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The improvement in the U.S. employment continued in January, with the highest rate of job creation observed in nine months and the unemployment rate fell to , its lowest level in nearly three years, reflecting the impact of growth in the fourth quarter of 2011 at the beginning of new year.
The Labor Department [...]

Airbus said Thursday it had registered 1,038 net orders between January and September.
The European aircraft manufacturer, a subsidiary of Airbus, said the amount of its gross orders had reached 1,179 aircraft and reported delivered 374 aircraft in the first nine months of the year.
By comparison, Boeing had recorded at September 27, [...]

Populist and protectionist measures in the developing world are likely to increase as nations will suffer the fallout from the crisis of sovereign debt in Europe and the economic slowdown in the U.S., said Thursday the president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick.
Zoellick warned in an interview with Reuters that a new crisis [...]

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Sunday chaired a cabinet meeting to decide which new austerity measures to ensure continued funding of a plan of international aid.
Inspectors from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union will hold a conference call Monday with Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos to learn what steps will be [...]

European shares have increased their relapse into closed Monday, recovering from lows of 2009, in a climate of growing concerns about the debt crisis and fears of euro fell back into recession in the United States.
The CAC 40 index ended down 4.73% at 2999.54 points, its lowest since July 10, 2009 (final closing) [...]

The "revolt of the tent" is growing. A large rally is planned on Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. in Tel Aviv, to protest skyrocketing housing prices. And especially the widening of social inequalities. Efmme sleeping on a sofa near destentes installed on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv
The movement continues unabated. Last Saturday, more than [...]

The Italian Parmalat, which was acquired in June by French Lactalis, Thursday lowered its forecast for gross operating income for fiscal 2011, due to low consumption in Italy.
The company anticipates an EBITDA of 365 million euros in 2011, against 377.3 million euros in 2010 and 385 million originally expected.
However, Parmalat expected [...]

SGS, the world leader in monitoring and inspection, announced Friday a lower than expected performance in the first half of 2011, coupled with a concern about margins.
If the group expects to Geneva this year strong growth in sales about 10%, it expects operating margins but slightly lower at constant exchange rates.
The [...]

European distribution groups are about to pull the alarm: across the continent, consumers reduce their purchases of capital goods such as televisions or furniture, raising fears of a return to recession.
Customers, faced with rising prices on the one hand and the impact of austerity measures on the other, also trying to save money [...]

U.S. markets ended Thursday night in a disorganized, but far from their low of the day, the indices have erased much of their losses, even closing up for the Nasdaq after the announcement of an agreement in Greece.
Citing sources close to the situation, Reuters announced that evening, before the information is later confirmed [...]