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Wall Street is expected in the red pre-meeting Tuesday. At the NYSE, the Dow Jones, Nasdaq 100 and S & P 500 retreat respectively of 0.05% at 10,548 points, from 0.13% to 2329 points and 0.23% to 1,136 points.

U.S. operators will choose to pocket a share of the gains made last week by caution before a salvo of indicators in the coming days. Especially since the main stock index hit a "low point" there is exactly one year, March 9, 2009. Since the S & P 500 has started the largest rally in history. In one year, the U.S. index has increased by almost 70%!

The next U.S. statistics are expected tomorrow with the traditional weekly report on unemployment. Weekly Market in the United States, will then be placed under the sign consumer.The two major economic indicators this week, published Friday, will be the sales details for the month of February and the preliminary estimate of consumer confidence.

The euro continued its decline against the dollar Tuesday, settling below $ 1.36, penalized by renewed concerns about Greece and the risk of contagion within the euro area, while the market remains cautious vis -à-vis a possible European Monetary Fund. At the opening of the NYSE, the euro bought 1.3562 dollars (-0.42%) against 1.3631 dollars late Monday teletrek no payday advance .This committee consists of twelve members: two state councilors appointed by the Vice-President of the State Council, two advisers to the Supreme Court designated by the first President of the Court of Cassation, six members appointed by the Minister Economy, and two employee representatives designated by the Minister of Economy.

In the meantime, this decision should celebrate the Adam (Association for the Defense of Minority Shareholders), and Déminor. Last March, the Adam chaired by Colette Neuville has indeed brought a criminal complaint against Natixis for "misleading", "false balance" and "fictitious dividends. In January, it was the turn of Déminor, firm specializes in advising shareholders, headed by Fabrice Remon, a complaint, but a civil rather than criminal.One option that could help stop the proceedings at any time to negotiate amicably with Natixis and compensate shareholders.

Although close to François Perol BPCE current boss, is to think that Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chairman of the AMF, has at heart to carry out this procedure, to avoid the Paris to undergo another blow, we know it still marked by the action taken on the matter EADS.

The two former leaders of Natixis, Charles Milhaud and Dominique Ferrero, risk a financial penalty of up to 10 million euros.

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In the wake of their European counterparts, U.S. exchanges have closed the week on a steep decline: the Dow Jones lost 0.96% and the Nasdaq, 1.22%. However, publication of results in the fourth quarter of giant Intel on Thursday night after-hours trading was better than expected. But the JP Morgan Chase established the doubt. The day before the U.S. markets have closed up slightly, despite the disappointing statistics across the Atlantic. The sectors of health and technology have supported the trend.

Earlier Friday morning, Asian stock markets closed broadly in the green. Tokyo The Nikkei ended the session up 0.68% at 10,982.10 points. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong, however, ended down 0.3% to 21,654.16 points as investors still worried about a possible tightening of Chinese monetary policy.

The President's speech yesterday, Obama did not surprise the markets.As announced by the spokesperson of the White House, a proposed tax of fifty largest banks will be presented to Congress in the coming weeks. According to the Financial Times, the U.S. Treasury would press other countries to also adopt a tax on banks.

New wave of statistical significance

The consumer prices in the United States rose by 0.1% in December, bringing inflation over the whole of 2009 to 2.7%, according to figures released Friday by the Labor Department. In the short term, the inflation risk sembre low.

Industrial production in the United States rose in December by 0.6%, as expected by analysts, according to official figures published Friday, but this increase was primarily allowed by having an unusually cold boosted the energy sector.

The technology and banking suffer

Intel sells 3.17% to 20.80 dollars, while the U.S. group confirmed on Thursday evening the resumption of its activities, with net income nearly tenfold in the fourth quarter of 2009, which has reduced to 17% of the decline annual net profit to 4.369 billion dollars. This exceeds the expectations formulated earlier by analysts. "The market has seen a nice rise, everybody expected a good showing from Intel. To some extent it is a classic case of sales at the time of the announcement, "said Owen Fitzpatrick of Deutsche Bank. Even setback for Microsoft (-0.32% to 30.86 dollars), IBM (-0.38% to 131.81 dollars) and Cisco (-2.20% to 24.40 dollars).

Boosted by a return to growth in the fourth quarter, PC sales grew by 5.2% in 2009, according to a study by analyst firm Gartner published yesterday.Acer dethroned Dell (-2.04% to 14.40 U.S. dollars) in second place worldwide.

Even surprise to JP Morgan Chase, which lost 2.26% to 43.68 dollars. The U.S. bank has yet announced having doubled its net profit in 2009 to 11.7 billion dollars. Per share, net income reached 74 cents per share in the fourth quarter, against 62 held by analysts. In the fourth quarter alone, the bank has increased by more than four net profit to 3.3 billion dollars. The bank's CEO, Jamie Dimon, welcomed the news that the bank in late 2009 enjoyed a "very strong capital ratios Tier 1 of 11.1%. But the cost of risk (failure to pay on credit) remains "high". The bank especially in its accounts last quarter to 7.3 billion dollars in reserves to cover these risks.Morgan Stanley lost 2.88% to 30.30 dollars, Goldman Sachs 1.95% to 165.25 dollars, and Bank of America 3.33% to 16.26 dollars.

Citigroup (-2.85% to 3.41 dollars) would be decided by the Financial Times, to cap the bonus at $ 100,000.

Market research firm NPD has revealed sales of video game consoles in the United States for year-end 2009 total, the three major manufacturers have passed 40 million consoles in 2009, including 20 million for the Wii Nintendo, 10 million for the Xbox 360 and 10 million for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) by Sony, thanks to an aggressive policy of lower prices.

In addition, Verizon Communications (-2.05% to 30.58 dollars) will host a conference on its wireless subsidiary, which is partly owned by Vodafone (-1.82% to 22.09 dollars).

Oil retreats, dollar strengthens

Side materials, oil slipped below the 79 dollars a barrel and connects its fifth session lower after the report of the International Atomic Energy: global consumption of oil should rebound by 1.7% in 2010 fully supported by demand from emerging countries and Asia, after falling 1.5% in 2009.

The dollar is strengthening against the euro, which is penalized by the situation in Greece after the publication of inflation. One euro is worth 1.4385 dollars.

The beginnings were, however arduous. Just arrived at Bercy in 2005, Foreign Trade Christine Lagarde addresses a French taboo: the Labor Code. "Complicated, heavy, rather inflexible. Emotion, call to order the Matignon. After the election of Nicolas Sarkozy and his rise in rank to the Economy, the Minister referred to a "austerity plan" against the state of public finances. Whirlpool, public disavowal of the Elysee. A little later, faced with soaring oil prices, it advises the French to put the bike …. By Christine Lagarde, the French may have first caught his gaffes and his unwavering optimism about the economy. Two and a half years after his appointment to the Ministry of Economy, the most sacred here, however, European finance ministers … Meanwhile, the economic crisis has been there. And made the French minister "a star in the world of finance. Nothing less.And this is not his entourage, who devotes a sincere admiration, who says it. No, it's very Anglo-Saxon Financial Times, publishing its annual list Tuesday of Ministers of the euro area. "No other minister of Finance of a major economy in the world is reached through this years test in such a form" and did so involved "at the international level regarding the regulation and the future banking sector, "said the influential FT.

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