TELECOMS: Billing problems are recurrent … Afutt unveiled Wednesday its 2017 balance sheet, listing complaints from telecom users. SFR comes at the top of the complaints, both for the Internet and for the mobile. The Afutt also denounces some opaque commercial practices. It is a “reward” which SFR-Altice would have done well. For the second consecutive year, the […]
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ECONOMY: European Union reacts after taxes announced by Trump on aluminium and steel … Donald Trump wants his trade war , he will have it. The European Union is preparing retaliatory measures against companies including ‘Harley-Davidson, Bourbon and Levi’s’ after the US President announces plans to heavily tax imports of steel and aluminum into the United States . “We are […]
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ECONOMY: Donald Trump mentioned tariffs of 25% for steel and 10% for aluminium, but without specifying which countries they will target … The US president announced Thursday that he will hit high taxes on imports of steel and aluminum in the United States. The stock market on Wall Street has dropped more than 400 points after […]
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INDUSTRY: The Japanese manufacturer sees Yaris sales grow in Europe and must adapt its production to demand … Jobs, yes, but precarious (for now). Toyota motor manufacturing France (TMMF), based in Onnaing, near Valenciennes, in the North, is launching a recruitment campaign, said Friday, in a statement. One hundred and fifty positions in interim or in fixed-term contracts are […]
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189,569 new vehicles (passenger cars and light trucks) were registered in January 2018, an increase of 3% compared with January 2017. In January 2018, with 156,851 registrations, the French market for cars special new is up 2.5% compared to January 2017. With 32,718 registrations, the market for new light commercial vehicles (under 5.1 tonnes) is also up on the […]
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The Carrefour group announced via a press release on Tuesday 23rd January, 2,400 jobs will be cut at the headquarters through a voluntary redundancy plan. Carrefour will eliminate 2,400 positions at its headquarters in France, which currently has 10,500 through a voluntary departure plan, announced on Tuesday 23rd January, the group in a statement. #Carrefour2022 […]
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China has placed an order for 184 A320s with delivery expected in 2019 to 2020, announced the Elysee this Wednesday 10th January, 2018. Another major order for Airbus. For the last day of the visit of Emmanuel Macron in China, the Elysée announced a (very) large order for 184 A320 aircraft from Airbus.. Delivery for 2019 – […]
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While the winter sales start on Wednesday, the government plans a reduction from six to four weeks in 2019, and wants to set up a “Black friday” in the spring. The winter sales, which begin on Wednesday 10th January to the 20th February will probably be the last to last as long: the government announced on Tuesday that […]
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China visit on Monday 8th January, Emmanuel Macron clinched an agreement on Tuesday for Areva and the lifting of the Chinese embargo on beef Emmanuel Macron , who hopes of re-balancing the trade relationship with Beijing, won this Tuesday 9th January, the second day of his visit to China, a providential agreement for Areva and announced a lifting of the chinese embargo […]
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With 2,182,974 visitors in 2017, museums and tourist sites displayed a 13.7% increase compared to 2016. Site by site, here is the evolution of the visitor traffic in Toulouse. It’s called an insolent growth. The year 2017 indeed confirms the attractiveness and vitality of museumsand sights of Toulouse, who hosted last year nearly 2.2 million visitors. 2,182,974, exactly. 13.7% increase over one year On […]
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