Viernes 13/01/12 Precios de los importadores y exportadores

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S&P to Cut France by One Notch .
By GERALDINE AMIEL, PATRICIA KOWSMANN and COSTAS PARIS
PARIS—Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has notified the French government of its decision to downgrade the country's credit rating, a senior French government official said Friday, a move that marks the long-awaited blow to France's international standing and knocks the country out of the top financial league of the euro zone.

Standard & Poor's ratings agency could announce downgrades to the credit ratings of a number of European governments as early as today, Charles Forelle reports on Markets Hub. (Photo: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)
.S&P has informed the French government that the country's cherished triple-A rating will be lowered one notch to AA+.

S&P has also notified other European governments of looming ratings downgrades, according to people familiar with the matter.

One of these people said an S&P notice is being circulated among euro-zone governments and that an announcement "could be imminent." S&P declined to comment.

The prospect of cuts in sovereign credit ratings has loomed over euro-zone bond markets for weeks. Rising government borrowing costs, a threatened Greek default and the growing risk of a new recession have contributed to a darkening 2012 outlook for the region. European leaders have scheduled a summit for the end of this month to discuss fiscal reforms and to finalize a new rescue package for Greece, projects made financially and politically difficult by rising strains on many government budgets.

In December, S&P placed 15 of the 17 euro-zone countries on watch for possible downgrades, citing new systemic stresses that are pressuring the euro zone's credit standing as a whole.

The news pushed the euro to a 16-month low against the dollar in Friday trading in New York. The common currency dropped as low as $1.2647, down from $1.2814 late Thursday. It was most recently trading at $1.2663.

News of the imminent downgrades also rocked euro-zone government-bond markets. Bonds issued by fiscally frail euro-zone countries such as Italy and France rose following the report, while the resulting flight to safety sent the near-month German bund futures contract soaring to a record high. Germany was expected to hold onto its coveted triple-A rating.

The map of Europe is featured on the face of a two-euro coin.
.The selloff spurred the European Central Bank into action, with traders citing purchases of Italian and Spanish government bonds after yields surged.

The downgrade of France's rating will, indirectly, raise the cost of borrowing for the European Financial Stability Facility, whose own rating depends largely on the credit quality of the countries that back it. The EFSF, which has also been placed on negative credit watch by S&P, would then have to pass on those higher borrowing costs to countries such as Ireland and Portugal, making it even harder for them to reduce their budget deficits as planned.

The potential downgrades would also be a blow to Italy, which had seen a decline in its bond yields in recent sessions. The euro zone's third largest economy is scheduled to sell €440 billion ($563.8 billion) of bonds and treasury bills in 2012 and investors are expected to demand higher yields for the risk of holding a lower rated security.

The S&P's negative ratings watch included top-rated Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Luxembourg, countries that S&P said could lose their premier credit status if European policy makers continue stumbling in efforts to tackle the immediate market confidence crisis. S&P also pointed to markedly higher risk premiums on a growing number of euro-zone sovereigns, including some rated triple-A.

Germany, which also has a triple-A credit rating, isn't expected to be among the downgrades.

Greece and Cyprus were the only two euro-zone sovereigns not affected by S&P's latest action. Cyprus had already been placed on negative watch, and Greece's status remained unchanged because its double-C rating already connotes a relatively high near-term probability of default.

Fitch Ratings, which has placed six euro-zone countries on negative ratings watch, has said it expects to complete its review by the end of January. But France isn't one of them and Fitch has said it doesn't plan to downgrade the country's triple-A rating in 2012, although it has a negative outlook. Moody's Investors Service is also reviewing European sovereign ratings, including those of Italy and France.

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Francia aún es una inversión segura: portavoz Gobierno galo
viernes 13 de nero de 2012 12:40 GYT
Imprimir[-] Texto [+] PARIS (Reuters) - Francia sigue siendo una inversión segura y puede pagar sus deudas, dijo el viernes la portavoz del Gobierno galo Valerie Pecresse al canal de televisión BFM.
"Francia hoy es una inversión segura, puede pagar sus deudas y la noticia respecto a nuestro déficit es mejor de lo esperado", afirmó Pecresse, que también es ministra de Presupuesto.

La funcionaria no hizo referencia a la calificación crediticia de Francia, tras reportes de que la agencia Standard & Poor's rebajó las notas de Francia y Austria desde su actual "AAA".

Poco después de los reportes, el ministro de Finanzas, Francois Baroin, llegó a la oficina del presidente Nicolas Sarkozy, donde declinaron hacer comentarios.

[admin]

Me da muhca pena lo que esta pasando en Europa.

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[admin]

Por primera vez AAPL dice quienes son sus proveedores.

TECHNOLOGYJANUARY 13, 2012, 12:16 P.M. ET.Apple Reveals Its Suppliers for First Time

By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO
Apple Inc. on Friday disclosed a list of its major suppliers for the first time, moving to combat an array of criticism about working conditions in its supply chain and the company's transparency about them.

The list of 156 companies came along with a major report—one of the company's largest ever—divulging the results of its recent factory inspections.

The report said Apple found continued problems in areas such as working hours and inadequate benefits. For example, the report said Apple's suppliers were in compliance with the company's code of a maximum of a 60-hour work week only 38% of the time. The company said factories fared better in other areas like fair treatment.
.Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been sharing more of its findings about working conditions in its factories over time, but this year's update represents one of its most detailed ever, according to a person familiar with the matter.

It comes as the drumbeat of criticism against practices across the company's ballooning supplier footprint has grown from prominent Chinese environmental activists and others. Many of those have taken aim at the company's prior unwillingness to disclose all the suppliers it works with.

The report said Apple has taken new steps to better monitor and improve conditions at factories, including increasing audits in Malaysia and Singapore and expanding its worker education program.
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[admin]

Son como 75 proveedores.

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[jonibol]

Lo de Francia se especualda desde hace tiempo, solo faltaba la oficialización. Lo que exacerbó la caída fue el mal resultados de JPM.

[OrlandoR]

Se está eligiendo a la peor empresa del mundo:

http://www.publiceye.ch/en/vote/

Nominan a Barclays por especular con los alimentos, a Samsung por usar químicos prohibidos, a VALE y Freeport Mcmoran por ser mineras y dejar pasivos ambientales, a TEPCO por el desastre de Fukushima y a la química Syngenta

[RCHF]

Dow................. - 0.97%
Nasdaq............. - 0.94%

[RCHF]

Energy & Oil Prices
OIL ($/bbl)

PRICE* CHANGE % CHANGE TIME

Nymex Crude Future 98.15 -0.95 -0.96% 13:12
Dated Brent Spot 109.96 -1.09 -0.98% 13:23
WTI Cushing Spot 98.40 -0.70 -0.71% 12:32

[RCHF]

IGBVL 20,420.25 -119.44 -0.58%

ISBVL 28,416.09 -176.64 -0.62%

INCA 105.24 -0.67 -0.63%

S&P MILA 40 868.89 -4.44 -0.51%

IBGC 145.49 -0.64 -0.44%

[El_Diez]

No seria nada anormal si el Cobre se cae hasta 3.53 nuevamente (precio Futuro). Es una posibilidad que podría darse.

[El_Diez]

Y si el Cobre bajara a ese precio dicho (Precio Futuro). Luego volverá a rebotar.

[Victor VE]

Últimas: agência de notação S&P anuncia diminuição nota dívida soberana países da #zonaeuro às 21h30.: #França -1 #Portugal #Esp #Itália -2

[Victor VE]

DJ: French Fin Min: Confirms S&P Notified Downgrade Of France's Credit Rating// confirmado el Downgrade

[jonibol]

Hace un mes, esta noticia habría hecho perder al menos 200 puntos al DJ