The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended down after three sessions of consecutive increases.

In the Greek case, the European Central Bank (ECB) is studying how to contribute to the bailout of Greece in Athens and could make profits earned on Greek bonds it holds, by circumventing the prohibition of direct financing of the States.

Values, Volvo earns 1.8%. The Swedish manufacturer of heavy trucks has yet reported an operating profit below expectations for the fourth quarter of 2011.

LVMH lost 1.5%, a victim of profit taking after the publication of its 2011 results.

The bond rate to ten years in Italy continued its flight Friday morning, dangerously approaching its record high, while Rome was able to borrow 10 billion euros in the markets but at astronomical rates. Around 11:45, the yield stood at 7.247% Italian, against 7.081% at the close Thursday. He had reached Nov. 9 the highest since the creation of the euro area to 7.483%.

A borrowing rate of 7% is considered unsustainable in the long term by experts for a country to be able to honor its debt. "The award has not gone well, which puts further pressure on Rome and its new government," said Cyril Regnat, bond strategist at Natixis.

The composite indicator of business climate in manufacturing industry fell by two points to 95 and remains below the 100 that corresponds to the long-term average of this indicator.

All 23 economists polled by Reuters on average expected a figure of 95, with estimates ranging from 93 to 97.

The indicator of business climate as a whole, including services, construction, wholesale and retail trade, a parallel decline of two points to 93.

"The turning point indicator remains in the negative zone in which he had switched to in September.Sectoral indicators are all turning into a negative zone, "said INSEE in a statement.

The service indicator down two points to 92.

Do not waste the potential of the photovoltaic sector. That's essentially the message that wanted to pass Thursday industry professionals gathered as part of the presentation of their general condition. According to them, photovoltaics can create 100,000 jobs by 2020. They argue that the solar electricity market is exploding worldwide, and that within 10 years will weigh between 79 and 129 billion euros a year in revenue. They believe this type of energy could begin to be as efficient as electricity from the grid by 2016.It provides for a reduction in production costs by 50% by 2020, following the industrialization of the sector. And a boom in sales following a European directive which induces that all new homes to be energy self-sufficient over a year since 2020.

The professionals ensure that France has the means to take advantage of this expansion. To do this, it must be able to install a power production of 20 gigawatts (GW), which happens according to professionals with an investment of 800 million euros per year and the establishment of a "regulatory framework visible and stable. " "Instead of the objective of the Grenelle 5.4 GW in 2020, we offer 20 GW, which will create 100,000 jobs of which 12,000 can not be relocated in the industry," said Loïc de Poix, responsible of the Association of French industrial PV.

After several months of the States General, all industry players have submitted their proposals to the press for the future of a sector that has suffered greatly from the moratorium imposed in 2010 by the government, which resulted in the removal some 10,000 jobs. These proposals focus on four areas: defining a stable regulatory framework with measures to support demand and supply meet the production target to 20 GW by 2020 against 5.4 GW currently adapting the rates redemption of the solar electricity and regionalization. If nothing is done, the sector could be a deficit and a half billion euros in 2020.

The rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded Wednesday by one notch credit rating of Slovenia, pointing degradation "of budgetary conditions" of the small Alpine country member of the euro area.

Standard and Poor's has increased from "AA" to "AA-" credit rating of the bonds Slovenian long-term, explaining that "budgetary conditions of Slovenia has deteriorated since the financial crisis of 2008" without that "the Government has presented a credible strategy of consolidation."

"AA-" is the fourth best score on the scale of Standard & Poor's and Ljubljana retains its status as issuer of high quality. In late September, it was Moody's had downgraded the sovereign rating of the country and threatened to lower it again, highlighting the fragility of banks and the risks to the government having to intervene again to support the sector.

Fitch's colleague had done the same in the process, lowering by one notch to "AA-" rating of the country, citing similar reasons. Fitch also regretted the rejection of the pension reform, "which is" a setback for long-term soundness of public finances. "

The decision by Standard and Poor's comes as pressure continues to deepen in the euro area, which is still unable to stem the debt crisis, while financial markets have placed their hopes in the top of the EU in Brussels on Sunday.

Tuesday, it is Spain which has been targeted by the rating agencies, with Moody's lowered the country's credit rating by two notches, and indicating that it might be lowered further in the medium term ."The debt burden has declined in Slovenia between 2002 and 2008 and has grown rapidly due to government policy to protect the economy and the banking system of the negative impact of the crisis," noted the agency in a statement.

Standard and Poor's has reported a "stable outlook" for the former member of Yugoslavia because "the expectation" of the agency to see "the government strengthen its finances and implement a program to consolidate budget ". The Slovenian government was overthrown in late September and early elections were called for December 4.

This election "is an opportunity for the new government to avoid another slip (public debt) and to implement structural reforms," ​​said the American agency.Former student model from the former communist members of the EU, Slovenia has been hit hard by the economic crisis and financial crisis of 2008/2009 and is struggling to recover.

Unemployment has nearly doubled in three years. The public debt rose from 22.5% to 43.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) between 2008 and 2010, but remained well below the limit imposed by the Stability Pact and European growth (60%).

Luxembourg Prime Minister said at the microphone of the German radio Deutschland Funk that the problems of banks and debt of the States were going to get worse and you need a custom solution for banks.

Asked if a forced recapitalization was intended to force the banks to contribute more, Jean-Claude Juncker said: "Banks should be aware that if the current voluntary creditors is not sufficient (…), then we must realize that we need a mandatory participation of creditors. "

The Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes, headed by Ségolène Royal, the Socialist Party candidate in the primary, formalized Monday the creation of a regional investment bank for SMEs, said the community in a statement. "With the bank, SMEs can now apply to a single paperless service, managed by the region, common to all funding partners," says the region is now arguing that "SMEs will benefit from consulting and a more simple, faster and more relevant. "

With the help of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), € 33 million of regional funds will be made in two years, available to the bank. The region also hopes to get input from the Deposit or private investors to "finance EUR 280 million investment and activity in the territory."

This initiative was announced September 12 by Ségolène Royal, along with five other actions for SMEs. The primary candidate for the PS but noted that "starting a business is not valued in France," and expressed his "firm belief" that it was necessary to ensure that France "is recovering from tissue SMEs ". It was also suggested to "reserve a portion of public contracts to SMEs".

The region has also announced that it creates a semi-public company, ESTER (Solar Electricity Territories) Poitou-Charentes regional development of solar power. ESTER Poitou-Charentes "aims to invest in making solar power plants with an investment program of 200 million by 2015, representing 120 megawatts of power, or one and half times the power currently installed Poitou-Charentes, and 500 permanent jobs, "the statement also indicates the regional council.

The French laboratory, shaken by the lapels of the anti-arrhythmic Multaq Iniparib and cancer, has made the past five years only two new products on the market (and Multaq Jevtana in prostate cancer). It plans to launch 19 drugs by 2015, six next year, but warns that it expects no more than 5% to 7% contribution to sales in this horizon.

Of "minibusters", ironically some analysts, however, willing to give time to a group that has appointed the head of its research Elias Zerhouni, a world-renowned scientist.Since that appointment, the European regulator, however, restricts the use of Multaq, and Iniparib proved a failure in the last phase of its development.

"Sanofi has made significant progress in improving the profitability of its research but we know the results in eight or nine years. We have to accept a long development cycle", says Michael Leacock, an analyst at RBS.

The group announced this year more positive Phase III, and for including Lemtrada Aubagio (multiple sclerosis), Zaltrap (colorectal cancer), Visamerin / Mulsevo (prevention of venous thrombosis) and Lyxumia (type II diabetes).It is the latter that analysts consider the most promising, with potential sales they estimate at about 600 dollars in 10 years.

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"This is a cohort of small to medium products that will not be enough to transform the group, but at least it has more risk (of the type of anti-obesity pills) Acomplia when suddenly a product may weigh 15% to 20% of sales and cause large deviation in the share price, "an expert in the field into perspective.

Three years after the failure of Acomplia and the arrival of CEO Chris Viehbacher, Sanofi has launched a strategy to find new sources of growth that does not depend on its research and especially not the 'blockbusters', these drugs can make more than one billion dollars in sales.

Spurred by the loss of its major patents, the group has drastically reduced its costs, carried out an extensive cleaning of its project portfolio and achieved a score of acquisitions exceeding 23 billion euros, 14.8 billion for the purchase of the U.S. biotech Genzyme.

These efforts now allow to predict an average growth in sales of at least 5% by 2015 and an increase in earnings per share higher than the turnover.

At Bryan Garnier, Eric Le Berrigaud believes that the next six launches of the group potential "of around four billion euros in full peak at the end of the decade, with an additional lever on Lemtrada if it turns out be sure. "

"Are we willing to pay 'upfront' history to be born again Sanofi in 2013, while it was still difficult to cross two years?" Asked he, however.

The title Sanofi, which has lost 13% in 2010, returned 3.5% since the beginning of the year.The stock is trading with an average ratio of price / earnings ratio (PER) expected to close in September, against nine for the European.

"There is a beautiful story of stock market recovery to play but it will not materialize quickly. The big challenge is to manage the transition between the death of the great product, the rise of products from the pipeline and related growth drivers strategy, such as diversification and emerging markets, "said one banking analyst.

Karl Heinz Koch, of Helvea, notes that "most of their products are secondary and are not first class."For him, the portfolios of Novartis and Bayer are better than Sanofi, which is comparable to those of Roche and GlaxoSmithKline, and similar but better than Merck and AstraZeneca.

Beatrice Muzard, Natixis, concedes that "Sanofi back a little better in terms of development," but believes that the group "is still far short of the very good students like Roche, Novartis and Glaxo same."

"It's not for the pipeline that we recommend buying the title," she adds. "What motivates us is the visibility of growth and the fact that the group has secured a growth of at least 5%, a level that exceeds 60% as revenue grew at double-digit ".

Decisions taken on 21 July to control the debt crisis of the Greek are not sufficient, the judge in the Financial Times Deutschland a group comprising a committee of "wise men" German business, an adviser to the French government and an official of the Economic Review International Monetary Fund (IMF).

"Creditors should give about half of the nominal value of their Greek bonds," they write."So it would be possible for Greece to reduce its debt to a sustainable level by yourself."

The leaders of the euro area agreed on July 21 with a discount of 21% on Greek bonds by an exchange of indebtedness in Athens more time to repay loans. But many players still consider it inevitable failure wider Athens on its debt.

The authors of the platform of the Financial Times Deutschland ask it possible for banks to exchange securities against Greek bonds issued by the European Financial Stability (EFSF), to ensure a smooth restructuring process.

"In addition, banks holding large amounts of Greek sovereign bonds need special support," we read in the gallery."This is especially true for Greek banks."

Greek bank stocks Monday fell more than 6% to a low of 19 after news reports indicating a discount greater than expected on the debt of Athens, despite the denial of the Greek government.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday traveled to Berlin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discuss the progress of Athens in the implementation of fiscal reforms required in return for international aid.

Greek MPs should approve the meantime in the day an unpopular property tax, a new austerity measures intended to pave the way for the return of the inspectors of the "troika" – IMF, EU and European Central Bank – responsible for assessing whether Athens will receive the next tranche of aid decided in May 2010 and thus avoid bankruptcy.

"The Franco-Belgian bank crystallizes the difficulties of his peers: its viability through the sale of assets too fast cash customers for nearly 20 billion euros," reads one in the business daily.

"Another lever is to externalize 80 billion of loans to local governments, but the modalities of this operation are still in limbo," the newspaper without elaborating.

A Dexia spokesman was unavailable for immediate comment this article.

Le Figaro wrote Saturday that Dexia, Caisse des Depots and Post Bank negotiated the creation of a new public to fund local government, an operation that would allow Dexia to reduce its balance sheet.

Requested by Reuters on Friday night, the three banks did not comment.

The governor of the Banque de France, Christian Noyer, said about Dexia that "the model faces a number of problems," in an interview with Journal du Dimanche.

"It must continue to restructure," he says.

The French authorities said Sunday that the system created in 2008 to help banks following the collapse of Lehman Brothers was always available on event "extraordinary".

However, they insisted that French banks, whose market value has shrunk in a few weeks, were strong and they did not need injections of public capital demanded by some stakeholders in the financial markets.