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Atmosphere tense in this weekend at the Porte de Versailles in Paris. While Friday is usually translated by a certain relaxation in the aisles of the Salon of Agriculture after the parade policies during the week this year, the reverse occurs. The farming community was mobilized for the coming of the President of the Republic. Unable to come Saturday for the opening, a gesture understood by many farmers, Nicolas Sarkozy came close this morning 47th. All responsible booths are still there to be present during the presidential transition. It should arrive Saturday around 9 hours for a quick round half past one in the aisles of Hall 1, the animals, and those of Hall 2. That housing actors in crop production.He must then lead a roundtable with all unions representing farm: FNSEA in mind, the Coordination Rurale and the Confederation Paysanne (Conf '). On this occasion the Head of State who will not come empty handed must disclose his actions to inflate morale. This is the lowest after declining average farm income of one third in 2009, following a decrease of 20% a year ago. "The head of state is expected to announce additional measures in terms of emergency support to agriculture last fall, the Figaro says a union official. This could result in an extension of almost 500 million euros for loans subsidized about 1.5 billion euros and also relaxation of agri-environmental measures, "he says. A meeting should end around noon. One thing seems certain already.The atmosphere should not be that of the previous day, when Jacques Chirac, still as passionate about agriculture, was cheered by the audience after a visit of 3 hours.

As for attendance – for the common man the show remains open as usual until Sunday evening – Organizers are hoping now over 20 000 visitors less. "But this should remain a good year this year we will exceed the 600,000 visitors mark, says Juana Moreno, Director General of the International Exhibition of Agriculture. But we will only probably not the 670,000 visitors last year at the current rate of admissions. " Three major explanations for this. The storm last Sunday slowed the enthusiasm of the visitors that they are provincial or Parisian.Moreover, events like the milk of the Apli (Association of Milk Producers independent) or Conf 'have also dampened the enthusiasm of visitors. Finally the prospect of a presidential visit in a tense atmosphere does not help for parents with small children. Still, the pride of exhibitors is still there and read on their faces passionate.

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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 . The crisis has indeed calmed the most daring in making them less attractive investments risky.

Life insurance in ambush

Life insurance, however, has a responsibility in the defections. From February 2009, compensation contracts in euros to 4% has few rivals when the Livret A is average at 2.5% and then gradually to 1.25%.In late November, net inflows (payments on contracts less benefits paid to policyholders) in life insurance and was up 65% over the first eleven months of last year.

The erosion could continue in 2010, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde has so far ruled out a recovery rate of the Livret A. Some economists like Cyril Blesson Seeds of Finance, however, believe that it may rise to 1.5% in the month of May.

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The International Energy released Friday its monthly report, raising its forecast for demand in 2009 and 2010. The decline in global demand for black gold caused by the global recession would be less strong than expected this year.The IEA now foresees a decline of 1.6% over one year to 84.9 million barrels per day (bpd), while she was counting so far on a contraction of 1.7%.

For 2010, the IEA now expects demand to 86.3 million barrels per day, up 1.7% year on year, while it previously expected a more moderate increase of 1.6 %.

The "risk" that still weigh on industrialized countries, including the continued weakness of demand in the United States is offset by the strength of the recovery in emerging markets.

China and India are the resumption of global demand

"The early indicators better than expected in China and India, whose economies continue to benefit from government stimulus plans" should indeed be the global demand for oil, rising by 3.6% in 2009 to China.The IEA, however, surprised the "apparent discrepancy" between a limited consumption of gasoline and rising sales of cars in the country.

The IEA has estimated that the final price of a barrel of oil reaches $ 76 by 2014, at constant exchange rates, against $ 60 provided in its previous report. Friday, the price was changing between 70 and 71 dollars.

According to the scenario more gloomy global growth of 3% in 2014, oil demand should grow by an average of only 0.5%.