-2.80%) confirmed its net profit target for 2009.

This is the second day of strike in the Paris airports (ADP).A two flights was canceled Thursday morning following the request of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to Orly airport, the second day of strike among air traffic controllers, has been a journalist from AFP . The action takes ADP 0.68% to 57.81 euros.

A monitor also: Pernod Ricard (-0.05%)) who will make a point about its business. Carrefour (-0.53%) will release its annual results after the stock market.

The European Commission was investigating since January 2008 on possible abuse of dominant position by Microsoft in Internet browsers. If Brussels is to end its investigation, the U.S. giant had to make heavy concessions, agreeing to provide European users with a choice of internet browser to its Windows operating system, then ships only with browser: Internet Explorer.

The lawsuit, initiated by Opera Software, a competitor of the firm of Steve Ballmer, was motivated illegal competitive advantage that the systematic incorporation of Internet Explorer to Windows would have given Microsoft.

Internet Explorer will suddenly face competition

The latter agreed to five years to propose to all European users in Windows versions XP, Vista and 7 to choose their browser.Firefox, Opera and Chrome, the three major browsers Internet Explorer competitors are rubbing their hands when you know that Windows team 90% of PCs worldwide.

Manufacturers of computers equipped with Windows in factory can also completely disable Internet Explorer and install a competing browser.

Microsoft chose to make concessions, risking a fine that could reach 10% of its annual turnover worldwide, is a mere 6 billion euros in fines.

"Millions of European consumers will benefit from this decision with the choice of browser they use," welcomed the Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes.

On November 16th is the day J. To this date will begin a public inquiry into the grand scheme of Norbert Dentressangle in Sabran, in the Gard. The motor carrier has build a strong photovoltaic power of 11.5 MWp (megawatt peak), enough to power a city of 3 000. If the case succeeds, Sabran, with 1 600 inhabitants, is one of the few French villages to produce more green energy than it consumes electricity. This is a winery on 70 acres that the photovoltaic plant Financial Norbert Dentressangle, through its subsidiary Norbert Dentressangle Sustainable Development (N3D) will install its solar farm. "It would occupy about 26 hectares," explains Jean-Louis Savoye, chief investment officer for Financial Norbert Dentressangle.

Investment is expected to be approximately 45 million euros.However, the carrier gave no timetable. Prudence understandable because farmers in the south of France, are opposed to the erection of wind turbines or solar panels on cropland. "We do not seek this type of land, warns Jean-Louis Savoye. These are homeowners who have contacted us because they wanted to sell and stop their activity. "We can not always support an activity that is not viable, says the mayor of Arles, Jean-Marc Jorda.Furthermore, we negotiated with Dentressangle it undertakes to restore the land under cultivation on the day he would quit his electrical activity.

Business tax preserved

Another precaution taken by the City Council: "We negotiated in case of removing the business tax without compensation to the State, Norbert Dentressangle pay the equivalent of the amount to the town, 150 000," says Jean – Marc Jordan. This represents approximately 10% of the municipal budget.

After the construction of a roof made of solar panels on one of its warehouses in Lyon, and filing a case under public inquiry into the common Bessan in H?rault (10 acres of solar panels approximately 15 million euro investment), this solar farm project in the Gard is the largest so far devised by N3D."We will work on this activity as an investor in the long term, and also have a social and ecological footprint responsibly as possible", says one in Norbert Dentressangle. In Sabran Photovoltaic Park is located on an elevated plateau natural and should therefore have a limited visual impact, or "nonexistent," according to Jean-Marc Jorda.

While wrapping up the M6 leg dams the World Cup between France and Eire, war leaders among leaders TF1 resulted in the victory of Nonce Paolini. Axel Duroux, former Chief Executive of RTL radio, designated as a number one in June, left the group. "TF1 and Axel Duroux decided to separate by mutual agreement for differing views on the strategic conduct of the business," said a statement from the group.

Martin Bouygues, the main shareholder, has settled the dispute between the two men. He would not disavow Nonce Paolini, one of his followers, former HRD TF1 before heading Bouygues Telecom.

Axel Duroux had a contract specifying that he should be appointed deputy CEO in November, as that would give her signature on all subjects.But since the arrival of Axel Duroux in at TF1, September 15, was war. For nearly three weeks, he tried to take control of all subjects, as the title of number one a would permit. But each time, Nonce Paolini reminded him that he was the ultimate decisionmaker.

The conflict has crystallized around the information. When Axel Duroux wanted to take the reins, Nonce Paolini has countered that the information was a reserved area. Axel Duroux has demanded that the dispute be resolved before Martin Bouygues, the main shareholder. The latter received the two men and was momentarily appeased the conflict in distributing roles to Axel Duroux, content management, and Nonce Paolini, one of the group.

Disagreement on strategy group

For fifteen days, sharing worked, Nonce Paolini not participating in various committees on the antenna.Until the famous seminary of Chantilly, a week ago. Faced with hundreds of executives, both men have erupted their divisions, as reported in The Correspondence of the press. In Nonce Paolini, who believed that the hearing of the chain had reached low water mark to 27% audience share, Axel Duroux countered that it should not be content and he had to go to the reconquest of 30%. The unease deepened when the executives in attendance expressed by voting their disapproval of the group's strategy. Jean-Pierre Owens, presenter of "13 hours", a union representative and member of the Board of TF1, has bitterly complained that there is more talk of strategy and content. In the state of permanent waving guerrilla group, a new incident took place early in the week. Nonce Paolini has come Laurence Ferrari, presenter of 20 hours, without warning Axel Duroux.The latter replied that he had, according to arbitration by Martin Bouygues, control over information.

The bottom line is that Axel Duroux has been called to the rescue in June 2009, when the chain was at its worst. But the anger of Nicolas de Tavernost and German leaders to RTL Group was forced to his notice. It's happened three months later at TF1. Meanwhile, the group had spent a great summer, and his return audiovisual confirmed that recovery of hearing. Furthermore, the advertising market, very depressed in the first half, rebounded in September. Axel Duroux had lost its role of savior. The epilogue was played Friday morning.

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