Like David Beckham, Michael Ballack or Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul octopus spreads its charms suckers now on the walls German. While the silhouette of the cephalopod does not yet allow him to sing the praises of underwear luxury and heady fragrances, and this is now a chain of supermarkets that has focused its advertising services. But his British agent certifies: the animal has already 160 proposals on the tentacles, it will now study.

Like any celebrity, Paul meets a certain code of conduct: his salary, consistent and confidential, will go to charity, namely the protection of turtles in Greek waters.Yet for himself as Paul octopus should be afraid on his website devoted to recipes, supermarkets Rewe praise the "delicious taste" of the squid …

The group, which claims to be the first to enter the electric car "mass market" in proposing a "sustainable" price, was disappointed in May by announcing a Leaf "less than 30,000 euros' in Europe, the aid States included.

The electric Renault Zoe, scheduled for mid-2012, will it, much less expensive.According to an internal source, the manufacturer has, at this stage, devised a unique system where the car will be given to "less than 15,000 euros in France, once the government bonus of € 5,000 for electric vehicles deducted. To this must be added the monthly rental of the battery for an amount "approximately 100 euros. A clever way to reduce the purchase price of the model.

The State had indicated that its aid would not exceed 20% of the purchase price of the vehicle, plus the cost of batteries if they are taken in hiring. Including the cost of the battery over five years, the total cost reached 25,000 euros for Zoe, which should well be eligible for bonuses of 5,000 euros.The Zoe is supposed to represent almost two-thirds of the production of electric cars of the mark, or 150,000 units per year initially on the French site Flins.

Prices same as a Clio Diesel

The goal is to offer the car at a rate similar to that of a diesel vehicle of similar size, such as a Clio. The monthly price of the battery "may also be equivalent to the fuel costs of a conventional car every month," said Le Figaro Hideaki Watanabe, project manager for electric cars Renault-Nissan faxless cash advances.Approximately 100 euros, according to ADEME (Agency for Environment and Energy Management) for an average car running on diesel, which confirms our information.

To these costs will be added to the battery charging 1 euro for a full power of 100 kilometers. About 12 euros per month for a motorist driving 15,000 km per year. Renault also considers that the maintenance costs will be two times lower than those of a conventional vehicle, an electric motor requiring less intervention. In total, the group calculates that the cost of use of the electric car (rental of the battery, electricity and maintenance) will be each less than that of a conventional car.

Renault-Nissan Invests 4 billion euros in the development of this technology in 2008-2012.The group expects that operating fully aware cars represent 10% of global sales in 2020. A number deemed overstated by most experts. Among the obstacles to the growth potential of electric vehicles: the availability of public infrastructure charging and battery life, limited to 160 km for Zoe.

Renault will launch next year's electric Fluence in Israel, and its electric Kangoo in Europe. Side competitors, PSA Peugeot Citroën will market its Peugeot ion adapted from Mitsubishi iMiEV by the end of the year, but will have only 100,000 vehicles by 2015. The German Volkswagen is preparing a response for 2013.

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But the announcement was particularly flattered by stock traders is that the group will distribute 1.8 billion euros to its shareholders or 20 euros per share. This amount corresponds to the volume of disposals and acquisitions made since the merger between Unibail and Rodamco in 2007.

Slimming

With a recurring earnings per share up 0.4% in the first half, Unibail-Rodamco has a performance consistent with its objectives.But the group is far from his exploits of last year that its recurring net profit was up 7% free 3-in-1 credit report.

Not enough to disturb the land that continues to develop its music strategy. She gives regular malls small or medium. In the first half, she sold the center of Saint Martial in Limoges. "For the first six months of the year, we achieved sales of EUR 1.2 billion, says Guillaume Poitrinal. And by the end of 2011, we plan to divest $ 2.5 billion. "The group which operates 97 malls should have more than sixty by 2012.

Goldman Sachs believes that these results show that the direction to Unibail remains "very disciplined in its management, both strategic and financially."

Kepler Capital Markets welcomed the strategy of maximizing the value of its portfolio through a focus on the business assets of the largest and most profitable, and the increase in the debt ratio from 31% to 40%.

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European investors should follow their Asian colleagues this morning have pushed the indices into the red. The markets, which were finally confirmation of the recovery with good quarterly Alcoa and Intel, have been showered by ads from the Fed on Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve is reviewing because U.S. growth prospects downward and now expects growth of between 3% and 3.5% this year, against a range of 3.2% to 3.7% in a previous estimate . The decline in unemployment should also be slower than expected.Further support measures are also envisaged.

The markets then observe with great attention the publication of a burst of U.S. macroeconomic indicators this afternoon. Index are expected producer prices in June and the Empire State index of activity in New York. Next came the enrollment figures for weekly unemployment benefits, as well as those of industrial production and capacity utilization.

Another new arrival is somewhat reassuring to China this morning.The country has announced that the GDP growth amounted to 10.3% from April to June, a slowdown from the first quarter (+11.9%) and the last three months of 2009 (10 , 7%).

Several publications in the program

As for results announcements, trucks U.S. could also evolve global ratings: JP Morgan Chase, Google and AMD will lift the veil on their performance in the second quarter.

In Paris, many companies also publish their sales figures this Thursday. This is the case of Carrefour (second quarter), Seb (first quarter), Pierre et Vacances (second quarter), or Stallergenes (second quarter).

The bank suffered

The bad macroeconomic news weigh on the banking sector. This document draws down: BNP Paribas is the largest decline of ACC (-1.60%).The bank carries with it Societe Generale (-1.42%) and Credit Agricole (-1.10%).

The automotive industry is moving downward as well. The Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has announced a 6.9% decline in registrations in June to 1.34 million units sold last month. Peugeot coward 1.01% 24.12 euros while Renault fell by 0.84% to 34.78 euros. In their wake, Faurecia drops 1.73% and Michelin lost 0.35%.

Moreover, Metabolic Explorer (-1.82% to 5.40 euro) company specializing in production processes by organic industrial chemicals, announced on Thursday before market sales nil.The group reiterated its goal of placing on the market the first products of technology METEX in 2012.

Eurofin explains on its website on Thursday it recorded a strong improvement in its operating performance and profitability in the second quarter. The group will not give more detail before the publication of its results on August 30 next. Securities surged by 17.61% to 39.49 euros.

The head of government, speaking before the European Parliament in Brussels, was also skeptical about the suggestion by Angela Merkel, to be able to exclude a country from the euro area. "Just punishment could not be the solution. And punish and exclude a country would be a failure not only for the country (excluded) but also for the Union "Money as a whole, he said.

Besides the penalties, "the important thing is that we must ensure that countries that have problems are also supported," he said. On this point, George Papandreou reiterated that his country "does not claim to help": "We are not asking for money from Germans, French, Italians, and other workers or taxpayers."

"What we are saying is that we need strong political support to enable us to make necessary reforms and ensure that we will not pay more than necessary to implement these reforms, he explained to MEPs, before threatening again to resort to IMF assistance. This last possibility is rejected by the European Central Bank and by France and Germany.

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We can talk about reframing. "That the State (…) is responsible for ensuring the overall coherence of this strategy to ensure that France will retain the place to be hers in the resumption of global nuclear "said Francois Fillon. While the central role of EDF is welcomed, but not from exercising a supervisory role on the track.So that Areva "is also a major player, including the integrated model (mine uranium reprocessing fuel through the construction of power plants) is not questioned.

As for GDF Suez or Total, they affirm their progressive positions in the nuclear, noted the Prime Minister."All this contributes to strengthening our credibility and aggregate supply," said Francois Fillon still surrounded by the Chairmen of EDF and Areva.

Moreover, the chief government hammered his confidence in the RPE, while this major project currently several critical towel on its cost, time of construction or security control command.

Bidding in Abu Dhabi

Alongside its political dimension, this development also involved the Matignon at a crucial time for French industry abroad, the four players mentioned above (EDF, Areva, GDF Suez and Total) are indeed united in a consortium to sell two plants EPR in Abu Dhabi. A contract that all benefits included, exceeds 40 billion dollars.However, for several weeks, rumors from the Emirates are not good: supply lights moving too dispersed to be truly effective.

That is why Fran?ois Fillon sought explicit: "In some cases, the" Team France "nuclear must be able to bid combined. In others, it is better to leave one or another of its members act alone. "

Also EDF, hitherto known for the last hour in the consortium, now has a central place in the new device. Nothing says that confirmation of Francois Fillon, who promised a "new installation" to permit France to win the day: Abu Dhabi, offering Korean, much cheaper in particular, has strong arguments. Decision expected in coming weeks.

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