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May 2, 2012 - 10:32 am Comments Off

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Orangina has found the right recipe for success in Japan

April 20, 2012 - 7:16 am Comments Off

 

One million cases of 24 bottles. This is what qu'Orangina has elapsed in the first four days of its launch large scale in Japan, three weeks ago. "We did in four days half of our annual goal, welcomes Midori Takahashi, in charge of public relations for the Suntory Group, owner of Orangina. We aim 2 million cases a year. "

The brand has a massive arrival on the shelves in Japan. Orangina is supported by an impressive advertising campaign led by U.S. actor Richard Gere, directed in a dream of France under the slogan: "Orangina, the soft drink that drink the French, is finally in Japan!" In supermarkets, it is advisable to mix the soda with red wine, "French". Suntory plays the card of the Hexagon, in a landscape crowded Japanese soft drinks. In 2010, Nobu Torii, head of international development strategy of Suntory and nephew of the founder, had gone to ask the French government for permission to use the tricolor on his promotion.

Japan had long awaited the famous soft drink. In 2009, the Japanese brewer Suntory bought Orangina Schweppes Group for 2.6 billion euros, according to Western press of the time. Then the winds Japanese fleet on the brand. Last year, the launch of Orangina Samurai (lemon flavor) and Orangina Geisha (fish taste) have included the passage of the mark under the Japanese flag.

The pub does not recommend shaking the bottle

Japanese version of Orangina was to be launched in 2011. Fukushima disaster has postponed the launch. The drink, so she immediately found a place in the heart of the Japanese, has disappointed the French living in Japan, who reveal "less pulp and more bubbles." Sugar levels and gasification of the formula was changed at the margin. The bottle-shaped orange mythical underwent a fitness class and finds himself almost as slender as that of Coca-Cola, she sees in grocery stores.

"We tried to be as faithful as possible to the original brand and the bottle, because the Japanese really appreciated this drink in its original form, defends Midori Takahashi. But we need to replicate the formula with Japanese ingredients, and according to the Japanese guns. And the famous bottle could be reproduced at the factory and did not take on Japanese store shelves. "

Result: a pale copy of the original, in French eyes, anyway. Advertising even recommends to the Orangina upside down instead of shaking frantically, without which the drink is exploding in the consumer's hand. Suntory does currently not launch outside the borders Nipponese. But it is not clear, despite the marketing of drums, which could attract foreign in this drink has become a bit bland, neither Japanese nor French.

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Modulate his car insurance with deductibles

April 17, 2012 - 12:08 am Comments Off

The insurance deductible

In its most common meaning, the deductible is an amount of money that remains the responsibility of the insured in case of disaster or when the responsible person is not identified. This allowance is intended to:

The driver-responsibility by sharing the risk,

-Limit "small" claims, which are comparatively more expensive in terms of administrative costs,

-Allow the company to propose lower prices.

Namely: the deductible does not apply to third party victims, who are always fully reimbursed.

Application of the exemptions

Regarding auto insurance, there are also:

-Deductible mileage. It is home to a distance beyond which the automobile assistance benefits do not fire. For example, if the deductible mileage is 50 miles, the tow vehicle crashed 20 km from the residence of the insured will not be supported.

-The deductible on work incapacity or disability: it is the number of days of disability or a disability rate below which the personal guarantee of the driver does not play (eg, 10 days of disability or 5% disability).

Relief may take two forms. The franchise deductible amount is simply called a threshold. In this context, the insurer does not support the claim that if the amount exceeds the amount of the deductible. If he supports it, it's totally and no money is left in charge of the insured. For example, if the contract provides for a deductible of € 300, a loss of € 250 will not be supported, but a loss of € 500 will be fully reimbursed to the insured.

The corresponding absolute frankness about it in the most common case. This amount is borne by the insured in any case. Thus, if the deductible is € 300, a loss of € 700 will be repaid only € 400 to the insured.

Excess amounts

Some franchises are set by ministerial decree and therefore required all insurance companies. This is particularly the case of natural disaster deductible amount of € 380. In contrast, other franchises are freely set by the insurers.

Limit or eliminate the deductibles of an insurance contract is to actually buy them. Therefore, contributions and increase the gap between premium contract with deductible or no deductible up to 30%. The insured can choose its franchises in particular according to their driving habits.

Note: Franchise may be different from a guarantee to another. For example, in the same contract, the franchise glass breakage can be 250 €, but that of flight-fire guarantee of 750 €.

Thus, an insured person who never lends his vehicle can save money on their insurance premiums by choosing a franchise "ready to drive" high. Conversely, parents of a young driver may have an interest in buying the franchise "novice driver" time of his apprenticeship.

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These engineers who play the card industry

March 26, 2012 - 10:40 pm Comments Off

 

Time in one week (from March 19 to 25) industry has been in the spotlight in France. No fewer than 2280 events have been deployed to try to reconcile the public with an industry rolled by job cuts. In twenty years, more than 460,000 jobs were lost in the sector, according to the Strategic Analysis Centre (SAC), which provides yet for 2020, 3.425 million more jobs in this industry.

Director of the Ecole des Mines d'Ales, Alain Dorison advocates more than ever for the industry and seeks to expose its students as possible with this medium. "We ensure that our students know the industrial and SMEs and we train them to the culture of innovation and creativity," he says.

Innovation and creativity

On leaving school, 80% of engineers are working elsewhere in the productive sector, and 50% leave in companies of fewer than 2000 employees. "The addition of a large group, it is fame and salary levels. But in an SME, the great wealth remains the variety of missions and jobs, "he insists.

With a tray + 6 "design environment" conducted at the Institute of Arts and Crafts of Chambery, Lawrence Noca has hardly hesitated when the specialist outdoor Lafuma offered him a position in the eco-design and . Since 2011 he is Director of Innovation and Sustainable Development group based in Anneyron in the Drome and operates three production sites in France.  

"The textile industry is not the market that we hear first in schools payday loans. Yet there are real problems of production, materials research, "he says. Currently he is working on projects on eco-design hiking equipment and new methods of shaping fabric. "Innovation can be a true way to relocate certain activities," he recalls.

Of wood chemistry in printed electronics

Other rapidly changing industry, paper. "We are in an area where factories are closing, but at the same time moving towards green chemistry, which recovers waste, which will generate employment in the coming years. We talk less and less paper and more and more fiber, "insists Bernard Pineau, director Pagora, the engineering school in Grenoble Institute specializes in the paper.  

"We will of the chemistry of wood, boxes and luxury packaging, printed electronics to a market that weighed 3 million in 2008 and is currently estimated at 89 billion dollars!" Recalls Bernard Pineau. The 60 engineers who drop out each year to graduate have no trouble placing in France and abroad (with salaries of about 35,000 euros per year). But it is true that 40% are apprentices. "A quarter of our alumni now occupy positions of CEO or plant managers," commented Bernard Pineau.

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The attractiveness of France bend but not break

March 21, 2012 - 6:04 pm Comments Off

 

A chaotic situation in the euro area, decorated with the prospect of a presidential election in France: the cocktail did not much attractive for foreign investors in 2011. In this context, the attractiveness of the Hexagon folded but did not break. The country remained in second place in Europe for the number of foreign investments in 2011, behind the United Kingdom. According to the annual balance sheet submitted by the French Agency for International Investment (AFII), France last year attracted 698 new foreign investment projects that create jobs. If Bercy wants to see "the second best result since more than ten years," it is nevertheless a figure down from the previous year, while the Hexagon had attracted 782 investment. In 2011, investments were divided between extensions of existing settlements (46% of total) and creative (46%). Other projects include the purchase of ailing companies or acquisitions. As usual, many of the investments (60% in 2011) is of European origin. Companies from North America account for 25% of the total-the United States last year have again become the first country-investor in France, and those in Asia for 11%. The emerging countries of taking off no teletrek payday advance.

Some 27,958 new jobs resulted from foreign investment. This figure, down 12% compared to 2010, confirms a basic trend: the size of investment projects knows "a steady decline for several years." The average number of jobs created or maintained by the project was 60 in 2006, 55 in 2007, 50 in 2008, 47 in 2009, 41 in 2010 and 40 in 2010. The Afii explains one side by the proliferation of projects with high added value, which by definition have less need for labor; another, it recognizes "the caution of some investors, which reduce the initial ambition of their projects in an economic recovery remains fragile, "says Afii. "The crisis in the eurozone could cause some wait, which is being squandered. It would also be a lie to say that the electoral event is not regarded in the world, "said Minister of Economy, Baroin.

The challenge for France is important: foreign companies employ more than two million employees in our country, realizing 20% ​​of R & D and entrepreneurship are the source of more than a third of French exports.

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India seeks to boost growth

March 16, 2012 - 2:28 pm Comments Off

 

On the eve of the highly anticipated presentation of Indian budget, the finance minister did not hide his concern. The growth of Indian giant is slowing. Up 6.7% over the 2011-2012 fiscal year, GDP growth is at its lowest since 2008, is concerned the Department in its annual economic report, released yesterday. The first sentence of the document shall, in this regard, eloquently: "For the Indian economy, it was a disappointing year in terms of growth," notes the report.

Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister, still displays a target double-digit growth over the medium term, but now the account is not there. The usual engine of Indian growth, domestic consumption and exports are down.

This year, the Indian authorities point the finger above the weakness of the trade balance. In fiscal year 2011-2012 (April-December), the deficit exceeds $ 130 billion, against $ 96 billion a year earlier.

This degradation of India's foreign trade partly explains the depreciation of Indian currency, the rupee against the dollar. However, the Government's report points out several reasons for hope. The export markets are diversified. A good thing, while services have suffered cruelly from the European crisis. India, which depends on the Old Continent for 20% of its total exports, should relax its export conditions, the report notes. A beacon of hope for Brussels, while negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement with the EU stumble on such a reluctance to open their Indian service sector.

Conservative

For Gaurav, an economist at a major bank in India, the government report is "a powerful indicator of what has been done" but "it is very conservative at the project level, and new ideas are struggling to implement, as the recently seen for reforms affecting foreign investment in retail, which were abandoned instant credit report. "

The Government welcomes especially the effectiveness of measures taken against runaway inflation affecting the country for several years. In January 2012, higher food amounts to 6.55% while it was close to 9% for ten months. This decline in inflation is not considered sufficient by the strong central bank to ease monetary policy. After raising thirteen times its interest rates between March 2010 and October 2011, the central bank chooses the monetary status quo since December 2011, to the chagrin of the business community.

Thursday, the central bank still has disappointed investors by leaving rates unchanged at 8.5% on the grounds that the "potential risk of inflation had increased due to the recent rise in crude prices, the budget deficit is widening and the depreciation of the rupee. "

The employers immediately expressed his displeasure, saying the decision "against-productive" for the economy. "The industry needs strong signals of relaxation to help the recovery of investments," said the Confederation of Indian Industry. The central bank has promised that "future actions will go towards a rate cut."

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Areva remains sole master of its mines

March 3, 2012 - 10:00 am Comments Off

 

The 2011 results of Areva, released Thursday evening, were sealed by its activity "mines". The nuclear giant has indeed devalued its uranium mines over 1, 45 billion euros. This loss comes from the assets of the company Uramin, acquired in 2007.

Areva does not yet puts into question its interest in the mining activity. Luke Oursel, CEO of Areva, has even said on Friday that "there is no scheduled opening of the capital of the mine." This scenario was discussed for several months, and a decree issued in late 2011 had approved the hiving Areva Mines, conducted in the wake.

World number one

The persistent interest of Areva is due: it is the world's largest uranium mines, alongside the Canadian Cameco. Moreover, this branch shows a strong margin. In 2011, EBITDA was 450 million euros to 1.29 billion revenue. The margin was nearly 35%. For the whole of society, the EBITDA exceeded 1 billion euros for 8.87 billion euros in turnover, representing a margin of 12%.

The difficulties Uramin however, show that this activity is risky. To reduce these risks, does not exclude Areva to partner on specific fields, as was done with EDF on February 10 for the Imouraren mine in Niger. "We always open the possibility of associating partners, mainly utility customers, contributing to project funding and in return remove the corresponding uranium production," confirmed Luke Oursel.

The desire not to enter a minority shareholder at the central level does not prevent the group, looking for cash, to carry out arbitrage in its holdings. He signed Friday an agreement with Cameco for the sale of the participation of 27.94% stake in Areva mining project Canadian Millennium for 150 million Canadian dollars (about 112 million euros). And the sale of the stake in Eramet seems a matter of days.

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Dupont-Aignan advocates the "euro-franc"

February 15, 2012 - 9:28 pm Comments Off

 

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan pulls no punches. "EU leaders are economic criminals" who are trying to rush the Greek people in a "total chaos," he said Wednesday, during the presentation of its 37 proposals for the 2012 presidential election. Before adding that Greece is doomed to leave the eurozone such as Spain and Portugal. "The euro is dead and the cumulative recession policies can only lead to disaster."

Based on this observation, the candidate intends sovereigntist "reorient Europe on a sound footing." How? By extirpating the France of the single currency as soon as possible "to move to the euro-franc". And hopefully get it "more flexibility" to allow the French economy and to "restore the competitiveness of our businesses are no longer aligned with a German euro". And for good reason, "the problem of France is not budget, but commercial," he insists. Restore the trade balance through a devaluation of 15 to 20% of the euro-Swiss franc against the euro mark.

Nationally, "the heart of its economic program," it is the financing of public investments by the Bank of France at rates of 0%. Nearly 500 billion euros and will be monetized over five years to reduce debt burdens. "At the end of this exceptional program, there will be more 49 billion of interest charges, but 30", approximately 19 billion of additional revenue to fund "investments for the future."

"Protectionism smart"

The downside, this printing money would generate, according to him, 3% inflation per year in 2013 before declining to 2% thereafter, on the grounds that there will be no private money creation one hour payday loan. Priority will also be given to the massive investment in research and education. "Globalization is the rivalry to conquer the great innovations of tomorrow," he said. With all these measures, the applicant does not intend nothing less than to relocate a million jobs in France.

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan also advocated the establishment of a "smart protectionism" by taxing products that do not respect certain social and environmental bases, while wishing to halve the tax for companies that reinvest their profits on the ground French.

Finally, he lashed out strongly in finance, "this crazy industry ruining Europe", and called for the establishment not of speculation, thanks to the introduction of the Tobin tax should report "21 billion in full years."

"Sarkozy, Bayrou or Holland offer all programs suicidal for Europe". As for Le Pen, it "distributes purchasing power by magic." In other words, the "only true anti-system candidate," it's him. Confident, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan says also that in terms of signatures, it is "very close to the goal."

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November 6, 2011 - 2:04 am Comments Off

Time is now against Silvio Berlusconi. He must prove to the faster it puts its promises into action.

The head of the Italian Government is committed to the adoption by Parliament before Nov. 15 its plan to revive growth, the first stage at least. The measures were approved Wednesday by the Cabinet. Among the main liberalization of regulated professions and local public services, commitment to gradually raise the retirement age to 67, administrative simplification, auction of 15 billion euros in property assets of the state in three years.

This plan is in addition to 54 billion budget savings passed in September to restore public finances to balance by 2013, when the deficit reached 3.9% this year.

The first event will be played next week in the Senate.

French debt ever more risky than the German

October 18, 2011 - 4:16 pm Comments Off

French bond yields increasingly deviates from the reference German. And if the price that France has to pay its creditors rises relative to that payable by the neighbor across the Rhine, is that the repayment capacity is considered less French.

This distrust on observed past few days has increased further this Tuesday morning, after a warning from the rating agency Moody's. The French rate to ten years and have removed more than 1% (100 basis points) German rates, which are the reference unwavering in terms of sovereign bonds in Europe.

A disturbing record since the introduction of the single currency. On the London market, the French rate to ten years in the early morning reached 3.04%, while its German equivalent, the "Bund", down 9 basis points (-0.09%) to 2%.

At the same time, insurance (CDS) against a default on the obligations of the French state have seen their costs rise significantly. CDS to five years in France and were up 10 basis points shortly after 9:40, to 194 basis points according to Markit data. In other words, it costs 194,000 euros to insure against exposure to 10 million euros of bonds.

The gap could widen further

"We must relativize the gap (called the" spread ") bond rates between France and Germany: the level of French is extremely low rates, grade Cyril Regnat, strategist at Natixis. The ten-year French course is slightly above 3%, but the last five years, it stood at an average of 3.75%.In these circumstances, the spread can still dig a little. "The analyst believes, however, that the cost of debt already includes a breakdown of the French note one notch to AA +.

On this point, however, opinions differ. "The decline of the note is not yet in the curves: the rate could still rise from 30 to 50 basis points, that is to say 0.3 to 0.5% in the worst case, and reach a rate differential with Germany of 150 basis points, or 1 guaranteed cash advance.5%, "calculates Norbert Gaillard *, consultant to the World Bank and specialist rating agencies.

Why the interest rate differential between France and Germany increases

The rising cost of the French debt occurs observed Tuesday morning despite the fact that Moody's has taken more precautions than ever to launch his warning."She chose a time when the stress in the markets was relatively peaceful and has added a step ahead of the traditional reporting system in three stages," Norbert Gaillard analysis. Usually, the agency established the first note of the country "negative outlook" and then put the note "under review" before degrading it if necessary.

"It is very likely that the next move by Moody's, provided in three months, or to place a negative outlook on the rating of France," said Norbert Gaillard."How the country can indeed solve the three problems it faces: slow growth, deficit reduction and the difficulties of Greece and its banking system?"

In this context, "the Moody's decision means that the French can not help itself with its banks without risking his note: it has more room for maneuver necessary," Judge Cyril Regnat. "If the banks recapitalize without the state, then the fears will be evacuated on the AAA market and we should see an easing of interest rates." Investors have already understood: after the warning from Moody's, French banks have dropped the stock market.

* Author of "A Century of Sovereign Ratings", ed.Springer (USA), 2012

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