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Nissan will recover the Datsun brand and focus development on India, Indonesia and Russia, said Tuesday its CEO Carlos Ghosn.

The Japanese automaker, he said, plans to invest $ 400 million (300 million) over two years in Indonesia, including hiring double by 2014 and triple its sales outlets the country, bringing the number to 90,000. Indonesia is the main economic power in Southeast Asia.

Carlos Ghosn, who is also CEO of Renault, has already spoken in the past the potential of the Datsun brand, under which most cars and pickup trucks were sold in Nissan outside of Japan until 1981.

Despite its abandonment decided there are more than 30 years, the brand is known in the U.S., the Middle East and Asia.

"It's a green car, affordable, for small movements, with a high local content," said Carlos Ghosn about Datsun. "This car will be a generous," he added.

Monday, Nissan officials met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and promised to inject $ 400 million in order to double production of the group in the country for 2014.

"The priority (for Nissan in Indonesia) is the Indonesian market. If there is room for increased capacity, it will be for the domestic market rather than for export, although that is competitive in terms of costs, "said Carlos Ghosn.

The bond exchange intended to reduce the burden of the Greek debt has been very successful, exceeding the expectations of the country, said Friday the Minister of Evangelos Venizelos Finance.

"The debt swap had a very high degree of success," he said in Parliament.

Greece has declared Friday its successful bond exchange. It has thus taken a decisive step on the long road that must lead to the restructuring of its debt, expected him to avoid a default.

Evangelos Venizelos also said that there was no need to worry about the decision to be taken by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) relating to the initiation of credit default swaps (CDS) after the debt swap.

"This is not a concern for us because the net amount at stake, if the CDS are triggered, is less than five billion globally," he said. "This is an entirely negligible amount for the Greek economy and the European economy."

ISDA officials are to meet at 13:00 GMT to judge whether the debt swap is a "credit event" and justifies the payment of CDS, these instruments guarantee against into default.

Free improved sales and operating income of its wireline business last year while accelerating investments in its mobile service, launched in early January messes already the whole sector.

The offers at bargain prices by Free Mobile unveiled its competitors have forced up France Telecom, SFR and Bouygues Telecom to reduce tariffs of part of their bids to try to limit the exodus of their subscribers.

The speculation is rife, since the number of subscribers drawn by entering the fourth, recently estimated at 1.5 million by the CEO of France Telecom. 

The parent Iliad does not figure in its earnings release issued on Thursday, making only a state of "tremendous success" of its mobile business trading in early 2012.

The group confirmed its short and medium term, including a forecast of market share of fixed broadband 25% long term.

As always fixed, the group expects growth in sales of over 5% in 2012 with a cumulative free cash flow of ADSL over 1.1 billion euros between 2010 and 2012.

At group level, Free expects a sharp increase in sales in 2012, and a turnover exceeding 4 billion euros in 2015. 

Over the whole of 2011, the group led by Xavier Niel posted a turnover of 2.12 billion euros (+4%) and operating profit (EBITDA) of 833 million (4% well).

Analysts on average expected revenue of 2.14 billion and EBITDA of 861.4 million euros, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.

Net profit before exceptional items fell by his side from 7% to EUR 255 million.

Iliad plans to pay a dividend of 0.37 euro for 2011, down from the dividend of EUR 0.40 set in 2010.

The stock closed Wednesday up 0.39% to 98.75 euros. Since the beginning of the year, it was up 3.6% compared to the decrease of 3.53% of the telecoms sector index.

The phenomenal success of untouchables could be revived after the delivery of the Caesars on Friday, where the film earned nine nominations. In theaters, he not only pulverized scores profitability of French cinema in 2011, but at the same time beat the number one decade Welcome to the Sticks, According to the annual French Film. The winners in pictures of the most lucrative movies of the last ten years. 1/10

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BP took advantage Tuesday of the publication of a quarterly profit in line with expectations that it was preparing to fight "vigorously" complaints related to oil spill Spring 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, which will begin to be heard at the end of the month.

Bob Dudley, chief executive of the British oil company, said that BP was ready to settle amicably "based on fair terms and reasonable "the 600 lawsuits filed against him by individuals and the Federal government.

The hearings is scheduled Feb. 27 in New Orleans. 

BP, Europe's number two oil in terms of market capitalization, has raised $ 1.8 billion, 43 billion (33 billion euros), the cost of cleaning of the worst oil spill off the U.S..

BP, which said it was almost done cleaning, added that the contributions of its partners involved in the disaster it would end in 2012, one year earlier than expected, payments to a compensation fund of $ 20 billion.

The explosion of the drilling platform Deepwater Horizon, April 20, 2010, was 11 dead and dumped more than four million barrels of oil. 

BP also said it raised its quarterly dividend by one cent, bringing it to eight hundred in favor of strong cash flow generated by the rise in Gross.

"This is a positive sign of confidence in the improved operating performance," said Tony Shepard, analyst specializing in oil at Charles Stanley.

Around 24:50 GMT, BP lost over 1% to 483.8 pence, while the index grouping the values ​​of European oil yielded 0.6%.

For the fourth quarter 2011, BP reported a profit at replacement cost of 7.606 billion dollars, a figure boosted by a contribution of four billion Anadarko linked the oil spill, against 4.614 billion a year earlier. 

Excluding items, the quarterly result was up 14% to $ 4.99 billion, compared with 4.89 billion expected by the market according to Thomson Reuters consensus I / B / E / S.

Royal Dutch Shell announced last week a 18% increase in quarterly profit and ExxonMobil adjusted up 2%.

The title Benetton was suspended Thursday in early trading on the Milan Stock Exchange after having risen sharply in early trade, while the Benetton family wants to buy out the minority to remove the group of ready-to-wear Italian coast. The action was set up from 19.7% to 4.85 euros, above the 4.60 euro proposed Wednesday by the family to carry out this operation. The price used represents a premium of 15.6% over the course of last Tuesday, the day the buyout of minority interests was announced. The rating action was suspended until the opening on Thursday.

BSkyB, Britain's first pay-TV, was up in London Stock Exchange Tuesday after the publication of results that are robust under its fiscal first half. </ P> " It's better than expected across the board and those sold on expectations of disappointing results will now seek to buy to take advantage of opportunities for long-term growth, "said Atif Latif, head equity and derivatives trading at Guardian Stockbrokers. </ p> BSkyB has released an operating profit up 16% to 601 million pounds (718 million), for a turnover up 6% to 3.4 billion pounds.</ P> In London, the share rose nearly 3% to 684.1 pence in late morning, in a market up 0.9% after underperformed since the beginning of the year. </ p> Investors were concerned to pay high tariffs for the retransmission of market ; s football, high investment to be made in the fiber optics and new entrants such as video sites Netflix and Lovefilm. </ p> Facing , this new competition, BSkyB announced Tuesday the launch of an online offer. The group is particularly the 13 million households who are not subscribers to its pay channels. </ P> BSkyB has managed to grow its results in the context e ; gloomy economic, attracting consumers on its sports channels, economic, and on the internet. However, this model begins to show signs of slowing in recent quarters. </ P> The figure of 40,000 net new customers in the second quarter is higher than the 26,000 the first quarter, but less ; Interior to 140,000 the second quarter of the previous year. Analysts had expected a net positive balance of 58,000 customers. </ P>

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy are considering the establishment of a Stability and Growth limited to a few countries in the euro area, the Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday.

A new deal would avoid waiting for a treaty reform could drag on, the newspaper quoted German government sources.

German Chancellor and French President could unveil the next week this proposal as part of a plan against the debt crisis.

"Based on these measures," the newspaper, "there should be a majority in the European Central Bank for a more strong capital markets.

The AMF said Thursday it had opened an investigation following the release by the rating agency Standard & Poor's erroneous information suggesting that the French sovereign rating was lowered.

The AMF said in a statement it had contacted the European financial supervisory authority (ESMA), under its powers of scrutiny of rating agencies.

The French finance minister, Baroin, had previously requested the opening of the investigation into the causes and possible consequences of the mistake, which he described as "quite shocking rumor of information that do not match any foundation" .

"We will not leave any negative message through.It was a strategy, we have an appointment in terms of deficits that is fixed. It will not change one iota, "he said in Lyon on the sidelines of a conference on the economy.

As investors worried about a possible spread of the crisis in the euro area to the major European economies, the error of S & P was able to accentuate the room nervously.

The yield of the loan to ten years jumped by about a quarter point, its largest increase since the launch of the euro in 1999.

Clarification of S & P was issued in English in Paris at 17:40 (16h40 GMT), after the market close.

Wall Street is entering a crucial week that will allow investors to determine whether the U.S. stock markets are able to make it three and a further rise in weekly chain.

After its strongest rally recorded in two weeks and more than two years, the S & P 500 rises to a high of two months.This index, the most followed by fund managers, finished Friday above the 1220 points, a level it had not crossed since early August.

The fate of the New York stock market indices may depend on which will be published quarterly in quick succession this week, with the publications of third groups included in the Dow Jones.

In this list are Microsoft, American Express, Johnson & Johnson as well as Citigroup and Goldman Sachs will have to forget the disappointing trial results released last week by JPMorgan.

But investors will be especially the eyes of the figures for Chimene will be delivered by Apple after the death of its founder Steve Jobs and the launch of the fifth version of its iPhone, 4S.

"There are fundamental catalysts that could have a positive influence on the trend," said Richard Ross, Auerbach Grayson strategist at New York.

He said the S & P 500 "has the potential to go far beyond this level of resistance (1220 points) and quickly find the next level, between 1265 and 1275."

The spectacular rise in stock market indices from the lowest of 2011 took many investors by surprise and many traders and managers have tried to catch the train.

Last week, the Dow Jones took 4.9%, the S & P 500 6% and the Nasdaq 7.6%.

RESULTS IN SUPPORT

The estimated results and already published suggest an average growth of 12.4% of the profits of listed companies on the S & P 500, according to Thomson Reuters data.In July, growth was stood at 17%.

But groups such as Apple or IBM, whose shares have risen to historical highs Friday, should exceed the expectations and any positive surprise will fuel the rally.

"The prices will start to reflect more optimism," said Wasif Latif of USAA Investment Management.

"The groups with high growth, with expectations that surround them, must have a factor of 'wow'," adding that it was not impossible that the two groups still climbing.

Sign of easing tensions, the VIX index of volatility, sometimes referred to as a barometer of fear, fell over last week, closing Friday at a low not seen since Aug. 3.

While the proliferation of indicators and poor acceleration of the crisis of European sovereign debt had fueled the shift of indices, investors now seem to have chosen the side of optimism, encouraged by the activity responsible for the area euro.

These indicators, which appeared this summer also suggests a return to recession in the U.S. now seem less bad than some expected.