Bad timing for Facebook. After the first listing of the giant online social networks, which received a mixed reception in the market, the site is subject to a complaint partnership or "class action". Filed in San Jose, California, the "class action" includes 21 cases of U.S. Internet users complaining of an invasion of their privacy. They blame Facebook for continuing to collect data on their online browsing after they leave the site.

The Wiretap Act, the U.S. law on eavesdropping, provides for "damages up to $ 100 per person per day and up to 10,000 dollars a Facebook user," says the complaint. At a rate of 800 million Internet users concerned, the amount required to Facebook miliards reached 15 dollars, or more than 11 billion euros.  

The plaintiffs wish to raise in their "class action" all Americans who have opened a Facebook account between May 2010 and September 2011, reports Bloomberg. They also seek to find ways to involve Internet users living outside the U.S..

Regular controversies on confidentiality rules

Because the class action brought hope to have a copy guaranteed approval cash advance loans. "It is not only an action for damages, but a trial on the rules of online privacy that should be a landmark," said David Straite, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs in Bloomberg.  

A spokesman for Facebook, meanwhile, responded that the allegations of the plaintiffs were unfounded and that the company would contest them.

Facebook is regularly the subject of controversy over its confidentiality rules change often and easily mastered by its undefined users. In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg apologized for airing personal network users to advertising agencies. Last year, the group was forced to accept a confidentiality imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). But in February, Facebook was accused of spying on its users SMS Android application.

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As promised, the outer envelope of the future Jean-Bouin has already – in miniature – the air of Bird's Nest, the Beijing Olympic Stadium built for the 2008 Olympics. The enclosure doors of 20,000 seats, which will house the games of rugby players of Stade French ("exiles" for the moment Charléty) from the 2013-2014 season, were opened Thursday for the first route point site with the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, the club president, Thomas Savare, and most players, curious to get a glimpse of their new lair. Everyone has been noted that the bleachers and steelwork is almost complete, while laying the panels cover the roof and the front is moving fast. Everything should be completed by March 2013.

"With a stage like this, it will be champions of France and Europe," commented Bertrand Delanoe. "This tool can only make us grow economically and sportingly, it will also allow us to more easily attract the best players," has for its part welcomed Thomas Savare.

"A work of art"

Rodrigo Roncero, the mainstay of Argentina, who will retire at the end of the season, it will be "the best rugby stadium in France and perhaps even in Europe." Captain and figurehead of the French stage, Pierre Rabadan is on him "great to have a place where almost everything – weight room, gymnasium, offices, restaurant, etc.. – Will be consolidated. "

Conceived as "a work of art" by the architect Rudy Ricciotti, the reconstruction of Jean-Bouin will cost a whopping 149 million euros. The price – considered exorbitant by the objectors – to equip the Paris team a tool worthy of his ambitions. "The old stadium, built in 1925, no longer met the requirements of comfort and safety: dilapidated changing rooms, lack of functionality of local medical and space news," explains a representative of the City. Public reception, too, was now outdated. "The capacity was 7,705 seats (12,000 counting standing room, Ed) of which only covered 4376, ticket sales and refreshments were in portables, there was no housing for the partners and the track athletics away the audience of players, "says the City. Much inconvenience to join soon be overtaken.

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The output of the Kindle Fire turns to the correction for all other manufacturers of Android tablets. In February, just four months after its release, the tablet from Amazon in the U.S. represented over half of the market (54.4%), excluding iPad, according to data from comScore Institute released Thursday. His closest competitor was the Galaxy Tab by Samsung, whose share decreased from 23.8% to 15.4% in three months. Other models, such as Motorola Xoom, Asus and Toshiba AT100 Transformer, got only the crumbs.

These data, comScore estimated by using the number of tablets that connect to the Internet every month, have not been confirmed by Amazon. As usual, the maker of the Kindle Fire refuses to give precise sales figures, even if the indicators that are favorable to accumulate. His tablet is "being the best selling, most available and most desired" by customers on Amazon.com, he simply has to announce in the press release accompanying the publication of its quarterly results Thursday.

The excellent launch of Kindle Fire in the United States, the only country where it is sold to date, shows that the market shelves can extend far beyond the iPad. With its 7-inch screen diagonal (17.8 centimeters), its list of functions reduced to essentials (no 3G, no camera, no accelerometer), the Kindle is sold only Fire $ 199, two times less than the first iPad. At the point where we now ready to Apple intends to expand in this segment, by launching an iPad smaller and cheaper.

"Google has lost control of Android tablets"

Hollow, the success of the Kindle Fire also highlights the poor performance of other Android tablets before. Apple sold 35 million iPad last year, against 5,000,000 in 2011 for Samsung, its nearest competitor. The arrival of Amazon is not necessarily good news for Google. Fire Aboard The Kindle indeed deeply modified version of the Android system. "It's official: Google has lost control of the market for Android tablets," headlined the Thursday specialized site Business Insider.

For Amazon, this strategy is paying anyway. As there is already reached in the Kindle eBooks with classical Kindle Fire means it can sell more content in digital format, including films and television series. "Customers buy a lot of content, is seen particularly in North America with sales of cultural goods between the fourth and first quarter which is accelerating," explains the chief financial officer, Tom Szkutak.

Throughout the quarter, according to figures released Thursday, sales of cultural goods on Amazon increased 19% to $ 4.71 billion, while sales of other goods and electronics surged 43 % to 7.97 billion. The good surprise came from the profit, down 35% over the same period last year (130 million), but well above analysts' expectations. Friday, the action progressed over 15% at the opening of the NYSE.

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The telecoms market was shaken by the arrival of Free Mobile.

LE FIGARO. – Arcep measured the network's coverage of Free Mobile, but not its actual use or quality. Why?

Jean-Ludovic SILICANI. – ARCEP has verified that Free Mobile has achieved its goal of covering 27% of the population and verify that coverage by 2015. But we did not get involved in network planning or technical choices made. However, the license provides for an appointment between ARCEP and Free Mobile in June 2012 to take stock of all commitments. And we will join the network of Free Mobile in our annual studies on service quality and network coverage that will be published in late 2012. Like the vast majority of traffic Free Mobile subscribers through the Orange network, then measure the quality of service on the network of Free Mobile, with and without the use of the Orange network.

How do you encourage them to deploy its network Free?

It is primarily his own interest. We also have several tools to ensure that Free Mobile arranges to have an effective network. By summer, we must define the price of delivering SMS received by customers Free Mobile. As a new operator, it could benefit, such as Bouygues Telecom, charges higher than those of its competitors to compensate for the handicap start. But Arcep not take into account the additional costs that might result in a strong Free use of its roaming agreement. This should provide strong incentives to deploy its network Free.

Do you think that Free has not invested enough?

Free is committed to build a network covering 75% of the population by 2015. ARCEP can deduce the rate of investment necessary to achieve that goal. And if we find, say in midcourse, that investment is not sufficient to achieve the final goal, we could launch a formal procedure for Free accelerates its spending. A mobile network costs about one billion euros. Today, Free Mobile would have spent about 130 million between 2010 and 2011. We asked its investment plan for 2012. There is no indication at this stage, the investment is insufficient.

The incidents are increasing on the network of Free Mobile. What to do?

The incidents are primarily from technical difficulties in the interconnection between the networks and Orange Free. I think both sides have underestimated both the number of subscribers and the amount of traffic through the Orange network, but also that the offers of € 2 Free Mobile would lead consumers to highlight former phones using the 2G network payday advance online. Today, nearly half of Free Mobile calls are on 2G, but it does not have such a network, customers using the Orange. If necessary, the two operators may agree to restructure their roaming agreement without the intervention of ARCEP. If they fail to agree, they can enter and we will dispose of.

The arrival of Free she too lowered prices in the mobile?

Offers low cost can be criticized when they rely on the labor underpaid, but not when they result in increased productivity or technical progress. It is Free and can have lower prices both because it opens a network with the latest equipment, but also because it has fewer overheads. Politicians can hardly complain that prices fall too heavily in the telecom and rise in energy too.

This creates there a threat to employment in the sector?

No situation can be frozen and must have an overall view of the sector. Some analysts believe the sector could lose about 5,000 to 10,000 jobs a year or two. Of a total of 150,000 this represents 3%, that is to say unless the retirements of the sector. And, at the same time, the digital ecosystem will create many jobs. The balance will surely be significantly positive.

Operators will they continue to invest?

They received ten years of an oligopolistic market in mobile where they have achieved very high margins. They were able to make investments that are no longer to do. The current rate of investment of 8 billion euros a year does not need to be increased. Build a network of fiber optic networks and several mobile broadband covering the whole area costs about 30 billion euros over 15 years, or two billion a year. Reported to the 8 billion, it is not so heavy a load it.

Some accuse you of promoting Free Mobile. Have you exceeded your role?

In December 2008, the Prime Minister has decided to award a fourth mobile phone license. When I arrived at the ARCEP, in May 2009, I had never met the leaders of the Free. I found this and I managed impartially. The Authority has done everything to ensure that other actors such as Virgin or Bolloré Telecom, were not interested. Some have thought, but not decide. It is true that there was a risk that only dared to take Free. Moreover, we knew punish Free when necessary: ​​in 2010, on its unlimited packages fixed, or last year, on the fiber. Free as We treat all other operators.

 

The French system of press distribution does succeed in extricating himself from the dire straits in which the combined decline of newspaper sales and investment capacity of the publishers place for several years?

The French model is very specific. The market is shared between two messaging: Presstalis (ex-NMPP) and Messengers Lyons Press (MLP). The two coexisted for setting up the system, based on the principle of cost sharing distribution between publishers, under the rule of law Bichet 1947 that guarantees pluralism of the press. Presstalis distributes 75% of volumes in France, including all of the national daily press, the rest being transferred to MLP, its competitor centered on magazines.

Cost Sharing

In recent years, the MLP gained more market share by offering attractive rates. And at the same time, Presstalis sank into difficulties. Faced with significant structural costs, late in the modernization of its network, the messaging has been facing a severe crisis in 2009. Despite a savings plan of 86 million euros from 2010 to 2012, it would still lose 15 million in 2011.

Meanwhile, the structural decline of print media sales, estimated at 6% last year and probably similar in 2012, continues to affect the entire industry. NMPP has had to adjust its restructuring plan, adopted in December by the two cooperatives that comprise it. At the same time, certain securities of Mondadori France (Grazia, Top Health and Biba) and The Point have announced their departure from Presstalis for MLP.

Presstalis responded, saying the defections compromised, at the worst time, its turnaround plan. Hence his attempt, rejected by the new Regulatory Authority for distribution of the press, to freeze these departures securities. But Presstalis is returned to the charge by offering a longer notice periods for transfers of title to better anticipate the loss of customers.

Messaging supports the approach of the Supreme Council of the messaging of the press to share the cost with the MLP distribution of the national daily press, it is only to ensure the load while the flow of major newspapers are considered "structural "for the entire network. The recovery system will depend on the ability of actors to agree to divide equally the costs, while modernizing the network, including reconciliations between operating depots (wholesalers), now too many. The latter provide the newspaper distribution in 29,500 retail outlets.

 

Social negotiation of the last five-year promises to be one of the most difficult. Unions and management have started on Friday the MEDEF, their discussion of "competitive employment agreements" intends introduce the president. Nicolas Sarkozy gave in late January, two months to agree on these devices should allow, after majority agreement concluded in the company to adjust temporarily the working time and compensation of employees to cope with the hollow of activity. Specifically, employees would agree to reduce their wages and working hours while their employers would commit to maintaining employment for a specified time and so do not dismiss. The agreement will require all employees, without the possibility of individual refusal.

All participants had not Friday the same objectives. One thing in common: the desire to prolong the debate. "I understood that discussions would take some time," admitted Patrick Bernasconi, the leader of the employers' delegation. "We have to hold until April 22, confessed to a trade unionist. Nicolas Sarkozy is elected and he will impose his bill, or it's Francois Hollande and it will not respond to our exchanges. We should just save time. "A strategy that seems part: three bargaining sessions have been scheduled Friday, the last … April 13.

Both sides of the trade union side

In addition, two camps are emerging trade union side. First there are those who are willing to discuss, but not under the pressure of political events. "If the goal is to maintain jobs temporarily in companies, we are open to negotiate with employers, assumes Thouvenel Joseph, vice president of the CFTC Payday advance. But we must first there was agreement on what constitutes the concept of competitiveness and employment it will take a few weeks. "Same story with the CFDT, which is, as always," ready to engage " but from the moment the debate is extended to matters of "corporate governance, sharing of wealth and investment in research and development." A program that far exceeds the specifications set by Nicolas Sarkozy

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And then there came no will power to sign, but not to be accused of refusing social dialogue. CGT head, which speaks of "coup" government to impose greater flexibility in business and reduce workers' rights. "I forgot my pen to sign the text employers", ironically also Maurad Rahbi, one of its negotiators at the entrance to the meeting, before continuing: "We have seen that an agreement competitiveness Employment provided in Conti Clairoix. Employees agreed to wage cuts and strong the company closed three years later. "

FO is on the same wavelength as the competitive employment agreements are for it as "blackmail to employment." For Stéphane Lardy, his "Mr. Employment "negotiations should address the issue of" joint management "sine qua non for the success of such devices across the Rhine. "If you want to import the German model, it must be taken in its totality," he causes, convinced that employers in France there are "not ready".

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The sudden blizzard that hit on France warms accounts Damart. Sales of underwear Thermolactyl, the fiber's flagship brand, jumped with negative temperatures: + 255% in distance selling and + 155% in-store. This is much better than other products that have received a boost from the cold wave. According Climpact, sales of creams have increased by 86%, while soups recorded an increase of 25%.

At Darmart, we do not shout victory, however. This excellent performance indeed occur after a mild winter, and consequently very bad for business of specialist cold weather. The brand claims to have suffered less Roubaix this winter too lenient than the competition. "February sales have not saved the season, because we can not recover in two weeks what is lost in three months, said Christine Pageot, executive director of Damart France. But however much it helps start the spring season. "

Each degree Celsius worth its weight in gold in the hot underwear. "From late September, the correlation is very strong between temperature and sales of underwear," says Christine Pageot. These flows especially in October and April, the lowest month, where sales have reached only the fifth best month, December.

Two new concepts to shop

Sales are very responsive to temperature: a drop of ten degrees can be doubled. "The weather and the trappings are flocking orders: the windshield of the car he must scratch, the first appearance of gels," says Christine Pageot.

The Thermolactyl, invented in 1953, still accounts for one quarter of sales of the brand (350 million euros last year). The fiber was invented street Dammartin Despature by three brothers, a family of clothiers based in Roubaix since 1850.

In a little less than sixty years, the garment house has changed. The plants are parties in Tunisia, the fiber has evolved into a more silky material and odorless, and lace patterns or trends were established.

If the distance selling is still the majority of sales (55%), the 80 stores in France are the subject of much attention. Two new concepts were launched in 2010 and 2011. First the Damart Sport, with a shelf lined underwear adapted to intensive sport or relaxation, fibers made from breathable or more drinks, designed for summer. Then the Happy D., specially dedicated to the senior client. The favorite of the sign, because it buys for the whole family. Five shops offer ready-to-wear in a style more suited to the "new senior". The early returns are positive. But it is too early to take stock: the new shops did not know the summer season. See you next winter

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The G20 summit opened in Cannes on Thursday in an acute crisis. President Nicolas Sarkozy had to leave an extraordinary meeting of the euro area to hold under a rainy sky guests, leaders of 20 leading world economies.

The crisis in the euro area has so encroached on the official program that the French president had to cancel his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Sing. French President Barack Obama had previously met face-to-head and seems to have gained the support of the United States for its proposed financial transactions tax cash till payday.

The political changes in Athens have also punctuated the start of the summit. Returning to Greece after being scolded by Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel on Wednesday, Prime Minister George Papandreou is facing the sling of his own ministers.Rumors of resignation are insistent, despite denials from the Prime Minister.

On Thursday afternoon, the G20 countries were in flooring solutions to end the crisis, reform the international monetary system, and the increase of IMF funds. If the crisis in the euro area permits.

After suffering a decline of more than 3% yesterday, the Paris Stock Exchange on Tuesday recidivism holiday. The CAC 40 began the session on a sharp decline from 1.89% to 3185.30 points before to increase its losses. He plunged from 3.09% to 3142.59 points in the opening minutes of the transactions. In its wake, the Dax in Frankfurt was down 3.37% and the FTSE-100 in London lost 1.71%. Madrid plunged by almost 3%.

Traders are not present reassured by the fences down Asian markets this morning and those of the U.S. financial markets yesterday. They are again assailed by doubts about the debt situation in Europe. Operators including questioning the ability of banks to recapitalize."Without real support of the economy, the Agreement on Greece will not have any real effect," said Michael James.

Greece still worried

Greece, in fact, placed his fate in the hands of the people by deciding to hold a referendum on the decisions of the European Summit of 26 October. "The will of the Greek people be binding on us," said Prime Minister George Papandreou, who will also seek a confidence vote in Parliament on the agreement on debt. If 'no' wins, the Greek Constitution mandates the holding of early parliamentary elections. "This will plunge the country into an economic downturn and unprecedented political," says a member also left anonymously. The news was greeted coolly by the markets on Tuesday.

The European trend: in Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank loose 7.5%, 10% and Commerzbank. In Zurich, Credit Suisse, which announced 1,500 job cuts, collapses to 8.98%.

• EDF: -2.33% to 21.20 euros

The group said Monday it has reached an agreement with the Italian shareholders of Edison on the principles of the reorganization of the second Italian electrician, announced as a step closer to taking control of it.

• Air France-KLM: -3.03% to 5.34 euros

The atmosphere was quiet and posted a thirty flights per hour at Paris Orly airport on Tuesday morning, the fourth day of the strike of hostesses and stewards of Air France, found an AFP .

2010 marks a departure for French exports of military equipment. With a total of 5.12 billion euros, they are falling over 8.1 billion garnered in 2009 (6.5 billion in 2008). The objective of Paris was to beat all its records by signing for "at least 10 billion of export contracts" is more or less the equivalent of what the French army spending for its own every year.

Nevertheless, the government notes in the twelfth edition of its report to parliament on arms exports to France for 2010, "France has maintained fourth largest exporter of defense equipment (…) in a situation difficult ".

The world export market has stabilized at 70 billion euros.And in total military spending worldwide have slowed to 1.127 trillion euros, an increase of over 1% against a growth of 5% per year between 2001 and 2009. "Over the decade," the report notes, "the United States, the European Union, where Britain and France stand out, Russia and Israel share 90% of the export market."

The decline in export activity in 2010 due to the lag of several large contracts – as in 2009, with sales in Brazil of four submarines and 50 helicopters – that France hoped to sign the year last.

Remarkable performances

In discussions since 2009, the contract for the sale of two ships of projection and command (BPC) Mistral class in Russia was finally signed in June 2011 between DCNS and Rosoboronexport to 1.1 billion euros.It is therefore not recorded in 2010.

And ongoing negotiations with several countries to sell the Rafale combat aircraft built by Dassault Aviation, have not yet been completed. Among the most promising, the Brazilian has cooled with the decision of the President Rousseff to defer any decision to buy 36 fighter in 2012. The second, United Arab Emirates, is still active.

Negotiations, that France hoped to see succeed in 2010, continues with Abu Dhabi. Just over a week, Gerard Longuet had found that Paris had entered "a final negotiation." The defense minister had described as "very high" probability that the contract is concluded. France and the UAE have been negotiating the sale of 2008 copies of 60 Rafale.The French fighter is also short list in India along with the Eurofighter, developed by EADS, BAE and Finmeccanica to supply 126 aircraft to the Indian Army.

France can also expect to have the benefits of its commitment to Libya where the effectiveness of French equipment was again demonstrated (after including Afghanistan) under real conditions in a theater of operation. Of these, the performance of Tiger helicopters (EADS) and the Rafale, whose versatility allows him to perform all the tasks (surveillance, attack in depth, defensive etc.) were noted. "This is the only aircraft in the world capable of performing such a feat today," says a military engaged in Operation Harmattan.

For France, the stakes are high because the Rafale irrigates the French industry, including Ile-de-France and Aquitaine.The French fighter involved 500 industrial partners and represents more than 8000 jobs in total.

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