U.S. stocks ended little changed Tuesday after a session hesitant investors welcoming the agreement on a second level of aid to Greece while being tempted by some profit taking.

The Dow Jones gained 0.12% or 15.82 points to 12,965.69 points. The Standard & Poor's, wider, ended almost stable with a gain of 0.07% (0.98 points) to 1,362.21 points. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.11% or 3.21 points, to 2,948.57 points.

Markets were closed Monday for President's Day.

Under the deal pulled off by the euro area after thirteen hours of negotiations, Greece will see the debt burden reduced by EUR 130 billion of government loans and restructure the debt held by private creditors.

This plan can eliminate the risk of a Greek default in March but not solve all economic problems Greek temper analysts. Furthermore, the good news was expected.

In this context, it was tempting for investors who played the recent rise in the market to take some profits, especially as, in session Tuesday, the Dow Jones briefly topped the 13,000 points for the first time since May 2008.

Signs of improvement in the U.S. economy and the stabilization of the debt crisis in Europe helped the Dow Jones gaining over 20% since late 2011 and the S & P gain of more than 8% since the beginning of the year.

"We face a little selling pressure given the rebounding lately," said Fred Dickson, market specialist at DA Davidson & Co.

Values, Kraft Foods has gained 1.47% to 38.57 dollars. The food group provides an earnings growth of at least 9% this year.

Home Depot has nibbled 0.45% to 46.92 dollars. The chain of hardware stores has published a quarterly profit above the expectation.

Macy's has won 1.22% to 36.69 dollars. The operator of department stores reported revenue up and expected a further increase in its turnover this year.

Apple gained 2.5% to $ 514.85. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that the manufacturer of the iPhone was not about infringement of a patented technology of mobile phone manufacturer HTC.

In contrast, Wal-Mart Stores fell 3.85% to 60.07 dollars. The worldwide distribution generated fourth-quarter earnings below the consensus due to lower prices for customers during win the holiday season and New Year.

The period of publication of quarterly results is nearing completion. According to Thomson Reuters arrested Tuesday morning on the 418 companies in the S & P have published their accounts, 64% show better than expected results This is a lower rate than in recent quarters.

Carlsberg said on Monday forecast a stable operating profit in 2012 due to a decline in sales in Northern Europe and Western Europe, after increasing its profits in fourth quarter broadly in line with expectations.

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, the company posted an operating profit of 1.83 billion Danish kroner against 1.82 billion expected by analysts surveyed by Reuters, for a turnover of 14.85 billion crowns against 14.30 billion expected by the consensus.

For all of the current fiscal year, operating income is expected to remain stable and adjusted net income should increase slightly, says the Dutch brewer. 

The group also expressed its intention to purchase "as soon as possible" 15% of the remaining shares in its Russian subsidiary Baltika, an operation that will cost up to 6.5 billion Danish kroner (874 million).

Once completed the buyout of minority, by the month of May, Baltika Carlsberg will scratch the coast.

In early trade, the Carlsberg share fell by 2.0% to 420.40 kronor.

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The bill was rejected UMP to 175 votes against 168. A Mixed Commission will now be convened before a return to both Houses of Parliament. View of the Senate in the Luxembourg Palace

The Senate on Wednesday rejected by 175 votes against 168 the bill UMP to govern the right to strike in the airline, criticized by the unions of Air Staff.

Most PS, CRC (Communist), RDSE (mostly PRG) Ecologist and passed a motion prior procedural motion which amounts to a rejection of the text. The centrist and right UMP voted against.

Filed by a deputy of the Right People, Eric Diard, before movement of airport security officers, PPL already adopted on 25 January by the National Assembly is to implement in the air including the existing and the SNCF RATP. Left and Right have competed strongly in the hemicycle of the Palais du Luxembourg, where the shouts are increasing with the approach of presidential elections.

"The airline industry is highly confrontational: 1131 strikes in the last three years, 63 days last year. This is no longer acceptable. Freedom of strikers must end or beginning of the passengers," insisted the minister Transport, Thierry Mariani. "The sky is open air. You, too, show a little opening and let yourself go with the interests of passengers, not that of a minority of employees," he told Catherine Procaccia (UMP). "Passengers are the cannon fodder of the malfunctioning of social dialogue," exclaimed Louis Negro (UMP).

"You do not have a monopoly on empathy with users stuck in airports. It is always the strikers who are responsible for everything, you never put the responsibility on employers, however, social dialogue takes two, "replied Jean Desessard (Greens)." If employees have to leave it because of the strikes of 1936 and if they do not fly is that they do not have money, you are the emissaries of big business "has swept Borvo Nicole Cohen-Seat, Chair of the group CRC (Communist). "No more business would be immune to similar restrictions to a fundamental right: the right to strike," protested George Labazée (PS). "The goal is to flatter a certain opinion public without worrying about the consequences of employees whose situation is often precarious, "blasted the rapporteur Claude Jeannerot (PS).  

This text requires the strikers, under penalty of law, to declare individually 48 hours before each day of the strike and employers to forecast traffic no later than 24 hours before the disturbance. Employees waiving participation in a strike or deciding to resume their service will also, under penalty of disciplinary action, inform the employer within 24 hours prior to their participation or anticipated recovery. This obligation to inform the employer of a change of mind will also apply to land transport, thereby altering the symbolic law of August 2007, improperly called law on "minimum service".

The airline unions have the four days last week strike demanding the withdrawal of a text for them violates the right to strike. They do not exclude other mobilizations. The PPL is registered emergency, a Mixed Commission (CMP, seven senators, seven MPs) will now be convened before a return to both houses but the Assembly has the last word.

Edison Tuesday reported a gross operating profit (EBITDA) of 1.003 billion euros for 2011, a figure better than expected, while spending a depreciation of 928 million in its annual accounts.

These figures are close to those reported in the night of Monday to Tuesday by Reuters on witness statements from a source close to the second board of the Italian electricity.

Financial analysts had expected an EBITDA of € 910 million, according to Thomson Reuters consensus I / B / E / S.

In 2012, Edison, who suffered a net loss of 871 million euros last year due to depreciation, said he foresaw an EBITDA equivalent to that of 2010, without taking into not account Edipower. 

The margins of Edison in its gas business are under pressure because of long-term contracts that the group has forged a course higher than spot prices.

In early trade on the Milan Stock Exchange, as the Edison yielded 0.3% to 0.8350 euro while the index grouping the European values ​​of utilities lost 0.12 %.

EDF reached an agreement late December to take control of Edison, but at the cost of disposal of Edipower, considered by some analysts as the nugget of the Italian group.

At the Paris Bourse, EDF shares fell by 0.43% to 18.38 euros.

Eiffage reported Friday a net sales increase of 4.8% in the fourth quarter of 2011, thanks to its good performance in work and in the concessions.

The construction group and concessions, owner of motorway networks Paris-Rhin-Rhone (APRR) and Area (Ain), said in a statement that its turnover reached 3 , 61 billion euros, 1.04 billion for the construction division.

Of all of fiscal 2011, revenues grew 3% to 13.73 billion euros.

Eiffage also know that its backlog at January 1, 2012 was up 25% over one year to 13.5 billion euros. It represents more than 11 ½ months of activity of divisions.

At the Paris Bourse, the action Eiffage closed Friday at 26 euros, down 2.14%, showing a market capitalization of 2.26 billion euros.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended slightly lower, from 0.15% Thursday, after announcing an acceleration greater than expected rate of inflation in China and continuing uncertainty about the bailout of Greece.

The Nikkei lost 13.35 points to 9002.24 points while the Topix broader took 2.15 points (0.27%) to 784.49 points.

Nissan Motor has lost more than 1%, a victim of profit taking after its results.

The Swiss Federal Council announced Wednesday it had decided to renew its fleet of combat aircraft with 22 copies of the Saab Gripen of Sweden, preferred to Dassault Aviation's Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon European consortium which includes EADS.

Switzerland was launched three years ago the tender for the renewal of its fleet, now consisting of F-5E / F Tiger built by the American Northrop, whose older copies have been flying since 1976.

The new home sales fell 13% in the third quarter. At the same time, housing starts and building permits have increased. An employee on a construction site offices and accommodation in Marseille.

The new home sales fell 12.9% in France over one year in the third quarter, according to the Ministry of Housing, which reported Tuesday alongside a 11.4% increase in housing starts and 22, 6% of building permits between August and October 2011. A total of 26,400 new homes were sold by developers in the third quarter of this year, a decrease of 12.9% over the same period in 2010, according to figures released by the Ministry.

Over the last four quarters (4th quarter 2010 to third quarter 2011), sales totaled 101,300, a decrease of 10.7% over the same period a year earlier.

Vodafone said Tuesday it had revised up slightly its annual forecasts after better than expected interim results, supported by buoyant activity in emerging countries and in northern Europe.

The world of mobile telephony has reported a turnover of 23.5 billion pounds (27.4 billion euros) over the first six months of the year, an increase of 4, 1% and a gross operating income of 7.5 billion (+1.3%).

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected 23.4 billion and 7.4 billion.

The results of the British group were fired by strong growth in India and good performance in Germany and Britain.The activity in Turkey has slowed but remained strong.

However, Vodafone continues to face difficult business conditions in Italy and Spain.

For all of 2011, the group noted the low point of its guidance range of adjusted operating profit, now expects a number between 11.4 and 11.8 billion pounds, against 11-11800000000 previously .