The disaster is averted for Athens, temporarily saved from bankruptcy, and for the euro area, which sees the specter of contagion in the Mediterranean.

The crisis of indebtedness is at a turning point? Tuesday is a Northerner, the Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg, he returned to evoke a more sober interlude. "The Greeks are still trapped in their tragedy," he said, while Europe "sees turn in the last act of a longer time drama."

The next scene begins on a new thriller, on the side of the Parthenon. If the government wants to open Papademos some 237 billion government loans and private debt erasure promised Tuesday in Brussels, he has only a few days to prove itself. In the morning, Christine Lagarde has said bluntly: the IMF will release the funds with other "after implementation of prior commitments" in Athens.

Parliaments of the three countries most reluctant – Finland, Netherlands and Germany of course – will not give themselves the green light after having tried to play. Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who complained there is little Greece as a "bottomless pit", even its detailed requirements for February 27, day of the Bundestag vote planned: a 22% lowering of the minimum wage, a reduction in budgets public health, pension reform and the massive onslaught of local governments.

Explosive political equation

Behind the hard line displayed in the north lies a concern shared throughout the euro area. The team of technocrats led by Lucas Papademos living its last weeks before the new elections. The government which emerges from the polls in April could, quite a true popular mandate, to be more devious meet European requirements no faxing 1 hour payday loans. So now that Greece has to swallow in one gulp if possible, the bitterest of his potion.

Problem. Both major parties Conservative and Socialist – those who have subscribed to medicine Brussels – together account for 40% of the vote only. Conversely, the far left and anti-European movement of honey from the wrath of the street facing austerity. This equation is politically explosive that pretends to ignore the financial agreement Tuesday.

Right, Antonis Samaras, still favorite in the polls, the results in economic terms and said aloud that report confidential documents as hopeless as submitted to the EU and the IMF: "Without economic growth, said the leader of New Democracy , immediate budgetary objectives can not be kept and the debt will remain unsustainable in the long run. "

It is the fault of austerity. Greece enters its fifth year of recession with no other prospect in the euro as "internal devaluation" – that is a general decline in revenues – expected to make it competitive for the future. The decrease in the minimum wage needs to accelerate the purging. But for now, it undermines domestic demand, that is to say the activity, and at the same time increases the relative burden of debt. Europe and Greece have gained time. But except to return to growth, they have certainly not finished with the appointment of a crisis.

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L'Oreal gives up stock options to. Its CEO, Jean-Paul Agon, announced this weekend in the columns of the Journal du Dimanche. "In April, I will propose to the Board a complete halt of the system of stock options at L'Oreal, for everyone and this year."

The highest paid boss in the CAC 40 in 2010 according to the firm Proxinvest, with a total compensation of 10.7 million euros, Jean-Paul Agon believes that "stock options pollute the debate" on executive compensation. He also forfeit himself to half of those that were granted in 2010.

L'Oreal wants to substitute a variable pay system "more transparent and less uncertain." It should take the form of bonus shares after four years of seniority, provided that the company had reached "certain performance criteria." A similar approach has been implemented in other companies, especially at GDF Suez in 2011.

Taxation hardened

Overall, companies increasingly plébiscitent bonus shares, the tax is now more favorable than that of stock options vilified by the public. While the government has tightened the tax on these benefits under the pension reform (the employer's contribution rose from 10% to 14% and the contribution of the wage gain of 2.5% to 8%), that of bonus shares remained unchanged.

As the barometer of the firm Aon Hewitt published last June, the weight of bonus shares is now higher than that of stock options to all levels of responsibility. The weight of stock options increases, however, as you climb in the hierarchy.

30% variable for the big bosses

The bonus shares have the advantage of being more transparent. The granting of stock options allows an employee to buy shares when they want at a price fixed in advance. If the share price rises, it makes a profit, having bought shares in his company at a price below the market price. The bonus shares, by contrast, are assigned once and for all.

If executive compensation CAC 40 remain much lower than prevailing across the Atlantic, eleven French leaders in 2010 earned more than 240 times the minimum wage. The forty patrons of the benchmark index of the Paris Bourse have generally seen their pay jump by 34% between 2009 and 2010. Variable compensation, up 35% over 2009, an average of 30% of the total.

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Jeremy Lin and the American fairy tale. It only took seven games to the playmaker of the team's basketball for the Knicks panic counters and generate a media frenzy rarely seen in America. The defeat of his team that night, for the first time since its revelation to the public, does not diminish the power of the phenomenon Lin, who finished top scorer of the match. A true media darling, the "Lin mania" is now an economic nature.

According to Patrick Rishe, a journalist specializing in sports economics at Forbes, Jeremy Lin should earn this year between 10 and 20 million dollars in revenue for his team. Based on his calculations, he believes that the brand Jeremy Lin is now worth $ 14 million. Already, sales of products Knicks exceed those of all other teams in the championship. Better yet, the shirt of Jeremy Lin is currently the best selling of the entire league by site nbastore.com, ahead of Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, however, the two superstars of American basketball.

Since its emergence in the field, television audiences matches the Knicks were up 66%, according to ABC News and the price of tickets at Madison Square Garden, where the team plays, increased by 27%. A phenomenon that extends to the whole country, all brought to theaters soon receive the full display of the Knicks team and seeing the price of tickets on the black market soar.

Nike bounces on the phenomenon

Lin's exploits have even an impact on stock markets. The share price of the group Madison Square Garden Entertainment, which owns the Knicks, has increased by 6.2% over the last five days, reaching its highest of the year, according to Bloomberg. Performance directly attributed to Lin, the group has announced losses in the same week.

It did not so much to interest sponsors. Decisive with his team, he also shines personality, humble and smiling and personal history. Out of nowhere, rejected by the leading clubs, he finally won through hard work, courage and tenacity. All values ​​that symbolize the American dream and please brands. Do well because already under contract with Jeremy Lin before hatching, Nike also is preparing to release a shoe in the name of the player and the colors of the Knicks. Jeremy Lin signed his first professional contract this week, amounting to 762,000 dollars for the season. It's a safe bet that it would reach many more especially if he continues to earn as much.

Wind "Folin" Asia

First American player of Taiwanese to move in the American Championship of Basketball, Jeremy Lin has become at the same time the new headline the NBA for Asia, which represents the largest market outside the league, according to Reuters. Asian TV channels were also eager to buy the rights to broadcast matches, the Chinese state channel CCTV has even changed its programs to broadcast several games of the Knicks this week.

"This is an unprecedented phenomenon and I am delighted for him, for the league and the Knicks' David Stern said Tuesday, the powerful boss of the NBA. It is true that the media hype and commercial around that player's personal story atypical is a boon to the American basketball league whose image had been tarnished by a long and costly strike that has raised fears a moment the cancellation of the season. Some broadcasters and sponsors in mind, feared even a year on the cheap and tasteless. By Jeremy Lin, American sport has found a goose that lays golden eggs and intends to capitalize on it. Remains whether it will uphold and maintain this level of play

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In four years, there will be more wireless devices connected to the Internet than people on Earth! Such is the prognosis of the American group Cisco, specializing in Internet routers. In 2016, the number of smartphones, Internet tablets and communicating objects, such as GPS and electric meters, is expected to reach 10 billion units in the world for a world population expected to 7.3 billion people, provides the American champion.

First, every human being has at least one mobile phone, a laptop or a tablet. "In 2016, there will be over 8 billion mobile devices for personal use, connected to the Internet," says the study by Cisco. In addition, nearly 2 billion Internet connections will be made only by machines together, what experts call the M2M, short for "machine-to-machine".

Last day of our medical records

This market segment is expected to record a staggering growth rate. "End of 2011, the report says Berg Insight, the number of M2M connections was 120 million, against 100 million a year earlier," says Benedict Jouffrey, vice president of Gemalto M2M solution, the global leader in smart cards specializing in this niche. He added: "The application areas are extremely varied, from cars through payment terminals, systems followed by containers through the electric meter. Virtually every business can use to make the M2M communicating objects it produces or uses. "

Cisco also believes that M2M is expected to grow in the medical field, to form patient records and faster access to data about their health.

Besides the development of uses, connections to the Internet will improve mobility for all generations of mobile networks (GSM, 3G and Long Term Evolution, 4G said). "The average connection speed mobile will be multiplied by 9 between 2011 and 2016," the study provides Cisco, only after doubling last year.

The growth rate of mobile data traffic will grow at 78% per year until 2016, three times faster than the overall data transfer over the Internet. Therefore, the mobile data traffic will be multiplied by 18 to a total of 130 exabytes or 130 billion gigabytes. To represent this huge amount of information, this represents some 33 billion DVD, says Cisco.

This study points out that published in early 2010 by the Swedish group Ericsson, the world leader in mobile networks, which called for 2020, about "50 billion devices connected to the Internet. Patients will be linked to hospitals, trucks will remain in connection with their logistics center. And several operators have already developed their divisions to meet the demand for machines connected to other machines. "

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PSA announced this morning its annual accounts. The group recorded an operating profit of 1.31 billion euros, against 1.79 billion euros a year earlier. The net profit is not apparent at 588 million euros, against 1.13 billion euros in 2010. Meanwhile, turnover rose by 6.9%, to 59.9 billion euros.

The action jumps over 3% this morning. Maybe the confirmation of reorganization plans, at a cost of 310 million euros, appeals to investors.

One thing is certain, Peugeot loses money on its core business, namely to build and sell automobiles. To be precise, the industry grouping of PSA Peugeot Citroen and recorded an operating loss of EUR 92 million in 2011. In the second half, the deficit in the division has even approached the 500 million euros. Outside this perimeter, the Chinese subsidiary is profitable but it remains small (404,400 vehicles sold).

Peugeot may rely on other divisions recorded strong performances. This is particularly true of Faurecia payday loan lenders. The bodybuilder, dying a few years ago, posted an operating profit of 651 million euros (+43%). Peugeot is the majority shareholder of Faurecia, with 57.43% stake. For its part, the logistics specialist Gefco, 100% subsidiary of PSA, saw its operating profit to 223 million euros (+12.6%). The bank PSA Finance has also posted profits.

Prospects fuzzy

Beyond the figures, investors are sensitive to the perspectives of PSA. In this respect, the release of the group is unclear. While the financial community will not fail to appreciate the emphasis on cash management, there is no forecast of operating margin. It is unclear whether Peugeot will be profitable this year. The group expects a 5% drop in sales in Europe with 10% in France. Growth should be at the rendezvous in emerging countries.

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Committee for the Six Nations, the puzzle of the new date of the France-Ireland postponed last Saturday, should be completed tonight. This is not the case of French Rugby Federation (FFR), she also faces the unpleasant consequences of the postponement at the last minute of the match on the second day of the Six Nations tournament.

And for good reason: about 78,000 spectators, with the majority of them paid for their seats, were present in the stands Saturday night. In addition to travel expenses and accommodation, went up in smoke, they had paid to enter the Stade de France between 36 and 110 euros for the major shows of European rugby. "The general conditions of sale do not provide reimbursement for these tickets, it says in the FFR. However, the different parts (FFR, insurance, Consortium Stade de France …) studying the subject and the possibility of compensating the injured fans the most. " If the hypothesis of simple reimbursement of tickets for spectators unable to return seemed logical at first glance, it is not acquired at all.

Necessarily financial compensation pa

If the game is postponed from this Sunday, it will be difficult for the FFR, lack of time to fill the shortfall by the potential resale of tickets redeemed. In the event that the Committee of Six Nations would choose the date of March 3, the leeway to the FFR to re-market these tickets would be wider … and could therefore support the decision of any reimbursement, in whole or part , tickets. The Federation also confirms that no final decision will be taken before choosing the new date, but an official communication will be made on the site of the FFR, when setting the terms of any repayment. It also emphasizes the study of "compensation, not necessarily financial supporters the most affected." In case of default, there are still more likely that the fans away from Paris trying to resell their tickets on the black market.

A weekend in 1000 euros for two

In addition to sporting disappointment, the financial damage is also for fans of rugby. Mainly for the fans from the south-west, but especially Ireland. For the latter, the cost of the weekend in Paris often resort to over 1000 euros for two people.

Another player injured by this fiasco: France Televisions. Often questioned, as her sisters, to put pressure on the maintenance of programming events to large audiences, the public broadcaster said, however, have fought to advance the game in 15 hours. Without success. Cost of operation: 130,000 euros, according to Daniel Bilalian, sports director of France Televisions.

Finally, in the Stade de France, the loss is more difficult to assess. According to the task, the final match between France and Italy on February 4 was generated € 1.5 million profit, and a recipe for 300,000 euros for the FFR. The France-Ireland being postponed, not canceled, the loss on the sale of products, beverages and other sandwiches should be controlled.

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The ambitions of China's Lenovo are clear: to become world number one personal technology. The first step involves the conquest of the PC market. Then, Lenovo will address the shelves, then to smartphones and televisions, the following step by step roadmap.

"For the ninth consecutive quarter, Lenovo has achieved the highest growth in the global PC market," noted Thursday, François Bornibus, Lenovo Vice President Western Europe, on the occasion of the release of third quarter results its fiscal year (ended March 31). This growth allows it to move closer to HP he ran for the position of world number one. "Over the past quarter, we hold 14% market share, against 16.2% for HP, according to IDC," adds François Bornibus, who believes that Lenovo "take leadership in this sector within two years." Last year, HP has made more than 19% of computer sales worldwide and Lenovo 11%. In one year, Lenovo's sales increased by 37% by volume, of only 2% of HP, in a stable market. This growth was accompanied by Lenovo for an increase of 44% of its turnover to 8.3 billion.

The Chinese took advantage of hesitation in strategic HP PCs and cons of Acer-business performance. Lenovo is carried by the dynamism of its domestic market, it holds more than a third of the PC market in China and other emerging Asian markets. But it is also strengthened by Western Europe and North America, where he continues to benefit from the legacy of IBM (which acquired the PC division in 2005). "Our market share in Europe increased from 4.7% to 8.5% in one year," adds François Bornibus.

The world leader is that Lenovo also requires development in the tablets. The group has already announced the release of several products, with a first wave expected in the month of May "We will also develop hybrid products, like the IdeaPad S2 (one tablet once a keyboard is attached to a laptop)," said Francois Bornibus. The range consists of tablets Android (the operating system of Google), will grow to 8 devices on Windows at the end of the year.

Extended offer

Eventually, the group will expand its offering to smartphones and televisions. For now, Lenovo cut his teeth in mobile telephony and television connected to China. The group will now owns a market share of "double digit" in smartphones, a presence quadrupled in twelve months. It will launch in China in the coming weeks, its first connected TVs. "We take advantage of our brand in China and our highly developed distribution network in order to launch new products," explains François Bornibus. Lenovo account then use the experience gained in its domestic market to export smartphones and SmartTV.

The ambitions of the Chinese are not to the liking of everyone. Acer Lenovo has decided to attack in court after the latter decided to use the services of a consultant rather special: Gianfranco Lanci, Acer's former CEO, who resigned last March. He now heads the division Europe-Middle East Lenovo. Taiwanese rival sees a breach of the non-compete clause and has also turned against his former boss.

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Between 1200 and 1500 vocational training bodies turned to personal development are now suspected of sectarianism, according to Georges Fenech, who chairs Miviludes, the Interministerial Mission of Vigilance and Combat against Sectarian.

This infiltration of sects in the field of vocational training has now become a policy concern. To demonstrate this symposium organized Thursday by the Ministry of learning and vocational training with the support of Miviludes.

On this occasion, it will present a new guide on this topic, entitled "knowing detect sectarian in vocational training." "A book that is intended for HR, managers of businesses, organizations who are responsible for vocational training, employees and the unemployed also looking to do a conversion in this area so they do not fall into the wrong hands, "says Fenech.

7 billion in revenue

According to the Minister of Learning and Training, Nadine Morano, the controls "to track sects" will be strengthened within this broad sector. In figures, vocational training is in fact 50 000 training organizations, 7 billion in revenue, more than 11 million students trained each year and 750 million hours of training.

An area attractive for gurus of all stripes who have thus found an ideal gateway: personal development. Through coaching, management techniques or stress management, training can easily drift into teaching suspects. According to Nadine Morano, the "potential for sectarian" concentrate well in "the field behavioral said," representing "20% of training organizations."

For these structures to sectarian drift, which get their hands on vocational training, greed is obvious but not only. They thus offer a way to recruit new followers and also ensure a share of influence in the business or administration.

Fenech: "In training, we create a label"

To fight against sectarian in the company, Georges Fenech, president of Miviludes like to set up a certification system for vocational training bodies.

Since when is the training she became the target of sectarian movements?

The phenomenon has existed for several years. By 1999, a parliamentary report evoked the problem. The novelty is that one cares. There was the first law of 24 November 2009 which led to increased opportunities for control and which introduced the sectarian threat in the axes of control. The same law also listed incompatibilities with the professional development activity. There are various convictions often associated with sectarian movement as the illegal practice of pharmacy or scam. In that Act, now adds a government's desire to take the problem head on. The symposium held on Thursday, is an illustration.

Should we go further to protect the professional training of sects?

Miviludes has signed agreements with various agencies. Among them, the General Delegation for employment and vocational training to establish new lines of control. Next April and to better fight against sectarian, labor inspectors, specializing in the control of vocational training organizations, will begin to be trained over two days by Miviludes. An agreement was reached with the general direction of work for everything related to undeclared work, the forgery statutes in this area. Also, we worked with the Directorate General of Health to set up a technical support group responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of unconventional practices for therapeutic purposes.

Will you make new proposals to strengthen controls?

For clarity, why not implement a labeling system managed by the regulatory bodies, offices professional qualification training organizations. The implementation of this label, should naturally be accompanied by harmonization of standards for selection, which is not the case today. We must certainly tend towards more control. It also requires the State to develop the means to recover the amounts paid to an organization when the checks show later that the training content is irrelevant.

What can a company today who suspects a body of sectarian aberration?

In particular it may go on the new site Miviludes, available today. Everyone can ask questions and get answers.

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The French, who commonly employ the term "38-ton", corresponding to the total weight authorized in charge, to designate truck pulling a trailer, will be forced to review their vocabulary. It is true that he was no longer appropriate as the total load is increased to 40 tons since 1989. And she will soon climb to 44 tons.

On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, MEPs adopted an article in effect setting the standard to 44 tons. For trucks carrying such cargo traveled French roads, they will have to wait for the final approval of Parliament and the publication of implementing regulations. Manufacturers and carriers have been campaigning for several years this relaxation law. "Given the current state of congestion of roads in France, to manage the increased volume of goods transported in the coming years needs to increase the allowable weight for trucks," justifies Thierry Archambault, deputy chairman of the House international union of automotive and motorcycle (CSIAM).

Since January 2011, the agricultural and food sectors have the opportunity to use these trucks throughout the country. Other economic sectors also wanted access. They even see a real ecological benefit. "Increasing the capacity of the trucks will reduce the number of vehicles per kilometer and fuel consumption," explains Union of Chemical Industries.

Road wear

This change is much easier to implement than the UK, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands have already passed. "The approval of the trucks is already in Europe, says Thierry Archambault. This means that heavy goods vehicles traveling on French roads are already certified for this level of 44 tons and that there will be no change needed. "

The main risk pointed to by some state services is due to the accelerated deterioration of roads due to extra weight. Time considered, the reduction from five to six axles, which would reduce the axle load and therefore wear of the road was finally rejected by MPs this week.

"The manufacturers have developed air suspension that can reduce this additional wear," explains Thierry Archambault. Importantly, this measure would have significant economic consequences: "The sixth axle would have cost much more expensive to buy and maintain, explains Thierry Archambault. Moreover, it would have made the French truck much less competitive on the market opportunity, given the five-axle Europe. "

Far from the "trucks" American

The move to 44 tons will not have any impact on the appearance of trucks on our roads since it is enough to fill more. So we are far from seeing the famous American trucks in France.

The difference lies first in the tractor, but also in the length of the group consisting of the tractor and the semi-trailer. In France, the maximum length of 18.75 meters when it is 25.25 in the U.S.. This shift to 25.25 meters is also the next fight of professional drivers. Some European countries like Sweden, already allow. Brussels and looks at the question.

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"The current financial crisis, the second level of rigor and concern about the purchasing power (mainly because of higher diesel prices), explain the fall of the indicator," Analysis Dominique Barbet, an economist at BNP Paribas .

Households are also very pessimistic about their future living standards, which fall 8 points. Since July, this indicator has been awarded 20 points. It is now a record low.