http://elinorcaplan.com USA and World Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:30:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BP has relaunched the sale of its assets in Alaska after the collapse of talks for a sale to the American Apache in July, the Financial Times reported Monday. Citing banking sources, the newspaper reported that Apache, which is based in Houston, Texas, is still face potential buyer.Occidental Petrolem ... http://elinorcaplan.com/bp-would-have-triggered-the-sale-of-its-assets-in-alaska/ France and Britain agreed Friday to pool some of their defense programs, including the A400M aircraft, but have ruled out building an entire aircraft carrier. The defense ministers of both countries met in Paris to discuss their weapons programs in times of fiscal austerity that strikes the two countries. ... http://elinorcaplan.com/paris-and-london-exclude-build-together-an-aircraft-carrier/ Sodexo and Publicis are the best candidates for an entry in the CAC 40 if a change in the composition of the index consider Friday traders and analysts surveyed by Reuters. Similarly, they cite Lagardère and Accor among potential exits. The date of the quarterly meeting of the ... http://elinorcaplan.com/sodexo-and-publicis-still-considered-the-best-candidates-for-cac-40/ Hennes & Mauritz said on Thursday that the fashion label Lanvin would draw her new clothing line, sold in the fall. The Swedish group, Third World chain clothing stores, known for its trendy and cheap clothing, and regularly appeal to the world of fashion and show business to design ... http://elinorcaplan.com/h-m-uses-the-label-lanvin-for-his-fall-collection/ Consumer spending in U.S. households rose 0.4% and revenues by 0.2% in July, show statistics released Monday by the Commerce Department. Consumer spending and showing the strongest gain in four months, receiving a slight increase in revenue. The figures for consumption and income showed an unchanged rate in ... http://elinorcaplan.com/the-consumption-of-american-households-rose-in-july/ Lagardere Group and Marie-Claire will announce on Friday the merger of their respective women's weekly, Be, Envy, launched in spring, following the slowdown in sales, "wrote Le Figaro. The announcement comes as the magazine Grazia, the Italian group Mondadori, celebrates its first anniversary, the newspaper said. Lagardere Active ... http://elinorcaplan.com/womens-magazines-be-and-envy-are-about-to-merge/ Nestle announced Thursday it had finalized the sale of Novartis's 52% that remained in Alcon for $ 28.3 billion (22.3 billion euros). Nestle has received a total of 41 billion dollars selling American specialist in ophthalmology, if one takes into account the three stages of disinvestment, namely the initial ... http://elinorcaplan.com/nestle-completes-sale-of-alcon-to-novartis/ The stabilization of the labor market was confirmed in July in France with an increasing decline in youth unemployment and a rise in job vacancies so that the executive is preparing a return to social and political agitation. The number of jobseekers in category A, which includes those without ... http://elinorcaplan.com/new-fall-in-unemployment-in-france-in-july/ Wall Street opened on earnings Monday, investors regaining confidence through several projects of mergers and acquisitions. A few minutes after the start of trading, the Dow Jones gained 0.54% to 10,268.56 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 index 0.58% to 1077.89 points and the Nasdaq Composite 0.67% to 2194.34 ... http://elinorcaplan.com/wall-street-opens-up-driven-by-mergers-and-acquisitions/ Crédit Agricole has extended by one year the return to profit of its Greek subsidiary Emporiki due to credit losses more than expected because of the recession in Greece. The woes of its Greek subsidiary Crédit Agricole will require to spend a further depreciation of 400 million euros in ... http://elinorcaplan.com/credit-agricole-sealed-by-its-subsidiary-in-greece/