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During the worst crisis in the global economy since 1929, electronic commerce has continued to grow. The turnover posted by online merchants reached 25 billion euros, up 26% in one year. Growth continues at a speed so rampant: the activity has increased tenfold since 2002. Electronic commerce now weighs just over 4% of retail sales (excluding food and pharmaceuticals) paydayloans . And projections are optimistic, according to the Federation of e-commerce and distance selling (Fevad), who presented the results Tuesday, the amount could reach 46 billion by 2012. The increase in 2009 was fueled in particular the creation of 17,000 new commercial sites, two every hour!

After the French and Finnish, is Britain's turn to make reservations on the flight control system of the EPR, the third generation reactor group Areva, supported by EDF. Management of Health and Safety UK, the body responsible for the safety of the nuclear industry in the United Kingdom has warned Friday it could not agree to the concept of the EPR and that the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, the nuclear subsidiary of Japanese group Toshiba.

The safety authority said it nevertheless continued to believe that the two concepts could be suitable "for building new nuclear plants in the United Kingdom, but the two designers had" much work was carried out to meet our questions (…) security. "

The Areva group immediately responded

"It is quite normal that questions be raised before the final certification and the launching of a new reactor. These exchanges are integral to a transparent process, "responded immediately Areva group, chaired by Anne Lauvergeon, in a statement. The evaluation process should not end before 2011 and the first plant should be started in 2017.

In the News group Areva, the sale of its subsidiary transmission and distribution power T & D. While the choice of buyer is expected very soon, we learn that the CEO of U.S. conglomerate General Electric, Jeffrey Immelt, candidate for redemption, met with two consultants Nicolas Sarkozy to defend his group's bid, the Financial Times.

Areva received November 9 three bids came from the French firm Alstom, Schneider, General Electric and Toshiba of Japan for the redemption of its T & D division, estimated at between 3 and 5 billion euros.

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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