French hopes of a major Airbus order from American Airlines had started to be felt on June 30. An article in the Wall Street Journal announced an order in effect prior upcoming 250 aircraft from European aircraft manufacturer with the third largest global airline industry .*
These hopes were not disappointed. The official announcement has fallen American Airlines places order for 460 Airbus A320 aircraft with 260 and 200 Boeing 737. This is a record contract in the history of aviation from AMR. Even better, some 365 options on Airbus against Boeing's 100 for those raised. This is a turnaround in favor of Airbus fleet since the American company did not count any European aircraft since 2009."Airbus Boeing enters a pure client, there is a 'mix' Neo A320 and A320, which responds to the risk of cannibalization between the two devices," said Yan Derocles, an analyst at Oddo Securities.
The options are for delivery in 2025, while orders already confirmed will be made within two to eleven. So far, Airbus continues its momentum in the Paris Air Show. Indeed, in June, two historical controls had already been reached: the Malaysian company Air Asia going contract for 200 copies of the Neo-A320 for a total of $ 18.2 billion, while Indian IndiGo in seeking 150.
The A320 shares to glean Neo 737
Strategically, American Airlines hires a phase of renewal of its fleet and intends to reduce its fuel consumption.In fact, the company looks to new generation aircraft, whose engines are designed to consume a minimum of oil. Airbus, the A320 Neo meets this requirement and just walking on the toes of the Boeing 737 Next Generation, delivered since late 2010. Neo The A320 should be available by 2015. American Airlines will be the first U.S. company to deploy this aircraft.
However, the amount of the order was not disclosed, while the company saw the amount of its net loss increase during the second half of 2011, reaching $ 286 million more than estimated by analysts. In addition, the suspense continues as to the entire command must pass Air France KLM during the summer. She will choose only European aircraft? Stay tuned.
* Number of passengers / km, according to IATA.
The project database province of Air France was launched Monday in Marseille, after obtaining the green light last week of the pilots, who approved, by referendum, to 54.7%. The CEO of Air France KLM said in the Figaro challenge of this reform, a crucial activity for medium-haul flights shaken by the low-cost. Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, 65, also returns on future developments in the governance of the group.
LE FIGARO. – You present Monday, there, your future based in Marseille. Why is this project so important for Air France?
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon. – This project is both innovative for our customers – they will be surprised, you see – and for Air France: the audacity this time is on our side. To understand this, it is necessary to realize the context in which this idea was born. In 2009, the company and its employees have taken a huge blow.The crisis came suddenly after several happy years for the company. We lost 20% of our revenue in one year, our cash burn and losses widened. It was very scary. The staff were awaiting a response. And thanks to an intense dialogue, without taboos, we have undertaken several major actions – including the freight. This project bases province was possible because Air France is out of his conservatism, and especially the face-to-face meetings between management and unions that the airline industry in general and our company in particular had the secret …
How does this project address the problems of your business medium-haul?
The medium-haul in Europe suffers the double competition fierce, the TGV and low-cost. It loses money. We had counted 140 active a decade ago, only 128 today.Other major European companies have chosen to throw in the towel. It is not our strategy. I think that Air France should continue to exist in the minds of customers, which means to offer solutions for all their movements. It is in this spirit that we planned to launch our brand TGV (in partnership with Veolia), but this assumes, as I recall, the French rail market is truly open to competition, thus n is still not the case.
So we need to regain market share over the medium-haul. However, there is a potential departure from the province, where our service is not quite satisfactory, because of this organization "spider web" centered on the capital.We can not effectively organize flights from Marseille – and especially in the morning hours – when staff take their mandatory service in Paris – which is now included in all contracts of employment – and when the planes come back every night. So we're going to base one another in Marseille, and it's a very inspiring project in the company.
What savings do you expect?
A gain of about 15% of our operating costs. Air France is productivist! The duration of daily use of each unit will increase from 8:15 to 11:40. The turnaround time will be reduced to half an hour. Pilots and crew will fly more hours, concentrated in fewer days.
So the low-cost …
No. We take some of the low-cost recipes.But we keep the Air France service newspapers, given up, snacks free miles … and the certainty that, whatever happens, the company will take care of the customer. All with very attractive prices, starting at 50 euros each way. We hope with our foundation of Marseille and Toulouse, Nice and Bordeaux win 4.5 million more passengers each year.
Your mandate was recently renewed in a general assembly for four years, but some suggest a transition period of two years instead …
The general meeting renewed my mandate as director for four years, and the Board of Directors has renewed my mandate as CEO for the same period. I am happy because there is much to be done to continue the rehabilitation of that country. In the coming months, we will change the governance of the Air France-KLM, to mark a new stage.When Leo van Wijk, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Peter Hartman and myself, the four "founding fathers" have created Air France-KLM, we opted for a light structure.
Then we created a joint executive committee, where the representative of one of the two companies also took responsibility for his job or function (cargo, purchasing, marketing …) at the group level. This system worked very well, but it now reaches its limits. To further optimize the operation of the group must now make it more integrated and organized it so that it can accommodate a third company when the opportunity arises.We will therefore create a strong structure at Air France-KLM, which I will be the CEO, while each company will have its operational head.
Who will be that of Air France, which is presented as your successor?
This is a subject that is already running too much ink! Let the time for governing bodies to make their choice. It is true that my mission is to bring out a successor who will win. I have four years to do it off …
Commented very different subject: the order of long-haul Air France and KLM are about to happen. You are strongly "encouraged" to sign a priority with Airbus. When will you decide?
The decision will be taken during the summer. But know that the end of 2010, we concluded that we would both A 350 and Boeing 787.For reasons of timing: the Boeing will be delivered from late 2015, the A350 rather than the end of 2017, or KLM soon need new equipment. For reasons of size, too, Airbus is bigger than the Boeing. As a precaution, finally: to order a single plane that never flew too exposes us to potential production problems in one or another manufacturer.
KLM is a "Boeing company while" on the long haul. Will it a place to Airbus?
Airbus is in any case very attached to that is no longer the case.
And Air France, Airbus essentially client, she will be a place for Boeing?
Boeing also is strongly committed to that!
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Schools, colleges, high schools, universities, governments and businesses will be closed ultramajorité Monday. Not because of a strike call would be strongly followed, but due to the National Solidarity Day, established in 2004 – through the elimination of the holiday falling on Whit Monday – by Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
The working day "offered" by the employees was instituted after the heatwave of summer 2003, which caused the deaths of 15,000 elderly and highlighted the extreme isolation of some people. Employers were free to set the terms of agreement by company or branch.The idea is to offset a new tax of 0.3% on the payroll who also hit the capital income and wealth.
Most of the time, a day of paid leave or RTT was sacrificed in exchange for work on Whit Monday.Some companies might choose to "dicked" day of extra work and free: in two half days without a student in Education or seven hours spread over the year at the station.
13 billion in seven years
Before the general disorganization – nobody knew when the Day of Solidarity was falling – and many recriminations trade unions, associations or religious, the Fillon government decided in 2008 to remake the Whit Monday public holiday and therefore not working no fax payday loan.
Since its inception seven years ago, the Day of Solidarity has reported 13 billion collected from public and private employers by the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy.The annual levy – which will yield 2.31 billion in 2011 – is intended to cover devices cons dependency: Standard ABS and PCH allowances, retirement homes and special schools … It has 60% elderly and 40% for people disabilities.
To finance the care of elderly dependency, it is suggested to establish a new day of solidarity that would yield, according to Roselyne Bachelot, 2 billion more. Others still offer to extend the base's contribution to the professions and retirees who are currently excluded.
After three potential scenarios developed by the working group of Bertrand Fragonard, president of the High Council for Family Affairs, it was the turn of the Economic Social and Environmental Committee (EESC) to make known its proposals to finance the old age dependency. The two rapporteurs of the text have sent the first draft to all members of the EESC. The final opinion must be considered and voted that the 14 and 15 June before being sent to the government that sought to prepare its reform this summer.
In his text, the Committee stresses the challenge "societal" dependency. Solutions "is to implement new (…) of solidarity, sustainable for families as the public finances over time," says the notice emphasizes that the financing of the loss of autonomy must be on a casting vote by the national solidarity.According to figures cited by the EESC, expenses associated with the dependence reached last year, 33 billion euros, 24 billion to the burden of the community. Population projections are also reported an increase of 25% of people aged over 75 by 2025.
1% on inheritances and donations
To ensure the extra spending, the Committee advocates the establishment of a 1% tax on inheritances and donations out of business transfers and professional tool. "This tax would apply to all products that are not taxed today," said Monique Weber (CFE-CGC), co-rapporteur of the draft opinion.Successions between married or civil unions would then be concerned, like those on certain real property (located mainly in Corsica and benefit from exemptions), works of art, or gifts and legacies made for the benefit of associations .
The Notice also contemplates "the alignment of the full rate of the CSG on pensions (6.6%) on the assets (7.5%). This option, proposed in particular by the MEDEF, Fragonard and the commission did not favor the government but in the EESC could bring 1.7 billion euro. The opinion, however, leaves open the debate and suggests that this increase in the CSG could be applied "beyond a certain threshold of income."Other lines of inquiry such as the introduction of a second day of solidarity, an increase of half a point in the premium pension scheme, a levy on the assets of the highest or the introduction of VAT name, have however been excluded.
The text also stresses that to the increasing share taken by private insurance contracts, several precautions must be met to avoid the rising cost of loss of autonomy in the home, including the poorest.The EESC therefore envisages the creation of "a label given to public contracts respecting the specifications, and introduce government subsidies to help households subscribe to these guarantees.
Finally, beyond the financial recommendations, the project would include a large number of practical recommendations for home support for older people or support for caregivers (family members caring for dependent persons), according Monique Weber. Trails explored by the commission as Bertrand Fragonard.
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The disappointment that followed the release Friday of the bad employment numbers in the United States extends to Asia Scholar. On Monday, key regional markets receding in the wake of Wall Street has ended the week on a clear downward. In May, the U.S. has created only 54,000 jobs, which is three times less than expected and not enough to prevent a rise in unemployment to 9.1%, against 8.9% expected. Enough to worry the markets on the strength of the recovery across the Atlantic.
At a time of closure, the Nikkei, Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.63% in 9432 and points after starting down 0.26%. The rating is pulled down by the action of the utility TEPCO, which drops from 25.9% to 7 hours.Investors sold heavily to the track operator Fukushima after the publication of an article by Kyodo news agency on Sunday, saying the company could record a net loss of 570 billion yen in fiscal year from April 2011 to March 2012 (4.9 billion euros at current rate), excluding the compensation due to victims of the nuclear accident. In its wake, as Chubu Electric Power Co. also dropped 8%.
In the rest of the region, the red is also relevant. The Indian Sensex lost 0.31% while in Australia, the S & P coward 0.37%, weighed down by mining stocks Rio Tinto (-0.85%) and BHP Billiton (-0.81%). Note that the stock exchanges of Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul were closed for holiday.
Oil without direction
Oil prices were for their part without leadership in electronic trading in Asia in anticipation of an OPEC meeting in Vienna on Wednesday, dealers said. In morning trading, a barrel of light sweet crude for July delivery gained 8 cents to 100.30 dollars and that of Brent North Sea crude for delivery the same declined by 6 cents to 115.78 dollars.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which meets Wednesday on the bottom of sinking of the Libyan crisis, should leave its production quotas unchanged, despite soaring crude prices and increased pressure on consumer countries, analysts said.
Otis, Crossroads Market, Carrard Services … These three companies have one thing in common: they face these days in a strike of their employees who claim to be better working conditions or wage increases, sometimes both. How original you might say, to see employees' strike "because they are dissatisfied? Not much except that the term "strike" was historically a very different meaning.
The word "strike" originated on the "Place de Greve," the name given to the middle of the twelfth century to the scope in front of City Hall of Paris. It was a beach of sand and gravel which stows the goods (wood, wheat, hay, wine …) arrived by the Seine and ended up where, each morning at dawn, workers without work seeking employers for the day.This "Place de Grève" was then a scholarship to work and place of employment for the unemployed. In short, an employment center before time …
This concentration of workers who were not working but looking for a job … was called "strikers." Hence the emergence then of "strike" which means "look for a job." A sense diametrically opposite to that of today …
A new blow to L'Oreal after the trauma of the case Bettencourt. Lindsay Owen-Jones, former chairman and honorary chairman of the group, is the subject of three complaints filed Friday at the financial hub of Paris, shows 20minutes.
Just replaced, there are a few weeks, by Jean-Paul Agon, Owen-Jones is accused of "abuse of trust", "abuse of corporate assets" and "active corruption" and "laundering money ".
The events occurred in the late 1990s. "OJ" is suspected of having set up as part of brand development in Eastern Europe, a parallel distribution market in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
It is a distributor Slovenian Janez Mercun, signed a contract with L'Oreal granting him the exclusive right to sell cosmetics in Russia, which is the source of the complaint.The latter had been injured by the formation of this parallel network to the tune of 34 million.
Alleged links with organized crime
According to the complaint filed Friday, "many companies put in place were designed to conceal tax evasion (…) and especially the personal enrichment, including Mr. Owen-Jones," says 20 minutes. "To get there, Lindsay Owen Jones has even forged links with organized crime," adds the lawyer Janez Mercun.
This claim taints the course of the boss of iconic L'Oreal, which has twenty-three long years, year after year offer a remarkable growth in a number of cosmetics. In 2010 again, L'Oréal was able to announce a strong rebound in its results and felt "confident" for 2011.But contracts with Francois-Marie Bannier, and $ 100 million offered to "OJ" by Liliane Bettencourt, had already contributed to tarnishing the reputation of Columbia.
Two other former executives from L'Oréal, Gilles Weil and Gerard Guyot-Jeannin, are subject to the same charges. Bad news also for L'Oreal, and especially for its new CEO, Jean-Paul Agon, who had emphasized during his enthronement, the "transparency" of the group.
L'Oreal alleges facts already considered old and
L'Oréal was quick to be indignant. "The alleged revelations so far are related to an old trade dispute which dates from 1998 and has already been tried," indicated the direction of the communication group. But "the courts have sided with L'Oreal five times.The final decision of the Supreme Court goes back to 2003, "the company said.
"These unfounded accusations and publicized today, as yesterday every step of the procedure, designed to artificially try to reactivate the file closed since 2003."
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After two lean years, chemical production in France is recovering. Between price increases – about 5% – and the rebound volumes (+10.8%), the turnover of the sector in 2010 grew 14% to $ 77, 1 billion euros. First industry affected by the crisis, the Chemistry is also one of the first to emerge. French chemistry has benefited last year from "improving global economic conditions" and bounce "in the industry, especially with the end of destocking and the return of the application, said Olivier Homolle, President Union Chemical Industries (UIC).
Some sectors such as soaps, perfumes and cleaning products have benefited more than others, including organic chemistry, rather breathless last year.But the movement should continue at a slower pace of around 3% in 2011, provides for the UIC.
Back acquisitions
The recovery is also evident in terms of margins. "They benefited last year cost reductions generated by the severe crisis and back to rising raw materials," says Peter Gadrat, director of chemistry and metals within the consultancy Alcimed. Enough to allow chemical manufacturers to raise cash and to engage in acquisitions. After a series of acquisitions announced since October – activities resin Total Arkema for 550 million euros, Chinese Feixang Rhodia Chemicals ($ 489 million) – the movement is probably far from over.
"The chemical industry is still very fragmented.The approximately behemoths – BASF leads the game with a turnover of 63.8 billion euros represent little in a sector that weighed 1.87 trillion euros in 2009, "said Pierre Gadrat. Future operations should be fairly targeted medium. Because "chemists have money but not an urgent need for new growth."
Two strategic
The companies focus on two strategic axes. They seek to increase their presence in growth sectors such as food and health, the image of the American DuPont announced in December the acquisition of Danish Danisco for $ 6.3 billion. The industrial sector also intend to strengthen in emerging markets. "There are huge needs in basic chemistry in Asia, particularly in polymers," says Edward Croufer, director of global chemical with the firm Arthur D Little.This should change the mapping of the major players. Edward Croufer expects that by 2015, the world leader should return to Saudi Sabic, along with German BASF and India's Reliance.
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Billionaires in the world have never been so numerous. And, with a fortune of 41 billion dollars, the French Bernard Arnault took fourth place in international rankings of 1210 established the very wealthy by Forbes magazine. The boss of LVMH ranks well behind Mexico's Carlos Slim (74 billion) and Americans Bill Gates (56 billion) and Warren Buffett (50 billion).
Within a year, the French businessman has moved from seventh to fourth place on the list of the richest men in the world. Bernard Arnault is even the richest in Europe. It must be said that the CEO of world number one luxury saw his fortune grow by $ 13.5 billion over the last twelve months and $ 24.5 billion over the past two years.The leader has particularly benefited from the recovery in the luxury sector for two years and particularly in Asia and emerging markets.
Fourteen French billionaires, including four in the top 100
The ranking of the world's first hundred fortunes of four French. Liliane Bettencourt, heir to the L'Oréal group, going from 17th to 15th in the world ranking, with 23.5 billion dollars. François Pinault, the former chairman of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR), won ten seats and is at 67th place with $ 11.5 billion.Serge Dassault, head of Dassault *, back to the 89th to the 96th place with a fortune estimated at $ 9.3 billion.
Ten other French are a Forbes billionaires: Jean-Claude Decaux (162nd in the world with 6 billion dollars), tied with Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, Chanel group, ahead of Alain Mérieux group BioMerieux (247th fortune with 4 bad credit personal loan lenders.3 billion), Xavier Niel (297th with 3.7 billion). Martin and Olivier Bouygues (304th with 3.6 billion dollars) and Pierre Bellon (393rd place with $ 2.9 billion) also appear in the first third of the world's richest billionaires.
The Honorary President of Adecco, Philippe Foriel-Destezet, monitors (459th with 2.5 billion dollars) while Vincent Bolloré (736th with $ 1.7 billion) No Reinold Geiger (879th with 1.7 billion) and Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere (1057, with 1.1 billion) are placed in the bottom.
United States: a factory billionaires idling
With 413 billionaires, the United States remains the largest producer of wealthy people in the world, but their weight becomes lower. Toutfeois, American Bill Gates have been leading the world rankings if he had not given much money to philanthropy.
Groups have generally benefited from the rebound in emerging markets like Carlos Sim, the king of Mexican telecommunications. In one year, the Mexican who weighs nearly 15% of the GDP of his country, increased its assets by more than 20 billion dollars.
Further evidence of this dynamic emerging markets: China has twice as many billionaires as last year. And Moscow is the city of the world's most populated by billionaires.
* The Dassault owns Le Figaro Group
Hackers are on all fronts. After the stock exchanges of New York and London in particular, hackers managed to penetrate the security of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, revealed on Monday the website of Paris Match. Information confirmed by Budget Minister Baroin the microphone of Europe 1, and the entourage of the Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde told Reuters. The interview on Europe 1 Baroin:
Bercy services have found this huge cyber attack, which aimed in particular documents relating to the G20 in the month of December. "Immediately, specialty services have made arrangements to stop the attacks (…) This work was finally ended last weekend," said the minister's entourage.
"The first attack against the state of this magnitude"
According Pailloux Patrick, the executive director of the National Security Information Systems (ANSSI), "those who acted are professionals committed and organized. This is the first attack against the French state and of this magnitude at this scale, "he said in Paris Match.
In total, over 150 computers in the department have been infiltrated by the classical method of mail bomb. "The hackers tried to attack other ministries. There may be things that we have not seen, but to my knowledge, only Bercy has been affected, "explained Patrick Pailloux. Prescient, he lamented in an interview published Pcinpact late February, "a real trend to the increasing attacks, raising fears that the examples multiply."
No computers affected did not contain personal data of taxpayers, assured Baroin. "The attack targeted international issues rather than internal issues such as customs or tax authorities. Information has certainly been achieved, but what is important is that we know the origin and we define the modalities of this attack, "he judged. For now, Bercy filed a complaint against X with the Paris prosecutor's office and the DCRI, the French intelligence service, was seized.
Chinese Track
Even if the origin of the attack has not yet been established, a senior official recalls the site of the weekly Chinese track possible. "We found that a number of information were redirected to sites in China," Paris Match reported quoting a senior official, under cover of anonymity."But that does not mean much," he tempered. For its part, Baroin merely to evoke "the tracks have not yet confirmed."
Coincidentally, early in the morning, a member of South Korea confirmed that Chinese hackers had accessed in June to military records confidential from South Korea, for the purchase of unmanned U.S. spy planes. According to another member of South Korea based on a government report, 8183 of 21,899 attempted attacks launched last year by hackers against the computer system of government of South Korea came from China.
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