Archive for March 15th, 2008
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
France created 327,800 new jobs in 2007, an increase of 1.8 percent over the year before and the highest level since 2000, an on-line report of the French daily laTribune said Friday.
In the last quarter, over 53,800 jobs were creat ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
The U.S. dollar fell briefly to a 12-year low in 99 yen territory on Friday for the first time to break the 100 yen line in Tokyo since October 1995.
At 5 p.m. in Tokyo, the dollar traded at 100.27-30 yen against Thursday's 5 p.m. q ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Singapore's retail sales in January this year grew by 7.8 percent over a year ago, with positive growths in most of the sectors, said the Department of Statistics on Friday.
According to figures released by the department, excluding ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Singapore's employment jumped by a record 234,900, or 9.4 percent, in 2007, surpassing the gains of176,000, or 7.6 percent, in 2006, said the Ministry of Manpower in a statement on Friday.
The ministry attributed the increase to las ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Environment ministers and high-level officials from Group of 20 members gathered Saturday in Chiba, east of Tokyo, to talk about a post-Kyoto framework aimed at better tackling with global climate change.
The two-day fourth minister ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Japan's Defense Ministry on Saturday launched comprehensive environmental assessment on a U.S. Marine Corps' relocation site, said reports from the southern Japanese port city of Naha, capital of Okinawa Island.
The assessment work, ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
More than 300 small planes and helicopters were grounded on Friday due to fears they may have a faulty part that can cause loss of power and engine failure, Radio New Zealand reported on Saturday.
The problem was discovered in the ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Colombian and Venezuelan leaders have agreed to meet soon to restore mutual trust jeopardized by a recent confrontation over Colombia's cross-border attack on rebels in Ecuador, the Colombian foreign minister said Friday.
Fernando A ...
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