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The business use of email is now widespread. Number of employees plébiscitent this tool, finding that 70% provides increased productivity, if we are to believe a study commissioned by the Australian company Dimension Data. Snapshot to contact several people at once and keep a written record, the mail seems to have installed as a means of communication in the company unbeatable.

And yet it does not benefit. Virtual, the massive use of electronic mail in particular has a tendency to dehumanize the management staff. "Some managers think they can coordinate and manage their teams from their messaging, notes Chevallet Romain, researcher at the National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions (Anact). But the mail does the illusion of coordination.The quality of the email exchange is no comparison with that which was in a meeting or simply between colleagues, "he says. Eric Albert, president of the French Institute for Action on stress (IFAS), reported a striking example of this dwindling trade. "You go account, it reports does one, two assistants who work in the same office send each other e-mails!". A phenomenon that is a real loss to the company. For dialogue face to face brought an emotional dimension that allows more adjustment to the other, to find compromises or to generate ideas …

A loss of 10 IQ points

The immediacy of the mall also has its downside."This permanent stress distracts the employee," Roman Chevallet analysis shows, supporting evidence, that the quality of work it is impacted, "A study of the London Institute of Psychiatry shows that go well with perpetually one task to another induces a loss of 10 IQ points, the equivalent of a sleepless night! "he says. Not to mention the stress caused by the influx of applications to which the employee is not always cope. A stress that tends to increase with the increasing demands of stakeholders, often owners of smartphones, which anticipate the responses of more and faster.

What, therefore, to use its smart messaging?

1. Introducing a hierarchy where the chronological order prevails. "It should restore priorities, stop confusing urgent and important," says Romain Chevallet.To do this, mails received may be classified according to their interest. By clicking on the flag that symbolizes a high importance, or creating files, theme, folder, or by importance. From this point of view, the mall has a definite asset. Although classified and easy to find, it can be a real list, and a database.

2. Cleaning up as and so as not to overload his mailbox and duty in the emergency delete messages surplus "with a machete. To save time, you can introduce filters that automatically redirect such unwelcome emails to the trash. Or select the messages by keyword to classify them in a folder. But be careful in this case not to lose sight of your overall messaging.Remove or archive emails as and also allows you to more easily find an important message.

3. Do not plug your mail to you, if your work permits. "The manager should set as a rule not to seek a collaborator with him," said Romain Chevallet. Especially since many employees, under pressure from management or a strong competition among colleagues, are needed to respond as quickly as possible, even to jeopardize their privacy.

4. Log out regularly. "In England, some companies have introduced a day without e-mail Wednesday," notes Roman Chevallet. Without going that far, it may be useful in order not to lose concentration, to force himself not to look at his mail every five minutes.Periods of disconnection from 1 to 2 hours can boost your productivity, provided that your manager is willing to wait this time to receive a response.

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The one that Sunday was a "very very big niche tax" that deserved a helping hand plane finally spared. Baroin, Budget Minister returned to his whims and confirmed on Wednesday in an interview to Le Parisien / Today in France that the government would not reverse the reduced VAT rates for restaurants given a year ago.

"This measure is maintained" said the mayor of Troyes. "If it must be questioned, the debate will take place during the next presidential election," he added.

10 billion savings

It must be said that the budget minister no longer had much choice. Tuesday morning, his minister, Christine Lagarde, had hammered on RMC and BFM-TV that the reduction in tax loopholes would not affect the VAT at 5.5% of restaurant owners.Baroin will have to find other niches planing to recover 10 billion euros economy expected by 2013. The minister on Wednesday gave few tracks a bit fuzzy.

Besides the movement of the plane 10% on tax loopholes previously announced, it confirms the non-replacement of 100,000 civil service posts (3 billion savings), reduced operating costs (2000000000), the reduction of lifestyle State … Baroin explains that this is the second round of general revision of public policies.The first, launched in late 2007 as it would have to generate 7 billion euros.

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Nicolas Sarkozy has made to put things right in the Council of Ministers, just before receiving the UMP parliamentarians: "It does not affect the tax shield." A Council that was exceptionally held in late afternoon to cause of displacement of U.S. President. For deputies summoned to the Elysee, so there was more suspense before the start of the meeting.

"The tax shield is more than a campaign pledge is a real conviction on the part of the majority", pleaded Luc Chatel, a spokesman of the government, through: "If we want to attract investors, if we want to reconnect with family capitalism, it was necessary to end a confiscatory tax system. "Before concluding, unmoved:" I do not feel that the tax shield is starting to crack. "

Yet the controversy has continued to swell until the presidential will be known.Just when Luc Chatel made it public, Dominique de Villepin, who met with associations in a Parisian cafe, explained that the suspension of the tax shield is "common sense". "This is the wish of all the French, he claimed. That is what the majority wants today and I am glad, like what time to time it is worth persevering. "

A turning

Imprudent, especially as Baroin had paved the ground before Nicolas Sarkozy expressed. In an interview with Echo, the new budget minister had spoken to the "fiscal stability", explaining: "By nature, I always thought we did not leave enough time for a device to produce his tax effects.Let the system run on time and take stock. "But while describing the shield of" good principle of tax fairness, "he had served on his opponents he could hear their arguments, adding:" I have no doubt it will be one of the subjects, most notably, in the heart of the budget debate. "

In the meantime, the opposition continued its offensive, the voice of Francois Hollande. The former first secretary of the PS had rejoiced Monday that the "lock" is about to jump. On Wednesday, the Assembly, he questioned Francois Fillon, but Baroin who responded by strengthening even tone.He proclaimed his "pride" of having belonged to the government who set up the shield and, above all, he has refreshed his memory of leftist deputies by throwing them: "You're the first, with Michel Rocard, who have not invented the shield, but defined a certain idea of capping. "However, he was careful to recall that Alain Juppe was subsequently removed this cap.

The President did little to dampen the ardor sustainable fiscal policies of the majority? In any case, the offensive against the shield was a turning point in relations between Nicolas Sarkozy and the expected parliamentary support. Hours before the appointment of the Elysee, three deputies announced the filing of a bill to "suspend" the tax shield.Among them, Villepin as Marc Bernier, Anne-Marie and Michel Montchamp reason, but also a centrist close to Pierre Mehaignerie Rene Couanau an "unclassifiable", Michel Piron, and even a hard-Sarkozyist Pierre Cardo. "As a national effort is needed to reform pensions, reduce deficits, supporting people in precarious situations, it is essential that this effort is shared by all," they write as an explanatory memorandum.

Jean-Francois Cope, who always professed that "we must come together when the family is in trouble, did nothing to defend the tax shield, which he implemented as budget minister. Admitting he had "no religion" in the subject, he allowed members of the New Center to celebrate their voices "began to be heard."

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A two-day European Council in Brussels, where investors await progress on measures of support provided to Greece, Paris markets should continue to remain cautious. At the opening, the CAC 40 Opens at equilibrium at 3927 points. On Monday, the Paris flagship index had already stabilized at 3928 points.

For now, the atmosphere seems to be tight in the countries of the European Union. The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso had to bang his fist on the table to encourage the different European countries to agree on the mechanism adopted to help Greece.

As for values, the pharmaceutical industry will again follow after that, according to information from Figaro, Novartis has accepted the decision of the Ministry of Health to withdraw 50 million doses.Sanofi-Aventis fell by 0.71% to 55.93 euros

Seloger.com (+7.14% to EUR 27), who announced he would propose to pay for the first time a dividend of 0.33 euro per share, in the resume in 2010 with a double-digit growth of its business and profitability of payday loan lenders . Its turnover was up 1.9% in 2009 to 73 million euros and net income rose 3.9% to 17.7 million.

Audika (+1.18% at 26.51 euros), a specialist in hearing aids, plans to continue its growth in 2010 based on the dynamics of the second half of 2009, after a year of contrasts in terms of activity.

EADS (-0.40% to 14.94 euros): The North American subsidiary confirmed Monday the application for a postponement of 90 days from the deadline of May 10 to tender the contract had Replenishment of the Air Force.

Iliad (+2.56% at 76.49 euros) displays a turnover for 2009 of 1.954 billion euros, up by 24.9% including its subsidiary, Alice, and 1.619 billion euros up 3.5% excluding the supplier of broadband access. In addition, net income rose 75% in 2009 to 175,9 million euros.

The annual results of Havas and Meetic, after-hours trading, are expected on Tuesday.

Following an article in financial daily Les Echos, published on Monday, announcing the forthcoming elimination of certain routes deficit (axes Paris-Arras, Lille, Strasbourg, Nantes and Strasbourg), the Secretary of State for Transport, Dominique Bussereau said on RTL on Tuesday, ensuring that no TGV line would be removed. "The SNCF is a public company, it belongs to all French", said Dominique Bussereau. The state is 100% majority, and naturally she has goals of profitability, competition. Still it has a public service missions, missions planning.

A spokesman for the SNCF had indicated on Monday: "There is no specific plan for the removal of sailings," but a "matching supply with demand." A communication that does not convince Dominique Bussereau."I found the denial of the station a little soft, so I say things clearly," said Secretary of State.

No conflict with William P?py

Dominique Bussereau has refuted the idea that the future increase in tolls, to finance the renovation of the rail network and that the SNCF, could jeopardize the TGV model. "I said that if the state increases in tolls is that the first line paid by taxpayers are also used by foreign trains," he said. "It is that everyone pays, and that the French taxpayer does not subsidize one day railways German or Italian.

Secretary of State for Transport has also denied being in conflict with the president of SNCF Guillaume Pepy, hostile to the higher tolls. "Guillaume Pepy is an excellent president of SNCF, he said.Just when we increase the tolls, two-thirds to leave the station since RFF (Reseau Ferre de France) gives money to the station for which manages and maintains the infrastructure. It's give and take. "

Become a registered "lifestyle" is the ambition of leaders Lacoste for years to come. To do this they have developed the part of accessories in the total turnover. Therefore, the parent company, S. A. Lacoste, who does nothing but manage the image of the brand, decided to resume late 2010 the license granted to the leather Samsonite American for eight years to tell his historical partner, the French industrial Devanlay.

Devanlay, 60% of sales by Lacoste, through the clothing of crocodile license. Since the beginning, these two companies through interlocking shareholdings (Devanlay has 35% of Lacoste and Lacoste 10% stake in Devanlay) work hand in hand.Their goal is to increase the share of leather goods from 4% to 8% of total sales within five years.

"While we have almost 4 000 references per year just in the textile, when we ask a client to appoint a product is always the same means we have work," says Jose – Luis Duran, CEO of Devanlay, where he arrived six months ago, after having been boss of Carrefour. Polo, founded in 1933, sold over 13 million copies a year worldwide. But it represents only 20% of the income of the mark (1.5 billion euros in total wholesale rate).

The crocodile is diversifying

Clothing, which weighed 85% of sales in 2000, none reported more than 60%.Meanwhile, footwear (20%), perfume (15%, produced by Procter & Gamble) or watches (5%) took off.

In total, Lacoste has granted nine licenses for specific product categories in different industries. Latest: mobile phones, the company entrusted with ModeLabs, the first model will come in six months. To develop leather, Devanlay created a joint venture with a French specialist sector Tolomei.

Lacoste plans to continue this diversification. "We are in constant reflection on these topics, explains Christophe Chenut, CEO of Lacoste S. A.We look at the world of home and decorating, mobility with electric bicycles or bikes, we've already made a limited number of strollers with McLaren in the United States, but these ideas must pass through many filters and answer a requirement of internationalization. Each license must also help us recruit and retain a new category of customers. "Bags were well designed to feminize a mark at three quarters male.

The Committee Juppe-Rocard "on the strategic investment priorities and the national debt" has completed its work on Wednesday. His report will be presented November 19 at the president will announce in early December that the action he intends to give. Of the 22 committee members all signed the document, except one who required a period of reflection.

The total investment proposals contained in the report turn, according to our information, around 35 to 36 billion euros. "Some final calculations must still be done," says one familiar with the matter. This does not mean that France actually borrow such a sum. 13 billion euros will come from such recycling loan funds last year to banks that they are poised to fully repay the State.Similarly, on some specific projects (Digital Innovation), private companies will be asked to intervene to assist the public.

Overall, the report Juppe-Rocard justifies the need for investment in expenditure for the future, because "it has not been done for decades," while stressing the situation particularly tense of French public finances which prevent to borrow beyond a certain threshold. "There is no question of breaking the signing of the France versus Germany," insisted Wednesday Alain Jupp? on Radio Classique.

Specialized Agencies

If the mission did not address the question of how borrowing (or specific markets) however she insists on the need to control the use of these funds.And suggested including the creation of a very limited number of specialized agencies in the monitoring of specific programs, such as for investments in renewable energy or digital.

Similarly, with regard to investment areas, the commission did not go into details of specific projects. She preferred to reason according to logic of major programs to launch, with the guiding research and innovation. Higher education will be especially cherished. The mission recommends including giving the large educational institutions (universities and colleges) of equity. This particular to enable them to build bridges with business by creating centers of excellence comprising laboratories, innovative SMEs and teaching areas.

The mission is also in favor of an ambitious program for the transport of the future.In particular, the cities will be encouraged to develop transport infrastructure with low energy consumption. This will be the basis of the future city in which the report devotes part. Finally, any program will involve the "life sciences (biotechnology), to launch major medical projects. A subject which is particularly Nicolas Sarkozy.