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"The goal at the end of 2013 is to reduce the number of 3950, which represents half of 8400 anticipated retirements over the period, plus a bonus of 250, just respond to AFP chairman Michel Régereau (CFDT). The council must decide on the draft agreement on objectives and management (COG) on Thursday afternoon.

The pill is all the more bitter for the staff unions of sickness, such as primary agents of funds or regional health insurance (CPAM, CRAM), have declined steadily for several years.

From 85,000 in 2003, they returned to 75,243 in 2009, according to the draft agreement on objectives and management (COG) which AFP has obtained a copy. Like all governments, the CNAM is subject to the rule of non-replacement of a staff of two. But already, Michel Régereau announced he would vote against.This could lead, if followed by his counsel on a "blocking" quite rare in the annals of Secur. "So far, the presidents of unions secu supported the compromise reached with the government and sought to obtain a majority," he said.

"For the first time a president of CNAM will vote against the government decision on a matter as important," he said. "I think it's a first," concurred Carolina Ferrera, Director CGT, adding that the central union "can not condone such job losses.

According to Michel Régereau, the Fund had estimated it had saved 850 jobs, bringing the losses in 3350. But with nearly 4,000 positions eliminated, "then we can not.""Our network of primary funds is to be a challenge (…), it will be very hard for regional banks, they will retreat to their core business and our strategy to improve the efficiency of the health system will be lost, "he added.

For example, the Fund wishes to develop information to health professionals, improve the conditions of discharge from hospital for patients, and developing diabetes prevention, "he listed. "To develop these programs, we need means," he said.

"It will be a disaster is already explosive into the coffers of secu!" For both the personal to the insured, Carolina Ferreira warned, saying the government demands "unacceptable.""We are dealing with a government that is deaf" and "blindly applying the rule of RGPP," the General Review of public policy, "she accused.

Remains to be seen what the outcome of the vote of the board of directors, composed of 35 members (unions, employers, mutuality, qualified individuals, patients' associations, family associations and professions). If he had voted against the COG 2010-2013, "is the state that (would) hand to the application," said Carolyn Ferrera, and could possibly refer the matter to Parliament, according to Michel Régereau.

Dilemma for voting against unions because they would lose part of their role.

The CAC 40 would he find his way? In any case, this suggests that his continued positive territory by mid-morning, up 0.64% to 3623 points after opening down 0.13% to 3595.66 points.

Elsewhere, the same trend. The London Stock Exchange, which opened down 0.37%, is now up 0.15%. The DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which had also started the session on a decline of 0.27% is now 0.39%. The Madrid Stock Exchange, where banks are under pressure as explained in the El Pais newspaper in its edition today, regaining ground with a fall of 0.16% against -0.54% in early trade.

The waiting game surrounding the publication of results of stress tests of European banks calls for caution investors. On the currency markets, the euro back a bit against the dollar, under $ 1.29.

Volatility will be the point common to all European trading sessions this Friday.

Asian markets have been chosen more strongly green this morning. Yesterday, U.S. markets have done a great meeting at which time the Dow has gained almost 2%, relatively insensitive to the announcement of a surprise increase in weekly unemployment registration.

Consumption of French decline

In terms of macroeconomic statistics, the session looks very calm. No major indicator is expected in the United States.

In France, the French household consumption of manufactured goods fell 1.4% in June after the previous month was supported by purchases of televisions before the World Cup, according to figures published by INSEE before the opening markets.Throughout the second quarter, it shows a decrease of 0.9% after falling 1.9% on the first three months of the year. Analysts on average expected a rise of 0.2% in June

INSEE also believes that the request to industry has increased significantly in the second quarter but is expected to decline in the third. The balance measures the views of industrialists on the past evolution of aggregate demand was 9 in the previous survey in April to 17 in July, and 4-14 for foreign demand.

In Germany, the business climate has improved significantly more than expected in recent weeks. The Ifo index rose to 106.2 against 101.2 in June (revised from 101.1 in estimating intials) last month. Economists and analysts had expected decline to 101.6.

TF1 jumped after its results

The stress test, however, occupy the banking sector.BNP Paribas (-0.60%), Societe Generale (-0.84%), Credit Agricole (-0.36%), Natixis (BPCE. -0.39%) or Dexia (-0.39%), remain cautious.

Moreover, the markets will again this session to analyze several quarterly publications:

TF1 (4.83% to 12.27 euros) announced before market advertising revenues up 11% in the first semester for a total turnover of 1.28 billion euros, above consensus. Net income group share was 74 million euros over the period. The objectives are significantly revised upward with a turnover in 2010 rose by 7% instead of 4%.

STMicroelectronics (-2.30% to 6.58 euros) reported Thursday a profit above expectations at 18 cents per share, with sales up 27% to $ 2.53 billion.Analysts on average expected a profit of 14 cents per share and a turnover of 2.513 billion dollars.

Pernod Ricard (-1.56% to 63.11 euros) a statement on Thursday its forecast annual operating profit thanks to the improved economic environment and its position in emerging markets. Its turnover in 2009-2010 emerged, up 2% on a comparable basis.

Ubisoft (0.65% to 7.02 euros) issued a turnover up 94% in the first quarter of 2010-2011 to 161 million euros and confirmed its objective of a sales draft 160 million for the remainder of the year.

BioAlliance Pharma (5.29% to 5.77 euros) announced a record turnover of 15.2 million euros in the second quarter against 1.5 million a year earlier, after recording in April in U.S. Loramyc, headlight treatment of fungal infections in patients with oral cancer or AIDS.

As for ads, Alstom (1.80% to 37.83 euros) said it had won contracts valued at about 450 million euros for the construction of two units for a combined cycle power plant in India.

Air Liquide (-0.40% to 86.43 euros) announced Friday the signing of a new contract with Russian steelmaker Severstal for investments worth 50 million euros in total.

Legrand (-0.61% to 25.06 euros) Thursday announced a takeover offer for Indo Asian Switchgear India, where he produced nearly 4% of its annual turnover after the acquisition.Indo Asian Switchgea aims for 2010 sales of more than 35 million euros.

Maurel et Prom (+0.24% to 9.42 euros) announced Thursday it had increased to approximately 70 million euros the amount of its issuance of convertible bonds to five years following the full exercise of the option overallotment.

The U.S. stock markets are on the downside after the announcement of company results considered disappointing and macro news mixed. At the opening, the Dow Jones coward 0.45% and 0.65% Dow Jones. Thursday, after moping around for almost the entire session the New York Stock Exchange finished at equilibrium. The Dow Jones slid symbolically 0.07% and the Nasdaq by 0.03%. Wall Street has been supported in the final straight by BP and Goldman Sachs.

On the foreign exchange market, the euro is strengthening its progress against the dollar Friday on funding fears of slowing economic recovery in the United States. In the morning, the euro was at 1.2975 dollars against 1.2941 dollars the previous day. He subsequently crossed the threshold of $ 1.30. A first for over two months.

On the side of values, the Internet giant Google has released the Thursday after the close a net result up 24.3% in the second quarter to 1.840 billion dollars for the second quarter on a turnover of 6 8 billion dollars (24%). The action yields 5.37% to 467.70 dollars.

The BP oil company, also traded on Wall Street, said Thursday at the very end of the meeting that spillage of oil had been observed after complete blockage of the wells caused the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Bad Credit Payday Advance. However, the title gives 2.49% to 37.95 dollars.

Always on the side of values, the investment bank Goldman Sachs said Thursday after agreeing to pay closing $ 550 million of Ammende (425 million) to end the accusations of fraud regarding the marketing of a product derived from subprime mortgages. It is the largest penalty ever paid to the stock exchange authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission, in a Wall Street firm and the third highest all U.S. companies combined. Investors seem relieved. the title is 2.81% to 149.26 dollars.

Apple has invited journalists to a press conference this Friday, then multiply that rumors of a possible recall of four new iPhones, including an antenna problem has been confirmed by an influential magazine. title wins 0.55% to 252.83 dollars.

The banks should also react Friday to the adoption yesterday by the senate of the reform on Wall Street. Besides the publication of their results. Bank of Amercia plsu yield of 6% to 14.42 dollars and 3.58% Citi 4.01 dollras.

The White House is ready to do battle with BP. Pace in London who tries to minimize the diplomatic chill cast by the ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Barack Obama is stepping up its action against the British group. The U.S. president, criticized for his handling of the spill will travel again on the coast, meeting with leaders of BP, and deliver a formal speech to the nation. Such a device intervention is rare. It reflects not only the seriousness of the situation but also the new turn of the screw that the U.S. government wants to give his handling of the disaster.

Thus, the Obama administration requires that the oil put under receivership on payment of its dividend. The goal is to create a fund to pay the damages claimed by the victims of the disaster.On Sunday, White House adviser David Axelrod said "BP has the resources to cover the damage and we will make sure they will do well." He said an independent management of the fund would ensure that the money will be paid on time.

Discussions in BP

The oil group did not show opposition to the creation of such a fund. The board will discuss on Monday at its weekly meeting. It will also define the issue of ownership policy group that should be announced July 27. According to the British press, the English major is preparing to announce a postponement of payment of dividend payable for the second quarter.

In addition, BP could lose control of its oil and natural gas in the U.S. and be allowed to have business with the federal government as a penalty.But that does not stop there. BP could also pay a fine of up to $ 8.6 billion under Oil Pollution Act.

Largest drop in the FTSE

This greater commitment of the Obama administration to want to pay BP is poorly perceived by investors. The track folds nearly 2.5% in morning London Stock Exchange and sign the biggest drop in the FTSE, which advances it by 0.5%. After sessions particularly volatile oil of the title had already sold nearly 10% last week. Since the beginning of the accident, the market value of BP was reduced by almost 44%.

After Societe Generale, Wednesday, BNP Paribas has just released its quarterly results and at the same time its exposure to the debt of Greece. Then it reported a net profit increase of 39.1% to 2.28 billion euros for the first quarter, BNP Paribas has introduced to date, exposure to the debt over the Greek French banks are high. It amounts to 5 billion euros, plus three billion euros of trade commitments on private Greek companies. The bank said that the Greek private sector credit represents only 0.2% of total commitments of the group, while exposure to the debt of the Greek state only weighs just 0.4%.

"If we place ourselves in the short term, the biggest risk is exposure to private debt, said Christian Parisot, an economist and chief strategist of Aurel BGC.The establishment of an austerity plan would have a negative impact for the economy of Greece. It brings about a contraction of 3 to 4% of GDP, would increase the risk of default of households, less creditworthy than a State, and consequently the business.

For its part, Societe Generale, which also pleasantly surprised investors with a net profit of 1.06 billion euros for the first quarter, announced on Wednesday an exhibition at the Greek debt of 3 billion, in addition to its 54% stake in the bank Greek Geniki Bank, whose loan portfolio stood at four billion euros at the end of March.

57 billion euros of exposure to Greece for French banks

Regarding Credit Agricole and Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne (BPCE) which must publish their quarterly results on 12 and 11 May, they have already announced their exposure to debt Greek make quick cash. On Thursday, Credit Agricole said its obligations associated with the Greek state reached 850 million euros, 600 million euros for its Greek subsidiary Emporiki. But the last poster, in addition, a total loan portfolio of 22.7 billion euros, according to results released Wednesday. On Friday, Credit Agricole has reported that its total exposure amounts to nearly 30 billion if one takes into account the commercial commitments of Cr?dit Agricole CIB, its subsidiary bank financing and investment.

As the group BPCE, exposure to Greece amounted to 2.1 billion euros, of which 882 million euros through its subsidiary Natixis. BPCE exposed to 1.4 million euros to the Greek sovereign debt and Natixis to 160 million euros. In contrast, private debt is fully supported by Natixis to the tune of 722 million euros.

According to statistics from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in late 2009, French banks are exposed to the tune of 75.172 billion dollars (57.41 billion euros). This amount placed at the head of global banks most exposed in Greece.They are followed by German banks, which are up to 45 billion dollars.

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We now know more about the profile of the 16,350 taxpayers who have benefited from the tax shield in 2009. According to documents that Le Figaro was purchased, the 4521 households who have a wealth greater than 7.3 million and an annual income tax of more than 43,761 euros were collected 90.4% of the amount the tax repaid under the shield. Amounts totaled 585.6 million euros in 2009. These affluent taxpayers received an average check of 117,142 euros.

More generally, 47% of the 2009 version of the shield beneficiaries pay the ISF (wealth tax). And they pick …. 99% of repayments. In 2008, the conclusion was the same. "So I think we need to end both the shield and the ISF, while introducing an additional tax on income at 45% and reviewing the taxation of savings.The shield is a wrong answer to a bad tax, "said Jean Arthuis, the president of the centrist Senate Finance Committee.

For those who are not subject to the ISF, the check tax is much less interesting: just 565 euros. These are households with very low incomes but who own their own homes (a common situation at the meeting, among farmers. …) And are in practice pay their property tax. Also found in this category of professionals who have deficits professionals. It remains an anomaly among the beneficiaries of the shield, there are 14 taxpayers with annual income less than 3428 euros but have some assets above 16 million euros. Some suspect heavy use of tax loopholes that understate income

A sitting flat on the U.S. markets. At the close on Friday, the Dow is 0.42% at 10,779 points, the Nasdaq 0.09% nibbles at 2391 points. Only the S & P appears in a small decrease from 0.03% to 1166 points. After six consecutive sessions already in the green, investors take a break. Yesterday, U.S. markets had ended on a new annual record, always comforted by the status quo monetary decided by the Fed, and the reassurance of the U.S. central bank on the health of the economy.

Aujourd'ui, markets are stabilized by the publication of indicators broadly in line with their expectations:

– The consumer prices they have remained stable in February from the previous month, while analysts believed that there had been an inflation of 0.1%. In one year, they rose 2.1% in February when the consensus gave up 2.3%.These prices "still did not really threaten the prospect of a policy of low rates by the Fed," noted analysts at Charles Schwab.

– Registration for weekly unemployment benefits: they fell for the third straight week in the United States with the deposit of 457,000 benefit claims in the week ended March 13. This is slightly above that expected by analysts (consensus 455,000).

– Current accounts: the U.S. deficit widened in the fourth quarter to reach 115.6 billion dollars, according to figures released Thursday by the Commerce Department. It is equivalent to 2.9% of GDP in 2009 against 4.9% of GDP in 2008.

– The composite index of economic activity: the index is supposed to herald the changing economic conditions six months ahead, slowed his rise in February, rising by 0.1%.The increase for the eleventh consecutive month, is in line with analysts' expectations. The index had already slowed in January, with 0.3% increase.

– The index of manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region has increased by 2.3 percentage points from the previous month to $ 18.9, while analysts were waiting to 18 points. This figure reflects the fact that manufacturing in this region have seen their business grow for the seventh consecutive month, and faster than the previous month. Philadelphia is one of the first cities in the United States and one of the largest industrial centers of the country till payday cash advance .

Renewed concerns about Greece, which has sealed the morale of the European investors did not appear to influence the Americans.Tensions have been rising on Thursday about financial aid in Athens, who now wants an agreement by European leaders next week, despite misgivings German, otherwise turn to the IMF.

On the currency markets, the euro fell 0.88% to 1.3615 dollar. Oil, meanwhile, ended down 73 cents at 82.20 dollars a barrel.

Nike back to growth

On the side of values, the number one sports equipment, Nike announced after the close of Wall Street yesterday, a return to growth in sales and profits. In the third quarter of its fiscal year ended in late February), Nike has made a net profit of 496 million dollars against 244 million a year earlier on the same period. A few months before the World Cup 2010, its backlog has already greatly improved and the group expects a continuation of this trend.The sporting goods company is the star of Wall Street with higher shares of 4.92% to 74.37 dollars.

China has ordered its airlines to conduct checks of their Boeing 737 after a similar decision of U.S. authorities. The decision of the Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), which covers 400 aircraft, follows concerns about possible security problems related to a component in the tail of the aircraft. The Boeing climbed 1.66% to 70.53 dollars.

FedEx (-2.36% to 91.92 dollars) announced before market quarterly net income more than doubled to 239 million, above expectations and raised its annual forecast.Revenues also exceeded expectations, up 7% to 8.70 billion, while analysts had expected 8.37 billion dollars.

Google (+0.13% to 566.27 U.S. dollars) is currently working with Intel and Sony to develop a new generation of televisions and decoders for access to the Internet, according to an article in the New York Times.

Electronic Arts (2.81% to 18.65 dollars) will launch the final version of his golf game online Tiger Woods at the back of the champion on the greens next month, its chairman announced Wednesday.

A little over two months after buying the banking group Xiring, Gemalto, a French company listed in the Netherlands, on Wednesday announced a new acquisition, the global leader in strong authentication on mobile.

The Finnish Valimo Wireless was the first to generate an electronic signature legal, available anytime and anywhere on a laptop."Valimo enables mobile phone users to securely authenticate, digitally sign documents and confirm transactions with a legal value by using a simple sentence that they themselves have chosen, or that of a PIN, "the company said in a statement.

Thus, Gemalto will provide the solution Valimo Mobile ID which allows secure access, such as its online banking, mobile payments, government services, mobile commerce and electronic, or the management of identities and rights of access to enterprise applications.

Olivier Piou, the CEO of Gemalto believes it is time to position itself on the mobile electronic signature, "considered next few years, and has now reached a stage of maturity significant" cash flexcheck advance