The threat had a fiscal impact on SMEs américaines

NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least a quarter of managers of small and medium-sized U.S. companies have postponed an investment or hiring the end of 2012 because of the threat of "wall budget," according to a survey released Wednesday by Vistage International.

Almost a third of CEOs surveyed said they invested less because of the threat of $ 600 billion of tax increases and spending cuts that would have been automatically triggered if a budget agreement was not concluded in extremis December 31 between the White House and Congrès.

Nearly 30% of them said he had hired less for the same reasons, according to the results of the quarterly survey of SME managers. A little more than 10% considering licencier.

If President Barack Obama signed the Agreement adopted by Congress, the issue of deficit reduction, higher taxes and lower public spending is not adjusted for autant.

Twenty per cent of SME owners surveyed said they are likely to reduce their spending in the coming year, a new level at its highest since mid-2009, against 15% in the survey précédente.< / p>

confidence index of entrepreneurs established by Vistage fell to 87.0 in the fourth quarter, against 89.0 and 98.8 in the third quarter a year auparavant.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents expect an increase in sales during the coming year, a response rate of 10% down on a an.

Gabriel Debenedetti, Constance From Cambiaire for the French service, edited by Dominique Rodriguez

DmC Devil May Cry: our test vidéo

Vous already know if you read our last test DmC: Devil May Cry: Mimic was totally captivated by this reboot made in Ninja Theory. This is what you said here again (after the written test for further details), to support live Gameblog Studios, in a test video that exudes love and passion ... Go! Find this item on gameblog.fr

Katie Melua postpones French tour and announced the release of a new album

Katie Melua will not stop in France next month. British singer decided to cancel the concert series she had give in several major theaters of the Hexagon in February, but has announced that it will return later this year with a new album of original songs, and tour, the first of which dates have just been revealed.Bad news for the public who bought their tickets for the French tour Katie Melua! British singer, who had planned to come and play in several Zenith next month, as well as the Palais des Congrès February 16, announced on social networks she canceled concerts to focus on writing his sixth album. This is not the first time that the singer of "If You Were A Sailboat" cancels its services in France. Already his previous tour, Katie Melua in 2011 had shifted its various benefits of several months, apologizing to his audience by suggesting a depression and burnout binding the rest.More fulfilled in recent months, especially since the public announcement of his marriage with James Toseland in September, Katie Melua working on new songs that will be forthcoming sixth album later this year. "Katie Melua wish to postpone his tour earlier this year in the fall to offer you a brand new concert, making you discover on stage tracks from his new album, to be released in the fall of 2013," can be read on the Facebook profile of the artist. "The fact that the upcoming concerts coincide with the release of a new studio album will add a special flavor to the public, and Katie is very excited to present his new songs on stage. Katie and her producer will jointly present their apologies for any inconvenience (...) Read more about purecharts.fr

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Poppy Montgomery in Without a Trace to Unforgettable

Ce evening, TF1 broadcast the first three episodes of "Unforgettable". The opportunity to (re) discover the actress who plays the heroine in the series, Poppy Montgomery.

Pour much, Poppy Montgomery is Samantha Spade in "Without a Trace". The actress who began her career playing in an episode of "Bottom of Palm Beach" will become Carrie Wells tonight in "Unforgettable". She plays a former cop who has hypermnesia (a real pathology: those who suffer remember absolutely everything) and joined a team of police to help solve criminal investigations, thanks to its amazing ability. Castle and Mentalist might have to be worried if the hearings had nearly caused the cancellation of the series outre-Atlantique.

Pour get to his new role, Poppy Montgomery met Marilu Henner, actress suffers itself to hypermnesia: "This is one of the six people in the United States who have been diagnosed with this option. It served as a consultant on the series and became guest-star in an episode. much I talked with her and she became a friend. (...) She remembers everything vividly and she gave me a good overview of how his mind works. This helped me a lot, "said the actress" Lci.tf1.fr ".

Poppy Montgomery Carrie Wells: two real rousses

Une another feature of the new character Poppy Montgomery as Carrie Wells is a redhead. A change that will be noticed by the fans of "Without a Trace" as embodied when Sam, the actress was blonde. However, contrary to what one might think, it is "more red": "I dyed my hair blonde for 'Without a Trace'," she confessed to "TV (...) Read more on CloserMag.frLorie: she said all of her breaks with Garou and Philippe BasJustin Bieber: New tattoo 2013Ryan Murphy the creator of Glee has her baby Twitter

Football: OM allows for Loic Remy from Newcastle

PARIS (Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille has reached an agreement with the English club Newcastle for the transfer of the French international striker Loic Remy said Sunday the president of the OM, Vincent Labrune .

"We have an agreement in principle with Newcastle, it's true. Loïc was therefore authorized to discuss with them," said Vincent Labrune on RMC.

The 26 years to 17 selections (four goals), who was in the squad for the match against Sochaux in Ligue 1 on Sunday has left his teammates to go and negotiate the terms of a contract with the 16th Premier League.

author of 27 goals in seventy league matches during his first two seasons at Marseille, Loic Remy is in trouble since the start of the season and was tenured only twice in Ligue 1 coach Elie Baup preferring André-Pierre Gignac and Jordan Ayew.

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many muscle injuries since the beginning of his career, Rémy had suffered in May a new problem in his left thigh which had deprived him of the Euro with Bleus.

Formed in Lyon, Nice and Lens gone through, it would join a strong French colony in Newcastle, where just making his debut behind the right side of the team of France Mathieu Debuchy, transferred from Lille ago jours.< / p>

The Magpies are looking for a new striker after the departure of Senegalese Demba Ba Chelsea.

Gregory Blachier with Francois Revilla in Marseille, edited by Chrystel Boulet-Euchin

Wall Street closed down in anticipation of résultats

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street ended lower Tuesday as investors who played the card of caution in anticipation of the opening of the new season résultats.

Analysts are many predict outcomes affected by the global economic downturn although they should show a slight increase compared to the third trimestre.

major lack of support, therefore favored investors profit taking after the spectacular growth recorded dernière

week

The Dow Jones industrial average American 30 lost 0.41%, 55.44 points to 13,328.85 points, the Standard

Debrief: the music news for the week of December 24 2012

Que has happened this week in the music scene? Celine Dion has returned to the top of the Top Albums with a huge score, YouTube has done housework, Madonna finished her tour, Kenza Farah decided not to retire and Adele has filed his name. Discover also all other information that should not be missed this week!Top Albums: huge boxes for Celine Dion and "Generation Goldman"It was to be expected: Monday to Sunday, just before Christmas, album sales have soared in France and two of them even spend the milestone of 100,000 sales while all the top 10 leading comfortably over 30,000 copies. And the winner of the race is the gift Céline Dion, who returns to pole position.Top Titles: Britney Spears and will.i.am resist PSY and AdeleFault classification merged Pure Charts offers this week to discover the most downloaded tracks legally. A ranking dominated by three weeks since Britney Spears and will.i.am, although PSY wakes up with parties and could return to pole position in the charts next week.Chris Brown: "After my next album, I want to leave this planet"While 2013 is fast approaching and Chris Brown plans to release a new album, the singer apparently it difficult to bear the weight of the dictates of the music industry. The artist could put his career on pause ...YouTube cleans and removes billion views to Universal and SonyAt a time when the "Gangnam Style" PSY exceeds one billion views on YouTube, the platform has adjusted its tools which record viewings. An account of Britney Spears but the official pages of Universal and Sony are being penalized.Madonna's tour ended on a sour noteCertainly, between his rants, his favorite buzz (...) Read more about purecharts.fr

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Imminent military deployment of ECOWAS to Mali

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) will begin here Monday in Mali's military deployment in the mission set up to drive the Islamists take the north, announced Ali Coulibaly, Ivorian Minister of Integration .

"The deployment order was signed yesterday by President (...) no later than Monday, troops will be there or start to happen," he said samedi.

The head of the Ivorian Ouattara currently holds the rotating presidency of the Cédéao.

The Malian army, which received air support Friday of the French forces, announced in the evening having taken the strategic Konna locality, city center had fallen into the hands of the day islamistes.

Ecowas pleaded for months for international intervention against the fighters of Ansar Dine and the Movement for the uniqueness and Jihad in West Africa (Mujao), linked to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

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associated with separatist Tuareg National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), they took advantage of the confusion following the coup d'état of March in Bamako to capture all of Northern Mali desert .

The Security Council of the UN endorsed the intervention of an international force to hunt them, but because of logistical constraints in particular, no African force seemed able to deploy before septembre.< / p>After

Konna, the rebels threatened Sévaré last lock before Mopti on the strategic road Bamako.

"Things have accelerated (...) It is not only to protect Sévaré. We must take the north (Mali) jihadists," said Saturday the Ivorian Minister of Integration, that " began the reconquest ".

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, Jean-Philippe Lefief for service français

France will remain in Mali until his stabilisation

BAMAKO/DUBAI (Reuters) - France completed its military intervention in Mali once stabilized the country and the electoral process implemented Francois Hollande said on Tuesday, opening the prospect of a costly and prolonged against the rebels islamistes.

the fifth day of the French intervention, Paris continued to deploy its forces and continued air strikes on the ground waiting for the deployment of a West African force, which should take a "good week", according to the head of State .

Chiefs of Staff of the countries of the Economic Community of the States of West Africa (ECOWAS) met Tuesday in Bamako to approve the accelerated schedule required by the French intervention. However, they are not able to agree and meeting was adjourned at mercredi.

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West African force, approved by the Security Council of the UN on December 20 under the name Misma - International Mission Support Mali - should not be fully operational until September, but the sudden increase of the rebels to the Malian capital has led the countries of the region to accelerate their préparatifs.

Senegal, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria and Guinea have all promised to contribute to the Misma. Colonel Mohammed Yerima, spokesman for the Nigerian Ministry of Defense, said first 190 Nigerian troops would be deployed in Mali 24 heures.

DIABALI CONTROLLED REBELLE

Given the urgency, France since Friday comes the call of the Malian authorities in its former colony to block the progression of Islamists bomb their facilities in northern Mali, which rebels took control in the spring of 2012 advantage of the power vacuum created by a military coup in Bamako.

Stressing that "France is not intended to stay in Mali," Hollande said during a visit to the United Arab Emirates: "We have a goal, however, is to ensure that when we leave, there is security in Mali, legitimate authorities, the electoral process and (there are) more terrorists that threaten the integrity of Mali. "

Accompanying

François Hollande in Abu Dhabi, the Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, said the offensive against the Islamist rebels could take time and commitment of French forces take several weeks. The elections in Mali, where President Dioncounda Traoré is responsible for the transition under an agreement signed in May, is expected to take several mois.

France has already deployed some 800 soldiers on Malian soil and should raise the number to 2,500, according to the Ministry of Defence. African troops must rise to end 3300 hommes.

The rebels, French officials describe as mobile, heavily armed and determined, have shown their ability to respond Monday dislodging forces Malian Diabali locality, 350 km north of Bamako.

The city was still under the control of the Islamists Tuesday despite several raids, residents said. A witness attached near Segou, further south, told Reuters he saw twenty members of the French special forces en route to Diabali.

In addition, the city Konna, strategic bolt on the road to Mopti whose collapse triggered the French intervention, has not yet been adopted by the Malian army jihadists, Paris told the Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian.

A French armored column left Bamako on Tuesday and took the direction of the north of Mali, it was learned French military source. Admiral Edouard Guillaud, Chief of Staff of the French forces, had said earlier that light armor type Sagaie, routed Ivory Coast and Chad could be involved "if necessary" against jihadists .

In the capital, the population is mostly welcomed the French intervention, after seeing his army through a series of setbacks to face insurgés.

SUPPORT LOGISTIQUE

France, which has officially abandoned its role as a "gendarme of Africa", emphasizes the international support operation "Serval" .

the Emirates, Laurent Fabius said the campaign had the support of the Gulf countries and Belgium announced in Mali sending two aircraft C130 and two medical helicopters at the request of Paris.

The French government has also stated that the United States, Canada, Denmark and Germany had promised to support logistique.

"We support the French in sharing information and we think to requests for logistical support," Jay Carney said Tuesday, a spokesman for House blanche.

In private, U.S. officials fear a coordination between jihadists active in Africa, AQIM (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb), the Mujao (Movement for the uniqueness and Jihad in West Africa) and Ansar Dine North -Mali, Boko Haram in Nigeria or in Somalie.

ShabaabThe

Shabaab, which have failed over the weekend in an operation of the DGSE to release a French hostage, have appealed to the uprising of Muslims against what they present as attacks "Christian" against Islam .< / p>

Eight French hostages held in the Sahel and 30,000 French expatriates settled in the country voisins.

France reinforced its Vigipirate at "red", without going to enable the highest level "scarlet" in case of imminent attack. "This is not encouraging terrorism to fight terrorism", but felt Laurent Fabius Abu Dhabi.

A donor conference is scheduled to meet in late January on the sidelines of a summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa to support African efforts against various Islamist rebel groups linked to Al Qaeda, he dit.

According to the UN, some 30,000 Malians fled recent fighting and are joining the ranks of the 200,000 that had already moved their pays.

Serisier Pierre Bertrand Boucey, Jean-Stéphane Brosse, Gerard Bon and Jean-Philippe Lefief for service français

Hearings: 10 years of investigation Morning radio

A radio audiences by Médiamétrie, all stations welcome their performance. As "L'Ecole des fans" of the late Jacques Martin, everyone wins! This is especially true for generalists morning. They tranche 7/9 Hours is their biggest audiences each day. puremedias.com decided to look in the mirror, not a year as usual, but going back a decade when Médiamétrie has upgraded its investigation to also take into account individuals aged 13 to 15 years.

En preamble morning note that weekends were not included in this article. Figures waves from July to August were also excluded. These two moments correspond to periods where media consumption habits differ significantly from the week. Then, a few reminders. Radio audiences can be expressed according to several criteria. The most cited is the cumulative audience, that is to say the number of people who listen at least once a station between 7 and 9 hours. The audience share is an indicator also popular, very present in the TV audiences. It reflects the number of listeners connected to a station among all listeners considering the playing time (more on audience criteria) .

1. Cumulative audiences of the "7/9"

Depuis the start of the 2002-2003 season, the criterion of reach, the morning of RTL is ranked No. 1 in 30 of the 41 investigations Médiamétrie (73%). Every season, the institute measures radio audiences in four waves: September-October, November-December, January-March and April-June. The supremacy of the morning RTL has sometimes been disputed by France Inter, including last season when the station 7/9H public has largely outpaced RTL. (...) ... Read more on PuremediasChristopher Baldelli (RTL): The gap increases with the challenger NRJAudiences: Dr House leader down on TF1, a new record for New star on D8Oprah Winfrey disappointed: Lance Armstrong has not delivered as I attendaisAlain Weill (RMC): Earn 500,000 more listeners? It is not impossible! Program TV: Secrets, football and a New Star

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Kate Moss: A very tranquille

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Encore once Kate Moss eet remained quiet for her birthday. This year's model is simply output to the pub with her husband Jamie Hince, before returning to the house for dinner.

Gone are the days when Kate Moss ended her crazy birthday parties drunk, packed in the back of a limousine. Since she is married supermodel calmed down. After his little quiet evening in Paris for 37 years and its output can not be quieter at a restaurant in London last year, the wife of Jamie Hince continued in the same way for 2013. To celebrate its 39 spring, it was granted a London getaway at the Red Lion and Sun, a luxurious neighborhood pub Highgate, where she went for a drink late yesterday afternoon.

 Because no question for Kate to sit at the bar chain pints of beer until no time she and her husband returned in time for dinner at home, where they found a good meal, shiploads of bouquets flowers and a variety of gifts. Indeed, one wonders how this could find Jamie Hince for his sweet wife, she has almost everything. According to information from the Sun, it would have offered several things, including a stay of discovery wines in Napa Valley, California. The bun to taste, that's it, the age of reason.  Find this item on voici.frLOOK Kate Moss, Parisian chic for automneKate Moss: her tattoo Lucian Freud is one fortuneLOOK Stars in operation camouflageKate Moss found her husband ... on Halloween GoogleDIAPO Stars and second partie

The playboy Hugh Hefner Crystal Harris married his playmate 26 ans

Comme romantic! Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris were married on Christmas Eve of New Year's Day in the famous Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.

C'est on Twitter that the happy couple announced the new delicious and posted some pictures of her wedding. A 86-year-old Hugh Hefner is ecstatic: "A wedding photo of me and my beautiful wife. Happy New Year!" "Crystal and I got married on New Year's mansion with Keith as a witness. I love this girl!" The boss of the magazine "Playboy" has said "yes" for the third time in one of his former playmates 60 years his junior, whom he had made his marriage December 25, 2011. In 1949, he married Mildred Williams with who he had two children, then in 1989 it was the turn of his playmate Kimberley Conrad pass him the ring finger. Their love is born also two bambins.

Déjà this summer, June 18, 2012, Crystal Harris and Hugh Hefner had very nearly married, but the luscious blonde had just canceled three days before the wedding, leaving the poor man on the floor. Even Paris Hilton had comforted on Twitter is saying ... "I love you. I'm so sorry to hear the news. You deserve better than that. Come party to celebrate your return to celibacy." Especially at the time, a source had told the U.S. site "Radar Online" the beautiful Crystal was resettled illico: "She has a boyfriend, she comes out with Jordan, the son of Dr. Phil . It expects to be able to survive thanks to the fortune of Dr. Phil. " Fortunately, it's all in the past and live the newlyweds!

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Free Ad Gate: s reactions? Linked, some are déchaînent

Alors some suspect that yet another tour de force between Free and Google through the activation of an ad blocker that affects Adwords but also many other authorities, some imagine what could be Google's answer: I'd like Google to cut its services Free. Just for fun. # Advertising management-Benjamin Romei (@ Vendeesign) January 3, 2013 In fact, as we say if a newsstand magazine advertisements tore it sells, or activates a Free ad blocker for TV. A question that arises TorrentFreak that even mentions the Chinese regime in his analysis, but that does not seem a problem to all readers: Metro France also takes the same example, specifying that it seems "difficult Magré Free to believe that everything can keep this feature enabled by default. " As a reminder, following a recommendation by the CNIL advise the AdBlock activated by default, we explained how it seemed to be the right role or the regulator. It seems to us also not be the role of a service provider, who seems determined to modulate the display of the contents of its customers based on criteria of its own. Some, like the creator of the site FMyLife, wonder also that such an initiative comes from Free: If we were told 10 years ago that the Internet would be by flanged Free ... - Maxime Valette (@ maxim ) January 3, 2013Plus seriously, Benjamin Bayart (Présdent NDF) sees a nonsense: @ @ ed_barr fradifrad Ah, yes. And it shows that they * can * make nonsense. - Benjamin Bayart (@ bayartb) January 3, 2013 Other try the analogy between the reaction of the press and Pascal Negro face piracy: When I see criticism against the initiative # Free, I like reading Pascal Negro on the (...) Read more about PCInpact.comFree blocks ads YouTube videos, but not DailymotionFree Ad Gate: s reactions? linked together, some déchaînent

Charlie Sheen: "A dramatic moment"

Charlie Sheen released his checkbook. He decided to give 12,000 dollars to the family of the photographer died in the car next to Justin Bieber.

Charlie Sheen is not a womanizer, far from it. This time, he proves it by making a gesture towards familyChris Guerra, the paparazzo who died while he followed the car of Justin Bieber. This isTMZ (the site had revealed the accident) who revealed information. It turns out that Charlie Sheen has heard through a friend that the photographer's family unhappy reaping money for the funeral. Without hesitation he then took his checkbook and gave 12,000 dollars to the family of the deceased.>>>Charlie Sheen is dating a porn actress 24 ansContacté the website Sheen has cracked a statement: "A tragic accident that it erases the barrier between the photographer and the subject. This is a dramatic moment brings us all to be human and to work together to prevent this in the future. As parents, we are not supposed to bury our children. My deepest condolences go to the families involved. "  Find this item on voici.frCharlie Sheen dating a porn actress 24 ansCharlie Sheen offers a $ 100 000 check to Lindsay LohanCharlie Sheen accused of threatening to kill a "colleague" Charlie Sheen back soon Charlie Sheen on Twitter loose Twitter< / p>