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		<title>Moscovici, an expert on Europe at the head of Bercy</title>
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 In 2008, he cherished the hope of becoming the first secretary of the PS. But he had finally lined up behind the candidacy of Bertrand Delanoe. In 2011, he thought he could be a candidate for the Socialist primary. Then he threw in the towel, choosing to support Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then rallying Francois Hollande [...]]]></description>
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<p> In 2008, he cherished the hope of becoming the first secretary of the PS. But he had finally lined up behind the candidacy of Bertrand Delanoe. In 2011, he thought he could be a candidate for the Socialist primary. Then he threw in the towel, choosing to support Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then rallying Francois Hollande not without obtaining the position of campaign manager. Pierre Moscovici, 54, has learned to give up. Here he is rewarded. He is back in force to the government and assigned the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade. Certainly it does not get the Quai d&#39;Orsay which he dreamed, Laurent Fabius was his favorite. But he inherited a portfolio to match its ambitions. And thereby in passing some disappointed, Michel Sapin in mind. &quot;Mosco&quot; consensual socialist, social democrat, is now a heavyweight team Ayrault, number five in protocol order. </p>
<p> It is he who will be at the forefront of the debt crisis. There is no shortage of assets since knows the workings of Europe. He was, for five years, from 1997 to 2002, Minister Delegate for European Affairs in the Jospin government. At the time, the rise of the Express near the then prime minister, who had just been elected deputy of the Doubs for the first time, had been criticized. But, he will prove himself. Former MEP, a graduate of Sciences Po and ENA, he will prepare no quack the French presidency of the EU, negotiating the Treaty of Nice and the European Constitutional Treaty. During this period of cohabitation, he managed also to find his place against Jacques Chirac. In fact, the President of the Republic and the Socialist Minister for European Affairs are of course in these five years: Chirac taking the young minister with no experience under his wing, even to comfort him when he doubted. An agreement with Lionel Jospin was annoyed. </p>
<p> After the failure of the left in 2002, Moscovici was defeated in the parliamentary elections in the Doubs. A year earlier, he had already failed to municipal Montbéliard. Without parliamentary seat, without mayor, he tried his luck with the 2004 European and found his seat in Strasbourg. In 2007 he was again legislative candidate in the Doubs. This time he wins. </p>
<p> Pierre Moscovici, tried by the Revolutionary Communist League when he was young, joined the PS in 1984. He was close to Michel Rocard, Jospin and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his former professor at the ENA. He is the son of a social psychologist Serge Moscovici, who was a member of the Romanian Communist Party and fled his country in 1947. Pierre Moscovici was the first to openly criticize the Socialist Francois Mitterrand and his relationship with Rene Bousquet. &quot;What shocks me, he said, is that he can spawn with someone who has been a tool of the state anti-Semitism and an accomplice of the final solution of the Reich.&quot; &#8230; &#8230;..
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		<title>Aircraft manufacturers together to develop biofuels</title>
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 Airbus partners with Boeing. This is not a fiction but rather the reality since the last Summit Aviation held in Geneva in late March. On this occasion, the two rivals always have also announced their association with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer to develop the use of biofuels. The day before, Airbus had announced [...]]]></description>
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<p> Airbus partners with Boeing. This is not a fiction but rather the reality since the last Summit Aviation held in Geneva in late March. On this occasion, the two rivals always have also announced their association with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer to develop the use of biofuels. The day before, Airbus had announced to produce research-based biofuel &#8230; eucalyptus. A plant that will join other plants already used as a fuel, such as camelina, jatropha, algae, or even coconut. &quot;We conduct research to develop sustainable aviation. So we decided, in collaboration with the airline Virgin Australia, to establish a sustainable chain of biofuel production in Eucalyptus in Australia for use in aeronautics, &quot;said Frederic Eychenne, project manager new energy Airbus.  </p>
<p> Grown on arid land, the mallee, a species of eucalyptus, will be harvested and crushed every three to six years. The resulting biomass is then converted into hydrocarbon fuel can be used for airplanes. Through a pyrolysis process, the mallee is then transformed. &quot;Overall, this is to burn biomass without oxygen (through a chemical process), to extract a basic product that will eventually be processed to obtain biofuel. He will then have to mix it with kerosene &#39;fossil&#39; of 50% up to use it. Indeed, the chemical composition of biofuels does not currently use 100% for aircraft &quot;Frederick develops Eychenne. </p>
<p> Boeing converges in the same direction Airbus
<p> For its part, Boeing also aims to accelerate the commercialization of environmentally friendly fuels, accounting for 1,500 passenger flights on biofuel made during the last two years. Richard Mills, spokesman for Boeing on issues of biofuels in Europe, said: &quot;Today, biofuels reduce carbon emissions in partnership with airlines. Overall, governments are beginning to express their interest and support efforts, which is essential to help us achieve our goal: that flights 1% biofuel use on average by 2015. &quot;&#8230;. &#8230;.
<p> The aircraft manufacturer is also studying, as part of its research program, the possibilities of using alcohol as fuel. </p>
<p> Biofuels more expensive than kerosene, lack of industry
<p> Philippe Novelli, project manager at ONERA, the French aerospace equivalent of NASA, has also led the European study SWAFEA (Sustainable Way for Alternative Fuel and Energy Aviation), on the issue of biofuels in aviation <a href="http://payday-nofax.com">paperless payday loans</a><!-- . -->. He said by 2020, the processes under development are expected to be pure biofuels for aviation. Philippe Novelli adds: &quot;To date, due to the lack of real industrial production, airlines pay biofuels about four times more expensive than kerosene. The prospects for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, however, are considerable: up to 85% for the best performing sectors such as BTL (Biomass to Liquid) produced from lignocellulose. &quot;However, the obtaining of significant emission reductions of greenhouse gas emissions requires precautions regarding the conditions of biomass production, as outlined in the specialist ONERA. </p>
<p> Fuels in search of a certification
<p> To date, there are two processes for receiving the seal of biofuels aviation authorities, ASTM International and the FAA: hydrotreated vegetable oils and synthetic fuels from biomass. Eucalyptus does not yet part of this approach where aircraft manufacturers support new biofuel for approval. </p>
<p> Side of engine (Saffron, Rolls Royce, General Electric or Pratt &amp; Whitney), there is to date no formal terms of biofuels, in the sense that they are compatible with existing systems. Indeed, all biofuels are &quot;drop-in&quot;, that is to say fully compatible with conventional reservoirs, which does not necessitate the development of new types of engines. </p>
<p> Steadily over the last ten years, civil aviation accounts for 2.7% of global carbon emissions, far behind the automotive industry, which accounts for 52%. The challenge is to meet the requirements set by the EU to all transport, including the requirement to use a minimum of 10% biofuels by 2020. </p>
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		<title>Google opens the movie rental in France</title>
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 After the United States, Canada, Britain and Japan, Google is embarking on movie rentals in France. &#34;Several hundred feature films from major Hollywood studios and French are available for rent today,&#34; said Google France Thursday on his blog. 
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<p> After the United States, Canada, Britain and Japan, Google is embarking on movie rentals in France. &quot;Several hundred feature films from major Hollywood studios and French are available for rent today,&quot; said Google France Thursday on his blog. </p>
<p> The films include new releases available at 3.99 euros in high definition and VF, such as Drive, Tintin and The Year of the State, and feature films catalog at 2.99 euros (3.99 euros HD) as The Jerk, Pirates of the Caribbean and Inside Man. These films come from partnerships with EuropaCorp, M6 Video / SND, Europe Disney, NBC Universal and Sony Pictures. The lease is for one month, and the reading must be completed within 48 hours. </p>
<p> Play Google, reply to iTunes
<p> Movie rentals enrich Google under &quot;Movies&quot; from YouTube <a href="http://payday-z.com">No teletrack payday loans</a><!-- . -->. They are also the new Google platform Play, launched in early March, which integrates the Android application store (eg Android Market) and could accommodate the service Google Music at its launch in France. </p>
<p> With &quot;Play&quot;, Google seems to replicate the strategy of Apple&#39;s iTunes. The films are not only readable from a computer, but also from within the application &quot;Google Movies Play &#39;on the shelves, and Android smartphones (but not television). Sign of the importance of Google Play, a link to the new service appears in this week since the navigation bar of Google, along with research, Google Maps and Google +. </p>
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		<title>The rescue of Greece relieves the euro area</title>
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 EU leaders breathed a sigh of relief Friday after the success of the voluntary exchange of Greek debt, 85.8% subscribed by private creditors. Within the euro area, this is Nicolas Sarkozy, who hosted the agreement with more enthusiasm. &#34;I am pleased that we have found a solution to the Greek crisis plaguing the financial [...]]]></description>
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<p> EU leaders breathed a sigh of relief Friday after the success of the voluntary exchange of Greek debt, 85.8% subscribed by private creditors. Within the euro area, this is Nicolas Sarkozy, who hosted the agreement with more enthusiasm. &quot;I am pleased that we have found a solution to the Greek crisis plaguing the financial economic situation of Europe and the world for months,&quot; welcomed the French president, traveling to Nice election. &quot;With Angela Merkel we worked day and night to find a solution,&quot; he recalled. &quot;Today, the problem is solved, and the page of the financial crisis is beginning to turn&quot; it was welcomed. </p>
<p> In Berlin, the reaction was more cautious. According to the spokesman of the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel is &quot;encouraged&quot; by the agreement. &quot;It would be a big mistake to give the impression that the crisis is resolved,&quot; warned the German Minister Wolfgang Schauble Finances.Pour &quot;an important step was taken, but we are not out of the woods.&quot; </p>
<p> The agreement sealed between Athens and its private creditors will erase 107 billion euros of debt, a total of 350 billion. This is a historic debt reduction. It must allow the Greek debt, which now reaches 160% of GDP, reaching 120.5% in 2020, a ratio similar to that of Italy. </p>
<p> &quot;This agreement allows more to protect Europe from Greece to help that Greece itself&quot; summarizes Jacob Kirkegaard, a researcher at Washington. Photo credits: Kostas Tsironis / Bloomberg</p>
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		<title>Life insurance or multi monosupport</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monosupport, MPT: what differences?
 By definition, a contract monosupport has only a single carrier, called the euro bottom. This support provides the capital and a minimum annual return of around 3 to 3.5% currently. The contract MPT, of more recent design, offers a choice between the euro and other background materials to invest in stocks [...]]]></description>
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<p> By definition, a contract monosupport has only a single carrier, called the euro bottom. This support provides the capital and a minimum annual return of around 3 to 3.5% currently. The contract MPT, of more recent design, offers a choice between the euro and other background materials to invest in stocks or real estate for example. These supports can be expected to yield higher, up to 5-7%, but they pose a risk on capital. </p>
<p> Comparable tax systems now
<p> Regarding the income tax, the two contract types are taxed identically. Only the earnings are taxable. The tax rate varies by age of the contract, but on average, tax accounts for 5-8% of withdrawals. </p>
<p> Namely: you can choose between two methods of taxation. To make the best choice depending on your situation, check with your insurance broker. </p>
<p> On social security contributions (13.5%), they are paid by the insurance company each year on the bottom euro, but upon withdrawal when taken on other media. </p>
<p> What a life insurance contract is it better to choose?
<p> Social charges are made each year on the bottom multichannel euro investments. Also, there is no difference between a monosupport and a multichannel fully invested in euro bottom: same performance, even taxation. If you are looking for safety of principal above all, the best life insurance is a monosupport, and annual management fees are generally lower. The contract MPT is on his side more interesting if you want to change and take advantage of market opportunities. An insurance broker will assist you in your choice but you will also find life insurance or Multi monosupport that best matches your profile. </p>
<p> Can we move from one contract to another?
<p> To transform into a multichannel monosupport, simply invest all the money on its bottom euro. Skip contract monosupport a multichannel is also possible, using the Fourgous amendment, which transforms the contract while retaining its original opening date. It thus benefits from the tax advantages of life insurance after eight years. The transition from one medium to another cause of the arbitration costs ranging from 0% to 1%.  </p>
<p> Note: a contract is never transferable between two insurance companies. </p>
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 &#34;Thanks to telework I&#39;ve been promoted,&#34; says Isabelle Bouet, marketing director in Jabra, a leading global provider of solutions for businesses of headsets and call centers. Recruited five years ago to head the Southern Europe, she was based in Trappes. Until her husband is transferred to Montauban. &#34;I was ready to resign when my [...]]]></description>
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<p> &quot;Thanks to telework I&#39;ve been promoted,&quot; says Isabelle Bouet, marketing director in Jabra, a leading global provider of solutions for businesses of headsets and call centers. Recruited five years ago to head the Southern Europe, she was based in Trappes. Until her husband is transferred to Montauban. &quot;I was ready to resign when my manager told me: we have all the technology solutions so you can work from there.&quot; She has since taken a liking to this way of working that promotes concentration, open space away from noise. &quot;I won in productivity, she says. In particular, I worked on a development plan in Latin America, which earned me a promotion. &quot;</p>
<p> Increasing interest
<p> The productivity gain is good, according to employees, the main advantage of this way of working. This is what reveals a survey conducted in February for Citrix Online, a provider of &quot;online solutions for working anywhere&quot; (*): 87% of employees surveyed felt that telecommuting can be &quot;as much or more productive. &quot; For 72%, the ability to telecommute would be an argument in seeking a new job. </p>
<p> The survey data also confirms a well-known telework struggled to take off in France, limited by the brakes of a cultural nature. Largely based on working time and the-face, the French model leaves little room for this type of organization that involves going to a performance-based approach, the Anglo-Saxon. There is also concern among managers of losing their authority. Not surprising that 56.2% of employees say they do not have the opportunity to telecommute. &quot;For that telecommuting is progressing, it is necessary to define it legally,&quot; says Sophie Vandriessche, Commercial Director Southern Europe of Citrix Online. The advent of telework in the Labour Code should encourage developments <a href="http://paydayloans-on.com">instant payday loans</a><!-- . -->. </p>
<p> &quot;However, the survey also reveals the growing interest of French companies for this kind of work,&quot; she adds. Among employees who telework, 55.1% say they have the opportunity for over two years. The vast majority (63.7%), this telecommuting does not exceed one week per month. It is therefore far from any telecommuting. </p>
<p> Pilot
<p> &quot;To keep in touch with employees, companies prefer telecommuting pendulum at a rate of one to two days a week,&quot; says Veronique Perozzo that telecommuting pilot commission of the Observatory of Corporate Parenthood (OPE). For the observatory, which campaigns for a better balance between work and private life, teleworking is clearly a lever for improvement. He also publish a guide in March. </p>
<p> Precursor, Renault signed an agreement in 2007, completed in 2010. To date, 920 employees are concerned, 83% of one or two days a week. The parity is set at 52% of teleworkers. L&#39;Oreal, which has developed its agreement in 2008 was assumed that every employee is eligible. Its 200 teleworkers have a particular plant manager. </p>
<p> Before the plunge, many companies to engage in pilot experiments. Ferrero in this experiment, which began in April 2011, extends over one year. Upon arrival, it concerns 14 people (on 1200), half of executives and non executives, both at headquarters and at an industrial site and two warehouses. A telecommuting egalitarian. </p>
<p> (*) Survey conducted in February 1169 by Maximiles with employees of French companies. </p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The U.S. stock markets, should open with no real leadership on Friday. Future of Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500 fell by 0.12% to 1222.10 points, while those on the Nasdaq 100 2174.75 0.01% grappillent points. The markets are still haunted by the fear of a recession in the U.S. and the crisis of public debts. Wall Street tumbled Thursday was at the end. The Dow Jones ends with a fall of more than 3%. </p>
<p> In an attempt to stop the stock market crash, the finance ministers and central bankers of the twenty leading economies gathered in Washington last Thursday pledged to provide &quot;a strong and coordinated international response&quot; to the crisis at a meeting in Washington.In a joint statement, they agreed to ensure that &quot;banks have adequate capital&quot; and promised to provide &quot;the necessary liquidity&quot; to financial institutions. But for specialists Aurel BGC, &quot;the real decisions are referred to the Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in Cannes, 3 and 4 November.&quot; </p>
<p> The Perfect Storm, the large emerging group of &quot;Bric&quot; were &quot;determined to accelerate structural reforms to sustain strong growth.&quot; Brazil, Russia, India and China but also South Africa so consider &quot;if necessary, to provide support through the IMF or other international financial institutions, to address the current challenges facing the global financial stability, according to the circumstances of each country. &quot;The inventor of the BRIC, Jim O&#39;Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said however that emerging markets are likely to require at least, in exchange for their support, greater clarity on how the Europe has to solve its crisis. </p>
<p> Gloomy outlook for world trade
<p> In response to a request by the G20 in September addressed to Nicolas Sarkozy, the countries of the euro area have also promised to implement &quot;necessary measures to increase the flexibility of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF)&quot; to avoid contagion from the crisis in Greece. Yesterday, the possibility of a defect in Athens, though long ruled by EU leaders, was raised by Klaas Knot, Member of the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank (ECB).&quot;This is one of the scenarios,&quot; he told the Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad. </p>
<p> The specter of a global recession has suddenly resurfaced after the ads pessimistic U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), which held that the U.S. economic recovery was &quot;slow&quot; and threatened by &quot;high risk&quot;. Wednesday she has decided to sell by the end of June 2012 for $ 400 billion of treasury bills and to purchase for the same amount with a longer maturity.But the fact that it favors measures to monetary easing, a depressed market on Thursday, who sees as a sign of impotence.
<p> New signs of abating, the World Trade Organization (WTO) revised downwards its forecast for this Friday trade growth for 2011, expecting growth of world trade by 5.8% against 6.5% forecast so far, according to its website. </p>
<p> On the foreign exchange market, the euro climbed slightly against the U.S. dollar: it rose on Friday by 0.57% to 1.3533 dollar. Oil prices also went up.A barrel of &quot;light sweet crude&quot; for delivery in November, which had tumbled more than $ 5 the day before returning 1% by mid-morning at 81.31 dollars.
<p> The side of values, after the close of the NYSE YorkHewlett-Packard announced the replacement of Leo Apotheker as CEO from Meg Whitman, confirming the many rumors that had circulated in recent days. </p>
<p> At Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is Rick Bergman Devices, responsible for products, who announced his resignation. The CEO will temporarily Rory Read office. </p>
<p> Covidien raised its quarterly dividend 12.5% ​​to 0.225 dollar per share.And, for its part McDonald&#39;s has increased its 15% to $ 0.7 per share. </p>
<p> In order to treat its shareholders well, Raytheon has authorized a stock repurchase plan of $ 2 billion. </p>
<p> The American manufacturer of sporting Nike has exceeded market expectations by posting yesterday after the close of U.S. markets net income for the first quarter of fiscal year up 15% to $ 645 million, driven by its Sales in North America and in emerging countries. Revenues rose 11% to $ 6.1 billion.Orders scheduled for delivery between September 2011 and January 2012 were up 16% to $ 8.5 billion. </p>
<p> On the occasion of a major overhaul of its website, Facebooks&#39;est services associated with music, news and video, including Spotify, Deezer and Dailymotion, and challenge from Apple in the content. </p>
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		<title>Redemption of Infront, giant sports rights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The maneuvers began in the closed world of corporate marketing of sports rights. The European investment fund Bridgepoint acquired Infront, the world number two industry for about 600 million euros. Infront company formed ten years ago by Robert Louis-Dreyfus and Klaus Jacobs on the ruins of the Kirch empire, was put on sale by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The maneuvers began in the closed world of corporate marketing of sports rights. The European investment fund Bridgepoint acquired Infront, the world number two industry for about 600 million euros. Infront company formed ten years ago by Robert Louis-Dreyfus and Klaus Jacobs on the ruins of the Kirch empire, was put on sale by the heirs of the two captains of industry. </p>
<p> The market for sports rights is held by three giants. IMG, the world, which weighs about 1.5 billion euros of turnover, is owned by Forstmann Little and the fund would be about to be sold. The world number two with Infront is 600 million euros in turnover with, the key, an estimated gross operating margin from 10% to 15%. It beats out number three, Sportfive, bought in 2006 by the Lagardère Group for 865 million euros.Sportfive is clearly slowing, and in 2010, its activity dropped by 23% to 396 million euros. </p>
<p> &quot;Infront&#39;s activity is divided into four more or less equivalent. Football with the rights of the German, Italian League (Lega Calcio) and the rights of big clubs like AC Milan, Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen. Then there are winter sports, such as [events of] the International Ski Federation, or [of] the International Federation of ice hockey. And summer sports such as volleyball, handball and basketball in China. Finally, Infront carries the audiovisual production of major events in human as well as World Cup football and the championship of France Ligue 1, &quot;said Robert Xavier, a partner at Bridgepoint in Paris <a href="http://payday-loans-e.com">fast cash advance loan</a><!-- . -->. </p>
<p> For an investment fund, Infront has some nice features.About 80% of its turnover is earned from January 1 and the rate of renewal of contracts with rights holders to 90%. In addition, the fund has this job because it has the past five years the Spanish company Dorna, which manages the Grand Prix motorcycle. </p>
<p> Disintermediation
<p> The global market for sports rights is estimated at $ 121 billion in 2011 and that of media rights and sponsorship is $ 56 billion. If the market is still growing at a rate of 4 to 5% a year, it faces a disintermediation. &quot;The leading licensors such as UEFA, FIFA, the International Olympic Committee have the means to directly sell their rights,&quot; says Robert Xavier. </p>
<p> However, Bridgepoint estimates that there are significant growth drivers for Infront. Geographically first.Very presence in Europe and Asia, Infront has yet to conquer Great Britain and South America, a continent with very dynamic football World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016 in Brazil. </p>
<p> The progressive development of human-related internet sports is another area of ​​growth. Finally, Bridgepoint does not hide that he may run when the throw-in sports rights held by Sportfive far as the African Cup of Nations. </p>
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		<title>A mutual offers doctors a vintage Bordeaux</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This will be the most important transaction of the year or the decade, in the Bordeaux vineyards. Colony Capital said Sunday night the sale of Chateau Lascombes in the mutual health professionals MACSF. The area ranked second vintage in 1855 and benefiting from the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, was valued at a price [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> This will be the most important transaction of the year or the decade, in the Bordeaux vineyards. Colony Capital said Sunday night the sale of Chateau Lascombes in the mutual health professionals MACSF. The area ranked second vintage in 1855 and benefiting from the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, was valued at a price slightly above 200 million euros. </p>
<p> The work done by Colony Capital, also a shareholder in Accor and Carrefour, in the last decade has clearly paid off. The U.S. investment fund had acquired a majority (55%) of Chateau Lascombes in 2001, disbursing, with 15 other shareholders, 505 million francs, or about 77 million.The domain is at the time, already coveted for its size &#8211; double or even triple the area of ​​the left bank of Bordeaux (Médoc and Graves), but the production quality was poor. </p>
<p> Under the general direction of Dominique Befve, hired by Colony from Château Lafite Rothschild, and with ten million euros paid by the fund, the field is reviewed thoroughly. &quot;Chateau Lascombes has regained his place,&quot; says the chairman of its board of directors and member of the European team Colony, Jean-Romain Lhomme. </p>
<p> No wonder that the mandated two banks, HSBC and Rothschild &amp; Cie, have received numerous expressions of interest, rather than when Colony had sought to sell its assets for the first time in 2006.Several manufacturers and investors from Europe and elsewhere &#8211; including a Chinese group &#8211; this time were in the running to acquire the largest producer by volume of AOC Margaux, with annual production exceeding 500,000 bottles. Chateau Lascombes is marketed worldwide: two bottles of five leave the United States and one in three to Asia. </p>
<p> In addition to over 110 hectares of vineyards, Colony sells a castle dating from 1867, but also the stock of the 2010 production, estimated at 20 million euros. The final choice was the MACSF, partly because of the will of the latter to invest long term, although his nationality has probably weighed in the balance. </p>
<p> Constrained by time
<p> New to wine, MACSF was surrounded by experts (bankers Bankers Wine) to lead this investment, which is produced by the class of life insurance.The acquisition represents 1% of assets and MASCF follows that of its head office in Defence, one of the largest real estate transactions in 2009. &quot;The acquisition of Château Lascombes is an investment that allows the MACSF to consolidate its assets in the real property of high quality,&quot; said Marcel Kahn, its managing director. In the wake of Axa, who acquired his first vineyard in 1987, more and more insurers are interested in this type of asset perennial. </p>
<p> Chateau Lascombes MACSF to ensure consistent performance that could increase dramatically. The success of Bordeaux wines should not deny a global wine market structurally carrier.Bound by time limits fixed investment, Colony Capital would also gladly kept his field: &quot;the catch-up potential is significant, because prices do not yet reflect the restructuring work done,&quot; said Jean-Romain Lhomme, evoking the same a doubling of prices of bottles, while the cost remains stable at about 20 euros. </p>
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		<title>Lactalis takes over Parmalat</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The world leader in dairy products was born in Parma on Tuesday, after the general meeting of the Italian group Parmalat, which was acquired by French Lactalis. After months of battle, even against some of Italy&#39;s political class, the Laval group, which owns the pie President, Roquefort Société, milk and mozzarella Lactel Galbani, took [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> The world leader in dairy products was born in Parma on Tuesday, after the general meeting of the Italian group Parmalat, which was acquired by French Lactalis. After months of battle, even against some of Italy&#39;s political class, the Laval group, which owns the pie President, Roquefort Société, milk and mozzarella Lactel Galbani, took control of Parmalat (Sandalwood, Parmalat Omega 3 &#8230;), one of the jewels of the Italian economy. And he did not have to wait for the completion of its takeover bid on July 8. </p>
<p> Parmalat&#39;s shareholders, who have until July 5 to tender their shares to the offer of Lactalis, yesterday approved the new board. Nine representatives from Lactalis have entered. The other two seats returned to minority shareholders.The appointment of Francesco Tato, former head of energy group Enel and Lactalis candidate for the presidency, was approved by the Assembly. As the new Director General, he was appointed at the first board meeting. Antonio Sala, president of Lactalis Italy, Enrico Bondi is expected to succeed. </p>
<p> The &quot;invader&quot; French
<p> The company that he has led for seven years carries 4.3 billion euros and employs 14,000 employees in 69 plants worldwide. Having built its success in the 1960s to the adoption of the system UHT long-life milk and have developed internationally through acquisitions, it survived in 2003 to one of the biggest financial scandals in Europe  <a href="http://no-fax-fast-cash-advance.com">no fax cash advances</a><!-- . -->. </p>
<p> Offensive Lactalis, which owns 28.9% for the time being the capital of Parmalat, is similar to an obstacle course. Six weeks ago, the board rejected the offer Italian of French.At a price of 2.60 euros per share, it was deemed &quot;inadequate&quot;, below the 2.80 euros paid by Lactalis in March to get their hands on the 15.3% held by three investment funds. Lactalis should finally not have to raise its price. Because Parmalat was unable to assemble a consortium of Italian investors to make an against-offer. </p>
<p> The case also took a political turn. The government, to defend the &quot;Italian character&quot; of Parmalat, was to act by decree to postpone the general meeting held yesterday. Unions and politicians have, at first denounced the &quot;invaders&quot; French.Lactalis&#39;s offensive came after the takeover, friendly, Bulgari and LVMH in the face of rumors around Edison &#8211; coveted by EDF &#8211; or SAI Fondiaria (Groupama). </p>
<p> The discrete group of Laval, who directed last year a turnover of 10.4 billion euros, can not in uncharted waters. For the past five years and the acquisition of Galbani, the brand behind the second President, Italy became his second home. After months of battle, Lactalis &#8211; which weigh 14 billion euros in total turnover &#8211; will improve its image in the peninsula. </p>
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