PURCHASING POWER: We’re laughing – Bruno Le Maire, doesn’t really put this option on the table The essential This Wednesday is a day of celebration for state finances: TVA is celebrating its 70th anniversary. By dint of coming across it on every street corner (and every expense), you may no longer realize it, but it […]
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BUSINESS: Record rains for a month are sinking tourist consumption in Paris For nearly a month, capricious weather has been beating down on Paris as on the entire northern part of the country, somewhat spoiling the holidays of the many tourists in the capital. This situation that does not help the business of traders who are […]
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PURCHASING POWER: Unlike the monetary poverty rate, the deprivation rate is based on households giving up certain products or services. 4%. Thursday, INSEE indicated that the rate of “material and social deprivation” affects 14% of the population of France. Unlike monetary poverty rates, which are based on household income, the deprivation rate is calculated on the basis of households […]
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STREAMING: As a result, the California group Netflix made $1.5 billion in net profit from April to June The twist on password sharing has paid off. Netflix now has more than 238 million subscribers, with 5.89 million added in the second quarter, an unexpected jump for the streaming platform. The Californian group, which is currently undergoing, like its competitors, […]
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AUTO: “The house is on fire,” said the CEO of VW during a speech to some 2,000 managers of the brand, who are asked to make drastic savings. Europe’s biggest brand is clearly not in its best shape. This is in any case what emerges from the meeting between Thomas Schäfer, big boss of the Volkswagen brand (not to […]
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PRICE INCREASE: This electricity increase concerns customers “connected to a meter with a power of up to 36 kilovolt-amperes”, i.e. households, craftsmen, small businesses and craftsmen The government announced on Tuesday a 10% increase in regulated electricity prices on the 1st August, due to a gradual reduction in the price shield put in place for two winters. This […]
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RECALL: The manufacturer, Nissan has already announced massive recalls abroad A massive recall. Japanese automaker Nissan announced on Friday the recall of a total of 699,000 vehicles in Japan for various manufacturing defects. He also warned that hundreds of thousands of units were also affected abroad. These various defects have so far not caused any accidents in Japan, the group […]
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VROUM: As sales figures soar for electric scooters and specialist brands multiply, we tell you all about these “clean” two-wheelers Very practical for short daily journeys, scooters have long found their followers, especially among young people. While the fight against CO2 emissions intensifies, these small two-wheelers were nevertheless neglected in favour of modern technological innovations. But in the space of two […]
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The institution is surprised that the public service missions entrusted to the federations of hunters are not better controlled, and that the latter do not report more on the use of the sums granted by the State. Hunters don’t just kill animals. The law has in fact entrusted them with public service missions, such as the […]
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The pension reform plans to review the contribution base for self-employed workers to improve their pension rights. But this change may not produce the expected effects. An interesting goal that might not be achieved. By presenting the pension reform, the government has undertaken to raise the pensions of the self-employed, in particular those who receive the smallest […]
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