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Until this afternoon, prudence and tensions were on the agenda of this meeting at the Paris Bourse. But at the opening of Wall Street, where the indices have moved into the green after six consecutive sessions of decline, the CAC 40 rebounded to finish sharply higher on Thursday from 1.06% to 3878.65 points . The figure on foreign trade in the U.S., better than expected, reassured investors cooled by a series of bad numbers in the U.S. and the Fed has not proved reassuring about the economic recovery of the first power of world.The Beige Book from the U.S. central bank (Fed), published during the session on Wall Street has reinforced the comments made by chilling the day before Ben Bernanke: "Economic activity continued to grow in general, but a small number of regions have expressed some slowing. "

Remains in the United States, the situation remains worrying in that the U.S. government can not reach agreement on a possible increase in the debt ceiling from the federal government, which must yet be approved before August 2 . After S & P and Moody's, Fitch has in turn launched an alert on U.S. debt, threatening the country's triple-A.

Elsewhere in Europe, the trend is good too.The London Stock Exchange finished up 0.82% to 5856.34 points and the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was up 1.41% to 7159.66 points.

Consumption expenditure of households leave

In France, payroll employment has increased its recovery in the first quarter and the balance of agency has eased, according to Insee. The sectors mainly merchants have created a total of 58,200 jobs after 48,300 over the last three months of 2010, an increase of 0.4% against 0.3% on the previous quarter.

Consumption expenditure of households is distributed last year (+1.3% in real terms after only 0.1% a year earlier in a crisis).This has contributed to two thirds of the growth of the French economy in the year of recovery after the global recession of 2009.

Inflation, measured by changes in consumer prices, rose 1.8% between late 2009 and late 2010, year on year, double the previous year.

In the U.S., new jobless claims were virtually unchanged, said Thursday the Labor Department, which identified the filing of 427,000 benefit claims in the country from 29 May to 4 June, while analysts expected 423,000 new registrations.

The euro and oil up

On the currency side, around 17:30, the single European currency fell back and was worth 1.4516 dollars against 1.4575 dollars late Wednesday.

Side oil prices are trending upward, failing agreement within OPEC to increase crude production.On the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), a barrel of light sweet crude for July delivery traded at 101.61 dollars, up 87 cents from the previous day.

LVMH would prepare a "supply shock" Hermes

Hermes: 2.21% to 191.95 euros, LVMH: 0.65% to 116.90 euros

Rumors times by the British newspaper Daily Mail, LVMH would prepare an offer of 350 euros per share Hermes, which holds 20.21% stake, a premium of almost 100%.

Peugeot SA: +2.42% to 28.41 euros

The automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to close its site of Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) "Current 2014" and that of Sevelnord (North) in 2013, threatening 6,200 jobs, according to an internal document of the group presented to the press Thursday by the CGT.

Club Med: + 5.11% to 16.13 euros

The group announced on Thursday a profit of 10 million euros in the first half, against 3 million in the first half of 2010. The indicator of profitability of the villages of the French group jumped 67% to 47 million euros.

Remy Cointreau: + 0.11% to 56.56 euros

The group reported a net profit 2011en 2010-down more than 18%, to 107.5 million euros, 109 million lower than expected by the market.

Ipsen: -3.24% to 25.83 euros

The band announced an increased specialization and investment under its new strategy.He envisions one-time charges of 80 to 100 million euros before taxes in 2011 and 2012, related to the implementation of this strategy will require the closure of Research & Development in Barcelona.

Air France-KLM: -0.79% to 10.71 euros

The airline announced Wednesday an increase in passenger traffic in May, albeit at a slower pace than in April, which had benefited from favorable comparison bases.

Aeroports de Paris: + 0.95% to 64.91 euros

ADP announced Wednesday it had entered into exclusive negotiations with the operator of airport services 3S Group to cede a majority stake in its ground handling activities.

EADS: + 1.72% to 21.57 euros

The largest private airline in India, Jet Airways, will be ordered ten Airbus A330 aircraft, said its chairman Naresh Goyal quoted Thursday in the daily The Economic Times.

Schneider Electric: + 3.07% to 114.10 euros

The French electrical equipment manufacturer announced Thursday the acquisition of the Chinese Leader & Harvest Power Technologies Holdings, which specializes in variable speed drives, based on a valuation of 450 million euros (including debt).

EDF: + 1% at 27.33 euros

EDF could be tested by the weather this summer. RTE, the French electricity network operator, today the government's scenario for the summer.Dry weather and heat wave could cause the system to its limits.

Sopra: + 1.08% to 85.51 euros

The shareholders gave the green light Wednesday to the proposed demerger and listing of Axway Software, the software division of group counseling and services.

Next recommendation, Suez Environment (2.11% to 14.28 euros, the biggest increase ACC) is supported by JPMorgan, while Havas (1.49% to 3.54 euros) is supported by an increase of Kepler's opinion to buy, cons ease.

Saint Gobain, Bolloré and Ruby hold their general meeting today.

"QUIZ Estimate the Cac 40 in late June

The Cac 40, which is briefly fell below the 3900 points early in the day, closing up slightly on Wednesday. The index gained 0.31% to 3928.99 points.

On the stock market in Frankfurt, the Dax ended up 0.28% to 7170.94 points and the FTSE-100 rose at the close of 0.20% to 5870.14 points.

The OECD has reassured the United States and the euro area this year are expected to grow faster than expected, respectively 2.6% and 2% (against 2.2% and 1.7% previously), considers Wednesday the organization that maintains unchanged its forecast for 2012 to + 3.1% + 2%.

Concerns about the crisis of European debt have somewhat affected the odds: the morale of Germans, according to Gfk survey, should continue its degradation in June for the third straight month due to the debt crisis in euro and soaring oil prices. The index shows a decrease to 5.5 against 5.7 in MayIn addition, the Netherlands and Germany are threatening to commit the privatization of the Greek economy to foreign experts, reveals leFinancial Times. A new threat which seeks to lobby the Greek government to take drastic cost-saving measures.

United States, orders for durable goods fell more than expected in April, posting their largest decline in six months after the March increase, official statistics show on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Commerce reported a 3.6% decline in orders in April after rising by 4.4% (revised from +4.1%) in March. Analysts polled by Reuters on average expected a decline of 2.2%.

With regard to the Icelandic volcano, France should be minimally affected, which should reassure the airline industry.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro is stable against the dollar on Wednesday.Late afternoon in Paris, the European single currency was worth 1.4110 dollars against 1.4100 dollars late Tuesday.

Airbus confident for Le Bourget

Side companies, cyclical industrial and banking resume colors. Renault (+1.65%) leads the CAC 40 in front of BNP Paribas (1.40%) and Societe Generale (1.27%).

Consumer complaints of gas and electricity rose 25% in 2010, about problems with their energy supplier.The mediator of Energy notes that complaints from customers at 43% of GDF Suez (-0.39% to 25.58 euros), 38% of those of EDF (+0.60% at 28.44 euros), 12% of Direct Energy and 4% of customers Poweo (balance to 3.91 euros).

BigBen Interactive (7.56% to 9.68 euros) jumped to the Paris Stock Exchange for its resumption of trading, after reaching an agreement to buy Modelabs, an operation that will allow him to change size and diversification, analysts note.

Airbus and its parent EADS (-1.20% to 22,30 euros) were optimistic Tuesday on future orders at the Paris Air Show in June in a market "active."

Carrefour (-0.03% to 30.28 euros) announced Wednesday the appointment of Mathilde Lemoine to the position of independent director of the group, replacing Jean-Martin Folz, who left the board for divergence of views on strategy.

The French group Alstom and its Chinese joint venture Casco signed two contracts worth a total of 85 million euros for the supply of signaling systems in metros of Shanghai (east) and Kunming (south).

The association of minority shareholders (Adam) who assigned Tuesday referred the saddle Hermes (-0.82% to 174.40 euros) to "deprive" the essential rights to vote at the next family meeting, has been confronted with an invalid procedure and the case was adjourned to July 12.Or after the meeting to be held June 30

Casino (-0.19% to 72.44 euros) denied on Tuesday it had agreed to the opening of the opening of negotiations between the Brazilian distributor GPA, which holds 35%, and Carrefour Brazil.

PPR (1.06% to 119 euros) and Volcom announced Tuesday it had received notification of the end of the statutory review period on the bid of French on the American brand.

Rexel (-0.20% to 17.70 euros) announced Tuesday it had won its bond issue of 500 million euros, whose order book has surpassed 1.8 billion euros.

Eurazeo (-0.30% to 56.07 euros) on Tuesday announced a capital increase, offering its shareholders one new share for 20 old shares held as of May 25, 2011.

The land Gecina (+0.19% at 98.70 euros), in 2nd place behind France in Unibail-Rodamco will continue to sell its assets in Spain and in the logistics industry, said Tuesday its chief executive Christophe Clamageran .

BioMerieux (+0.12% at 78.13 euros) announced Tuesday that the Health Authority (FDA) had recorded rapid testing and automated molecular diagnostic NucliSENS EasyQ MRSA screening for patients infected with resistant Staphylococcus Aureus methicillin.

Europacorp (0.71% to 4.18 euros) will publish its annual turnover, while LCD (poultry) will announce its annual results after-hours trading.

This is an internal letter from the Director of Information Systems (ISD) that senior GDF Suez len heard the news earlier this week. In this internal email which Le Figaro has obtained a copy, Véronique Durand-Charlot announced with "deep regret" that "one ISD staff in Lyon, Éric.C, made a suicide attempt "May 14 last.

According to sources inside the company, the man would set himself on fire inside his car in a parking lot near his home. Third-degree burns, he is reportedly in a coma. "He is in hospital care Edouard Herriot and our doctor is on site since Monday morning," says mail sent by management. The latter adds a psychological support has been established on the sites of Lyon and Saint-Ouen."The regular news on the health of Eric will be provided" to his colleagues, says the letter.

"It is too early to know the reasons for his gesture," we said a spokesman for GDF Suez. "This aa place outside the workplace," he held to be redefined. According to the latter, however, the company has declared a work accident as a precaution in order to "enable the regional health insurance fund to take up the issue and facilitate the support of the family."

A few days after the fact, Eric's colleagues. C are safe for their part that this acting out is directly related to working conditions. This framework would have repeatedly sent emails remained unanswered to his superiors in which he referred to his illness, including the day of his suicide attempt. GDF Suez information that does not confirm."We do not know for letters," says the spokesperson of the group. "He suffered from this violent restructuring implemented since the merger of GDF and Suez (2008, Ed)," says the other hand one of his colleagues.

Reorganization

A plan to transform the ISD, is underway since May 2010. An internal company document, sent to employees by Jean Paul Amoros, deputy director of ISD, is particular to a program of reorganization of the industry over the period 2010-2012. It provides, among other things, aims to "reduce disparities unnecessary and costly for the group," "share know" and "improving the career management of the IF chain.The same document gives a clear picture at the end of 2010, "it remains to be completed sites induced désimbrication with EDF and GDF and Suez merger with which some service offerings still weigh on economic performance."

Specifically, this policy would involve processing the closure of some area sites, including that of Lyon where the employee worked to centralize them in the Paris region. Veronique Durand-Charlot, who oversees these changes, confirmed in a company magazine dated May 2010 the need "to optimize internal operations and to propose a new, more integrated, more effective."

More worrying for the employees, the documents indicate a possible spin-off of ISD services between 2012 and 2014 which could lead to outsourcing of the latter.

"Psychological discomfort"

"This is a management that ignores the human," says an executive of the company. Yves Ledoux, coordinator at GDF Suez CGT refers more generally "psychological discomfort" that prevails throughout the company since the merger of GDF and Suez in 2008. "The takeover of Suez induced mutations. The executives from the GDF have moved from an industrial culture to a financial literacy and there are a lot of difficulties, "said trade unionist. "GDF Suez has signed a national agreement on psycho-social risks but they are not declined in the company. It is a semblance of agreement. "Last March, the CFDT also complained about the "social cost" of higher profits posted by energy group in 2010, "social plans in France, pressure on employment in Hungary or Romania, power losses purchase of group employees. These are not measures of facade that will hide the lack of social ambition, "she railed.

On Thursday, GDF Suez sweeping accusations. "The psychological problems are among the main concerns of the group since the merger," said the spokesman. So far only one employee had committed suicide in 2009 but "had nothing to do with work." Since the merger of both companies, "there was no problem," concluded the spokesman.

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Three raps with a hammer-shaped wooden bottle of Coke. Thus, Muhtar Kent, CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, launched Friday night in Atlanta the weekend of festivities to mark 125 years. The first glass of Coca-Cola has been officially served in a pharmacy in the capital of Georgia, May 8, 1886. "My predecessors had used the hammer to the 50th, 75th and 100th birthdays," said the big boss at the company headquarters. No way to shake up tradition, although modern technologies give some freshness to the event.

A sound and light show ignited the building up to 122 meters. "This is the biggest thank-you cards that we send you," Muhtar Kent has launched its guests, the leaders of North American bottlers and oils from the city of Atlanta, the State and the University of Georgia, or even the local clergy.The famous bottle was projected in 3D on all four sides, in a show of twenty minutes presented as the greatest illumination of a building in the world.

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The day before, the organizers had a cold sweat. "We realized that students from the University of Georgia Tech, located in front of the seat, trying to hack into the programming of the sound and light," says one officer. We were afraid they are trying to project a naked woman or a bottle of Pepsi. "Neither of these nightmares, the second being the scariest for Coca Cola, has occurred.

In Atlanta, apart in the sky, blue is not red shade at the weekend. Saturday afternoon, nearly 15,000 people attended in the heat to a four-hour concert, the group broadcasts live on the internet to "thank the entire planet." Nothing less.An outdoor show started by K'Naan and his "Wavin 'Flag", a hymn to the success of the last World Cup football, with the refrain "oh oh oh oh oh" has the merit of being included in the 206 countries where Coke is sold.

The host Ryan Seacrest, the American Nikos Aliagas, then invited on stage "the next American Idol" Muhtar Kent, before the governor of Georgia and the mayor of Atlanta did join in wishing happy birthday to the Coca-Cola … behalf of their constituents. Aediles quickly replaced by the former glory of American Idol Kelly Clarkson, the band One Night Only, the R & B singer Ne-Yo, Natasha Bedingfield or, standing ovation for his cover of "Purple Rain". A colorful tribute, no doubt, to the Prince of cola.

In the morning, a good-fair was reserved for employees of Coca-Cola and their families facing the World of Coke museum.Mostly dressed in red T-shirt, they chained face painting and tattooing, before engaging in an artistic activity: design their own bottle of Coke! But the United States, any successful self-celebration can not have a good feeling. Delegates have they bundled packages for families Georgian victims of tornadoes that ravaged the south last month. An operation conducted in partnership with the Red Cross. Red like Coca-Cola, of course …

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RenRen chose the upper range for its share price – $ 14 cons 9-11 dollars raised mid-April. The deal allows him to raise 743.4 million dollars, a value estimated at over $ 4 billion.

Created in 2005, RenRen claims 160 million users, including 31 million active monthly (cons over 600 million for Facebook). Its turnover amounted to 20.5 million in first quarter 2011, up 46% in one year, $ 2.6 million net loss.

Union leaders had expected that the 1 May 2011 be a little raw, especially as "holiday character this time is less assertive, that day falls on a Sunday, is Marcel Grignard, number two of the CFDT.

"We do not have to be in the streets" to celebrate International Labour Day, said Sunday the first secretary of Lille Martine Aubry PS parades scattered about, saying that employees would demonstrate "in 2012 in vote. "Between 700 people, police said, and a thousand, according to organizers, marched on Sunday in Lille.

In Marseille, among 2000 people by 5000 according to police and organizers, marched through the rus, between 2200 and 3000 in Bordeaux between 1200 and 3000 in Strasbourg, only a few hundred at the start of the procession in Rennes.

It was also shown to Pau (800 to 1200), in Angoulême (500), Besancon (500 to 1000), Brest (250 to 300), Nancy (700 people according to the unions).

Winks comedy peppered some processions. "May 1st, we are the popes of the earth", alluding to the beatification of John Paul II.But also slogans in opposition to the FN, as in Rennes' French workers, immigrants, same bosses, same battles. "

A trade union unity crumbled

The protesters "are certainly fewer than we hoped," regretted Francois Chereque on Europe 1 (CFDT). Especially as the bargaining unit has somewhat disintegrated.

In Paris, Bernard Thibault (CGT) and Francois Chereque, in particular, will head behind the streamer head of the procession, which is just after 14:00 waver from Republic Square to join one of the nation.

The CFTC did not join the call unit but leaves the task to militants to carry out local initiatives, while the CFE-CGC stays away this May 1.

Workers Power is as usual alone.In Paris, however, that they were 300, according to AFP, to march through eastern Paris, the Bastille to the Place Gambetta, before going to bow to the wall of Federated.

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Former boss of Microsoft, changed to humanitarian, takes his pilgrim's staff for the cause of the poor among European leaders, a few months before the G8 and G20 chaired by France. Pitches yesterday in Paris, where he met President Sarkozy, Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alain Juppe, Bill Gates connects today by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, before reach Berlin. "There is a real risk in the context of crisis in the euro area, and shrinking budgets as the United States to relegate development assistance in the background," says the philanthropist, who placed more than a third of his fortune in his foundation, with 34 billion dollars.

In his meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy, Bill Gates has mainly supported the commitments made by States in favor of poor countries.The stated objective of the European Union is to spend, by 2015, 0.7% of GDP to official development assistance (ODA). The French will still have to prove, "said Bill Gates in substance. Although second in volume behind the United States, ODA accounted in 2009 only 0.46% of GDP and the president announced a freeze on 2011, 2012 and 2013. "If you remove this amount of debt relief and some other things that do not really help, it is even lower," he said.

British example

In particular, France makes no distinction between soft loans and grants. The American billionaire has, however, hailed the example of Britain, became a "reference", which despite its drastic cuts more money for development and by 2013 should reach 0.7%.

Bill Gates has agreed, at the request of Nicolas Sarkozy, the floor on innovative financing, particularly to study the proposal, championed by France, the tax on financial transactions. While recognizing that without the support of the United States would be difficult. It must report its findings in the context of the G20 summit next November in Cannes.

If he was in Paris yesterday, was also to present a communication campaign designed to combat misconceptions about development aid, designed in partnership with the NGO One, Bono, lead singer of U2. The campaign is called "Living Proof" (living proof). Transforming Lives. Together ". The message is clear: to prove, figures and examples to support the effectiveness of aid. Resolutely optimistic, Bill Gates sweeping criticisms of the hand. "Just look at the results," he insists.It's phenomenal. "The examples in the health and agriculture, the two priorities of its foundation, do not miss. "Just as I was talking about the magic of software, I now speak of the magic of vaccines." Magic which has, since 1988, reduce by 99% cases of polio. Malaria cases have dropped by 50% in 38 countries between 2000 and 2008. Deaths from measles in Africa have fallen by 92% between 2000 and 2008. Between 1990 and 2005 the number of people living in extreme poverty fell by 400 million …

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The serial number of recalls Toyota has not been completed. The Japanese giant, on Thursday demanded the return of the factory more than two million cars in the United States and Canada. This episode, however, should close a long black series for the builder who was forced to recall nearly 10 million cars since 2009.

And floor mats are once again causing the problem. They are indeed capable of blocking the gas pedal. Return factory aims to prevent the floor mat may be misplaced, "which can interfere with the operation of the accelerator pedal," said the builder. "If this happens, the accelerator pedal can be temporarily trapped in a partially depressed position, instead of returning to normal."The official inquiry by the U.S. National Highway Safety has recently confirmed that the problems of unintended acceleration of the Japanese manufacturer of cars, causing massive recalls from the end of 2009 were due to mechanical problems, not systems electronics.

Toyota and Lexus models concerned 4×4

Several models are now affected by this problem. 4×4 vehicles, model 2004 to 2007, Toyota lists 789,000 U.S. and 30,400 in Canada.The owners of the vehicles Toyota and Lexus are also expected to return to their dealership, they are nearly 1 installment payday loans.38 million U.S. and 116,000 in Canada.

The administrator of the traffic safety agency (NHTSA) U.S. Department of Transportation, David Strickland, said in a statement Thursday that the new reminder to the investigation led by its services. "NHTSA has reviewed over 400,000 pages of documents to determine if the Toyota scope of its recall was sufficient pedal stuck.As a result of this examination by the Administration, NHTSA has asked Toyota to recall these additional vehicles, and now that (the manufacturer) has done, our investigation is closed, "said David Strickland.

But the return to normal could take some time for the builder who already pay a fine of $ 50 million to U.S. authorities. Besides these many recalls have tarnished the image of the world's leading automotive and affected its sales. In the U.S. market, Toyota has lost its number two position in favor of Ford, behind the number one General Motors.

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The amazement continues to grow at Renault, touched by an incredible case of industrial espionage. The three top leaders laid off on Monday, "particularly strategic position in the business," threatened "consciously and deliberately" of "strategic assets, intellectual and technological, management said Thursday, citing" a beam converging elements . The group, for whom the facts are "very serious" studying options that would lead "inevitably to a complaint."

"The matter seems serious," responded Eric Besson, Minister of Industry, stating, after discussing with the management of Renault, the term "economic war" was "adapted".He said he called for the strengthening of measures with regard to trade secret for companies receiving public money.

The secret information released outside concern, according to several sources, the battery and the engine of future electric vehicles, those who come out after 2012. The three executives complained could have sold patents not yet filed one or more intermediaries specializing in competitive intelligence, internal sources said Thursday. Regarding the final recipient of this information, Renault suspected a Chinese actor, according to several inside sources. The French secret services, who are taking this matter seriously, have started an investigation that also favors the Chinese track, according to our information.Indeed, the Central Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DCRI) was seized by the Elysee an investigation into industrial espionage attributed to three Renault executives confirmed a government source told Reuters.

The group is especially shocked that the electric car is its flagship project. He would like to become his ally with Nissan, the number one market. The French manufacturer, which will launch four electric cars 2011-2012, has filed 56 patents on the electric car, 34 deposits are imminent and 115 others are being analyzed. In total, Renault-Nissan has invested 4 billion in this technology, including $ 1.5 billion in the battery, the sinews of war. All the Chinese manufacturers close behind the group, with 1.36 billion invested in the electric battery, according to Roland Berger.China launched an ambitious program to develop electric vehicles, comprising 16 public constructors. It plans to invest approximately $ 15 billion in ten years on green vehicles.

The most senior of the three men implicated, Jean-Michel Balthazar, a member of the steering committee and director of the division and upstream projects, "was known for his involvement in the group. Hired in 1980, he led the development of the Laguna 3 until late 2005. His deputy, Bertrand Rochette, responsible for pre-projects, has also been laid off. As Matthew Tenenbaum, assistant project manager electrical vehicles.

Several months of investigation

The three men were the subject for several months of investigation by the ethics committee of the group, warned in late August.Monday, after "sufficient evidence" were gathered to prove that confidential information had been transmitted to the outside, security agents raided the Technocentre in their offices and seized their computers. These people were immediately ordered to leave the company. The ethics committee will share their grievances which they are charged Jan. 17, according to internal sources.A conversation that could lead to their dismissal.

Cope with "many rumors" circulating and are "likely to undermine the image and effectiveness" of the group, Patrick Pelata, the deputy CEO of Renault, has sent an e-mail to employees urging them to "reserve".

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With its $ 297 billion market capitalization, Apple is becoming the most prominent company of the year. According to Bloomberg, the firm is paid to the apple 14 times its profits. A level which puts it unquestionably at the third place of the largest market capitalizations in the world in 2010.

Performance is particularly noteworthy that Apple was not even in the top 10 last year. Third place was occupied at the time by … Microsoft. The eternal rival in 2010 to settle for fifth place with a market capitalization of 238 billion dollars. This result was predictable: in May already, Apple upset the technology sector by announcing a market capitalization close to $ 225 billion higher than Microsoft. The gap widened by some 60 billion dollars since.

New growth

This year, Apple shares have been growing by almost 50% from about $ 214 in January to more than 320 in New York. This enthusiasm for the company's shares rose as and when the group's publications. Quarter after quarter, it exceeded the consensus of economists, showing results astronomical $ 65 billion in annual sales, 14 billion net profit, 50 billion of available cash.

The group of Steve Jobs has had a prosperous year 2010 with growth of 31% of Mac sales and a 74% jump in sales of iPhones. The success of the iPad, questioned its launch, was also visible, with 7.5 million units sold in just six months, making the tablet's Christmas present this year's inescapable. This is the basis of growth that the market is betting on the rise.Steve Jobs promises because new innovations in the coming months and rumors about future acquisitions are already dreaming investors.

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