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The strikers French ports do not let go until Tuesday at least. It is the day chosen by the National Federation of Ports and Docks CGT (CGT FNPD) to meet in Paris secretaries general of the port unions fifty members. The latter will discuss what action to take in the strike that affects the major French ports.

Since Friday, stops alternating between dockworkers and port agents strongly disrupt the activity. In Nantes / Saint-Nazaire, no activity is expected on or near the terminals until Tuesday at 6:00.

This Sunday, the movement continues for the third consecutive day. Saturday at Nantes / Saint-Nazaire, seven ships were stranded at the dock and twelve offshore. In Fos, freight traffic was disrupted at the level of 80-90% this weekend, while at Marseille-East, he was paralyzed at 100% for containers.Daniel Manca, secretary general of the CGT Dockers port calls even cruise lines to "avoid Marseille. At Havre, the second French port, the movement also continued, including blocking container terminals.

The strike could also cross borders. The International Dockworkers Council (IDC), which includes unions of longshoremen and officials in European ports, is calling on its members to join the French movement by "solidarity." "First, it means refusing to deal with hijacked ships to French ports payday loans. It is also very important for you to show your solidarity by sending letters of support and condemnation for employers and the government, "reads a letter in the union dock workers at Le Havre.

Early departures

The strikers are mobilizing to defend their right to retire early in retirement under the hardship.CGT ports and docks wants to validate an agreement on the recognition of the harshness found in late October with employers' organizations, which would allow retirement four to five years before the legal age for port workers 5-6000 with funding based on the branch but also from public funds.

For its part, the government calls for a resumption of negotiations "within the framework defined by the Act of November 2010 on pension reform, which would reduce to two years in advance of departures. Thus, fewer people would be affected.

For Jeremy Julian, Deputy Secretary General of the CGT dock in Le Havre, it is "incredible back on virtually everything that was granted." Serge COUTOUR warns: "The mobilization is still to go. We try to drown us in the case of pensions, while our case was completely offline for two years. "

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French justice had the heaviest hand for the former boss of Vivendi, Jean-Marie Messier, his American counterpart, which had acquitted a year ago. After eight years of investigation and trial on one of the most sensational bankruptcies in recent years in France, the court ruled on Friday, the fate of Jean-Marie Messier, spent two years at the helm of the General Waters, he transformed into a giant media and led to the near-bankruptcy in 2002.

This icon of French capitalism in the early 2000s has indeed been sentenced this afternoon to a term of three years suspended sentence for "spreading false or misleading information" about the financial health of the group, and "abuse of social good. " It also scoop a fine of 150,000 euros, and shall indemnify dozens of small shareholders of Vivendi cheated by the rout of the telecommunications group.It was however acquitted of the third charge, "price manipulation" of Vivendi. He has already indicated through his lawyer that he will challenge this decision on appeal.

Behavior "prestidigiteur debt"

"Jean-Marie Messier has adopted towards the market behavior of real 'magician debt' behavior that could at most be detected by analysts and financial professionals (…) but certainly not by individual shareholders, which this communication was also addressed and which could only be deceived by its abbreviated and misleading, "reads the ruling.

Justice did not spare the closest collaborators of Jean-Marie Messier. Edgar Bronfman Jr., chief executive of Warner, was sentenced to fifteen months suspended sentence and five million euro fine for insider trading.His former right hand man and chief financial officer of Vivendi Universal, Guillaume Hannezo, was handed his side a penalty of 15 months suspended sentence and a fine of 850,000 euros free online credit report. Eric Licoys finally, former deputy director general of the group, was sentenced to six months suspended sentence.

Messier admits mistakes but no offense

Jean-Marie Messier has already indicated through his lawyer that he will challenge this decision on appeal. He admits indeed have made mistakes but no offense. The former boss, 54, and grants, the Wall Street Journal: "I was young, I've said too much and I became a symbol." Whatever the Horns of Canal + J6M nicknamed (for Jean Marie Messier, Myself Master of the World) even regretted his "arrogance" at the time. But beyond its mismanagement, Jean-Marie Messier also challenges a softer environment.He recalled that the bursting of the dotcom bubble and September 11 were particularly devastating for the values of the new economy traded.

He especially insists he did not deliberately sought to mislead analysts and shareholders. "Some of my decisions in the management proved wrong, but a fraud? Never, Never, never! "He says. And he points out the flaws in the file. The indictment for abuse of social good based on a negotiated golden parachute … but never touched. As for price manipulation, it acknowledges the massive purchase of Vivendi shares after the attacks of Sept. 11, but in order to protect the business speculators.His defense has also appeared for a time be satisfied that the prosecution had asked for his release, believing that he did not deliberately sought to mislead analysts and shareholders.

The association of small shareholders assets (APPAC), a civil trial, was on his side on Friday welcomed the "great victory for French justice, up to the expectations of shareholders."

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Fimalac wants afford Accor Casinos. Accor, which still holds 49% share of Casino Lucien Barriere, came under discussion with the holding company Fimalac, announced the holding company and the giant hotel, confirming information Wansquare. "If the talks succeed, Fimalac inform the market with a new release," said the holding company of French businessman Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere.

Neither group has characterized these negotiations exclusive.

Accor thus remained in the process, begun there On several months of separating from its casinos Lucien Barriere. Last October, there was talk that the casino operator is introduced in Exchange, but Accor has canceled the operation less than 48 hours before the first quotations. Explanation: The lack of investor interest.The number one casino in France, also owns luxury hotels like Le Fouquet's in Paris, would indeed have been valued below the proposed price range (from 575 to 702,000,000 euros), which was too little for Accor.

Following this failure, the casino operator did not document-Accor maintained that all options were "reopened", including finding investors. However, management prefers Barrier IPO (IPO). This could suggest a new attempt in 2011.

A price around 550 million euros

According to our information, "it would seem reasonable that it is fastened below the price the IPO at around 550 million euros." Even if the purchase price is modest for Accor, "is clearly positive in terms of perception management," said one trader in Paris.

Fimalac, which include 60% owner of the rating agency Fitch, could then finance the acquisition entirely on equity, because it currently has net cash of 261 million euros.

In the 2009/2010 financial year ended September 30, Fimalac has reported a net profit of 30 million euros (+36.4%) for a turnover of 608.9 million euros ( +8.8%).

The group recently acquired the company Vega, French leader operating rooms dedicated to entertainment, sports and events and economic events. The company has notably orchestrated the return of Michel Polnareff in 2007 and is particularly associated with the operation of the Zenith of Rouen. He also holds 40% of Gilbert Coullier Productions, the leading French organization of shows for singers and comedians speaking.

Nothing works for casinos

The casino market has suffered tremendously, both from an economic crisis that has sealed the "entertainment budget" of the French and regulations become more stringent over time.

To distinguish itself from its competitors in the primary Socialist Manuel Valls one of his cards that 35 hours. Candidate said long-time deputy mayor of Evry therefore repeated Sunday that he had to "unlock" the legal working hours.Guest of Grand appointment 1/The Europe Parisien / Today in France, he was justified in pointing out in particular that in his eyes, "the 35-hour no longer exist as they have really been challenged gradually since 2002. "

"This should allow the French, for those who are fortunate to have a job, more work-two hours, three hours …- Without necessarily resorting to overtime that cost the state much, "said the candidate for the Socialist nomination for 2012:

Supporter of "work more and better," he hammered, "Is what you've seen a socialist who is now proposing to extend the 35 hours for example to all SMEs that were not affected by 35 hours? Is the world as it is today, with the competition we know we can afford to be on ideas of the 70, 80 and 90? No! This is my brand, we must go beyond the issue of 35 hours. " In 2012, "we can not go to the French with the same proposals, the same ideas the 35 hours, youth employment, in 1997.The world has changed so we too must change in our proposals, "Manuel Valls insisted, also favor the opening of negotiations between social partners to" raise wages. "

"Beyond the 35 hours," workhorse Valls

Critics Manuel Valls against 35 hours, however, are not new. In his book Power, published by Editions Stock in March, Valls violently attacked the measure that has "damaged the competitiveness of our economy.""Even if they have created employment, it must certainly exceed," he launched at the same moment on RTL, while the world calls "establishing a professional social security – what I call a flex-security – and redefining the working time and training throughout life. "

Implemented in the Jospin government by the current boss of the PS-Martine Aubry then Minister of Employment, the 35 hours is considered a social gain by Socialist leaders, who today put more heart in this issue political debate.

UMP side, the new secretary general of the UMP, Jean-Francois Cope, has reignited the debate about the end of 35 hours in mid-December announced a "reflection" on the subject, conducted by two Liberal MP and Novelli Chairman of the UMP group in the Senate, Gerard Longuet.But the government spokesman, Francois Baroin, as Labour Minister, Xavier Bertrand, have made a plea of receiving, considering that the government did not intend to reopen this debate.

Management side, the CGPME, resolutely hostile to the 35 hours, she also believes that the "problem" was "resolved" in small and medium enterprises and that this site should not be reopened.

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Given the success of Apple AppStore that led to pay more than a billion dollars to developers of applications for iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad, the Cupertino company will decline its model for its computers Macintosh.

"We hope to do the same for applications of computers with the Mac App Store, allowing to find and buy PC apps simple and fun. We look forward to starting this January 6, "said Steve Jobs, the cofounder of Apple. Nearly 300,000 applications are available on the AppStore shop for mobile devices that have generated close to the download of almost 7 billion small software.

Before Google

This business model has been popularized by Apple.But there are already over the past ten years, including the first personal digital assistants such as Palm, HP acquired this year.

By opening its application store for computers, Apple will launch its service before the one just announced Google. The Internet giant has just announced for future notebook PCs, including Acer and Samsung promised in the first half of 2011, which will use the operating system OS Chrome.

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Three quarters of French people are now equipped with a home computer and Internet access. Which generates new concerns facing service quality and security of their data, the study on the diffusion of information technologies and communication of Crédoc, awarded Friday to the Minister for Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy, Eric Besson.

The number of Internet users believe that their home connection is not fast enough from 36 to 44% in two years. A figure passes the bar from 50% in rural areas. Similarly, 51% of users believe the Internet connection with a mobile phone is not fast enough. And that while the proportion of people using their mobile phones for Internet access has doubled in two years to reach 7 million.Meanwhile, nearly one in two said faces fraud related to the use of a mobile like receiving text messages inviting him to call a premium rate number.

The success of social networks, used by more than one third of the population (12 years) has its counterpart: 91% of French believe that websites should allow everyone to simply delete the personal information that has been sent . And 94% agree that government should encourage websites to "better protect the lives of everyone." Concern dear to Eric Besson, who advocates the "right to oblivion" on the Internet.

TV catch-up

Now, executives and adolescents spend more time watching Internet (17 hours per week for executives) that watching TV (11 hours) online pay day loans.But, much consolation for broadcasters, "consumption patterns accumulate more than they replace," said Crédoc. 64% of the population has three or more modes of access to television (TV, computer, decoder …). In June 2010, 15% of the population (8,000,000 people), a threefold in three years, says watching TV together.

Cause or consequence of the rise of TV on the Internet, downloading movies (or music) no longer changed since 2007, with only 14% of users engaged.It is now supplanted by streaming, that is to say, listening to music or watching movie streaming, without storing the data.

The expected development of television connected to the Internet in the coming years is expected to change rapidly its results, with the arrival of new video-on-demand or TV to catch up. "France in the coming months will accelerate its efforts to promote the information society," said Eric Besson. The deployment of the fourth 3G mobile license, the licensing of mobile fourth generation and the optical fiber will receive 2 billion euros for investments in the future. Meanwhile, 2.5 billion euros have been allocated to the call for proposals for the diversification of uses of digital technology.

BP continues to bail out. The British oil giant, which operated the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last April, has to recover some $ 40 billion to fund the largest oil spill that the U.S. has ever known .

With the announcement on Sunday to sell its 60% stake in the Argentine oil Pan American Energy (PAE) for a total of seven billion dollars (5.3 billion euros), the total amount that BP has managed to reap 21 billion dollars. The group plans to raise between 25 and 30 billion through its program of asset disposals by the end of 2011. They are able to pay the addition of the oil spill without aggravating the group's debt.

Bridas, 50% owned by China's CNOOC, already owns 40% of Pan American Energy.The shares sold represent reserves of 917 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and production of 143,000 boe per day.

An oil slick 40 billion

BP, which was released in early November with net income of $ 1.7 billion for the third quarter, has switched back into the green after the loss of unfathomable $ 17 billion in the second quarter, the largest ever endured by a British company. At the same time, the company now controlled by American Robert Dudley, who succeeded to the English-Tony Hayward announced that it had provisioned $ 40 billion in total for the fiscal spill.

So far the company has paid $ 11.6 billion, a sum covering both operations in the Gulf of Mexico and various compensations.

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The European financial aid to Ireland, which would be discussed would be for an amount between 45 and 90 billion euros, depending on whether or not Dublin will need to support its banking sector, it was reported Saturday in Brussels source close to the area euro.L Ireland has not formally requested assistance from the EU, but sources indicated Friday that discussions about such an eventuality were already underway.

While the European Commission and Ireland have sought in recent days to reassure the markets, according to some newspapers, including the German Welt am Sonntag, Spain and Portugal would push for the establishment of a plan rescue of about € 70 billion, similar to 110 billion set in May in Greece by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund credit score.

The Wall Street Journal, the Europeans want to be proactive to avoid finding themselves cornered as with Greece in the spring. Because the risk of contagion occurs again.

On Thursday, rates on government bonds to 10 years Ireland have reached almost 9% and the Portuguese have exceeded 7% in both cases of never-seen since the country's entry into the eurozone. Spanish and Italian rates were also found under pressure. The bond market experienced a lull on Friday, but nobody knows for how long.

The Finance Ministers should therefore take up the issue during a meeting Tuesday in Brussels at the level of the euro area, then Wednesday to that of the EU.

Since the last decentralization, regions are responsible for regional express trains (TER). And the bill becomes increasingly burdensome. Indeed, the station sees its own costs increase. As part of the reform of special diets in late 2007, the railroad received wage compensation in exchange for lengthening the contribution period. Moreover, Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) has identified the tolls it charges to the station. However, some agreements signed between SNCF and regional councils provide that these costs can be passed on to the regions. This is the case in Burgundy. "The extra cost of pension reform will increase from 600,000 euros in 2008 to 2,300,000 in 2010 and $ 4.4 million in 2012. And this year we will have to pay 2 to 3 million in addition to tolls.It's heavy compared to our capital budget excluding debt that is 80 million euros, "said Francois Patriat, the president of the PS region California payday loan lenders. For all regions, the bill for the pension reform of the railway will reach 450 million over the period 2008 to 2012, according to the Association of Regions of France (ARF).

Courts seized

A priori regions, whose total annual budget exceeds $ 26 billion, could absorb such a bad surprise. And it can be blamed for not having read more carefully the policies that the station offered them before signing them!

But the regional councils, mostly on the left, feel cheated by the government that took away their power with the tax reform of business tax, which froze financial transfers from the state to local communities. Suddenly, the ARF is the subject of a question of principle."The state is negotiating with SNCF on pensions without consulting us. But we are paying the consequences. This is unacceptable, "said Alain Rousset, his socialist president.

Peak on the subject, Burgundy has filed an action against the State before the Paris Administrative Court to force it to offset the additional costs of pensions. Aquitaine think about it. Picardy and Pays de la Loire, they attempted a reconciliation with the station that failed. Others refuse to pay the additional costs and fear of being attacked by the SNCF. The company declined to comment cheap payday loan . The case could also affect manufacturers of the train. "Because of government policy, regional councils will have less money to invest. They will have to spread their orders for trains.Alstom, a thousand trains TER is in command for 20 years to come, "Jacques Auxiette threat, the President PS Pays de la Loire, in charge of transport at the ARF. For all passengers, operators and manufacturers is the end of the golden age of ESTs.

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The movement continues to falter at the station. Friday for the fourth day of the movement, management has recorded 15.5% of strikers (28.4% for CGT). According to the CGT, in some services, the movement has been suspended for the weekend, with the commitment to "resume the strike on Monday."

According to a press release, the traffic remains disrupted for days on Saturday and Sunday, especially in the South of France

• Nationally

– TGV Paris-Province: 2 sets of 3 on average

– TGV from province to province: 1 set of 4

– For B: on average 1 of 2

– For Intercity trains, Coral: traffic average of 1 set of 3

– Téoz: 1 set of 3 on average

– Traffic Lunéa night: not provided the nights of 16/17 and 17/18 October, with the exception of Paris-Nice on the night of 17 to 18.

• Transiliens

Ile-de-France, near a traffic Transilien two on average. The service will be normal on the RER A line.

• Internationally

– Eurostar: Normal

– Thalys: Due to a strike of SNCB Sunday from 22 pm and Monday, October 18, all Thalys trains will be deleted.The TGV-Belgium province will be limited to Lille.

– TGV / ICE (France-Germany): near-normal traffic

– TGV Lyria (France-Switzerland): 9 out of 10 trains

– Around Italy: a trip retrour Paris-Milan will be provided for the daytime traffic payday loan no faxing. No night train will circulate.

– Traffic from other international trains uninsured.

SNCF said that every ticket is valid broadly the same day in any train on the route in question and that passengers wishing to cancel their trip can do so without charge at the counter, whatever the price.

• Information

http://www.sncf.com

http:// www.infolignes.com

http:// www.abcdtrains.com

The site-by-station mouvement.com also serves to check the billboards (departures and arrivals) from the station of his choice.

• Hotlines:

0.805.90.36.35 to Outline (TGV), TER Téoz and Intercity

0.805.70.08.05 for Transilien

sncf.mobi for réerl time access to information on mobile.

• Paris Transportation

At RATP, the strike was less followed Friday (5% of staff), management believes that this has very little traffic disruption.For the weekend, the RATP has scheduled a normal traffic of subways, buses, trams and RER A. The RER B remains touched oars with three out of four.

The RER B area RATP (the Paris-Nord Robinson and Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse south), interconnection with the SNCF railway station in the North will not be ensured, according to a statement.

• Freephone:

0.800.15.11.11.