Renault-Nissan heads for Brazil

After China, Russia and India, Renault-Nissan continues its conquest of the BRICs with Brazil, a market that the Alliance considers particularly promising. Japanese Nissan, 43.4% owned by Renault, will announce next Tuesday the construction of its first plant in the country. It would produce about 200,000 cars a year according to Nissan. This would be after a source quoted by Reuters car to make affordable electric cars. The manufacturer will invest $ 1.5 billion (1.1 billion euros). A figure not confirmed by Nissan, but the sum generally allocated to the creation of a new plant. The site could be located in the State of Rio de Janeiro. So far, Nissan produces its cars in the Renault plant in Curitiba, in Parana state.

Meanwhile, Renault will expand the capacity of its plant to better meet market demand.The investment could be around 200 million euros, according to estimates from an internal source to the manufacturer. The Curitiba plant produced 190,000 cars last year, about 30,000 Nissan vehicles.

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, said in June, during the presentation of the new strategic plan of the Japanese, that Nissan would announce an investment in Brazil by the end of the year. He also promised two weeks ago, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the major announcements about upcoming BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China).

Renault-Nissan, whose global market share stood at 10.3% in 2010, wants to catch up in Brazil, where the Alliance was granted last year that 5.9% of the market ( 4.8% for Renault and 1.1% for Nissan). The French manufacturer this year is 5.5% of market share and 7.4% in 2013, with 250,000 vehicles sold (against 160,000 in 2010).He estimates that Brazil, last year's third market, could become the second to the horizon behind France.

While the market is currently dominated by Fiat, Volkswagen and General Motors, which share almost two-thirds of sales, the French rival Renault, PSA Peugeot Citroen, also seeking to hold its own in the game PSA , had already announced in 2010 an investment of 530 million euros in Brazil, including the development of models tailored to the local market and increased capacity. The plant in Porto Real, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, should be capable of producing 220,000 cars from next year, against 150,000 now.

Higher taxes on imports

Renault-Nissan also want to be able to benefit fully from the growth of the Brazilian market, last year became the fourth in the world, with 3.3 million vehicles and an increase of 10.6%. In recent months, growth has slowed significantly, however, even if the first 8 months of the year, it still reached 7.5% over the same period in 2010. The country could fall back to fifth or sixth place this year, according to the local builders association.

Increasing their industrial presence in local, French manufacturers are also able to escape the measures recently implemented by the Brazilian government to tax heavily on imported cars and thereby encourage investment in the country.

Renault-Nissan was headed for emerging markets, giving priority to date every time to one of two manufacturers. In Russia, the Alliance is currently negotiating the takeover of Russian Avtovaz before the end of the year, Renault could hold 35%. In India, Renault will produce four new models by end 2012 in the Nissan plant in Chennai. Remains China, where the Japanese are strongly represented, but Renault is still absent. An absence that seems more than ever out of place when Nissan is growing in Brazil.

Doubts about a 1.75% growth in 2012

The government, which this Tuesday the draft budget law for 2012, based his entire equation on a growth forecast of 1.75% for next year-until last August, he hoped it would reach 2.25 %. Despite the turbulence of increasingly stringent in Europe, Bercy firmly believes this new hypothesis.

Recently the Minister of Economy Baroin claimed to have "serious reasons to consider it achievable," while his colleague Valerie Pécresse Budget also reaffirmed Sunday that the government's projections were "conservative and realistic."

Yet, scenarios and expert succession, one after the other, come to doubt the probability of the hypothesis-government.Monday is the Institute of COE-Rexecode conditions that drive the point home: it provides a GDP growth of 1.7% in 2011 and 1.2% in 2012-exactly the consensus of economists. Or acceleration or slowdown: after the air hole last spring, COE-Rexecode see activity continue on a pace soft below the trend between 2001 and 2007.

Monitor the distribution of credit

"We do not retain perspective as the most likely scenario that the recessive stock markets seem to play for Europe," says Institute (close to employers), chaired by Michel Didier.But further, he warns, watch in the coming months "the impact on the lending of a possible increase in the cost of bank refinancing and even more difficult access to liquidity," and that "the downward revision of investment programs that entrepreneurs may have to perform under extra care" against the current deterioration of the environment.

COE-Rexecode also cautions that its expectations are based on "the assumption that the interventions of the ECB and the introduction of means of the European Financial Stability manage to break the downward spiral of financial markets and to avoid the contagion of Other States in the euro area and the banking system. "

In this context, reduction of public deficits "is a priority," but "to limit the short-term impact on growth and raise potential growth, cost savings are preferable to increase the tax burden," insists the Institute. Issue of competitiveness.

The station will show more clearly its rates

Despite the decree issued this summer, which gives greater freedom to set rates to SNCF to fix its price list, the maximum rate "will always be capped." Asked in the daily Le Parisien, Aujourd'hui en France, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet wants to be reassuring and reaffirming that "the objective of the decree is to give more flexibility to the operator so that better meet its trains by increasing the discounted prices "with attractive offers last minute, she says. Minister refutes the idea of ​​a systematic increase in ticket prices during peak hours "if the trains would empty," she says.

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet now provides 80% of travelers already enjoy discounted tickets and the "cheap tickets Prem's up more than a TGV ticket sold in ten."In response to the survey of consumer association CLCV which revealed that 87% of the French TGV are too expensive, the minister said that "high speed train in France is 10% cheaper than in Spain and 33% cheaper than in Germany business cards. " It recognizes that there is still room for improvement particularly on the transparency of the fee schedule. To remedy this, she wants to hold in 2012 the operator to display on its website, and for each link, the price the cheapest and most expensive, excluding promotions. The station will also pledge that half of the passengers pay a price at or below the reference price set by the state traditionally. "This will be controlled with Thierry Mariani, the Minister for Transport.We will monitor closely "assures Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet.

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Eurozone: emerging in support

The main emerging countries could come to the bedside of the euro area. So says a source on Tuesday the Brazilian government, according to the Brics acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – could increase their holdings of bonds denominated in euros.

These discussions are not yet at a "preliminary stage", says this source, who adds that this approach would not involve "the majority" of the reserves of these countries. The Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico understands that these purchases could be limited to the debt of Europe's most solid.

"To help the EU out of this situation"

A final decision could be taken at the meeting on September 22 finance ministers and central bankers of Brics in Washington bad credit unsecured personal loans.The Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega, has already confirmed that the Brics discuss the debt crisis in the euro area, without giving details. "We will talk about what it takes to help the EU out of this situation," he said simply.

Meanwhile, Italy, whose rates have soared during bond, has denied media reports that she would have asked China to invest in debt. But markets want to believe this solution. THE EUROPEAN stock markets have closed well over sharp increases. And Wall Street is also displayed in the green end of the session.

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Asia stock markets begin the week in the red

European debts continue to stopping Asian stock markets. On Monday, the Nikkei lost 2.24% to 8541.81 points, in the wake of Wall Street, which lost 2.69% last Friday. U.S. markets had increased while their losses after the announcement of the resignation of Jürgen Stark, chief economist of the ECB, on funds disagreements within the institution to resolve the debt crisis. The G7 finance held in Marseille this weekend has not reassured investors, promising a response "strong" and "coordinated" to the crisis but without specifying its strategy.

Moreover, the prospect of a default of Greece begins to be taken seriously by the markets. Including information from a German newspaper Der Spiegel, which said that Berlin was preparing for the possibility of bankruptcy of Athens, information denied by the Greek Minister of Finance.In this context, Greece has promised two billion euros in additional savings, without, for now, calm the markets.

Oil was also down sharply

Other Asian stock markets follow the downward trend of the Nikkei. The S & P / ASX 200 in Sydney lost 3.31% to 4055.90 points. The BSE Sensex of Bombay loose 1.62% to 16,593, 30 points and the FTSE Singapore Straits Times down 1.29% at 1450, 10 points. Note that the Stock Exchange in Seoul, Shanghai and Taipei are closed on Monday.

The oil also appears in sharp decline. In electronic trading in the morning, a barrel of "light sweet crude" for October delivery lost 1.23 dollars to 86.01 dollars per barrel of Brent North Sea crude for October delivery at $ 1.02 111 $ 75.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro fell to its lowest level in a decade against the yen.In Asian trade, the euro fell to 104.90 yen, the lowest since July 2001. It is then rise slightly and was worth 105.32 yen at about 3 am, but was down to its listing in New York Friday to 23 hours (105.91 yen). The euro was also down sharply vis-à-vis the dollar at 1.3594 dollars around 3 hours, against 1.3649 dollars on Friday to 23 hours.

The calm would return to the Paris Stock Exchange

After the storm that plunged all the stock markets yesterday, the markets should be less nervous on Thursday. The Asian markets have returned to the green or show moderate declines. European shares are expected to follow the same tendency to appeasement and are expected to open up. In Paris the CAC 40 is expected to gain 1.4% in early trade, the Dax in Frankfurt 1.6% and the FTSE 100 in London 1.3%.

Wednesday, the markets were shaken by rumors of a deterioration in the rating of France, immediately denied by the rating agencies and the French government, and concerns about the health of the bank Societe Generale. And the CAC 40 plunged 5.45%, narrowly escaping the psychological threshold of 3000 points to 3002.99 points. Other European markets have suffered the same drop Frankfurt dropped 5.13%, 3.05% London. Madrid and Milan 5.49% 6.65%.In New York, the Dow fell 4.62% and 4.09% for the Nasdaq.

Bank stocks follow

Gold continues, meanwhile, fly from record to record. The precious metal has crossed the threshold of 1800 dollars. It is this Thursday morning in 1790 dollars, after hitting a new record of 1815.50 dollars. However, oil resumed its decline in Asia. Yet he had resisted the panic the day before with the announcement of a dramatic and unexpected decline in crude inventories in the United States. In morning trading, a barrel of "light sweet crude" lost 79 cents to 82.10 dollars and that of Brent North Sea fell by 1.10 dollars to 105.58 dollars.

Among the values ​​to be followed, the bank that have been heavily tested yesterday.In particular Société Générale, after unscrewing of 14.74% on Wednesday asked the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) to investigate the origin of the rumors that have depressed its course. The CEO of the bank, Frédéric Oudéa, denounced, in an interview with Le Figaro, "the series of attacks" against the French banking sector "sounds completely fantastic, I struggle with the utmost force, it is taken at Societe Generale, "he lamented. "We have no fear on our lending: we achieved 93% of our long-term funding program year, he added.Short-term side, we have 105 billion euros of underlying assets with central banks and keep full access to the interbank market. "

BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole also fell Wednesday by 9.5% and 11.8%.

In addition, EADS, the parent company of Airbus, said Wednesday it will not achieve its objectives in the United States in 2020 without new acquisitions.

Saint-Gobain has announced the acquisition of Solar Gard, a subsidiary of Belgian group dedicated to Bekaert Specialty Films, as part of its strategy to accelerate its growth through acquisitions.

The oil company Maurel & Prom has reported a surge of 123% of its revenue thanks to increased revenues in Gabon and Nigeria.

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Realtors hinders mobility

The cost of housing is a key criterion for the French when accepting a job. A study by the Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions (Crédoc) reveals that weighs so heavily in real household budget that "70% of workers say they would refuse a job better than they currently hold if this would cause a move leading to an increase in their housing costs (agency fees and transfer, new housing too expensive, etc.).. "

More than half (56%) of 2006 respondents at the request of the MEDEF, which counts among its ranks of companies to recruit Penant – state and not be forced to move a test is "very important" in the choice of a new job. Experts emphasize Crédoc for comparison as these assets are only 48% to include the amount of compensation as a criterion."The hope of wage gain does not appear to offset the fear of having to spend more on housing and, finally, many prefer not to move," says the study. Worse, Of the 4.6 million registered unemployed in job center, 500,000 – 11% – have given up a job in the last five years for failing to support an additional financial cost housing.

The origin of this choice: two realities, closely linked. Most jobs are concentrated in large urban areas (77% according to INSEE), while house prices explode, due to strong demand and the housing shortage."A growing proportion of employees in particular within the middle classes – and those seeking employment can no longer reside in the inner cities of large urban centers because rents are too high or because the purchase price housing beyond their financial capabilities, "says the study cash advance in one hour. Consequently, the travel time longer, making it difficult to reconcile private and professional life. Thus, 7% of people of working age said they had given up a job because of excessive travel time.

The barrier property

And the situation is equally difficult for wealthier households, who already own. The survey confirms that 80% of them are reluctant to move.A remark already made in macroeconomic analysis by economist Andrew Oswald and the OECD, which show that countries where the ownership rate is higher are also those where the unemployment rate is higher.

In conclusion, the Crédoc recalls "the need to take into account the housing issue when looking for employment," and that the introduction of housing assistance devices may have a direct impact. For example, the study suggests using Housing Action (formerly "1% logement") funded by companies for their employees. If experts say Crédoc a comprehensive study is needed to accurately assess the system, they note, however, that the study results show a positive effect on the mobility of employees and hence on employment. A conclusion that is sure to please the sponsor of the survey.July 18, the MEDEF employers' organization joined with labor unions to protest a drain of 3.4 million euros under the State Housing Action funds.

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Europe wants to stop the panic before the holidays

Find a solution to the debt crisis before the holidays. This is the roadmap of finance ministers of the euro zone next week. The European Council President, Herman van Rompuy, do not let them choose by calling Thursday for a summit. In the meantime, they must agree on the terms of a new plan of aid to Greece, the key to stability in the euro area.

"Our agenda will be the financial stability of the euro area as a whole and the future funding of the program (help) Greek," said Herman van Rompuy in a statement released Friday night. A summit should be held this week, but the disagreements were apparently still too large to meet the ministers of the euro area.

Friday, the German government still insisted on the need to reach a solution on this point before considering a meeting at the highest level."It's not a meeting in itself will help Greece, is a new program," said Berlin spokesman of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Steffen Seibert. A meeting will take place only if "it makes sense and is necessary," he added.

"Practicalities"

The fact that the president of the EU sets a date for the meeting means that the countries of the region are close to an agreement to overcome their differences on the plan must shelter Greece until 2014. The difficulties relate to the private sector. While States have agreed on this principle, "the element that continues to be discussed is the scope and practical arrangements," said the Belgian Minister of Finance Didier Reynders.

This question, seemingly technical, is the more political aspects Payday Loan for Bad Credit.Specifically, Germany would like the creditor banks of Greece their hands to the portfolio. German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not want to antagonize the public, tired of paying for its European neighbors. The German solution has the potential to place Athens in de facto default. An option rejected by the European Central Bank (ECB), France and Madrid. "We made good progress" in discussions of the issues that upset "but there is still work to do," said a source close to the talks.

"Treat the Greek problem '

These dissensions troubled financial markets in the euro area. The crisis reached a new level this week, the contagion affecting Italy's third largest economy in the euro area. Rome, however, managed to extinguish the fire in the markets by adopting an emergency in the austerity plan of 48 billion euros.Publication of the results of stress tests of European banks on Friday could also help calm the fears of investors.

If the finance ministers do not want to disturb the relative calm, they will present next Thursday, practical solutions. "It should address the problem of Greece, as a starting point of an overall therapy," say economists at Credit Agricole. The recipe that will be applied to Greece as an example. "

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The CAC 40 sealed by the banking sector

The mood remains gloomy in the Paris Stock Exchange on Thursday. In the wake of a meeting which saw the CAC 40abandonner 1.49%, morale remains low. At midterm, the Paris index lost another 1.32% to 3756.41 points. With this new decline, the CAC 40 is now in a loss of 1.27% since the beginning of the year.

The LSE has also opened lower, the FTSE-100 index lost 0.86% at 7053.75 points. The Dax in Frankfurt following the movement with a decline of 1.74% to 5673 points.

This bad mood, which led to Wall Street and Asian markets this morning in the dark wheel is mainly due to Greece. Indeed, the financial and political situation of the country bogged down. The extraordinary meeting of finance ministers ended in failure Thursday, Europeans who are unable to agree on the role of private creditors in the new relief measures.Meanwhile, violent demonstrations took place before the parliament of the country, forcing the Prime Minister George Papandreou has announced a reshuffle of his government to be held this Thursday, when he called for a vote of confidence in parliament.

Concern has also been strengthened by the publication in the U.S., macroeconomic statistics disappointing. The U.S. recovery has yet shown signs of weakness yesterday, especially in the industry.

Program loaded overseas

This Thursday, in addition to Greece, the eyes are again turned to the United States.The schedule of publications of indicators is still in effect with the American program: the current account of the first quarter, weekly jobless claims, housing starts for new homes and the index of manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia area.

In the euro area, consumer prices rose 2.7% yoy, from 2.8% in April, according to Eurostat's second estimate similar to the first made in late May.

On the currency side, the Greek situation causes the euro down. 11:15 to Paris, the single European currency was worth 1.4118 dollars against 1.4182 dollars late Wednesday, after falling to 1.4090 dollars in the morning, the lowest since three weeks. Meanwhile, oil prices rebounded due to bargain hunting.A barrel of light sweet crude for July delivery gained 48 cents to 95.29 dollars while that of Brent North Sea crude for delivery same progressed from 99 cents to 114 dollars. Investors buy oil after the sharp decline yesterday, which saw prices go below $ 95 a barrel. "We have a return to an area of ​​support that goes back to January 2011. This is especially a key level to advance to the purchase, "said Djillali Hacid, technical analyst at XTB.

Values ​​to follow

Banking

French banking stocks were again attacked on Thursday. They are among the largest declines the CAC 40. Societe Generale lost 3.28% to 37.50 euros, Crédit Agricole loose 2.77% to 9.63 euros, BNP Paribas was down 2.20% to 50.17 euros. Axa and Natixis follow the trend with decreases of 3.60% to 14.60 euros and 1.37% to 3.45 euros.Dexia unscrews for its share of 4.56% to 2.15 euros.

Areva: -2.80% to 25.31 euros Eramet: -1.83% to 217.50 euros

Luke Oursel, deputy CEO of Areva, is the favorite to replace Anne Lauvergeon head of French nuclear specialist, reports the newspaper La Tribune.In addition, the group has extended for six months its shareholders in companies with Eramet Sorame and CEIR representing the shareholders of the family Duvan.

Bull: -1.47% to 4.68 euros

The French computer group announced Thursday a plan to recruit a thousand employees for 2011, including 400 in France, mostly young graduates.

Sanofi: -0.92% to 51.43 euros

The group announced Thursday the signing of a research collaboration of two years with the Dutch biotechnology company Audion Therapeutics for development of potential treatments for hearing loss.

EADS: + 0.65% to 21.53 euros

The low cost carrier Philippine Cebu Air said Thursday it had concluded a $ 3.8 billion with Airbus for an order for 30 A321s and seven A320s.

Renault: -1.16% to 36.27 euros

The Renault-Nissan is about to take control of Russian automaker AvtoVAZ, an acquisition that would propel the world's third largest, said Thursday the Japanese newspaper Nikkei.

L'Oreal: -1.18% to 84.39 euros

The businessman Stephane Courbit explained in a letter to Liliane Bettencourt why he wants to break the financial partnership that had just concluded the boss Lov group and the heir to L'Oreal.

Total: -0.58% to 37.52 euros

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Eurosic: + 0.56% to 33.99 euros

Batipart, family holding company specializing in real estate, will launch a takeover bid for Eurosic in the coming weeks after the sale and Nexity Bank Palatine of all of their shares in the specialist real estate office.

Vivendi: -0.22% to 18.13 euros

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France Telecom: -0.49% to 14.21 euros

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Perno Ricard: -0.42% to 66.46 euros

The group announced Wednesday that its board had decided to pay an interim dividend of 67 cents per share.

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Retirement: How to prepare?

The French have a very vague idea of ​​what awaits them at the end of their careers, and that the anxiety. An international study of the HSBC bank, more than one French person in three (38%) know what will be its main source of retirement income. This is the highest score in the world (17% in this case are the United Kingdom, 9% in India). Further evidence of this vagueness, the French are also among the most likely to feel ill prepared for retirement (50% against 41% on average in the 17 countries assessed). Logically enough, these uncertainties generate fears for the first time since 2005 (launch date of this annual survey), financial security has caught up with good health as essential for living a happy retirement. And they are 69% think that their situation will be worse compared to that of their elders."The social mobility between generations is not broke, but he lost his speed, said the sociologist Jean-Philippe Viriot Durandal. The middle classes, in particular, fear the decommissioning and feel less protected from the effects of globalization. "Despite these concerns, the new rules of retirement are now clear. After the reform of the basic pension, adopted last October, the future of compulsory supplementary schemes remained unresolved. An unknown factor since the schemes Agirc (frames) and Arrco (for all private sector employees) are on average 57% of pension managers against 31% of the pension non-executives. The agreement signed by the social partners on 18 March (even if the CFE-CGC, non-signatory, is opposed to text) applies to occupational pensions as from 1 July.Brief overview of major changes.

How old is going to go?

So far, for a pension without additional haircut, two possibilities: either wait 65 years or liquidate his retirement earlier than age 60 and have all his quarters in the basic (163 for persons born in 1951, 164 for those born in 1952, 165 classes for 1953 and following). Negotiators Agirc-Arrco have decided to offer "any reform, no reform that" the basic plan: These two terminals will be gradually raised to reach 62 years and 67 years from the 1956 cohort. The first step comes from the 1st July, with the passage of 60 years and 4 months for those born after 1 July 1951 payday loan companies. Under certain conditions (long careers, difficult mother of three children born before 1956, workers with disabilities), early departures are possible.And it is possible to liquidate his retirement Agirc Arrco-five years before the legal age applied to the basal diet (55 and 57 years today in the future), but at the cost of a high amputation of the pension.

The current arrangement providing for the costs of pensions before age 65 for supplementary pension schemes based on AFFMB (Association for the fund management and financing of Arrco Agirc). He was reappointed until 2018. Good news for sure because in the past, the MEDEF has sometimes threatened not to extend this system, which would cut pensions significantly. From a practical standpoint, pensions Agirc-Arrco will now be paid monthly rather than quarterly basis beginning in 2014. As for performance, ie the ratio between contributions paid and pensions received, it will continue to decline in Arrco in 2011 and 2012. It will drop even faster to Agirc to be aligned with Arrco.So far, for 100 euros assessed during the career, the annual pension amounts to 6.59 euros and 6.70 euros Arrco to Agirc. But then, from 2013 to 2015, this performance has stabilized.

The new rule concerning the parents of three children is unique: a 10% bonus for all supplementary pensions, as in the basic schemes. The benefit would be capped at 1,000 euros per year and as many Arrco Agirc. This bonus replaces the 5% proposed by Agirc which were added, for managers, 8% for the parents of three children, 12% for four children, 16% for those who have five, 20 and 24% for six % above. These new rules should benefit a vast majority of contributors and disadvantage some very high-income executives and / or parents of at least four children.The reform will apply to the rights and pensions obtained after 1 January 2012, pensions paid after that date, the old rule applies until the end of the year. The surcharge for each child Arrco still dependent in retirement (5% uncapped) for his part had almost disappeared. She was finally extended to Agirc.

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