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The French get a taste for self-medication: a drug used in September last year was bought without a prescription. And the turnover of these drugs increased by 0.9% compared to 2008. The products most in demand are those who treat headaches and respiratory diseases.

The Doliprane, marketed by Sanofi Aventis, prances at the head of sales, with 19% market share among the top ten selling drugs as self medication payday advance lenders . It is followed by Efferalgan Bristol Myers Squibb (12%) and Oscillococcinum (11%) of Boiron.

Driven by fears of flu, the little homeopathic pills made a remarkable surge. She moved to head of non-reimbursable drugs most sold and propels Boiron top of the podium manufacturers of products not prescribed, before Mc Neil Health (Imodium) and Sanofi Aventis.

Jean-Marc Tassetto, general manager consumer marketing at SFR and as executive committee member of SFR, would be on the start, after 13 years at number two in the French mobile phone.

It is in talks with CanalSat, another subsidiary of Vivendi and Vodafone, another shareholder in SFR payday loan . Still on the front of the stage in Las Vegas in January to promote the partnership agreement with Palm, Jean-Marc Tassetto was the main architect of marketing coups of SFR.

While some are preparing to face the cold polar for finding deals, a growing number of consumers will continue this Wednesday, though warm at the computer … The survey conducted by Directpanel Research for the Federation of e-commerce and of distance selling (Fevad), three quarters of Internet users intend to make sales online. 16 million French, constant compared to last year.

Besides the practical aspect of the cyber shopping avoiding transport, cold and congestion, especially Internet landslide rates from Fevad. On the Web, customers have comparators which can not fail sizeable discounts that can reach 90% from the first day of sales.Another advantage, if any error or deception, online stores subject to the regulation of distance selling are required to return the items during the withdrawal period of seven days.

EUR 168 on average

Under existing regulations, the kickoff will be given 8 hours, although some sites have offered to their online shoppers fill their baskets to advance to validate not only the final fateful hour. As in the shops "physical" Moreover, the proposed articles are unsold new sold for over a month.

According to the survey, users hear and spend 168 euros on average. Some 10% of 990 respondents-are even willing to go up to 500 euros. The fashion, female as male, are the products most desired.Accessories, footwear and electronics complete the shopping list type.

Last year, the federation had found a 16% increase in sales over the internet in the first day of sales.

Wall Street on Monday addressed the sixth session of consecutive increase. Half an hour after opening, the Dow Jones gained 0.1% to 10,537 points while the Nasdaq gained 0.30% to 2292 points. The S & P gained 0.19% to 1128 points. Before the Christmas break, the U.S. places had registered a new annual record after the 14 December. The meeting on Monday also looks into the green even if the volume of trade should be still very low due to leave later this year.

Neither statistics and results are expected during this session.However, markets will follow tomorrow, Tuesday the S & P / Case Shiller index of house prices, the index of investor confidence in State Street and the index of consumer confidence from the Conference Board in December.

The airline industry lags behind

Fannie Mae (20%) and Freddie Mac (23%) bound in exchange for information following the U.S. press that the U.S. Treasury agreed to provide two groups of funds as necessary within three years.

The Amazon is under 1.91% to 141.11 dollars. The group announced that its digital book reader Kindle article had become the most offered in its history.It was first sold more books than books, digital paper on Christmas Day.

The airline industry should also move following the tightening of security measures imposed by Washington after the assassination attempt Friday during a flight from Northwest Airlines (0.35%). Continental Airlines lost 1.45%.

Delta Airlines fell by 2.72% and American Airlines lost 1.84% in response to rumors that the Japanese public funds Turnaround Enterprise Initiative Corporation of Japan (ETIC) seek to place Japan Airlines (JAL) in bankruptcy as part of restructuring the airline.A news that could complicate ongoing discussions with the two American companies.

Alexander Ananenkov, vice chairman of Russian gas giant Gazprom said Monday that his group expected to conclude in 2010 an agreement with U.S. energy company Exxon (+0.28%) on the supply of gas from the Sakhalin – 1.

Finally, the Italian Ferrero is still considering a bid for Britain's Cadbury after the latter rejected the proposal of Kraft Foods (+0.22%)

The PC market is expected to avoid breakage. According to research firm Gartner, PC sales should grow 2.8% this year to 289.9 million units, including 162 million laptops, and 29 million netbooks (or Netbooks). Until now, the firm had already revised upwards its forecast, but each time it expected a contraction in sales. In September, he estimated that they would shrink by 2% over the year, when they had risen from 10.9% in 2008. "Sales in the third quarter was much stronger than expected," so that "we should have a positive growth this year, said analyst George Shiffler, quoted in the press.

For the full year, the increase will be paid to arm's length by notebook PCs, with sales expected to grow by 15.4%. These desktop computers will however fall 9%.The release of Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft, will have limited impact on the sales season, says the firm.

But it was really in 2010 that the market will reconnect with a double-digit growth. Sales should rise and 336.6 million PCs in total, an increase of 12.6 compared to 2009. Again, the laptops will carve the most beautiful piece of the pie, with sales approaching 200 million units.

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