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Merkel faces a sharp political debate in Germany

Monday, August 15th, 2011

The trip to Paris to sign Merkel kicks off the season policy of German Chancellor. And it is not the easiest, as the European issue is sensitive across the Rhine. As often, the perception of this meeting the Franco-German differs somewhat between the two capitals. In the entourage of the Chancellor, there is little appreciated that this mini-summit is presented as a response to recent market fluctuations, while the appointment was set in Paris for many years.

On the merits, Germany continues to advocate for the export of its business model to other European countries and calls for reforms to improve competitiveness. For the rest, particularly with regard to assistance to States in need, remains intransigent. The President of the Bundestag has also warned that the plan of aid to Greece would not be adopted in September as planned.Contrary to what the Chancellor promised its European partners.

For the subject "is so important that the Bundestag can not examine it in a few days with the necessary attention. And the Bundestag itself decides how much time he needs, "hammered Norbert Lammert (CDU). This reference indefinitely slingshot echoes the deputies of the majority, offended to be confined to the role of registration of the major decisions on the euro area. Between 25 and 40 of them could not vote for it, according to estimates. Not enough to prevent its adoption as the Greens and Social Democrats (SPD) have already announced they would vote for. However, the balance of the majority is at stake if the number of defections on the right is important payday loan.And the chances of the Chancellor to come to his estate in 2013 will be weakened.

"Treasurers of Europe"

Always keen to show his concern for good management of public funds, the finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, dismisses the idea of ​​European bonds, "as the Member States to practice their own fiscal policy." The word remains taboo eurobonds in the ranks of allies of government, CSU and FDP, "the devil's work" as one commentator has called ironically the Spiegel. Spokesman for the financial matters of the CDU-CSU, Klaus-Peter Flossbach, "Europe does not need to eurobonds but strong budgets. And budgets are achieved with strong economies, not with Eurobonds. "

"Are we becoming the treasurers of Europe?" Questioned this weekend the newspaper Bild.The liberal party (FDP) is threatening to break the coalition agreement if it came to the idea of ​​Christian Democrats to take this direction. Because the option of Eurobonds would be well on his way within the Conservative party if we believe Die Welt.

Angela Merkel, always cautious and pragmatic, the idea is not yet ripe. While the latest polls give the Germans more Euro-optimistic: 2 out of 3 respondents believe that the currency will still exist in 10 years and 53% believe that the euro crisis is not going to get worse in a year .

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Sponsors: "Lacourt can thank Manaudou"

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Lefigaro.fr – Since his triple gold medal at the European Championships in Budapest in 2010, Camille Lacourt has increased its advertising contracts. How does the commercial success he started?

Jean-François-Salessy After his success in Budapest in August 2010, Camille has indeed come to me with Fabien Gilot Ménart and William, all three members of the Swimming Club of Marseilles, so we work together. In less than 24 hours in September 2010, and even if I was going to take a year off, it was decided. Camille's situation was a bit special because it suddenly goes from darkness to light, and was approached by many brands, especially in the beauty and cosmetics.We are closer to Clarins and their way of approaching things convinced us to work with them, rather than with other brands, less respectful of the requirements for driving a top athlete. The first six-year contract (to 200,000 euros per year, ie), indexed on the results of Camille and with a conversion clause, was based on what competitors offered. It was a beautiful first contract. We have also partnered with the OEM Tyre, which is unusual since Camille involved in the development and technical improvement of products it uses. He is also interested in the sale of these products, between 10 and 15% of sales according to the ranges.

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I do not believe, and I do not want to turn into Camille Lacourt Christmas tree.We will announce in September a new partnership with a ready-to-wear, but it should be the last. He is now fine partnerships should not be wasted by "selling" in all directions. When talking about total earnings of Camille Lacourt (estimated this year to 700,000 euros ed), we forget that it is barely a month's salary football star. On the other hand, it is undeniable that the French swimming much more interested in brands and sponsors that there are six or seven years. I think Camille can say thank you to Laure Manaudou, who opened a gap, taking the very strong public support. It is no secret: it has made this popular sport, which attracted the public, media and sponsors. Today these brands look like a real sport discipline of competition, with major events and boys and girls out of the ordinary …who is a potential advertising. In a few months, these boys and girls who emerge may tell themselves, thank you to Camille Lacourt!

Jeremy just Stravius, who also athletic Tuesday, he may steal the show with brands?

It is a bit simplistic to look at it that way. Each swimmer to his personality. Camille Lacourt someone is authentic, casual and simple, has a rather glamorous image. This is not a scoop. But by winning yesterday with Jeremy Stravius ​​his world title in 100 meter backstroke, he also confirmed that he had not physically beautiful, he had another dimension. Which was very important to us because being European champion was not enough.If that fails, many would have indeed been delighted to say that he had lost in the advertising contracts and partnerships! The next objective is to confirm the sporting dimension to the London Olympics in 2012 (which would also provide the swimmer performance related bonuses as part of its contracts with Clarins and Tyre, ed.) For his part, Jeremy Stravius ​​has the best performance of his career. I am not his agent but I think its position corresponds to a different segment than Camille. His image more reassuring, more associated with strength, may be of interest to companies in the energy sector, banking or insurance. Like Alain Bernard for example, and partnerships with EDF Assurances or April.

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Asia market falls into the red

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Earlier this week in the red for the Asian markets. While the euro area has managed to agree on a bailout of Greece, the markets are now focusing on the United States where members of Congress have tried again Sunday to reach an agreement on raising the ceiling debt, but without success. As discussions get bogged down, operators are looming deterioration of the U.S. debt. A nightmare scenario envisioned by the markets to nine days of the deadline mentioned by the Treasury before a default.

At the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Nikkei, which started on a decline of 0.51%, has cut its losses during the meeting. An hour of closing, he gave up 0.79% at 10,052 points. The market was particularly weighed down by further appreciation of the yen against the greenback. In morning trading, the dollar is worth 78.35 yen against 78.47 Friday.Export values ​​suffer, just like Sony (-2.05%), Honda Motor (-0.93%) and Toyota (-1.05%).

The concerns are the same in the rest of the region. The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and Shanghai respectively lost 0.79% and 2.10%. In Hong Kong, the banking sector is battered. HSBC 0.77% loose. In Korea, the Kospi was down 0.81% while in Australia, the S & P gives up 1.48%. Only the Indian Sensex manages to remain in the green, up 0.13%.

Oil down

Oil prices were also down on their Monday in electronic trading in Asia, the market worried about the lack of agreement in the United States on raising the debt ceiling.

In morning trading, a barrel of "light sweet crude" for August delivery lost 1.08 dollars to 98.79 dollars. That of Brent North Sea crude for September delivery lost 60 cents to 118.07 dollars.

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Beware of counterfeit notes of 20 and 50 euros

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

In the first six months of the year, the European Central Bank, through the 17 national central banks in the euro area, has withdrawn from circulation approximately 296,000 counterfeit euro banknotes. A figure down 18.8%. As usual, these are the breaks of 20 and 50 euros that have been copied the most, with respectively 43 and 36% of counterfeit notes detected. Thus, the probability of having one day turn a fake is minimal, since currently, 15 billion euro banknotes circulating in the world with 13 billion in the hands of 330 million Europeans.

How to recognize a counterfeit bill? "First is the button: the ticket must be firm and crack when it is bent, and some inscriptions in relief is palpable. Then you look at it: we mark the traditional watermark, the black security, we detect signs of security by transparency, etc..And then tilts: the band or disc holographic silver toggles the face value and the € symbol, "said Francis Coustin, communications director of the Bank of France, stating that there are eight recognizable security features of immediately, then another series of signs visible with ultraviolet light, which traders often have, and finally other signs that only the European Central Bank and national central banks can detect. In all, there are 63! (See the interactive presentation of the security features of the ECB)

The ECB shall ensure consistently maintain its technological edge on the counterfeiters, who face risks thirty years' imprisonment and 450,000 euros fine. The Bank of France, also a civil party, does not claim a symbolic euro in damages.Within the Eurosystem, work is underway to develop a second series of euro banknotes, the theme will look like the current (see box).

A ticket is damaged, torn, not calcined is not lost

Think again if you think the ticket you just go to the machine, or your child has torn, is worthless. While it may legitimately be refused by your merchant, but the Bank of France, she will be able to replace them. In extreme cases – ticket sales, burned, burned, mutilated, wet, soft, bonded, etc.. – It is always possible to be "paid" but for a fee of 20%.

Francis Coustin the occasion of the exhibition Euro: the exhibition at the Cité des Sciences and Industry at La Villette (Paris XX) until September 4 – which comes in a fun way about the history of the euro, its manufacture, the security features of tickets, etc..- Chronicles the misadventures of people who burned their tickets, ensuring that parts of the Vatican, Monaco or San Marino (Italy) should be retained as they are rare … and therefore valuable, but warns, however, that collecting tickets francs (date of exchange limit, February 17, 2012) does not promise any profit, "they will be worth nothing then strictly."

Euro: the exhibition, organized for the first time in France, the European Central Bank and the Bank of France, has already attracted over 100,000 visitors in recent months in Europe, from Barcelona to Tallinn via Rome or Berlin.

Cotton in the mass circulation

• How does one manufacture a ticket?

To make the paper is bleached cotton fibers (only one note is made of cotton) in a water bath at high pressure and high temperature.The resulting pulp is then passed through a paper machine. To obtain the special paper, called Paper Trust, own bank notes, are incorporated in the paper some security features such as watermarks and security thread.

• Where do we manufacture the tickets?

In Europe, paper is supplied banknote paper to the fourteen high-security printers who print the euro banknotes in the European Union. In France, since 1915, tickets are no longer manufactured at Bercy, in Seine-et-Marne, but Chamalières (print) Auvergne – nothing to do with Valerie Giscard d'Estaing, who became finance minister from 1962 to 1966 -, and Vic-le-Comte (stationery). A year earlier, the Paris site was briefly occupied by the Germans, hence the decision to relocate the "safe" to an area less exposed.

• How many tickets are made in France?

In 2010, 2.45 billion tickets were delivered by the Manufacturing billest which 1738 billion euro, central banks outside the euro zone commander in France tickets. Every day, these are some 6.7 million tickets that are born in Auvergne.

• Where do the tickets then?

Once made, the tickets are sent to branches of the Banque de France equipped with crates. Then carriers (Brinks, etc.). Come back to supply banks, which themselves carry out their distributors, or retail, which brews each day astronomical amounts of cash, and merchants.

• How long does a ticket?

Tickets and circulate from hand to hand, and come back regularly and the Bank of France, which sorts all tickets at once, to put back into circulation as tickets safe and in good condition. To do this, sorting machines at high speed are used to check in a split second the authenticity of tickets. Notes unfit for circulation are destroyed and replaced.Finally, an average, the average life span of a 5 euro note is fourteen months and that of a ticket 50 euros for three and a half years.

• Some rules to know:

– A merchant has the right to deny him a ticket that looks suspicious, a merchant can refuse to cash more than 50 pieces in a single payment, a merchant has the right to refuse a big ticket for a small purchase: the customer must to the extra-A trader does not have the right to refuse display notes 100, 200 and 500 euros denying a legal tender banknotes is punishable under the Penal Code-If I a ticket printer or scanner, I am off-the-law.

The design of banknotes and coins

• Tickets continennent all a European monument and a bridge. But if some drawings look fiercely at a known site, none really exists.In December 1996 that ended the contest European models of the euro banknotes, which was won by Robert Kalina, designer of the National Bank of Austria. Gaphisme inspired by the architectural styles of seven periods in the history of European culture: the classic notes of € 5, the novel for those 10 euros, Gothic for 20euros, the Renaissance for 50 euros Baroque and Rococo for 100 euros, glass and steel to 200 euros, and the architecture of the twentieth century for 500 euros.

• As for parts, the idea was that they have a common European side (battery) and the national side (face). A European competition was then held to select the number of common sides. The winner was Luc Luycx, graphic designer at the Royal Belgian Mint. And in the end, the 17 countries of the euro area are some 136 different pieces move.The choice of the national side has done differently in each country. In Italy, the themes were selected by viewers of the Italian channel RAI. In monarchies, the effigies of kings were most often represented.

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Good results support Wall Street

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Wall Street opened up Friday, the good quarterly results published by Google and Citigroup offset concerns over the sovereign debt of both sides of the Atlantic. A few minutes after the opening, the Dow Jones gained 0.5% (62.28 points) to 12,499.40, the S & P 500 took 0.6% (7.87 points) to 1,316.74 and the Nasdaq Composite progressed from 0.97% (26.67 points) to 2789.34. Thursday, Wall Street has ended in the red.

The New York Stock Exchange, however, could be subject to significant headwinds on Friday, with one hand the threat of Standard and Poor's rating on the United States and comments from the Fed that has dampened hopes of new measures support the economy, and the other successful companies including Google, which announced Thursday after the close of figures well above expectations.

The issue of U.S. debt should again be a central concern of investors. The negotiations started on the subject by U.S. President Barack Obama with the Republican opposition are currently deadlocked, Republicans a majority in the House of Representatives refused to vote an increase in attacks and demanding that the deficit .

Finally, sovereign debt in the euro area will remain a central concern.No date has been officially given for the planned summit between European leaders to try to stop the contagion of the debt crisis, a blur that weighs more on investor sentiment.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro has stabilized against the dollar at 1.4140 dollars against 1.4141 dollars last night. The euro rose slightly, however, against the Japanese currency to 112.03 yen against 111.89 yen yesterday. On the commodities market in the current context of heightened uncertainty about the public debt in Europe and the United States, gold is looking for: the metal-King reached a new record yesterday to 1594.45 dollars. It flows back slightly this morning.On the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), a barrel of "light sweet crude" for August delivery traded at 96.46 dollars, up 77 cents from the previous day.

On the front indicators, the index of consumer prices declined 0.2% compared to May, seasonally adjusted data, while analysts expected a 0.1% decline, according to their median forecast . The activity of the manufacturing industry shrank in the New York area in June for the second consecutive month, according to the Empire State index released Friday by the central bank (Fed) remained negative at -3.8. Analysts predicted that this index, which had fallen sharply in the previous month to -7.8, ironed above zero, the boundary between growth and contraction.Industrial production is, it, in line with expectations, up 0.2% in June

Google the center of attention

The side of values, Google announced after the close having recorded an increase in earnings of about 36% in the second quarter of 2011, despite investments still rising in the world's leading Internet search. The title wins more than 11% to 591.05 dollars.

Citigroup (2.49% to $ 40) Friday reported a 22% increase in net profit in the second quarter to $ 3.3 billion (2.33 billion euros) against 2.7 billion a year earlier. The third U.S. bank by assets shows a profit of $ 1.09 per share against $ 0.90 a year earlier, while economists were expecting $ 0.96.

The day before, JPMorgan said it had done for the second quarter net income of $ 5.4 billion against 4.8 billion last year. Net banking income rose by 7% over the quarter and 6% in the first quarter to 27.4 billion. The title gives 0.42% to 40.20 dollars

Always on the side of values, Hyatt Hotels (0.13% to 39.32 dollars) has announced the acquisition of a series of 24 hotels and assets attached for about $ 802 million from LodgeWorks and a group of capital investors. The transaction should generate an increase in operating income for the group of about $ 50 million from 2012.

The Board of Directors of Ralcorp Holdings (-1.96% to 84.92 dollars) has unanimously approved the principle of a split between Post and Ralcorp Foods.In addition, the company said to expect an adjusted earnings per share from 1.13 to $ 1.18 in the third quarter.

Also note, the Advisory Committee of U.S. health authorities (FDA) for oncology pharmacy issued a recommendation unanimously in favor of an accelerated approval process for Adcetris, a drug from the laboratory to Seattle Genetics treat Hodgkin's lymphoma. The title gives up 11.21% to 18.05 dollars.

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The largest banks will boost their capital

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

International financial authorities are preparing to endorse the creation of a "club" of the world's largest banks. Thirty institutions will thus be subject to particularly stringent constraints so that they are even better than the rest of the sector, protected in a crisis.

The most technical work in progress is expected to close today by the Basel Committee, the headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements. Saturday, it is the central bank governors and other officials of banking supervision that could endorse their conclusions.

Engaged for over a year, negotiations to define a particular treatment for qualified financial institutions of systemic, those whose health has an impact on the entire industry.Three criteria will preside mainly the selection of "systemically important banks," according to the word Basel: size, interconnection with the international financial system and the complexity of their activities.

According to indiscretions that have filtered in recent weeks on the work of the committee, regulators should develop up to five categories of systemic banks. Membership in a particular category of capital will determine the mattress, each of which will be able to prevail.

Under the general rules already written (called "Basel 3"), lambda banks will be subject to a minimum level of capital fixed at 7% of their commitments. For larger systemic banks, an additional 2.5 or 3 points would be imposed. For the category from below, it would be 2 to 2.5 points, etc..Behind these ratios abstruse, it is tens of billions of euros and dollars are at stake

Who will be affected? Financial analysts make their Paris, and generally agree to rank high on their "track record" the British HSBC, RBS and Barclays, the U.S. Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America and Deutsche Bank. In France, BNP Paribas is sure to be in the higher category. The case of Societe Generale and Credit Agricole are less clear, such as those of UBS or Goldman Sachs … Dozens of smaller banks in the world will finally be described as systemic without having to inflate their own funds and they will only be subject to close monitoring.

Moderate growth

For the handful of banks that held the upper hand, the financial effort – theoretically spread until 2019 – will be considerable.The aim is both to make them safer, but also to discourage everyone to grow again. Moreover, to encourage larger growth to moderate, an empty category of participant, but subject to even greater stress will be created.

Although the principle of these categories seems systemic stopped, the debate continues to rage. Critics of the rule point out that the creation of a banking elite is dangerous: the institutions that will be considered as protected members of the risk of failure by the authorities themselves. And the banks may feel free to take greater risks.

Another point of controversy concerns the advisability of the boat still banks when the economy Flageole.In the United States and Europe, bankers but sometimes some of their regulators warn against measures to curb the strength of banks could stifle their ability to finance the economy. An episode recently shown the virulence of the debate at a conference, the respected head of the U.S. bank JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon, was himself arrested on this point the Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. A rare public skirmish in the world usually so subdued in the bank.

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Bourget: the ongoing battle between Boeing and Airbus

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Day Two at Paris Air Show. Orders continue to rain, sometimes for the European Airbus, Boeing now for … and then the other aircraft manufacturers such as Embraer and Canadian Bombardier. Yesterday, for its opening day, is Qatar Airways has started the ball rolling by signing orders for six Boeing 777-300 long-haul ER for a list price of $ 1.7 billion.

In all, more than 200 aircraft were sold for a total of about $ 26 billion. By late afternoon, Airbus was able to engrager firm orders for 142 aircraft, for a total of $ 15 billion (10.4 billion euros) on the paper.His great rival Boeing for its part showed orders for nearly 40 aircraft and nearly $ 11 billion.

On Tuesday, John Leahy, commercial director of the European aircraft manufacturer, is pleased to have received 544 commitments for the A320neo which should enter service in 2015: "We said earlier this year that we would get 500 orders (for A320neo) by the end of the Paris Air Show. We achieved this goal with three days in advance, "he said.

• Airbus (EADS)

– The low-cost airline IndiGo Indian could confirm an order Wednesday's historic $ 16 billion on Airbus 180 aircraft, according to Reuters.

– CIT Leasing has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy 50 Airbus family A320neo.This command, which has yet to be confirmed, reached $ 4.6 billion at list prices only.

– The U.S. airline JetBlue Airways is about to buy 40 Airbus family A320neo, told Reuters in an industrial source. "An announcement will be made during the day," she said.

– Garuda Indonesia has signed Tuesday a memorandum of agreement to purchase 25 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, including 10 A320neo.

– The Taiwanese company Transasia Airways has ordered six Airbus A320neo. This order represents $ 600 million based on list prices.

• Boeing

– Aeroflot has ordered eight 777-300ER personal loans for bad credit. Based on list price, this order represents $ 2.3 billion.

– The low-cost airline Norwegian, major competitor of the Scandinavian airline SAS, has ordered 15 medium-haul Boeing 737-800 aircraft for $ 1.2 billion at list prices. Norwegian has also finalized the purchase of three long-range 787 "Dreamliner" in response to an intent to purchase that was announced in May.

– Malaysian Airline System (MAS) announced Tuesday it had exercised its purchase option on 10 Boeing 737-800. Malaysian airline said that this command was more than $ 800 million based on list prices. So far Boeing has awarded this order to a customer not identified in its list of 2011 contracts.

– The Mongolian airline MIAT Mongolian Airlines has ordered two aircraft the Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft and 767-300ER for a comprehensive list price of $ 245 million.

• Bombardier

– The Swiss company VistaJet, which specializes in business aircraft, has ordered 10 units of Global 8000 for a list price of $ 650 million.

– The South Korean airline Korean Air has signed a letter of intent to acquire up to 30 Bombardier CS300, including the outright purchase of 10 aircraft.

• ATR

– ATR, a joint venture between EADS and Finmeccanica, announced Tuesday it had garnered 78 firm orders and 32 options from the beginning of the year, for a total of $ 2.4 billion.Turboprop aircraft manufacturer has unveiled its second control room, from the Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-600 for 10 to nearly $ 227 million.

• Comac

– The Irish company Ryanair low cost will help the Chinese manufacturer Comac to develop its medium-haul C919, to be marketed in 2016, when she was broken in late 2009 negotiations to purchase medium-haul Boeing.

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Paris Air Show: enhanced surveillance

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

No waffling. The Paris Air Show is clearly a prime target for terrorists of all stripes. "The means are enhanced this year given the international context," admits Gilles Fournier, director of the show. Everything is made to ensure that nothing spoils the biggest party in the aviation world. The device, classified top secret, similar to that established for a G8 or the movement of a Barack Obama in Normandy. But the BBC is able to detail some components.

The government and relevant ministries including Defence and Interior, make available to the people living in 2000 to carry out missions of security, air traffic management, protection of public figures and the public. In total, no fewer than 45 state departments are present. Le Bourget hosts a control center.This PC has 80 permanent crisis covering all areas: safety, security, public order, land and air circulation. Protection services and intelligence are also at work, the DCRI provides security industry while teams of HPPD (protection service VIPs) are deployed French and foreign. At least 50 cameras monitor every corner, while ground crews are based in the crowd of visitors. Officially, no foreign intelligence service is present on the site but "it is well known that the Bourget swarms of spies from all over the planet," says one industry.

A public prosecutor is always present on the site in order to treat all topics: crime, air accident, fire or bombs … "We conduct rehearsals of all scenarios.In a crisis the PC can trigger the red plan, "said Gilles Fournier. The show requisition, order of the prefect, a representative of the Association of radio amateurs (ADRASEC). "If everything is cut and the saturated mobile is the ultimate way to help to communicate with the outside," says the executive director of the show.

70 hectares to monitor

Mobile police squads roam the 70 acre site while the Air Force ensures its protection Air Show. A special device for aviation security (DPSA) is deployed in order to "put the Bourget in a protective bubble" without disrupting the airports of Roissy and Le Bourget. A temporary exclusion zone (FTZ) flight is drawn from the south to the north of Roissy Le Bourget. This space is reserved for bounded planes and pilots accredited with flight plans, passenger names were submitted.An intruder is likely to be intercepted "by any suitable means." AWACS surveillance aircraft and helicopters for surveillance and intervention runs continuously and monitors "anything that flies." On the ground, the Air Force is on alert: the Mirage are ready to take off. Rattlesnake missiles are pre-positioned and radar detection of the Air Force record "everything that moves." All are ready to respond regardless of the scenario: small escort the aircraft flying club that has accidentally wandered into the FTZ, to land an aircraft in emergency or eliminate a target whose trajectory is clearly hostile. "

On the ground, military aircraft are under the protection and monitoring of specialized private companies but also armed them support like the American aircraft.As for civilian aircraft, they are under the protection of security companies licensed by the prefecture and the Ministry of Interior installment payday loans. Three companies subsidiary of ADP Alysia, GPS and Stand-Up is under contract with the organizers of the show. "These are companies of reference, approved in the prefecture who usually major events at the Stade de France or Cannes. They carry out checks at the entrances of the show, searches and identity checks, "said Gilles Fournier.

Similarly, vehicles entering the territory of the exhibition are all controlled and searched by teams cynotechniques explosion of Police.

The site displays a complete medical device. An advanced medical post (PMA) managed by the EMS Department is mounted. It also relies on the private firefighting resources in the Order of Malta delegating nearly 80 people throughout the show.A field hospital is also there with his two centers equipped with defibrillators, resuscitation and 8 beds. "Every year it handles about 150 cases: this is the little bobo heart attack through the heat stroke," says Gilles Fournier. The medical task force also has in its ranks doctors, nurses and firefighters from the brigade of Paris. "Around the room, barracks and hospitals were placed on standby, ready to intervene and welcome. Beds reserved in hospitals in Paris, "said Louis Le Portz.

Stringent safety rules for flight demonstrations

Another aspect to manage public safety and residents during the presentation of aircraft flights. Le Bourget is also a city of more than 13,000 residents, schools and shops. "The rules of safety are absolutely stringent," the organizers insist.The show is under the authority of an Interministerial Commission of Control, chaired by the Prime Minister. From it depends on the Organizing Committee and Coordination Committee (COC) which brings together representatives of the Ministry of Defence and Interior, the Air Force, Airport of Paris, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the prefecture of Seine Saint Denis. The COC approves the demonstration flights daily that drive the show from 14 hours.

The space dedicated to demonstrations is well defined this is called the volume-flying aerial displays and controlled by radar trajectory to track and record real-time trajectory and the exact position of a plane in 3D. Station to the driver that does not follow the strict rules.Prohibition is made out of "volume of flight," to fly across the room, the crowd, to make figures prohibited from encroaching on the airspace close to Roissy. A system of penalty and prohibition of flights is planned but it is very rarely used, say the organizers of the show. The drivers are all experienced professionals who have been approved by the direction of flight at Le Bourget.

From Wednesday to Saturday before the show opens, theft of repetition and validation takes place. Pilots, flight plans and the figures have to be approved by Stéphane flick, the director of flight appointed by the state. The former head of the school test pilots is still active. It is the center pilot flight test of the Directorate General for Armaments (DGA).

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Rising prices stabilized in May in France

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

Lull on the inflation front. The price increase was limited to 0.1% in May (+2% yoy), according to figures released Wednesday by the INSEE. "Increases and decreases balance almost note INSEE. The seasonal increase in prices of fresh produce is particularly strong this year and other food products is important for the contrary, prices of energy and transport services and communications are down. "

The food products saw prices rise by 1% in a month. Growth driven by fresh products (+3.4%).Fresh fruits such as they are down 1% year over year, recorded a jump of 8.1% in May! Other foods suffer the consequences of soaring agricultural commodities: coffee, tea and cocoa rose 2.1% (+6.2% yoy), oils and fats by +1.4% (+4, 7% a year), bread and cereals by 0.6% (+1.7% yoy) and meat by +0.6% (+2.2% yoy).

"This explains why the French have a real sense of erosion of their ability to consume: the rates of many symbolic products purchased daily and can vary abruptly, which frankly is not likely to reassure them," says Alexander Law , chief economist at Xerfi.

Decline in telecoms

For the first time in eight months, energy prices have however declined by 1.3% in May after an increase of similar magnitude in April (+11.3% yoy), following the fall in prices barrel of oil. In detail, fuels recorded a more moderate decline of this set, to -1.4% over the month. It is "both for seasonal reasons and because of different tax rates, advance INSEE.

All prices for services other stores edged up 0.1% in May while the telecommunication tariffs fell by 1.1% (-2.4% yoy). Manufacturing (automotive, furniture, clothing, …) are also down (-0.1%).

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IMF: India does not undertake on behalf of Christine Lagarde

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

From our correspondent in India.

The French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry met Pranab Mukherjee, his counterpart of Finance in India, and on Tuesday she will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. It should also see Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Commission Plan. It is no coincidence. There are a few more days, Ahluwalia had been presented as a potential candidate from India. And why not, BRICS, the bloc of emerging economies that account Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Then the rumors were silenced. Officially, Montek Singh Ahluwalia would have exceeded the age limit for a candidate.In fact, Delhi has decided not to enter the race.

"The selection of the Chief of the IMF or the World Bank should be on the basis of merit, competence and transparently," Pranab Mukherjee launched after receiving Christine Lagarde. "Since the World Bank president has always been an American and a European director of the IMF, it would be logical to try to persuade the fund to elect now a candidate from a developing country, whose influence on the global economy is growing, "protested Anant Goenka, an economics professor. Continuing: "Why this silence (from India) while China, Brazil and South Africa are on the frontlines demand a change?"

Paradoxically, New Delhi does not seem interested in carrying the "Battle of the IMF."Defeatist, India? "You can say so, but the silence of Delhi shows that Indians are particularly realistic in this matter," says BL Pandit, director of the Delhi School of Economics. It is not a democratic election, the contribution of India to the IMF's reserves is not very high, and finally, everyone here thinks that games are made and, again, the position go to a European cash advance loan no fax. " He acknowledged however that "things are changing rapidly" and that growth is changing latitudes, "it might be that the leaders of the Western world are considering share positions in international forums."

The Mexican candidate is expected Friday in India

At the last summit of BRICS in China last April, India had not been left to demand a reform of the Bretton Woods for emerging countries.In late May, when Dominique Strauss-Kahn had resigned, Manmohan Singh, who was visiting Addis Ababa, had stormed: "Reform of the Bretton-Woods is a priority for developing countries." He has since changed his tune. On the occasion of the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in late May, the leader of the Indian government said: "A prestigious position must go to the best candidate, regardless of nationality."

Friday, it was the turn of the Mexican candidate, Augustin Carstens, to come "courting" the Indians. The Governor of the Central Bank of Mexico would have already secured the support of Brazil. As for Christine Lagarde, she will travel to China. Beijing would be willing to support the French if they receive in return, the post of Deputy Director of the Fund at the end of the year.BRICS speak anyway no one voice since, the last G8 summit, Russia has already row behind Christine Lagarde.

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