Market update for the week ending May 18 2019  CRUDE OIL 62.71 — GOLD 1.277.40 — SILVER 14.36 — EUR/USD 1.11        Stock market –  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the week at 25,764.00, down 0.7% from 25,942.37 last week. It’s up 10.4% year to date. The S&P 500 closed the week at 2,859.53, down 0.8% from 2,881.40 last week. It is up 14.1% year […]

Market update for the week ending February 9 2019   CRUDE OIL 52.71 — GOLD 1.318.20 — SILVER 15.82 — EUR/USD 1.13       Stock markets ended the week almost unchanged after 5 weeks of solid gains –  Stocks were mostly flat this week as renewed trade worries overshadowed a solid earnings reporting season. So far nearly two thirds of […]

Market update for the week ending January 19 2019       CRUDE OIL 53.76 — GOLD 1.281.30 — SILVER 15.36 — EUR/USD 1.14       Stocks higher for the fourth consecutive week –  Stock markets gained about 3% this week. It marked the longest string of weekly gains since August 2018. Companies that reported fourth quarter earnings came in […]

Market update for the week ending December 29 2018   CRUDE OIL 45.12 — GOLD 1.276.70 — SILVER 14.98 — EUR/USD 1.14 Stocks rebound to end week higher –  Stock markets snapped a three week losing streak to end the week higher. It was a wild week. Monday marked the largest Christmas Eve loss ever. Tuesday markets were closed. Wednesday […]

Issu de parents arméniens rescapés du génocide de 1915, Vartan Berberian a trois patries : l'Arménie, la France et la Marine. Son père a connu l'horreur des combats et des prisons turques, une histoire qui marquera à jamais la mémoire familiale. Enfant, Vartan subit les humiliations et les railleries à cause de ses origines et […]

  Market update for the week ending December 22 2018 CRUDE OIL 45.42 — GOLD 1.259.10 — SILVER 14.69 — EUR/USD 1.14   Stock markets suffer the worst weekly loss this year –  Stock markets officially entered correction territory and the NASDAQ is now in a bear market. It’s down 20% from its peak. Fears of higher interest rates after The […]

Market update for the week ending December 15 2018   CRUDE OIL 51.23 — GOLD 1.238.10 — SILVER 14.49 — EUR/USD 1.13   Stocks ended the week down –  Signs of a slowing economy in Asia and Europe wiped out gains earlier in the week as stocks fell 2% on Friday. Earlier in the week it looked like stocks would end […]

                      Market update for the week ending December 8 2018 CRUDE OIL 52.13 — GOLD 1.249.40 — SILVER 14.56 — EUR/USD 1.14       Stocks give up all of last week’s gains and are now in negative territory for the year –  Trade tensions, fears of higher interest rates, lower […]

                                            Market update for the week ending November 24 2018 CRUDE OIL 50.42 — GOLD 1.223.20 — SILVER 14.24 — EUR/USD 1.13                   Stocks dropped into negative territory for the year […]

Market update for the week ending November 3 2018 CRUDE OIL 62.86 — GOLD 1.234.60 — SILVER 14.74 — EUR/USD 1.14 Stock markets  were up about 2.5% for the week –  As earnings reporting season for the third quarter began to come to a close, many companies reported profits this week that beat expectations. That was a welcome relief to investors […]

Market update for the week ending October 6 2018 CRUDE OIL 74.29 — GOLD 1.206.70 — SILVER 14.68 — EUR/USD 1.15   US stock market –  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the week at 26,447.05, down from 26,458.31 last week. It is up 7% year to date. The S&P 500 closed the week at 2,885.57, down from 2,913.98 last […]

Une tour Eiffel qui scintille en or, un écran géant devant , une longue ovation à l'Assemblée nationale, des élus qui proposent de nommer des lieux en son honneur… , 4 pages dans CNews… Après le décès (embolie pulmonaire) de Charles Aznavour, lundi 1er Octobre 2018, à 94 ans, sous quelle forme la France lui […]

Taner Akçam, Robert Aram & Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen & Marian Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies, Clark University), on behalf of organizers of conference "The Abdul Hamid Era and Beyond: Massacres and Reform, Rupture and Continuity," which will take place in October 2018 at Clark University. Grant issued by the Knights of Vartan Fund […]

Le 16 Mars 2018 sur la scène du Grand Rex à Paris , dos au public, face à un grand portrait de Johnny, Sylvie Vartan chante La plus belle pour aller danser (chanson de Charles Aznavour & Georges Garvarentz)  puis  un medley de sept chansons de Johnny Halliday –Noir c’est noir, Retiens la nuit, Gabrielle et Que je t’aime – en incitant le public à « chanter en […]

SYLVIE VARTAN UNE VIE EN MUSIQUE Variété et chanson françaises DU 15/09/17 AU 16/09/17  –  L'OLYMPIA  –  PARIS 09   Sylvie Vartan revient avec un nouveau spectacle. Accès PMR : 01 47 42 94 88

C'est Martine, une de ses deux filles, qui m'a fait connaître Vartan Berberian : un génie au coeur du Marais parisien. Officier de marine à la retraite, il a déposé des brevets qui lui ont permis de vivre confortablement . Ses pâtes à l'ail et à l'huie d'olive sont un délice. Son livre " le […]

Sylvie George Vartan naît dans un village situé au centre de la Bulgarie , d'un père d'origine arménienne. L'armée soviètique réquisitionne sa maison , quelques mois après la naissance de Sylvie. La famille s'installe à Sofia. Son père, Georges (1912-1970), est le fils du directeur de la Compagnie d’électricité, filiale d’une société française, et est lui-même […]