2009-06-24

C'est officiel : Tunisiana prochainement en Bourse


Le patron d’Orascom Telecom Holding, Najib Sawiris, actionnaire à hauteur de 50% de l’opérateur GSM tunisien Tunisiana, vient d’annoncer officiellement la prochaine introduction en bourse de Tunis de Tunisiana. Il s’agit d’introduire entre 20 et 30% du capital d’Orascom Telecom Tunisie avant la fin de l'année en cours.

Naguib Sawiris a justifié cette introduction sur la Bourse de Tunis par son désir d’acquérir des engtreprises tunisiennes. L'homme d'affaire a, également, parlé de l’introduction en bourse de sa filiale algérienne qui devrait, selon lui, prendre plus de temp. L'annonce d'une telle décision au lendemain de l'annonce de l'identité du gagniant de la troisième licence mobile dans le pays, le consotuim Divona/Orange France Telecom, nous donne droit à d'autre explications...

Intérrogé à Paris au mois de Mai par l'équipe MaghrebSpace à propos d'une éventuelle introduction de l'ntreprise qu'il dirrige, Yves Gautier, le Pdg de Tuniana a précisé qu'une telle décision dépasse son périmètre d'action et dépend des principaux actionnaires de l'entreprise (notamment Orascom Holding et Qtel).

Orascom Telecom Tunisie est détenue à hauteur de 50% par Wataniya Telecom, elle-même propriété de Qtel (Qatar).

2009-06-23

C'est fait : Le corsentium Divona/Orange emporte la troisième licence de téléphonie en Tunisie



Le consortium Divona/Orange – France Telecom, est retenu en tant que soumissionnaire qui a présenté la meilleure offre technique d’attribution de la licence de téléphonie mobile de 2ème et 3ème générations, annonce un communiqué du ministère des technologies de la communication. Divona Telecom est un opérateur satellitaire en Tunisie offrant des services de voix sur IP et de data pour les entreprises notamment les offshore installées en Tunisie. Il s'agit d'un opérateur appartenant au Group Mabrouk (l'un des plus grands groupes privés en Tunisie) et à un groupe Télécom de la Principauté de Monaco.
Le communiqué ajoute que cette attribution est provisoire dans l’attente du parachèvement des conditions figurant dans les procédures du règlement de l’appel d’offres international.
Nous rappelons que cet appel d'offre a suscité l'intérêt de plusieurs opérateurs internationaux dont Orange France Télécom, Zen (Koweit) et TurkCell (Turquie).
La sélection du gagnant s'est faite en deux phases tout en favorisant la construction de corsentiums entre les opérateurs étrangers en lice et des hommes d'affaires et/ou des groupes tunisiens.
A la deuxième phase, deux furent retenus :
- l’opérateur turc des télécommunications, Turkcell, qui va s’appuyer sur les hommes d’affaires tunisiens Mohamed Sakher El Materi, Bassem Loukil et Hamdi Meddeb.
- Orange France Telecom qui s’associe avec Divona Telecom (Groupe Mabrouk)
un succès de taille pour l'administration tunisienne notamment en période de crise.

2009-05-24

Canne festival 2009' prizes : Yes We Canne !

Le 62e Festival de Cannes, qui a su assurer sa part de glamour, de controverses et de surprises, a décerné sa Palme d'or dimanche soir. Le vainqueur est Michael Haneke avec Le ruban blanc. Charlotte Gainsbourg nous a offert un beau moment d'émotion en recevant son prix d'interprétation. Mais la comédienne n'est pas la seule française à être récompensée cette année. Retrouvez le palmarès complet.
Michael Haneke a remporté la Palme d'or du 62e Festival de Cannes, dimanche soir à 67 ans, avec "Le ruban blanc". L'Autrichien avait déjà été récompensé deux fois à Cannes. En 2005, il avait reçu le Prix de la mise en scène pour "Caché" - également César du meilleur réalisateur 2006. En 2001, "La pianiste", adapté d'un roman d'Elfriede Jelinek avait raflé le Grand Prix et les deux prix d'interprétation, l'un allant à Benoît Magimel et l'autre à Isabelle Huppert, présidente du jury cannois cette année.
"Parfois ma femme me pose une question très féminine, est-ce que tu es heureux ? C'est difficile de répondre, parce que le bonheur c'est une chose rare. Mais maintenant, je peux te dire Suzy, 'c'est un moment dans ma vie vraiment très heureux et pour toi aussi, je pense'", a réagi Michael Haneke après avoir reçu la Palme.
Charlotte Gainsbourg, 37 ans, a reçu le prix d'interprétation féminine pour son rôle dans "Antichrist" de Lars von Trier. L'actrice, qui a conclu ses remerciements avec une pensée pour son père, Serge Gainsbourg, s'est affirmée "très honorée et très heureuse", remerciant le festival d'avoir eu "l'audace" de sélectionner le film du Danois. Il "m'a permis de vivre l'expérience la plus intense, la plus douloureuse et la plus excitante" jusqu'à présent, a ajouté l'actrice qui a tenu à "partager ce prix" avec lui.
Le cinéma français est à la fête dans le palmarès 2009: Jacques Audiard a reçu le Grand prix pour Un Prophète, présenté comme l'un des favoris pour la Palme. Alain Resnais, qui était en compétition avec Les herbes folles, s'est vu décerner un prix spécial pour l'ensemble de sa carrière.
Retrouvez le palmarès complet :
Palme d'or - Le Ruban blanc, de Michael Haneke
Grand Prix - Un Prophète, de Jacques Audiard
Prix spécial pour l'ensemble de sa carrière et sa contribution exceptionnelle à l'histoire du cinéma - Alain Resnais
Prix d'interprétation masculine - Christoph Waltz, dans Inglourious Basterds de Quentin Tarantino
Prix d'interprétation féminine - Charlotte Gainsbourg, dans Antichrist de Lars von Trier
Prix de la mise en scène - Brillante Mendoza pour Kinatay
Prix du jury - Fish Tank, d'Andrea Arnold et, Thirst, ceci est mon sang..., de Park Chan-wook
Prix du scénario - Mei Feng, pour Nuits d'Ivresse printanière, de Lou Ye
Caméra d'or - Samson et Delilah, de Warwick Thornton (présenté dans la section officielle Un Certain Regard)
Caméra d'or (mention spéciale) - Ajami, de Scandar Copti et Yaron Shani (présenté à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)
Courts métrages :Palme d'or - Arena, de Joao SalavizaMention spéciale - The Six Dollar Fifty Man, de Mark Albiston et Louis Sutherland
Le Ruban blanc est un "film extraordinaire" qui ne "livre pas de message, mais dit des choses importantes", a affirmé Isabelle Huppert, lors de la conférence de presse après la cérémonie de clôture. La présidente, qui a joué dans deux films de Michael Haneke, a affirmé, s'exprimant en anglais : "J'adore son travail, son humanité qui prend parfois un chemin étrange, ce qui rend son travail encore plus intéressant, encore plus fascinant. Il entre dans l'âme humaine". Et d'ajouter : ce "film est philosophique en un certain sens, il est totalement moral. C'est ce que je voulais récompenser. Il garde la distance parfaite".
Interrogée sur le nombre d'oeuvres récompensées - 9 sur 20 en sélection - elle a répondu : "ces films méritaient d'être primés, cela reflète nos goûts". Prix de la mise en scène, Kinatay du Philippin Brillante Mendoza a suscité quelques huées pendant ses projections cannoises. Cela veut dire "que le jury l'a apprécié. Mais ce n'est pas un film à l'eau de rose", a déclaré le juré turc, le réalisateur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, à propos d'un film qui montre des images éprouvantes de l'assassinat d'une jeune prostituée. "N'y allez pas en amoureux", a ironisé l'écrivain britannique Hanif Kureishi.
A propos des rumeurs de fortes dissensions dans le jury, la jurée indienne Sharmila Tagore a dit : "Cela devait rester entre nous". Le jury présidé par l'actrice française Isabelle Huppert était composé des comédiennes taïwanaise Shu Qi, américaine Robin Wright Penn, italienne Asia Argento, des réalisateurs turc Nuri Bilge Ceylan, américain James Gray et sud-coréen Lee Chang-dong et du romancier Hanif Kureishi.
A près le Festival de Canne, place à Roland Garros. Daniel Nadal le numéro un mondial y est déjà !
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Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," a a chilling study of malice in a German village on the eve of World War I, snatched top honours at the Cannes film festival on Sunday.
The Austrian director's austere black-and-white work overcame stiff competition from films by heavyweight auteurs like Quentin Tarantino and Jane Campion to win the coveted Palme d'Or at the world's greatest cinema showcase.
"Today is a moment in my life when I can say I am very happy," said Haneke, whose often harrowing films -- such as "Funny Ganes" and "Code Unknown" -- have shown modern middle-class lives disrupted by malevolent forces.
He was handed the award at a star-studded red carpet gala by the Cannes jury president, French star Isabelle Huppert, who played a sadomasochistic musician in his 2001 film "The Piano Teacher."
Huppert said "The White Ribbon," hailed by critics here and seen by many as a parable on the roots of Nazi savagery, was an "extraordinary film" that "doesn't deliver any messages, but says important things."
The notoriously extravagant festival toned down the glitz for this year's recession-era bash and was lighter than usual in star power, but it still saw celebs like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sashay up the fabled red carpet.
Billed as a battle of auteur titans, it mostly lived up to expectations, with Britain's Independent on Sunday newspaper calling it "a superior vintage" and France's Journal du Dimanche declaring "the return of great cinema".
A range of other prizes were dished out on Sunday to the 20 films in competition, with French director Jacques Audiard -- who had been a frontrunner for the Palme -- taking the Grand Prix for his bleak prison drama "A Prophet."
Cult South Korean director Park Chan-Wook and Britain's Andrea Arnold jointly took the jury prize for "Thirst," a vampire romance, and "Fish Tank," a coming-of-age drama set in a grim London suburb.
Austrian television star Christoph Waltz clinched the best actor award for his role as a multilingual Nazi nicknamed the "Jew Hunter" in Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds."
France's Charlotte Gainsbourg took the best actress award for her taboo-defying role as a woman driven insane by grief in the shock Danish thriller "Antichrist" by Lars Von Trier.
Alain Resnais, 86, the grand old man of French cinema and erstwhile "New Wave" icon, was awarded a special prize for his half-century career.
Brillante Mendoza of the Philippines picked up the best director prize for "Kinatay," while Australian Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton's "Samson and Delilah," was awarded the Camera d'Or prize for a first film.
Penelope Cruz was among the A-list celebrities at the 12-day annual French Riviera bash, who also included Martin Scorsese and Jim Carrey.
Tarantino's march up the red carpet -- flanked by Pitt and his wife Jolie -- for the world premiere of his long-awaited "Basterds" on Wednesday provided the biggest celebrity buzz of the 12-day festival.
Scandal came in the form of Von Trier's "Antichrist", which provoked fainting, gasps and walk-outs and received an "anti-prize" for misogyny that the festival director angrily denounced as an attempt at censorship.
The late Heath Ledger's unfinished stint in Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" was screened out of competition, while "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi returned to horror with his new flick "Drag Me To Hell".

After The Canne festival, it is time to move to Roland Garros and enjoy the number one tennis man, Daniel Nadal, play.




PS : On the first photo above, Afef Jnifen is between Ddoutzen kroes and Evangeline lilly. On the second one Kerry Washington is climbing the red carpet clebraties stairs.

2009-04-20

Unfortunately, it has be done : ORACLE acquires SUN Microsystems // ORACLE absorbe SUN Microsystems

To day, the information has been confirmed by the two editors.

On the Oracle site, we read the following :
"On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems (Sun). The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently, and it is business as usual.
The acquisition combines best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems. Oracle plans to engineer and deliver an integrated system—applications to disk—where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Customers benefit as their system integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up."
And on the SUN Microsystems site, the information has been confirmed :
" SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 20, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt.
"We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle's earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP basis in the first full year after closing. We estimate that the acquired business will contribute over $1.5 billion to Oracle's non-GAAP operating profit in the first year, increasing to over $2 billion in the second year. This would make the Sun acquisition more profitable in per share contribution in the first year than we had planned for the acquisitions of BEA, PeopleSoft and Siebel combined," said Oracle President Safra Catz.
"The acquisition of Sun transforms the IT industry, combining best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "Oracle will be the only company that can engineer an integrated system - applications to disk - where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Our customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up."
There are substantial long-term strategic customer advantages to Oracle owning two key Sun software assets: Java and Solaris. Java is one of the computer industry's best-known brands and most widely deployed technologies, and it is the most important software Oracle has ever acquired. Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle's fastest growing business, is built on top of Sun's Java language and software. Oracle can now ensure continued innovation and investment in Java technology for the benefit of customers and the Java community.
The Sun Solaris operating system is the leading platform for the Oracle database, Oracle's largest business, and has been for a long time. With the acquisition of Sun, Oracle can optimize the Oracle database for some of the unique, high-end features of Solaris. Oracle is as committed as ever to Linux and other open platforms and will continue to support and enhance our strong industry partnerships.
"Oracle and Sun have been industry pioneers and close partners for more than 20 years," said Sun Chairman Scott McNealy. "This combination is a natural evolution of our relationship and will be an industry-defining event."
"This is a fantastic day for Sun's customers, developers, partners and employees across the globe, joining forces with the global leader in enterprise software to drive innovation and value across every aspect of the technology marketplace," said Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's CEO, "From the Java platform touching nearly every business system on earth, powering billions of consumers on mobile handsets and consumer electronics, to the convergence of storage, networking and computing driven by the Solaris operating system and Sun's SPARC and x64 systems. Together with Oracle, we'll drive the innovation pipeline to create compelling value to our customer base and the marketplace."
"Sun is a pioneer in enterprise computing, and this combination recognizes the innovation and customer success the company has achieved. Our largest customers have been asking us to step up to a broader role to reduce complexity, risk and cost by delivering a highly optimized stack based on standards," said Oracle President Charles Phillips. "This transaction will preserve and enhance investments made by our customers, while we continue to work with our partners to provide customers with choice."
The Board of Directors of Sun Microsystems has unanimously approved the transaction. It is anticipated to close this summer, subject to Sun stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
There will be a conference call today to discuss the transaction at 5:30 a.m. Pacific time. Investors can listen to the conference call by dialing (719) 234-7870, passcode 923645. A replay will be available for 24 hours after the call ends at (719) 884-8882, passcode: 923645. A live audio webcast of the call will be made available at www.oracle.com/investor and a replay will be available for seven days after the call ends.
Hello for the new "SUN by ORACLE" !
About Oracle
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.
About Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://www.sun.com."
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Les rumeurs qui circulaient depuis un bon moment dans le monde de la finance sont devenues réalité : Oracle achète SUN Microsystems.
Aux dépêches du Nasdaq de ce matin, on lit que Oracle s'est offert Sun Microsytems pour sept milliards de dollars; soit 9,50 dollars par action. Vendredi dernier, les discussions précédemment engagées entre Sun et IBM ont échoué : selon des proches du dossier, Sun avait refusé une offre d'IBM de 9,40 dollars par action.

Les deux éditeurs ont confirmé cette information :

http://www.oracle.com/sun/index.html

http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/

Sachant que ces cinq dernières années la mode, dans le monde de l'ERP, a été le développement de plateformes d'intégration basées sur java, on ne tardera pas à voir un nouveau " Oracle SAP Netweaver "; dix fois mieux que celui de SAP.

En outre, avec le nouveau "SUN by Oracle", il sera utile d'apprendre comment parser un document XML avec une procédure SQL native (sans faire appel à une API) !
Hello for the new "SUN by ORACLE" !

2008-11-05

Obama has been elected President

The 2008' Martin Luther king is he able to resolve the Financial Crash ?
Democratic Senator Barack Obama has been elected the first black president of the United States, prompting celebrations across the country. "It's been a long time coming, but tonight... change has come to America," the president-elect told a jubilant crowd at a victory rally in Chicago. His rival John McCain accepted defeat, and called on his supporters to lend the next president their goodwillThe American people have made two fundamental statements about themselves: that they are profoundly unhappy with the status quo, and that they are slamming the door on the country's racial past. McCain: 'We must work together'Mr Obama appeared with his family, and his running mate Joe Biden, before a crowd of tens of thousands in Grant Park, Chicago. Many people in the vast crowd, which stretched back far into the Chicago night, wept as Mr Obama spoke. "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer," he said. He had warm words for his family, announcing to his daughters: "Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House." But he added: "Even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. "The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. But America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there." Hours after Mr Obama's victory was announced, crowds were still celebrating on the streets of Washington DC and Mr Obama's hometown of Chicago. Several states reported very high turnout. It was predicted 130 million Americans, or more, would vote - more than for any election since 1960. Many people said they felt they had voted in a historic election - and for many African-Americans the moment was especially poignant. Besides winning the presidency, the Democrats tightened their grip on Congress. The entire US House of Representatives and a third of US Senate seats were up for grabs

Below the final results : Obama : Electoral College (349); pourcentage (52.3%); Votes (62,680,702)McCain : Electoral College (162); pourcentage (46.4%); Votes (55,542,743)Others : Electoral College (0); pourcentage (1.1%); Votes (1,534,883)

2008-10-06

A Historical Black Day in the Tunis Stock Exchange

38 shares has decreased today in the Tunis stock exchange (Tunindex -4.88%).
Henceforth, the tunisian place has been affected by the world financial crash. It is essentially due to the foreign investisors that has sold a part of their portfolio in the front of the fall of their countries stock exhange. Bellow, an idea of the freak.
Paris CAC 40 (-9.04%), USA DowJones (-6.07), London FTSE (-7.85), Francfort DAX (-7.07%), Riadh TASI (-9.81%), Dubai DFM (-7.61%), Abou Dhabi ADSM (-5.61%), Johannesburg JSE (-7.30%), Moscow RTS (-19,10%; the stock exchange has been stoped tree time in this Monday).
However, the Casablanca stock exchange isn't so affected : MASI -2,30%.
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Lundi 6 Octobre 2008, c'est un jour historique pour la bourse Tunisienne : 38 valeurs en baise et le Tunindex perd 4.88% de sa valeur. Au niveaux mondial, de Paris à Londre et en passant par les USA les principales places financières s'écroulent.
Paris CAC 40 (-9.04%), USA DowJones (-6.07), London FTSE (-7.85), Francfort DAX (-7.07%), Riadh TASI (-9.81%), Dubai DFM (-7.61%), Abou Dhabi ADSM (-5.61%), Johannesburg JSE (-7.30%), Moscow RTS (-19,10%; du jamais vu : la cotation fut interrompue trois fois au cours de la journée).
Contrairement à la bourse de Tunis, la bourse de Casablanca est encore moins affectée par la crise.

2008-09-16

The Lehman Brothers Bank Bankruptcy : The fall of the non universal banks

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc has tapped bankruptcy expert Harvey Miller of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP to help carry out its possible liquidation, the Wall Street Journal said.
Lehman's relationship with New York-based Weil goes back some three decades, and the firm has advised the bank on numerous deals, from mortgage securitizations to private-equity buyouts to telecom mergers, the paper said.
Miller led the bankruptcies of Texaco Inc and Continental Airlines Inc, as well as the 1990 filing of Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc, the last major investment bank to file for bankruptcy protection, the Journal said.
Although Lehman filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, several lawyers told the paper they suspected the bank's holding company would ultimately liquidate, after selling off what it could.
Lehman and Miller could not be immediately reached for comment.