China

La Banque Populaire de Chine a réussi à créer la surprise ce matin en annonçant une baisse de ses taux de référence sur les emprunts et les dépôts à un an. Cette baisse de 0,25 point de pourcentage qui prendra effet vendredi est la première depuis 2008. Le taux des dépôts sera désormais à 3,25% et celui des crédits à 6,31%.

Elle a été immédiatement bien accueillie par les principales places boursières qui n'escomptaient pas un tel geste de la part de Pékin qui est confronté à un ralentissement plus fort que prévu de l'économie chinoise. Jusqu'à maintenant en effet, la banque Populaire de Chine privilégiait une autre arme : celle de l'abaissement des taux de réserves obligatoires des banques. Depuis le mois de décembre, Pékin y a eu recours à trois reprises escomptant que de la sorte les banques prêteraient d'avantage afin de stimuler l'activité

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Une étude faite par Recommend.ly révèle que 82% des Pages Facebook partagent moins de 5 publications par mois. 54% de ces publications sont des mises-à-jour sans liens, photos ou vidéos.

En moyenne, 91% des conversations qui se déroulent sur les Pages Facebook d’Entreprise sont négligées.Les entreprises locales sont celles qui sont le moins actives sur Facebook. Elles participent seulement dans 6% des conversations qui ont lieu sur leurs pages.56% des Pages Facebook ont moins de 256 fans.

Selon Recommend.ly, qui a analysé 1,7 millions de pages sur Facebook pour mener l’étude, les marques sont encore désorientées sur la meilleure façon d’exploiter le potentiel promotionnel de ce réseau.

Le président de la compagnie d'assurances American International Group y va d'une proposition choc pour régler les problèmes économiques lié au vieillissement de la population.

En entrevue à Bloomberg, Robert Benmosche a proposé de porter à 70 ans voire même à 80 ans l'âge de la retraite dans les pays industrialisés pour suivre l'évolution de l'espérance de vie.

Selon l'homme d'affaires de 68 ans, ces mesures permettraient de rendre les régimes de retraite et les services médicaux plus abordables pour tous. Il croit qu'en travaillant plus longtemps, les aînés réduiraient le fardeau financier des travailleurs plus jeunes.

« Cela permettra de rendre les pensions et les services médicaux plus abordables. Il faudra que les gens travaillent plus longtemps et que ce fardeau soit retiré de la jeunesse », a indiqué M. Benmosche.

Une idée qui ne risque pas de faire l'unanimité au Québec où l'âge moyen de la retraite en 2011 était de 60,9 ans seulement.

Westport Innovations Inc. WPRT.nasdaq is going to be a winner from the move that would generally be considered a goal of the Pickens Plan for an energy policy.  The maker and designer of natural gas engines has signed agreements with Caterpillar Inc. 

Under the pacts the companies will both co-develop natural gas technology for off-road equipment.  Under the plan these will be for mining TRUCKS and locomotives.

The press release notes that Caterpillar and Westport will combine their technologies and expertise to develop the natural gas fuel system.  As far as who is responsible for the funding, it will be Caterpillar that funds the development program and Westport expects to participate in the supply of key components when these products go to market.

gold

The Quebec government plans to spend C$47 billion ($45 billion) to attract mining investment over the next 25 years. Benoit La Salle, a former aid worker who runs Montreal-based Semafo SMF.to, sees more opportunity in Africa and is braving military coups and mine invasions to drive the company’s expansion.

“Africa is the new frontier,” La Salle, Semafo’s chief executive officer, said in a telephone interview. “That’s where you’ll find the most favorable geology.”

Beniot La Salle, president and chief executive officer of Semafo Inc. 

The operator of three gold mines in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger, is betting it can double output in the next five years with its current properties as it scouts for acquisitions. Semafo produced about 250,000 ounces of the metal last year, and plans to reach 500,000 ounces to become Canada’s ninth-biggest producer based on 2011 production.

“Here in North America, we’ve been exploring for 300 years and there really isn’t much left in the ground,” La Salle said from Montreal. “Burkina faso" has seen seven mines built in the last five years. It’s been several decades since we saw that kind of activity in Quebec.”

Semafo, coming off a record year for net income and gold sales in 2011, said May 15 that first-quarter net income jumped 55 percent to $28.1 million as gold production reached 60,900 ounces. Total cash margin jumped 34 percent to $1,002 an ounce from a year earlier as gold prices averaged $1,694 an ounce.

Mai = merde

Le mois de Mai est une merde POUR LES STOCKS
cette année aussi...
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GOLD & SILVER  - 6,5%
SHIPPING - 14,2%
ENERGY -24%
SOLAR -30%


etc....

W.Buffet .......-7, 8 %

Apple....no problemas todavia

RESTON, VA, June 1, 2012 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending April 2012. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.9 percent market share. Google Android continued to grow its share in the U.S. smartphone market, accounting for 50.8 percent of smartphone subscribers, while Apple captured 31.4 percent.

OEM Market Share

For the three-month average period ending in April, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 0.5 percentage points), followed by LG with 19.2 percent share. Apple continued to grow its share in the OEM market, ranking third with 14.4 percent (up 1.6 percentage points), followed by Motorola with 12.5 percent and HTC with 6.0 percent.

Top Mobile OEMs 3 Month Avg. Ending Apr. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2012 Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers (Smartphone & Non-Smartphone) Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers
	Jan-12	Apr-12	Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Samsung	25.4%	25.9%	0.5
LG	19.7%	19.2%	-0.5
Apple	12.8%	14.4%	1.6
Motorola	13.2%	12.5%	-0.7
HTC	6.4%	6.0%	-0.4

Smartphone Platform Market Share

More than 107 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in April, up 6 percent versus January. Google Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 50.8 percent market share (up 2.2 percentage points). Apple’s share of the smartphone market increased 1.9 percentage points to 31.4 percent. RIM ranked third with 11.6 percent share, followed by Microsoft (4.0 percent) and Symbian (1.3 percent).

Top Smartphone Platforms 3 Month Avg. Ending Apr. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2012 Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
	Jan-12	Apr-12	Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Google	48.6%	50.8%	2.2
Apple	29.5%	31.4%	1.9
RIM	15.2%	11.6%	-3.6
Microsoft	4.4%	4.0%	-0.4
Symbian	1.5%	1.3%	-0.2

Mobile Content Usage

In April, 74.1 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device. Downloaded applications were used by 50.2 percent of subscribers (up 1.6 percentage points), while browsers were used by 49.0 percent (up 0.5 percentage points). Accessing of social networking sites or blogs increased 0.3 percentage points to 36.0 percent of mobile subscribers. Game-playing was done by 33.1 percent of the mobile audience (up 1.3 percentage points), while 25.8 percent listened to music on their phones (up 1.3 percentage points).

Mobile Content Usage 3 Month Avg. Ending Apr. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2012 Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers (Smartphone & Non-Smartphone) Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers
	Jan-12	Apr-12	Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Sent text message to another phone	74.6%	74.1%	-0.5
Used downloaded apps	48.6%	50.2%	1.6
Used browser	48.5%	49.0%	0.5
Accessed social networking site or blog	35.7%	36.0%	0.3
Played Games	31.8%	33.1%	1.3
Listened to music on mobile phone	24.5%	25.8%	1.3