Czech jobless rate higher at 9.5 pct in Dec
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PRAGUE- Unemployment rate in the Czech Republic rose to 9.5 per cent in December from 8.9 per cent in November, with the number of job seekers up by nearly 24,000 month-on-month at 541,675, the Labour and ...
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Hungary's unemployment rate was flat at 5.9 percent at the end of August, official figures showed Tuesday.
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The number of people out of work in Germany rose to 10.8 percent of the workforce in November from 10.7 percent in October, the government said Thursday.
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The number of mobile phones in use in the Czech Republic is greater than the population with one million more SIM cards being sold last year alone, the operators said.
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Private employers added 40,000 jobs in  December, a report by a private employment service said on  Thursday.
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Bulgaria's unemployment rate in October rose to 11.81% from 11.74% in September, the Ministry of Labour said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. factories saw demand for their products rise in December by the largest amount in five months, a spot of welcome news that failed to change the picture of an economy struggling to stay afloat.
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The number of workers seeking  initial jobless aid rose 14,000 last week, the government said  on Thursday, but remained at levels still indicative of a  stable labor market.
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PRAGUE- Steel output in the Czech Republic increased by 3.5 pct last year to 7 million tonnes, the highest figure since 1995, and the growth, pulled by the engineering and construction sectors should, continue ...
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Gearing up for the holidays, employers boosted hiring in November, and hundreds of thousands of jobseekers streamed into the market, nudging the unemployment rate up to 4.5 percent.
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The number of U.S. workers applying  for jobless benefits rose by an unexpectedly steep 12,000 last  week to 321,000, government data showed on Wednesday, but  remained at levels still pointing to a healthy labor market.
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U.S. consumer confidence grew to a  five-month high in December, bolstered by improved employment  opportunities and cheaper energy, according to a report  released on Tuesday.
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Germany's jobless rate rose to nearly 11 percent in December, the government's labor office said Tuesday, the same day that France said its growth stalled in the third quarter.
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The number of unemployed rose by 12,000 last month and economists say there will be more than five million job seekers in Germany by early next year.
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BEIJING: China is targeting an urban jobless rate of 4.6 per cent in 2005, slightly higher than this year&#39;s expected jobless rate, the Economic Daily newspaper said on Saturday, citing the country&#39;s labour minister.
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U.S. employers added 157,000 employees to payrolls in December, completing the strongest year for job growth since 1999, according to a government report on Friday that cemented expectations of rising interest rates in 2005.
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Business & money: Unemployment in the United States rose to its highest level in more than two years last month