KPMG launches an app for meetings between companies and buyers

The consulting company offers to scan hundreds of thousands of companies, in France and in Europe, using artificial intelligence. What if an algorithm, functioning much like a dating app, allowed struggling companies to find buyers? This is the bet that the consulting company KPMG is making, while failures are expected to soar in 2021 due … Read more

“At some point, we will have to ask these questions again”, warns the Medef

Its president, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, recalls that France’s competitiveness will allow it to bounce back after the crisis. «It’s not a taboo“. Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, president of Medef, said this Friday that it will be necessary, “at a time“After the crisis, ask again the question of”competitiveness“Of the French economy and”amount of work». «We … Read more

Sotheby’s auction house sued by New York State for fraud

The businessman, Patrick Drahi, owner of the auction house, is accused of having facilitated the use by one of his main clients of false tax exemption certificates. Through Le Figaro with AFP –The Sotheby’s auction house is owned by French businessman Patrick Drahi. JOEL SAGET / AFP New York State Attorney sued Sotheby’s auction house, … Read more

Veolia wants to launch a takeover bid on its rival Suez

He is ready to spend 9.7 billion to create a “world super champion of ecological transformation”. –The planets are aligned for the merger between Veolia and Suez to materialize. LP / Jean Nicholas Guillo / PHOTOPQR / LE PARISIEN / MAXPPP Marrying Veolia and Suez, she was an Arlésienne of French capitalism. Antoine Frérot, CEO … Read more

Veolia wants to launch a € 10 billion takeover bid on Suez

The French services giant has given Engie an offer to buy back 29.9% of the capital of its rival. –Antoine Frérot, CEO of Veolia Jean-Christophe Marmara / Le Figaro Thunderclap in French capitalism. Veolia intends to launch a takeover bid on Suez, its historical competitor. Antoine Frérot, CEO of Veolia, filed on Sunday a purchase … Read more

PSA Sochaux is recruiting 1,000 temporary workers to return to pre-Covid production

From the end of next week, the plant will thus find a production volume approaching 2,000 vehicles per day. –A PSA factory which manufactures electric batteries. VLADIMIR SIMICEK / AFP Determined to return to pre-crisis production levels, the car manufacturer PSA is accelerating in terms of hiring. The management of the Sochaux plant has announced … Read more

Atlanta, Beijing, Dubai … Ranking of the busiest airports in the world

INFOGRAPHIC – Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport remains the busiest airport, with 104 million travelers in 2017, according to the Airport Council International ranking. Roissy-Charles de Gaulle comes in tenth place only. –Located in the State of Georgia, the airport hub concentrates the vast majority of domestic flights in the United States. Tami Chappell/REUTERS The annual ranking … Read more

Swiss Post wants to join forces with Otto in Germany

The opportunity for GeoPost, the branch of the La Poste group dedicated to express transport, to strengthen its position on a European scale in this rapidly growing activity. –La Poste has made an offer to take control of German Hermes. LOIC VENANCE / AFP The Covid crisis has boosted parcel delivery to the general public. … Read more

“We must ensure Europe’s digital sovereignty”

INTERVIEW – The European Commissioner for the Internal Market, details his ambitions for European space policy. By Véronique Guillermard– –“In addition to our high-quality broadband terrestrial networks, satellite constellations will strengthen the strategic autonomy of our connectivity infrastructure”, says Thierry Breton. François BOUCHON / Le Figaro LE FIGARO. – Germany took over the EU presidency … Read more

Justifying state aid to firing companies, a headache for the executive

DECRYPTION – The government does not condition the assistance it provides to businesses victims of the crisis to the absence of job cuts. But he calls on these large groups to be vigilant in terms of communication. –Airbus is the third group in which the State is a shareholder to announce a restructuring. BENOIT TESSIER … Read more