Libya Unrest Shocks Markets
Libya tensions sent fresh shockwaves across financial markets on Thursday, as equities fell, oil soared close to $120 and the dollar plunged to a record low against the safe-haven Swiss franc.
Europe’s main stock markets extended recent losses, with sentiment plagued by Libya where leader Moamer Kadhafi is clinging onto power but his opponents appear to be in control of swathes of the nation.
Categories: News Tags: Africa, Business/Finance, Chadian-Libyan conflict, Libya, Middle East, Muammar al-Gaddafi, oil, Pan-Africanism, Petroleum industry, Political science, Politics, Price of petroleum
Bill Gates To Help Africa
As G20 finance minsters meet in Paris, Bill Gates has been charged with finding ways to raise funds for the poorest countries by French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has commissioned the Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates to examine new ways of raising cash for the world’s poorest countries, as G20 finance ministers gather in Paris.
Gay marriage ban upheld
The French constitutional court on Friday upheld the country’s gay marriage ban, saying it was in keeping with the constitution.
France cites Google advertising as “possible” abuse
France’s Competition Authority said Tuesday that Google occupies a strongly dominant position in the online advertising market linked to Internet searches and that it possibly violated competition law.
Following a review requested by the government, the FCA said it “considers that Google holds a dominant position on the advertising market linked to search engines.”
More efficient housing energy
As a result of the round table on the environment, many relating to energy, in the heart of public policy, devices are now available to individuals.
Categories: Property Tags: Business/Finance, efficient, energy, Energy conservation, Environment, housing
Insider dealing in France: Airbus
The A380 ran into technical problems in 2006 that drastically affected EADS’s share price.
Airbus’s chief operating officer, John Leahy, and its former human resources director Erik Pillet have been charged with insider trading by an investigating judge in Paris.
Leahy and Pillet have been under investigation for some weeks after being called in for questioning. Leahy was cleared last year, with other executives, in a separate inquiry into similar charges by France’s stock market regulator.
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Office Mobile: test free of charge
You have now the possibility to test mobile applications management access free of charge.
During a period of 30 days following your opening account (and for those who have opened since more than 30 days up to December 15), you can log in on our Virtual Office business applications mobile, ma-billing and management-auto-entrepreneur versions.
On the mobile version, you have access to your invoices, contacts, business, notes, tasks, etc. You can enter to new folders, contacts, account rendered commercial, tasks, etc.
To test, connect from your smartphone on https://bo.entreprise-facile.com/account/login#_login
or on http://bo.entreprise-facile.net/account/login#_login if your smartphone does not support SSL secure access.
Then, the mobile option costs 10 € (unlimited time) on ma-billing and management-auto-entrepreneur, and for users of the virtual office is included in the subscription.
Categories: Technology Tags: Business/Finance, Mobile technology, Smartphone, Technology/Internet, Touchscreens, Windows Mobile
Virtual Office with the Sales Force option
A new option is available from today on the subscription unlimited Virtual Office: Sales Force option.
This option will be useful to those who manage networks of vendors because it allows more finely segmenting access.
If you have an unlimited subscription on the virtual desktop, editing the access permissions for the non-dirigeants or of the invitation of new users, a new box of options will be available:
In the boxes you tick, the concerned user will see their access limited:
Its commercial data will therefore see its contacts, his business, his quote in its catalog product, he will only see its products for sale, its stock
And the last option to hide the catalog providers and purchase orders leaders have good access to all the business data and can see statistics made specifications, transform them into invoice, etc.
This new feature is available immediately, log into your virtual office account to try it!
Note: this feature is not available on ma-billing and management-auto-entrepreneur.To use it you must convert your virtual office subscription.
Categories: Technology Tags: Business/Finance, catalog product, Sales Force, Subscription business model, Technology/Internet, Virtual Office