Archive for October 27th, 2009
The phone market "obile continues to suffer. The decline continued in the third quarter, according to preliminary figures from Strategy Analytics. Worldwide sales have declined 4% to 289.5 million units in the third quarter.
The union elections were held this Thursday at France Telecom. Nearly 80 000 people (the French employees, including subsidiaries owned more than 50%) were required to nominate their three representatives on the board of directors comprises 15 members. In the last election, in November 2004, the CGT and SUD had obtained a seat each for non-executives, the CFDT and the seat frames.
The final election results were not known late Thursday afternoon. In all likelihood, they should respect the overall balance of trade unions: CGT is the first organization in France Telecom (25.94%), followed by South (22.29%), CFDT (21.95%), FP (12, 25%), the CFE-CGC/Unsa (9.79%) and CFTC (6.77%).The CGT is really far ahead, the goal of SUD is mainly to maintain ", noted Thursday afternoon Philippe Meric, SOUTH delegate.
In the current situation of the company, which has faced a series of 25 suicides in two years, these elections are of particular value. They should measure whether employees understand the strategy of "hard" of SUD and CFE-CGC, who slammed the door to negotiations with management. Or if they approve the choice of other unions, CGT head, negotiating and feel they have already achieved progress.
Last Tuesday, at the plenary meeting between management and unions on five major projects launched in the business, SOUTH decided to withdraw holding that "where a lack of loyalty and transparency."The CFE-CGC had already left the talks last week.
'Lack of decency'
"The SGC during this crisis has tried to be responsible. This led us to achieve progress already, "observes Christian Mattorel, union delegate, reaffirming its priority" of trade union unity and defense employees. "The negotiation is open, it must be given every chance to build for years to come, says Xavier Major, CFDT delegate. Some are more often on television at the negotiating table.Sometimes there is a dramatic recovery situations that we know that lack of decency! We'll see if others give a bonus to some hyper. I t will be interesting to see what managers think, which are often found between the hammer and the anvil. "
To SOUTH, however, it is not certain that employees make the connection between these elections and the current crisis. "These elections are a little moon for employees is a bit far from their concerns," observes Philip M?ric.Ce not like the election of staff representatives, with whom they interact every day. "
"Lombard," We shall emerge from the crisis together '
After hopes for a judicial epilogue is a cold shower for Jean-Marie Messier. Ten months after the Paris prosecutor's office requested a non-place overall in the Vivendi case, the examining magistrate Jean-Marie d'Huy decided to return to court Correctional seven people who were prosecuted in this case open in 2002 after the collapse of the group.
The judge accepted the facts of disseminating false or misleading information, price manipulation and abuse of social goods. In its order dated October 16, Le Figaro that could see the judge details the events of the years 2000 to 2002 charges against the former CEO.His trial before the correctional court of Paris could take a year to return in 2010.
"The false or misleading"
The skipper featured 2000s is accused of spreading in the public false or misleading information on the outlook for Vivendi Universal SA. In particular, singled out his triumphal statements on the group's treasury in the first half of 2001 while the finances of the media industry were already in the red.During the period immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the collapse of stock markets, it is also criticized the CEO for having manipulated the market price of Vivendi, the group has purchased in the market for more than one billion euros, including during periods when a company can not do transaction on its own securities.
Finally, in terms of abuse of corporate assets, the judge considers that Jean-Marie Messier has been granted to his personal benefit without prior approval of the board of directors, an agreement of termination (a parachute Golden, Ed) composed of benefits clearly excessive in relation to the situation at this time of Vivendi Universal.J2M had, following his departure in July 2002, received a driver of health coverage for five years and, according to the order of referral to the criminal court, a sum of 18 600 000 …
This charge is vehemently denied by the lawyer Jean-Marie Messier who said that his client, after an arbitration in New York, has waived this golden parachute. Me Olivier Metzner said most inconsistent "in that reference Corrections while the floor was estimated that the charges were insufficiently characterized.
In its referral decision, Judge d'Huy also aims for insider trading in Canadian businessman Edgar Bronfman Jr., heir to the Seagram empire, which had merged with Vivendi in 2001.Also referred to the court the former CFO of Vivendi Universal (VU), Guillaume Hannezo, former CEO of VU, Eric Licoys, Hubert Dupont Lhotelain, former treasurer of the group, Francois Blondet, a former assistant treasurer, and a former banker Philippe Guez.
In a statement Thursday evening, Vivendi has recalled its plaintiffs in this procedure from October 2002 and has fully cooperated with law enforcement authorities from the outset. The former group executives, J2M head, face sentences of up to five years in prison and huge fines.
Another trial in New York
The referral of Corrections Jean-Marie Messier comes in the middle of the trial, civil one, taking place right now in New York.Shareholders who feel cheated by Vivendi between 2000 and 2002 have filed a class action procedure called. They continue, in order to obtain compen-sation, both Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi. The current leadership of the French group finds herself simultaneously accused of heading overseas, and plaintiff in France. Collusion schedules of the two procedures did not facilitate the task. In New York, the chairman of the supervisory board of Vivendi, Jean-Rene Fourtou said, October 14th last: "I have not watched any of the past. As I have not tried, I have found no irregularities, "he said, adding that" no one has reported having discovered something "since his appointment.
Another complexity of the case: the U.S. class action will be partly in Paris.Vivendi has asked the French courts to prohibit both shareholders and the French Association for the defense of minority shareholders to join the U.S. procedure. Answer November 25. If the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris ruled in the group, it will reduce significantly the amount he could pay if found guilty by the Americans. Y. The G.
Professional athletes are red since the start of the week as MPs discuss several amendments concerning "the name of tax fairness." What professional athletes are they privileged taxpayers? Amendments, including those worn by Yves Bur UMP deputies and Marc Le Fur, aim to change both devices. First, the option income tax benefit of (or "sprawl"). Clearly, professional athletes can smooth their income, that is to say, to average their income over three to five years. Finally, they can in this way, deduct one third of taxable income. Tuesday in the state budget, MPs have decided to book only to fans that tax advantage.
Second advantage, that permitting the exemption of social contributions and employers under the "collective image rights" (DIC).1237 athletes have benefited from this advantage in 2007. It is already anticipated that the scheme ends in June 30, 2012, but a new amendment proposes that ?ch?nace intervene earlier, specifically on 1 January 2010. "More than athletes, they are also clubs that take advantage of this benefit as part of the remuneration of the sport is exempt from payroll taxes and employer. This allows clubs to keep some French players, potentially leaving for abroad without it, "shade Christophe Breton, specializing in asset management for top athletes. So the club is saving costs and not the athlete directly. The shortfall for the state would be 30 million per year.Adopted almost unanimously with a vote in the Committee on Social Affairs, the UMP amendment must still be voted on in public session next week.
A Mercato costly for state
A third device was questioned in the draft law of 22 July, the favorable tax treatment to impatriation enjoyed by all occupational categories and not just professional athletes. The scheme originally thought to prevent brain drain to foreign countries (emigration of French researchers in the United States and leaders in England for example) is also used by professional athletes as part of their transfers when they leave foreign clubs.This attractive scheme allows beneficiaries to receive an allowance for a limited period of 5 years provided only they were not fiscally domiciled in France during the five years before taking office. "The advantage is in particular the exemption of additional compensation related to the return to France," said Mr. Lefevre P?aron (Morgan Lewis). Some MPs intend to exclude professional sports scheme. Figures to support the member of the Cotes d'Armor explains that the four transfers most important championship of France Ligue 1 football had "cost" to the State under impatriation nearly 1.5 million euros in the Mercato 2008-2009.
"Undermine the entire economy of clubs"
For many asset managers, reform the tax and social benefits, especially the DIC, will undermine the attractiveness of the French market. For Schatzl Frederick, president of Elite Heritage, this amendment is a mistake of a economic standpoint. The wealthy athletes will go to other countries more attractive: they will come in France, so they do not consume more and pay more taxes. "Even the sound of bells from the middle of sport ensures that the state will lose. According to the Professional Football League (LFP), professional football will yield 600 million euros in social charges and fiscal 2009. "These samples sitting on the payroll of players will decrease if teams are forced to revise downwards earnings to offset the effect of the measures announced.These ultimately will cost more money than they relate and will not be profitable for the state, "says the president of the LFP, Frederic Thiriez.Tout as the French Football Federation (FFF) National Union of Professional Footballers Thursday expressed its concern. Sylvain Kastendeutch, co-president of the UNFP, denounces an attempt to bring down the overall economy of football. "The reform is presented as a way to reap benefits in a few stars. Not true, it is a bad blow to football because it will weaken the entire economy of the clubs, "he warns. By Tuesday, the day of voting in the plenary of the amendment on the abolition of the exemption under the "right to collective image, the sport community intends to defend his vote.
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The good news of the day there doing nothing. The Paris market was unable to maintain the upward course of the opening. He finished in the red, sealed by the misdirection of Wall Street in early trade. Between the quarterly expectations of higher U.S. giants Microsoft and Amazon, and up 9.4% of resales of existing homes across the Atlantic to its highest since July 2007, there were nevertheless subject to rejoice. But after the recent record annual markets need to blow and the arrival of the weekend favors profit taking. In addition, uncertainties remain about the timetable for recovery.
Paul Volcker, former head of the Federal Reserve, said that "recovery is rather slow, too slow to reduce unemployment quickly."He said more manufacturing production and exports would be the best medicine to prescribe, rather than increased consumption for overcoming the crisis.
Moody's Investors Service said that if the U.S. failed to control its public finances, they could lose their Aaa sovereign rating by three or four years. The budget deficit reached 1.417 billion dollars (944 billion euros), representing 10% of GDP for the period ended September 30 and the current administration anticipates deficits of more than 1,000 billion dollars the next two years.
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Bank stocks were the first places trust the document acknowledging the success of increased capiral BNP (2.09%).The group said said its capital increase of 4.3 billion euro, launched in late September to reimburse the aid of the French state, has been oversubscribed to the tune of 2.5 times. The demand was about 10.9 billion euros. Societe Generale jumped 1.6%. Credit Agricole gained 0.45%.
motor values were also well oriented after trimestriesls exceed the expectations of the Swedish Volvo. Renault took 1.65% and 1.4% Peugeot.
The turnover of Saint-Gobain (+1.51%) in the third quarter amounted to 9.720 billion euros, down from 13.9% at actual exchange rates. In nine months, he stood at 28.435 billion euros (-15% at actual exchange rates).
Danone (-0.84%) reported a turnover of 3.78 billion euros in Q3, up 4.1% in comparable data.The group expects growth in sales on a comparable close to 4% in the second half.
Prime Minister of Belgium Herman Van Rompuy, announced in Parliament that a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Belgian State and GDF Suez (-1.44%) on an annual contribution from 2010 to 2014, to be located between 215 million and 245 million euros in return for extending the operation of nuclear plants.
The cost of voluntary separation scheme, proposed by Air France-KLM (+0.04%) and on 1684 people, would rise between 150 million and 160 million euros, La Tribune reported Thursday on its website.
Jean-Marie Messier, the former boss of Vivendi Universal will meet before the Correctional Court of price manipulation and abuse of social goods.The title Vivendu lost 0.71%.
Home chilly for the results of Havas and Icade
Havas fell by 6.97%, signing the biggest decline on the DRS. The group posted revenue of 326 million euros in the third quarter. The band recorded 1.131 billion euros in net gains on budgets nine months, including 328 million for the third quarter.
Icade lost 0.22%. The real estate group achieved a turnover of 1.089 billion euros at September 30, down 5.5%.
In the first nine months of 2009, Areva (unchanged) shows sales of 9.7 billion euros, up 4% on a comparable basis.
Ingenico (-0.39%) now provides an annual turnover of between 6% to 8% compared to pro forma revenues of 780 million euros in 2008.It previously expected a decline of between 4% and 8%.
Inter Parfums has announced a turnover for the third quarter 2009 unchanged at 72.8 million euros.