ECONOMY: Chinese growth slumped in the second quarter despite Beijing’s support efforts At the height of trade tensions with Washington, China’s growth weakened over one year in the second quarter (+ 6.2%), marking its weakest performance for at least 27 years, despite Beijing’s support efforts. This figure, in line with forecasts of a panel of […]
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Among businesses of all sizes, France remains a global leader in the realm of sustainability, from fashion to the food industry and beyond. In our current era of climate change, rampant pollution, and massive amounts of waste, finding sustainable solutions is more important than ever before. As such, corporations of all sizes can no longer […]
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The pay TV group, Canal + wants to cut 18% of its workforce in France, which currently stands at 2600 people. Canal + pay TV group announced Tuesday 9th July 2019, a “transformation project of its French activities” which will go through a voluntary redundancies plan “of up to 492 people, ” according to a statement. This represents a […]
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Unemployment fell in the first quarter to 8.7% of the labour force, according to preliminary figures from INSEE published Thursday 16th May, 2019. The unemployment rate is down 0.1 point to 8.7% of the workforce in France (excluding Mayotte) in the fourth quarter of 2018, its lowest level since early 2009 , according to provisional figures from INSEE published Thursday, […]
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While the price of diesel is very close to its peak in October 2018, just before the start of the yellow vests, the executive is considering a cap on taxes on fuel prices. Readjusted in January 2019, pump fuel prices continued to rise in the country’s petrol stations. To avoid a further growl of the French, the government would […]
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WUNDERBAR: Less than 5% of Germans are looking for a job The unemployment rate in Germany fell in March to 4.9%, its lowest level since the reunification of the country in 1990, according to figures released Friday by the Employment Agency. In raw data, less representative of a basic trend but which serve as a reference in the public debate, the […]
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According to a study by the Panorabank bank comparator, bank charges fees fell by 1% in 2019 compared to last year. Here is good news for our wallet: after three years of increase, bank charges show a slight decrease of 1% in 2019 , according to the results of the study conducted by the comparator Panorabank banks reported by RTL . […]
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The products of the Pernod-Ricard group, including pastis, could disappear from the E.Leclerc hypermarkets because of a commercial dispute. Explanations. After Coca-Cola, Ricard products? In conflict with the Pernod-Ricard group, the E.Leclerc hypermarket group is preparing to withdraw all ranges from the spirits operator, reveals the blog Rayon Boissons . Some thirty references, including pastis Ricard, but also Aberlour and Ballantine’s whiskeys or liqueurs Malibu and Suze , are […]
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The number of unemployed stood at 3,676 million people in the whole of France in the fourth half of 2018, its lowest level since mid-2014. The number of unemployed decreased significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018 with 42,000 fewer people (-1.1%) enrolled in Pôle emploi, to reach 3,676 million people in France, its lowest level since the mid-1980s. 2014, according to figures […]
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Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has announced a plan to protect the French and the companies from a “Hard Brexit” of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Prime Minister Philippe announced Thursday the launch of a “plan linked to a Brexit without agreement ” to deal with the possibility “less and less unlikely” of a brutal exit or hard Brexit […]
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