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This Friday, May 18th is a historic day. For Wall Street, which will host the largest IPO in history. For Facebook, too, who will submit to the test markets, namely the Nasdaq, a history that started in a college dorm. Employees of the startups are celebrating it since Thursday evening by typing lines of code all night.

They were invited to participate in one of these "hackathons" which made the reputation of Facebook for a day or more, developers gather to undo and redo services for the social network. Facebook a must which submits all new recruits to inspire a culture of hackers across the enterprise.

Facebook is an IPO eight years after its creation by Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard, assisted by Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. Its value reached $ 104 billion. This is a hundred times the profit made by the social network in 2011. A ratio of crazy, but comparable to Google in its introduction in 2004. Two days before his arrival on the stock exchange, the social network has even offered the luxury of raising the price range of its activities to $ 38 and increase the volume of securities offered for sale. But after the operation, his young owner, 28 years, still retain 55.8% of the voting rights.

Many observers are questioning the possible formation of a new internet bubble payday advance low fees. Their criticisms are reminiscent of the doubts raised during the IPO of Google. The search engine was shaking up the Web with a new advertising model, the purchase of keywords that trigger ads targeted based on research conducted by Internet users. Facebook pushes him, communication. His ambition: "Connect the world." He has already managed to attract 901 million members, one of two user visits the site at least once a month. More than 526 million access it every day.

The beginning of the journey

But the service not only to connect people. It also links them to their musical tastes, their leisure, their interests. From a rogue's gallery online, Facebook has become the digital identity of nearly a billion people, evolving portrait of the social activity of its users. A gold mine of data that Facebook is trying to sell to advertisers.

On the walls of its premises, Facebook reminds its employees that only "1% of the trip was done." The site has yet to conquer China, where access to Facebook is blocked, controlling the mobile world and find revenue sources the most profitable. This is the bet on the future as Facebook will offer the stock market.

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The election of Francois Hollande, Sunday marked the end of one of the major political acts of the quinquennium of Nicolas Sarkozy, the non-replacement of staff on two retiring. A policy that led to the elimination of 150,000 jobs in the State Civil Service from 2008 to 2012.

The socialist president wants to create the contrary, under his five-year, 60,000 positions in 5000 and National Education in the police, gendarmerie and justice. These recruitments will rise gradually in charge. But as from September 2012, Francois Hollande affect 1000 additional teachers in French schools. However, the new president said he would not increase the total number of state officials in the next five years.

In light of new posts in the Education, Interior and Justice, the stabilization of the workforce including the abolition of jobs elsewhere. The entourage of Francois Hollande said that the army has already planned to reduce its workforce by 8,000 jobs per year and that is enough to "find" to delete 5000 jobs per year in other departments. And also to emphasize that there are 60,000 jobs in duplication between state and local governments.

Officials should not expect a boom in terms of pay. Francois Hollande promised to quickly organize a conference with social service unions, but also announced it would not be possible to do everything at once. Encrypted program also provides for a stabilization of the payroll of the state. Officials saw their index point, which is the basis for their compensation, frozen in 2011 and 2012. This is likely to last.  

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A textile company, for lack of sewers it needs for its plant in Quimper, creates a pathway of learning to train its future recruits? The SME Armor Lux, well known for its white wine, made the headlines this week, at a time when all candidates for president are the re-industrialization of the country one of their campaign themes.

This situation is not isolated and number of industrial jobs – welders, boilermakers, milling … – are pulling their hair to find candidates and encourage vocations. "There is a real paradox between a high level of unemployment in France and companies who are not candidates for positions in recruitment, whether welders, millers, coppersmiths, payroll technicians, seamstresses …. In total we estimate that roughly fifty so-called shortage occupations. In our business we miss about 30% of requests from our customers because we do not have the resources and this situation has been deteriorating for a decade, notes François Beharel, group president of Randstad and staffing agencies. Concretely, this means that our group could generate 30% of turnover and more. "

For him, the problem is essentially related to the collective image What these professions in public opinion. "We imagine that in the textile industry and is like 50 years ago, while the environment has changed, that wages were revised upwards and that career paths are possible." "We have to get into people's heads, and young people in particular, that the industry is clean and not necessarily noisy. In this regard, the construction was successful for several years to reverse its bad image, "says Anne-Marie Bjornson, Director of Transitions AFPA.

Develop learning

A UIMM, Joel Mendez, Director Employment and Training, said that one communicates primarily on job losses. Yet in all sectors of metallurgy, the recruitment needs estimated over the period 2007-2015 are always evaluated. Between 60,000 and 80,000 jobs per year, including 30 to 40% reserved for graduates, according to a study by the study-which will be updated in early 2012 over a 2013 to 2020 -. "There is a big educational effort and support to achieve with the companies to become more involved in processes of looking management of jobs and skills (GPEC) and assessing their future needs" says he.

According to Anne-Marie Bjornson Afpa transitions, there are ways to mount training particularly in the context of operational readiness to employment (job center) or as part of training contracts. "We are also working on the issue of transferable skills, which allow for example to a textile worker to work in the weld or a working precision to go in the car." But anticipating needs is a prerequisite and essential step, she insists.

For Joel Mendez, it is also essential to adapt the training devices to the needs, both in initial training in continuing education. And take the example of learning where the numbers in the branch of metallurgy grew 6% in 2011 (with a total of 26 000 apprentices). "At the last school year, nearly a thousand offers of learning could not be met and at the same time, the same volume of young people did not find any company. This shows that learning can be further developed and the various mechanisms put in place recently should help solve these problems. "

A situation that in any case, Francis led Beharel hammering: "stop sending generations of young people in jobs without opportunities. Spend money to know that jobs are to be filled with real careers, especially if the areas are not attractive. "

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Who has not dreamed of just open my hand to touch the money immediately? Tomorrow is reality, or almost, Japan.

Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank will offer its customers, in September, cash machines with a floppy schema veins, a sensor capable of recognizing the lines of the hand.

Other institutions are already in the Archipelago of biometric authentication technique. But it simply serves to replace the numeric code if it has been forgotten, to prove that the credit card into the machine belongs to the person using it. This time, no need to map. The machine will compare the vascular pattern of the palm, pre-recorded by the bank, with the distributor free business cards. No question that someone other than the card owner uses the account. The margin of error, it seems, almost zero. The idea came, says Takeshi Usui, Executive Director of Ogaki Kyoritsu, the tsunami of March 11, 2011 where thousands of people lost all their identification papers and credit cards.

The only thing that we should not lose is memory. Indeed, distributors will claim any biometric same date of birth of the customer. And a password.

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After the price surge of recent years, the Paris property market finds reason. The first stages of court or 5ES without lift no longer sold at the same price as the beautiful well-appointed apartments Haussmann. The buyers picked by hand. They take the time to compare and negotiate prices, with declines of up to 10% of the price of goods with defects. "It takes 50 days to sell a good average. Twice a year ago, "says Sebastien de Lafond, President Meilleursagents. com. Buyers are also much less likely. "There are 30% fewer buyers, but also 20% less in property for sale. The market is not blocked, "he says. The family apartments, the most expensive, more difficulty finding takers. However, small areas are more resistant. It's the same for the central districts most popular, including fourth, sixth and seventh, where the changes are smooth. Falling prices could instead be more pronounced in the south of the twelfth, thirteenth and fifteenth districts and north of the seventeenth and in the nineteenth and twentieth districts.

The neighborhood developed by:

• First, Second, Third, Fourth

• fifth, sixth, seventh

• eighth, sixteenth and seventeenth

• Ninth and Tenth

• eleventh and twelfth

• thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth

• eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth

First, Second, Third, Fourth. Few offers, but more selective buyers

At the heart of the capital, the supply remains limited as always. This does not prevent the consumer to distinguish more and more good from the bad. "We continue to have an average of four buyers for a seller, says Nathalie Naccache, at the head of four Fortis Realty Century 21 agencies spread over the first three arrondissements. But when any property was posted to 10,000 € / m² is over. "For her, the year started better than expected, thanks to the proper maintenance of credit at attractive rates. More than ever, investors are there, despite the new tax, and they flock to small areas well placed. A charming studio of 22 sqm on the 5th floor without elevator, in the Palais Royal, went very quickly for € 240,000, after three visits and three offers at list price, while in Montorgueil, a comparable property is left for € 230,000 bad credit payday advance. However, if the work, maldistribution or lack of light, sales stall if a rebate of 5 to 10% is not consentie.Des more affordable prices are found on the side of the trail, the Halles or neighborhood Arts and Crafts. In the latter area, a 2 bedroom 45 sqm 1st floor but work has sold € 390,000 (€ 8,660 / m²). For its part, the shop real estate, including a network located in the Second and Fourth districts, recorded a net return to calm after an exceptional 2011. "Up to € 300,000, demand remains strong and the products go, the director notes, Thibaut Ponnat. In addition, the time of visit and sales have more than doubled compared to last year. "Among his recent sales: a 2 rooms of 28 m² with a dip in the trail, negotiated € 252 000. In the Marais, French buyers as foreigners are always present. "Simply, the French are negotiating harder, says Fabienne Zouari, director of the agency Orpi the third. There is no real price declines, but the estate with defects are selling more slowly and with a discount of 5%. "Proof of the enduring popularity, it just sold for € 260,000 a studio of 23 m² Rue de Turenne, 3rd floor without elevator, busy with a low rent and needs some work! As for the Ile Saint-Louis, she also knows that limited changes. "Our customers are 60 to 70% foreign, recognizes Eric Jacquet, real estate consultant at Nexity (formerly Lamy). Prices are lightly packed and buyers are more fussy about the quality of the property before the plunge. "This does not prevent transactions to be finalized at very high levels: 13 800 € / m² for a studio 22 sqm on the 1st floor, Quai de Bethune, and nearly 14 500 € / m² for a 62 m² rue Saint-Louis en l'Ile, 4th floor.

Fifth, sixth, seventh. The very large surface stall

Censier Street, the demand is there, but buyers believe prices are too high. Photo credits: Gilles Leimdorfer / LE FIGARO MAGAZINE / Le Figaro Magazine

 

Real Madrid exhibition of frustration. Tense, silent Wednesday night after the draw conceded to Villareal (1-1) bringing the FC Barcelona 6 points behind the leader of La Liga, Real Madrid players (Karim Benzema, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Jose Mourinho and surrounded Zinedine Zidane) had, early Thursday afternoon, smiling again to unveil a draft of magnitude: "Real Madrid Resort Island." A tourist complex and theme park located in the UAE, in Ras al-Khaimah. Game without borders

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On an artificial island (50 hectares), a marina, hotels and luxury villas, museums, sports facilities including a 10,000-seat stadium will rise up and hope to host in January 2015 from one million visitors a year. A "Real Madridland" (45 minutes from Dubai Airport) estimated at $ 1 billion, which is reminiscent of the Ferrari World theme park located in Abu Dhabi since 2010 letting go of roller coasters, driving simulators

. Between excitement and nervousness

"When Real Madrid Island Resort will open its doors, the visitor will be part of the legend of the best club football history, which seeks to be eternal, universal guaranteed online payday loans. This is a strategic institution in the Middle East and Asia, "summarized Florentino Perez, the president of Spanish club. The Real (480 million budget, 460 for FC Barcelona), sacred richest club in the world for the sixth straight year in 2011 (438.6 million revenue in 2010), club all records on transfers (Cristiano Ronaldo, 94 million euros, Zidane, 77 milllion …), wants to continue to combine with all the time.  

The past is revered through daily visits in the corridors of Santiago Bernabeu, the home club. Besides the exploits of Alfredo Di Stefano, the volley of Zinedine Zidane with the Champions League final in 2002 against the Merengue Leverkusen appears XXL poster. This, to him, found himself between excitement and nervousness (C1 hopes of a tenth and a thirty-second Liga, most recently in 2008), when the future is taking shape. Voted the best club of the twentieth century, Real wants, the year of its centennial, see below, great

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The Kerviel affair did not end annoying Societe Generale. While the appeal of Jerome Kerviel should be held next June, a new legal developments oppose the bank Tuesday to four of its employees. These employed a center of Marseille succession management demanding 15,000 euros in damages to their employer, Societe Generale, for the moral prejudice they suffered as a result of the Kerviel affair.

Since the discovery record losses in 2008 – 4.9 billion euros – earned by the former trader, these employees claim to be the subject of "jokes" from their customers, some having been until the deal with "thieves," said their lawyer, Richard Daniel. "These taunts lasted for months, at least until the first trial of Jerome Kerviel in 2010," he says. The employees would like to see these inconveniences recognized by the justice and compensation. A hearing is scheduled next Tuesday in the morning before the 6th Civil Chamber of the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Nanterre.

SocGen cleared

In the first trial of Jerome Kerviel in October 2010, two employees were already in civil proceedings. Also represented by Daniel Richard, they had managed to gain recognition by the judge moral prejudice "against the deleterious working conditions" resulting from the incident, and "threats" that it "poses to their career prospects. " At the time, the former trader was sentenced to compensate up to 2,500 euros each, plus 4.9 billion euros due to Societe Generale.

Mr. Daniel Richard had immediately called the bank to take the money for its support. "The bank must answer for his own faults: he was convicted July 4, 2008 by the Banking Commission for the serious flaws in its internal control system. Societe Generale would do well by doing this spontaneously compensation ", potentially involving every employee in contact with customers, he argued in October 2010. For the bank, completely cleared at trial of the scandal Kerviel, such a decision would create a precedent difficult to manage.

At the trial of Jerome Kerviel, the lawyer had failed to take the responsibility of the bank financial loss suffered by the employee shareholders of the group, linked to the loss of their holdings on the merits corporate savings. In 2008, SocGen's share price has lost more than 60%. "That damage can not be interpreted as a direct consequence of the facts," the judge had ruled.  

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Twitter users who have an American Express card will be able to save money on their purchases. The financial services provider has developed a range of coupons to be distributed by the microblogging platform in the United States.

To qualify, users must involve affected their American Express card to their Twitter account, a dedicated website. They can then post a message on Twitter ("tweets") with a keyword identification ("hashtag") to receive a gift certificate for their card, which will be used in several merchant partners. For example, writing "I will redo my wardrobe # AmexHM" on Twitter, the user gets a $ 10 discount on their next purchase over $ 50 at H & M. The brand's ready-to-wear, and Dell, Virgin America, Zappos, FedEx and McDonald's are among the partners in this new advertising offer.

An offer for mobile

"American Express converts the content of Twitter in business offer, by linking the card holders with traders, offering added value to both parties", welcomed Ed Gilligan, vice president of American Express in a statement. Above all, American Express is attempting to upgrade the "tweets" for advertising purposes, which are more and more on Twitter. The microblogging platform was cautiously introduced advertising on its service in April 2010, with "Promoted tweets", inspired by the sponsored links on search engines. Many brands – especially American – have therefore tried to use the service that boasts over 100 million monthly active users.

Last week, the start-up went into high gear, announcing the launch of a commercial for its mobile applications. "It's been almost two years since we launched the sponsored tweets, the first of our advertising products. Meanwhile, Internet users around the world have increasingly accessed Twitter from a mobile terminal, "the company said in a note to blog. Broadcast on the mobile site, tweets and accounts Sponsored advertising will now also distributed in mobile applications for Android and iPhone Twitter. "This will allow people to see the tweets of major brands that matter to them," says Twitter.

An announcement that coincided with the launch of Facebook, a mobile advertising offering for the service and coupons

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For Pierre Chappaz, running a business is like managing a football team. "The coach sets the overall strategy, recruiting players, helping them to play as a team, while respecting their strong personalities," says the entrepreneur known for having co-founded Kelkoo. This is why Wikio, the company he founded in 2006 and renamed Ebuzzing meanwhile, made nine mergers and acquisitions since its inception.

Combines the latest in Ebuzzing BeeAd, the advertising agency specializing in online video, created by the founders of the music download site Beezik. When he met them, Pierre Chappaz was "immediately said, if these players could join our team, we would be able to win the European Cup," he writes on his blog.

Ebuzzing now specializes in communication on social networks – an analysis of conversations in the diffusion of video advertising – fabric and its offer of a new advertising format. BeeAd indeed offers users to watch a video ad to access media content. This model was initially tested on the platform Beezik, which allows downloading music for free provided you have clicked on a video advertising. "This will provide a complete solution of video and social networks to advertisers," said Bertrand Quesada, CEO and cofounder of Ebuzzing.

40 million

"We were approached by many groups for a takeover, but we wanted to keep moving. We had enough cash in reserve and good technological edge, said Jean Canzoneri, CEO and cofounder of BeeAd. Building on Ebuzzing, we opted for speed. "BeeAd will indeed be launched internationally through the network group Ebuzzing. Mid-April, the offer should be marketed in Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK.

To satisfy both parties, the transaction – the amount has not been revealed – based "largely on a share exchange," says Bertrand Quesada. BeeAd leaders become "shareholders and associates" of Ebuzzing. The system should generate 40 million euros in turnover in 2012 and doubled in a year. And that, not including revenue could be generated internationally by BeeAd. This expansion will be accompanied by 30 to 50 recruits. They will add to the 200 people working at Ebuzzing and 40 employees Beezik.

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