The action is Danone rebound Monday, with investors relieved after the announcement of the takeover by Nestle's division of child nutrition Pfizer, a redemption of $ 11.85 billion which the French group was also in the running.
At 2:50 p.m., the title Danone raises of 1.83% to 53.39 euros in a market down sharply (-2.15%).
"The rise in the stock is clearly related to the fact that it's not Nestle and Danone buys Pfizer infant nutrition. The price is very high and the market would like Danone uses his money for something else, "said one operator
. L action Danone had lost 3.55% Friday following a tip that he was outbid and proposed $ 11 billion to buy up Pfizer Nutrition
…. Analysts say ….. Danone had not the means to finance a transaction of this magnitude, even if it reduced its debt by nearly half since the acquisition of Numico in 2007 to 12.3 billion euros
. Danone's net debt was $ 6.6 billion end of 2011 euros, against 12 billion after the acquisition of Numico.
Natixis, the analyst Pierre Tegner observes that "the strategic importance of the lost battle (against Nestle) depend on the group's ability to recover some assets, either in Asia Southeast Asia (Philippines, etc..) and / or Latin America. "
According to Kyodo, Danone could increase its stake in Yakult Honsha to 28% against 20% today, and asked the group of Japanese drinks to name one of its managers to an executive position.
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If he departed from Areva, it's because she was unable to work with EDF, said President candidate. It also ensures that the government never considered selling a nuclear power plant in Gaddafi's Libya. Lauvergeon and Nicolas Sarkozy in New Delhi, December 6, 2010.
New episode of the clash between remote Nicolas Sarkozy and Anne Lauvergeon. Incumbent President said Tuesday that it had terminated the functions of Anne Lauvergeon at the head of Areva because she was "unable to work in harmony with EDF". "Ms. Lauvergeon, we asked him to leave his post for some reason is very simple, was that she was unable to work in harmony with EDF, "he said on France Inter.
Asked about its incompatibility with the current CEO of EDF Proglio, considered close to Nicolas Sarkozy, the head of state assured that "with the previous (Gadonneix, ed), it was exactly the same thing ". Ms. Lauvergeon "did everything to remain as head of Areva," she "came to me countless times," he insisted, "if it had been in disagreement with the policy as I was driving to the nuclear, one wonders why she wanted to stay. "
"This is someone I respect, I kept at the head of Areva that I had even known (…) we can not say that he mistreated her," continued the President UMP candidate and confirming that he was offered a post in his government. "See Ms. Lauvergeon now explain how she suffered with me, when she was a president of Areva who wanted to stay, who wished by all means remain president of Areva, all these people who, once that they left their posts, say 'my God as we suffered when + they wanted to stay, it's pretty outrageous, "he – he concluded.
In an interview last week in the weekly L'Express and a book, Ms. Lauvergeon, old Sherpa of François Mitterrand, ousted in 2011 by the Government of the head of champion French nuclear company, denounced the methods of the CEO of EDF Proglio, reveals some of his conversations with Nicolas Sarkozy, accusing the government for consideration until 2010 to sell a nuclear reactor to Libya's Colonel Gaddafi. Again, Nicolas Sarkozy denies.
"I have not consorted with Gaddafi"
"There was never a central issue to sell to Mr. Gaddafi and let me tell you that if there is a head of state who in the world, has not paved with Gaddafi and is responsible for his departure and what happened to him, I think maybe it's me, "Sarkozy said in response to a question from a listener on France Inter. When visiting the controversial Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Paris in December 2007, the Head of State announced to reporters, after an initial interview with the Libyan leader that France had signed the signature of "tens of billions" of euros of contracts with Libya …… These agreements
…, he cited "collaboration contracts for desalination of seawater with a nuclear reactor for armaments cooperation, different economic contracts ". Lauvergeon accused the government of having planned until 2010 to sell the nuclear reactor. "This is a blatant lie (…) it has never been involved," insisted Tuesday Nicolas Sarkozy, "I remind you that if Benghazi was saved and if Gaddafi is gone, it is because that France intervened. " "There is still a logic. We can obviously angry with me for a whole bunch of things but we can not blame me for the inconsistency. In Libya it is France that led the operation, it is France with the UK, "he said.
"So, between those who say that Gaddafi paid my campaign, the other we wanted to offer a nuclear power plant, do you really think I would have done this if it was all true?" concluded the incumbent president and candidate of the UMP. The information website Mediapart published in March a note suggesting that the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has funded a 50 million euros the 2007 campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy. The President had called the accusations "ridiculous".
When moving to Tripoli in July 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy, France and Libya signed a memorandum of agreement on civil nuclear aim of which was, according to the secretary general of the Elysee Claude Gueant of the time, "to provide to Libya a nuclear reactor that allows the provision of drinking water "in seawater déssalinisant This agreement was widely criticized, especially from France's partners such as Germany, and left in environmentalists who saw a proliferation risk. Some had even suspected this Agreement to be consideration for the release of Bulgarian nurses held in Libya, which the Elysée has always denied.
Google reported Thursday a net profit of 2.89 billion dollars or 8.75 dollars per share (GAAP) in the first quarter and announced a division of its shares on a two for a.
The net sales for the first quarter, which excludes fees paid to partner sites, totaled $ 8.14 billion.
The total turnover of the quarter is 10.65 billion.
U.S. President again pleaded for taxation at 30% of annual revenues in excess of one million dollars. Rival in the White House, Republican Mitt Romney, is directly targeted: his fortune is estimated at between 190 and 250 million. U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at a rally in Florida on April 10
Barack Obama pleaded Tuesday for the "rule Buffett," a rebalancing of tax scales to charge more for the richest Americans, a way to embarrass the multimillionaire Mitt Romney, his likely opponent in the presidential election. "What hinders our entire economy is the growing gap between the super rich and everyone else," said the American president during a speech in Florida (Southeast), a crucial state on the electoral map for the presidential Nov. 6 where he is seeking a second four-year term.
"I ask you: what is the best way to strengthen our economy? Provide $ 150,000 in additional tax relief to every millionaire and billionaire? Or invest in education, research, health and our veterans? "said Obama at a university in the city of Boca Raton, facing an enthusiastic crowd, which chanted" four more years! " The president has defended the September 2011 "Buffett rule", the taxation at least 30% of annual revenues in excess of one million dollars. The chairman stressed that it is unfair that the multibillionaire Warren Buffett, are among the world's wealthiest people, is subject to a tax rate lower than his secretary employed, due to a tax code that taxes less capital income than labor. Warren Buffett himself has said he supported this measure.
The Senate, dominated by allies of Mr. Obama should make Monday a procedural vote on this device. But Republican opponents of the president have said their hostility and can block it. Obama's insistence on the "rule Buffett" seems primarily intended to put on the defensive opponent Mitt Romney, became even more conservative favorite of the primary on Tuesday with the abandonment of its main competitor Rick Santorum. The president did not mention the name of Mitt Romney, merely ironic about the presidential candidates "that should not be appointed" and that according to him are lawyers from both deficit reduction and a reduction in taxes for the rich.
Mitt Romney only pays 15% tax
Mitt Romney, a former investor whose fortune is estimated at between 190 and 250 million dollars, be admitted subject to a tax rate of 15% despite annual revenues of over $ 20 million in 2010 and 2011. It thus benefits in particular, as many wealthy Americans, niche tax changes introduced in 2001 and 2003 under the aegis of former Republican President George W. Bush. The White House says that Americans appearing in 0.1% of the highest incomes pay taxes now represent 26% of their income, against 51% in 1960, while members of the middle class have seen in the same time their tax rate from 14 to 16%.
The discount on the carpet of the "rule Buffett" comes as Americans must report their income before April 17 and may be more receptive to such a speech. The Republican camp has fired back Tuesday stressing that what they called "Buffett tax" would raise no less than 50 billion dollars in ten years, while the federal government debt exceeds 15,600 billion . And communications director for Mitt Romney, Gail Gitcho, said that "President Obama is the first president in history to openly campaign for reelection on a platform of raising taxes." Former President Bush himself on Tuesday defended the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, during a speech in New York. "If we increase taxes, we take money from the pockets of consumers," he said in a rare foray into politics since leaving the White House in January 2009.
Consob, the Italian financial markets authority, suggested Wednesday EDF to revise upward the price offered to minority shareholders of the Italian group Edison, an opinion that could further extend a drama begun there are nearly ten years.
Three months after the announcement of an agreement between EDF and other major shareholders of the second largest electricity producer in Italy, Consob said that "the price of EDF 0, 84 per share does not seem representative of the actual price agreed between the parties. "
She adds, in the notice published on its website a price ranging between 0.84 and 0.95 euros would be more consistent with "the notion of price paid" and that the median of this range , or 0.89 euros, can be "a useful reference point".
Contacted by Reuters, EDF has made no immediate comment.
"Let's see what the French would say. But if we take as 0.89 euro price, the difference is about 60 million euros. It is nothing for a band like EDF" said a source close the file.
After months of negotiations, EDF had signed a preliminary agreement in late December supposed to ensure control of Edison. But he was then conditioned the implementation of the agreement to confirmation by Consob price of 0.84 euro per share Edison.
Under the terms of this agreement, EDF was, initially, increase from 50% to 80.7% its stake in Edison for 700 million euros, and then launch a takeover bid for the remaining shares.
The group led by Proglio then found that the agreement Edison valued at 0.84 euros per share.
In return, Edipower, which Edison owns half the capital and considered by some observers as the "nugget" of the Italian group, had to go completely in the hands of current shareholders of Italian , led by A2A.
At the head of the minority shareholders of Edison appears the businessman Romain Zaleski, through his holding company Carlo Tassara.
The action ended in Edison 0.8735 euro Wednesday at the Milan Stock Exchange. In this course, the Italian group is valued 4.5 billion euros. In Paris, EDF finished at 17.2150 euros, a capitalization of 32.7 billion.
UniCredit has emerged in the last quarter of 2011 a profit of 114 million euros, returning to profitability after intensive cleaning of its balance sheet which resulted in a loss of 10.6 billion euros the previous three months.
Over the whole of 2011, the bank shows a loss of 9.2 billion euros, a result of massive writedowns in the third quarter, primarily goodwill.
Italy's largest bank by assets had already passed the annual dividend.
Earnings in the fourth quarter, beating consensus giving 30 million, compares with a profit of 321 million euros a year earlier.
The ratio of Tier 1 capital was hard to 9.97% on a proforma basis, taking into account a difficult capital increase of EUR 7.5 billion performed in January 2012.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended almost unchanged Monday after slight correction suffered last week, investors focusing on actions related to metals and blue chips that have underperformed ; the market lately.
The Nikkei gained 0.07% or 6.77 points, to 10,018.24. In contrast, the Topix broader, yielded 0.71 points (-0.08%) to 851.82.
This evolution of the Nikkei, helped by the decline of the yen against the dollar, was recorded in a few exchanges expanded.
"Even if the Nikkei falls below 10,000 points, Japanese institutional investors are not going to take profits because they have more net sellers in the rally (in recent months)," said Kenichi Hirano , a director at Tachibana Securities.
Technical analysts believe that the decline of last week could lead investors who missed the bull cycle in action since the beginning of the year to enter the market.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 1.1% Friday, accusing its largest percentage decline in two months. But it is still up over 18% since the beginning of the year.
Ingenico is looking for growth opportunities in services and emerging markets after the forced abandonment of its proposed acquisition in the U.S., which would enable it to face the giant VeriFone.
The CEO of specialist payment terminals, Philippe Lazare, told Reuters detect "significant room for improvement" in Southeast Asia, where it is to affû ; t acquisitions.
"The past year has confirmed that emerging markets are really the primary drivers of growth and the business model with an increasing share of our service activities and transactions (compared to) our terminal activities is a strategy that works, "he argued in an interview.
Ingenico had to rethink its strategy last year after renouncing buy U.S. assets of Hypercom as a result of a decision of the department improve Rican Justice to initiate an antitrust action.
In the U.S., where the group's clients include distribution groups Wal-Mart and Home Depot, Ingenico expects much of the ongoing transition of the United States to smart cards, lead to a prompt Renewal of the terminal stores.
Ingenico, which counts among its competitors Gemalto, First Data and Heartland Payment Systems, is also betting on the transaction management services and maintenance of payment terminals, for not having to rely on its core business , manufacture and sale of terminals.
This service activity should represent 40% of turnover next year as against 32% today, said Philippe Lazare.
Ingenico announced last month reaching for the first time in 2011 the symbolic threshold of one billion euros in revenue, driven by the dynamism of emerging countries.
For 2012, the group said it expected growth of over 8% on a comparable basis of its revenues and an EBITDA margin of greater than or equal to 18.3% .
The action, which exceeded 85 euros at the height of the dotcom bubble, touched a low of 4.6 euros in 2003. The title has turned the corner since 2009 and was up 28% since the beginning of the year at nearly 36 euros.
Ingenico, whose biggest shareholder is the supplier of defense and security Safran, in 2010 had rejected an offer to 28 euros per share of U.S. conglomerate Danaher, but Philippe Lazare said his group left for sale. At the right price.
"Clearly, society has been widely appreciated since this offer," he said. "We will continue to strengthen our balance sheet and strategy and make acquisitions to grow our relevant value. After, if someone wants to buy us one day, he will be welcome provided that it will put the price ".
The Galeries Lafayette Group saw sales rise by 4% in 2011 and operating income increased 4.8%, despite a very difficult now for consumption in France in the second half.
The group, in open conflict with Casino on the valuation of Monoprix, their joint venture, reported retail sales of 5.58 billion euros, for a consolidated sales (excluding sales concession stands) of 4.96 billion euros, up 0.7%.
Sales growth was mainly due to the performance of the department store on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, whose sales rose 14.3% due to tourist traffic, and sales growth of Monoprix, which grew by 3.2%.
Conversely, the decline in sales has continued to BHV. The group does not specify the amount of sales of the brand in trouble for several years.
"In a difficult global environment in 2011 (…) the activity held up well," said Philippe Houze, chief executive of Galeries Lafayette.
The group says "confident" for 2012, despite the uncertainties surrounding the evolution of markets, and indicates that at the end of February, sales of the brand were Galeries Lafayette up 8.4% on a comparable and those of Monoprix up 6.2%.
Galeries Lafayette and Casino have put into the public their disagreement on the valuation of the sign of the city center, which has assumed the aspect of a showdown legal and financial.
The battle promises to be long and bitter for the nugget Monoprix. Because the chain of distribution center is completely atypical in the French landscape.
With an operating margin of 7.2%, it is by far the most profitable assets of Casino in France, where the group's profitability was 3.9% in 2010, and prances ahead its competitors.
Operating income in 2011 of the Galeries Lafayette Group rose 4.8% to 372 million euros, for a margin of 7.5% (against 7.2% in 2010) while the net excluding exceptional items remained stable at 210 million euros.
Leaded by provisions and write-downs of 153 million euros on Cofinoga, a subsidiary of consumer credit equally owned by BNP Paribas and highly weakened by the crisis, net income group share fall to 43 million euros (against 380 million euros a year earlier, including 205 million euros of capital gains).
The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed up 0.92% Tuesday, Japanese markets have erased all losses posted in early trading before going into the green and Register a fence frankly positive.
The Nikkei gained 88.59 points to 9,722.52 and the Topix broader took 3.23 points (0.39%) to 838.48.
The bankruptcy of Elpida, the first Japanese manufacturer of memory weighed on the sector, Advantest yielding 1.5% and Shin-Etsu Chemical 1.2%.
But this failure did, in the opinion of stakeholders had limited impact on investor sentiment.
