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The U.S. stock markets ended the week on a sharp increase at the end of the session.

Already indices had opened on Friday on the rise, boosted by employment figures less bad than expected. The United States has in fact lost 36,000 jobs in February than in January and the unemployment rate the country has remained stable at 9.7% this month, according to the official report on employment released on Friday, while analysts expected a decline.

Then at 21 pm on consumer credit showed an increase of 4.96 billion dollars in January in the United States, its first increase in a year and the strongest since my mid-2008, the Federal Reserve announced Friday . In December, the credit had decreased by 4.57 billion.

In the end, the Dow Jones advanced 1.17% at 10,566 points, boosted by Alcoa (+3.2%, to 13.86 dollars), Boeing (3.74%, to $ 68) and American Express ( 3.32%, to 40.18 dollars). The Nasdaq rose 1.48% to 2326 points, while Apple announced that the iPad will be available April 3, and the S & P 500 of 1.40% to 1139 points, buoyed by the telecommunications industry.

U.S. investors have also noted the announcement by the Chinese premier who has promised a 8% growth for China this year.Thursday, Wall Street closed higher on a comfortable, supported by bearings recommendations.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), a barrel of light sweet crude for April delivery tE, P4erminé to 81.50 dollars, up 1.29 dollars compared to the previous day.

As for currencies, the euro fell sharply Friday against a dollar backed by the release of employment figures in the United States, and reassuring the operators on the strength of the recovery of the world's largest economy guaranteed approval cash loans .

General Growth resumed its ancient symbol

Among the increases to retain this Friday, Exxon Mobil (1.67% to 66.49 dolalrs) Chevron (1.74%, to 74.35 dollars) and JP Morgan Chase (2%, to 42.76 dollars).

Remarkable progress, that of InterMune, which soared 59.4% to 23.29 dollars.The regulatory authorities have indicated it will review its drug for pulmonary fibers.

Microsoft (-0.14% to 28.59 euros): the software giant said Friday it would stick to its strategy of developing the market for search engines in China, whatever the outcome of Google dispute between the Chinese government.

Blackstone (+3.77% at 14.86 euros): the investment fund is hoping to complete an initial transaction in Australia this year and also studied business in Japan and South Korea, each operation may be about 100 million dollars, said an official with the group.

Marvell Technology Group (+1.39% at 20.41 euros): the chip maker reported a 64% increase in its turnover, thanks to a recovery of expenditure within the sector, 842 5 million dollars against 842 million expected on average.

In addition, General Growth: The title of the second American owner of shopping malls start to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange under its old symbol GGP3 "while the group is still under bankruptcy.

The Japanese auto giant Toyota, which passes through an unprecedented crisis due to the increasing security challenges in several of its models (the Prius brakes, booster car in the world) announced Thursday returning to profit in third quarter 2009-2010. The manufacturer nippon even raised its financial forecasts, while the annual cost of reminders should cost him between 1.3 and 1.4 billion euros.

For the three months from October to December, the world's largest automaker has made a net profit of 153.2 billion yen (1.16 billion euros), against a net loss of 164.7 billion a year earlier .Operating income from Toyota is also back in the green, with a profit of 189.1 billion (1.43 billion) instead of a loss of 360.6 billion for the same period of 2008-2009 for a turnover up 10.2% yoy.

The company said it now expected to conclude its 2009-2010 fiscal year with a net profit of 80 billion yen (610 million euros), whereas previously it expects a net loss of 200 billion payday advance . The operating loss year should reach 20 billion instead of 350 billion expected previously.

We have revised our forecast for 2009-2010 due to factors such as rising sales and cost reductions in all directions, "said in a statement the Executive Director Takahiko Ijichi Toyota."And our emergency plan to increase our profits grew faster than expected," he added.

Toyota said Thursday that the recall of several million vehicles worldwide due to problems of accelerator was going to cost between 170 billion and 180 billion yen (between 1.3 and 1.4 billion euros). The cost of the recall itself should reach about 100 billion yen, and the costs of declining sales that followed between 70 billion and 80 billion, said during a press conference the Chief Executive Toyota Takahiko Ijichi.

At the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Toyota shares ended Thursday on a further drop of 3.52% to 3280 yen. Since January 21, the group's market value has shrunk by almost 22%.

The NBC drama could soon be over. The Wall Street Journal, the two groups would be heard on the recovery of 20% stake in French group NBC Universal. This would be valued at 5.8 billion dollars. Consequently Cap: title Vivendi opened sharply higher on the Paris Bourse, where the action took 2.87% to 19.74 euros at 9:30.

An agreement General Electric Comcast close

The source quoted by the New York newspaper, that outcome would be consecutive to meet Jean-Bernard Levy, Vivendi's boss, with Jeffrey Immelt, the strongman of General Electric in Paris last week. The talks stumbled earlier on the amount of participation. Vivendi wanted $ 6.1 billion, while GE did that gave 5.6 billion dollars.

The question of how the transaction also blocked, Vivendi wishing to be resolved immediately.This prevented the American group to sell the following Comcast's majority stake in NBC Universal. After such an agreement, Comcast would become 51% shareholder of the company.

For Vivendi, the new money is welcome. The group is expected to cover the cost of the recent acquisition of the Brazilian carrier GVT $ 4.2 billion.

The Brazilian GVT falls into the hands of Vivendi

The model Vivendi proves his strength to face the crisis

For the first time since 2008, global demand is on track to resume growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. This is the conclusion of the monthly report released Thursday by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IEA). The Paris-based organization has raised its estimate for world demand this year to 84.8 million barrels per day (bpd), down 1.7% on a year while she was counting on hitherto a contraction of 1.9%. This upward revision is due to increased demand in the fourth quarter of this year. Subsequently, demand should rise to 86.2 mbd in 2010, an increase of 1.6% over one year, thanks to strength in emerging markets.

The agency, which represents the interests of consumer countries concerned, however, this increase in demand which would add additional pressure to oil prices, which currently evolve around $ 80, after falling below 35 dollars at the end 2008 at the height of the crisis. "The rebound in global oil demand could be much more limited if the price increases continued in 2010," says the Agency. According to her, too sharp rise in prices of black gold could slow the rebound of the economy that is currently taking place in most Western economies, including the United States, the largest consumer of oil in the world.

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