Archives for: April 2010

Evangile dominical / Sunday's Gospel

2010-04-25 | by Son [mail] | Categories: Evangile / Bible
Evangile de Jésus-Christ selon Saint Jean 10,27-30 Jésus avait dit aux Juifs : « Je suis le Bon Pasteur (le vrai berger). » Il leur dit encore : « Mes brebis écoutent ma voix ; moi je les connais, et elles me suivent. Je leur donne la vie éternelle… more »

Business this week - Apr 22nd 2010

2010-04-24 | by Son [mail] | Categories: Europe, Finance, Almanach, US, Company news, Europe others, Canada
Wall Street was stunned as civil-fraud charges were brought against Goldman Sachs. The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that the bank deceived investors in a synthetic collateralised-debt obligation built on mortgage assets, by not disclosing t… more »

Politics this week - Apr 22nd 2010

Aircraft returned to the skies over Europe after the cancellation of almost 100,000 flights and the biggest-ever disruption to Europe's commercial airspace, caused by a volcanic eruption in Iceland. Some carriers criticised the almost week-long shutdown,… more »

Evangile dominical / Sunday's Gospel

2010-04-18 | by Son [mail] | Categories: Evangile / Bible
Evangile de Jésus-Christ selon Saint Jean 21,1-19 Jésus se manifesta encore aux disciples sur le bord du lac de Tibériade, et voici comment. Il y avait là Simon-Pierre, avec Thomas (dont le nom signifie : Jumeau), Nathanaël, de Cana en Galilée, les… more »

Business this week - Apr 15th 2010

Countries in the euro zone cobbled together a €30 billion ($41 billion) loan package for Greece, should it need it. The IMF is expected to add €15 billion. This came in response to market jitters about the lack of detail in previous commitments and a jum… more »

Politics this week - Apr 15th 2010

President Lech Kaczynski of Poland, his wife, and dozens of the country’s military and political elite were killed when an aeroplane transporting them to a ceremony to commemorate a second world war massacre crashed in bad weather in western Russia. An e… more »

Driving - please stay safe!

2010-04-14 | by Son [mail] | Categories: Automobile
A very clear reminder that driving can be very dangerous, no distraction allowed, luck runs out quickly! See video more »

Evangile dominical / Sunday's Gospel

2010-04-11 | by Son [mail] | Categories: Evangile / Bible
Evangile de Jésus-Christ selon Saint Jean 20,19-31 C'était après la mort de Jésus, le soir du premier jour de la semaine. Les disciples avaient verrouillé les portes du lieu où ils étaient, car ils avaient peur des Juifs. Jésus vint, et il était là… more »

Business this week - Apr 8th 2010

The crisis surrounding Greece's debt situation gathered pace, despite the prime minister's assurance that "the worst is over". The yield on ten-year Greek government bonds jumped sharply, pushing Greece's premium over German bonds to the highest level si… more »

Politics this week - Apr 8th 2010

To nobody's surprise, a British general election was called for May 6th. The opening days of the campaign were dominated by rows over the Labour government's plan to raise national insurance (a tax on earnings) to fund public services. The opposition Con… more »

Evangile dominical / Sunday's Gospel

2010-04-04 | by Son [mail] | Categories: Evangile / Bible
Evangile de Jésus-Christ selon Saint Jean, 20,1-9 Le premier jour de la semaine, Marie Madeleine se rend au tombeau de grand matin, alors qu'il fait encore sombre. Elle voit que la pierre a été enlevée du tombeau. Le matin de Pâques, Marie-Madeleine c… more »

Business this week - Mar 31st 2010

2010-04-03 | by Son [mail] | Categories: China - HK - Taiwan, Almanach, US, Company news, UK
A court in Shanghai handed down stiff jail sentences to four employees of Rio Tinto who had admitted taking bribes from private steel mills seeking to secure supplies of iron ore. Stern Hu, the mining company’s head salesman in China, was given a ten-yea… more »

Politics this week - Mar 31st 2010

Russian security services said that two female suicide-bombers blew themselves up on Moscow's metro system, killing 39 people. There was no claim of responsibility, but blame immediately fell on Islamic insurgents from Russia's north Caucasus region. Vla… more »