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Unemployment down slightly in Dec

28/01/2017

COLDWATER: Branch County's unemployment rate dropped in December but it was higher than the rate for December of 2015. According...

Xbox revenues down 3%, but digital transactions reach $1 bln

WASHINGTON: Microsoft’s gaming division isn’t making as much money as the price of an Xbox One continues to fall, but...

Customs proposes N900bn revenue target for 2017

WASHINGTON: The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali, says the service has proposed N900 billion as revenue...

Illinois unemployment rate drops but higher than national average

WASHINGTON: Slightly fewer people were seeking full-time employment last year in the Peoria Metro area as well as statewide. Generally...

Mexican import tax idea hits home in Montana

KALISPELL: President Trump's plan to build a wall on the Mexican border is potentially running up against its own walls....

Spanish unemployment at 7-year low

WASHINGTON: The unemployment rate in Spain fell 2.3 percentage points to 18.6 percent in 2016, its lowest level since 2009,...

Eir’s half yearly revenues, earnings up by 2%

WASHINGTON: Telecoms, internet and entertainment group Eir has announced results for the half year to the end of December. The...

Pagcor revenues surge amid Duterte war on online gaming

WASHINGTON: The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) experienced a sharp spike in gaming revenues last year amid a crackdown...

Sweden’s timber imports forecast to grow 40% in 2016

WASHINGTON: As the rapid growth in timber exports to China is showing no signs of slowing down, the Swedish Forest...

Malta’s unemployment rate falls below 3,000 mark

WASHINGTON: The number of persons registering for work in December 2016 stood at 2,912 compared to 4,615 in the corresponding...

Argentina posts $2.1 bln trade surplus in 2016 on drop in imports

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina posted a $2.1 billion trade surplus in 2016, government statistics agency Indec said on Tuesday, as a...

Nigeria Customs sacks 48 senior officers

ABUJA: Three Deputy Comptroller of Customs and Four Assistant Comptrollers were among 48 senior Custom officers whose appointments have been...

Tame inflation unlikely to rattle RBA

WASHINGTON: A more subdued inflation result than economists had been expecting is unlikely to panic the Reserve Bank into cutting...

Customs agency urged to identify options to improve service

KINGSTON: Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, is challenging the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) to identify options...

Indiana unemployment rate remains lowest point in 15 years

INDIANAPOLIS: Indiana’s unemployment rate decreased by two-tenths of a percent to 4.0 percent in December, which marks its lowest point...

Convention Center revenue reaches about $2M in 2016

WASHINGTON: The Blair County Convention Center’s revenue for 2016 came in just slightly less than $2 million, a praiseworthy figure,...

Morocco’s inflation rate jumps to 1.6% in 2016

RABAT: The annual rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), indicating inflation, rose to 1.6% in 2016, according to Morocco’s...

Lubbock’s unemployment rate rose slightly in Dec 2016

LUBBOCK: Job statistics released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission show Lubbock's unemployment rose to 3.2 percent during the month...

Unemployment falls to 3.79% in Dec

TAIPEI: Taiwan's unemployment rate fell slightly last December to 3.79 percent, with 446,000 people out of work, 9,000 fewer than...

Customs eyes to collect RM40-RM42 bln in GST this year