In May 2013, compared with April 2013, the industrial producer price index1 fell by 0.3% in both the euro area (EA17) and the EU27, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April prices ...
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According to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in May this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.3 percent both in the euro area and in the European Union member states (EU-27), ...
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In 2012, the price level of a comparable basket of food and non-alcoholic beverages was more than twice as high in the most expensive EU27 Member State than in the cheapest one. Denmark had the highest price level for food and ...
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In 2012, 15.2 million foreign citizens worked in the EU27, accounting for 7% of total employment. Among these foreign citizens, 6.6 million were citizens of another EU Member State and 8.6 million were citizens of a country outside the EU. ...
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The US on Friday identified eight petrochemical companies it says are owned or controlled by the government of Iran and are therefore subject to sanctions. The US State Department also sanctioned two companies "for knowingly engaging in a ...
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In the EU27, household electricity prices rose by 6.6% between the second half of 2011 and the second half of 2012, after an increase of 6.3% between the second half of 2010 and 2011. Household gas prices increased by 10.3% in the EU27 ...
Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the ...
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The fine wine market will grow 22% by Christmas 2014, according to Premier Cru Fine Wine Investments. The Fine Wine market has experienced 15% growth since November 2012 The investment company estimated the market had experienced 15% ...
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The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and social contributions in % of GDP, in the EU27 stood at 38.8% in 2011, from 38.3% in 2010 and 38.4% in 2009. The overall tax ratio in the euro area (EA17) increased to 39.5% in 2011, ...
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ANZ Bank's better than expected half-year result yesterday was the trigger for a buying scramble in the big four banks that single-handedly pushed Australia's major sharemarket index up 65 points, or 1.2 per cent, to a five-year high of ...
Shimano's total sales inched up to $636.1 million (63.3 billion yen) from $628.1 million over the first quarter of last year. Sales at Shimano's bicycle division grew 3 percent to $514 million (51.1 billion yen), and account for 81 ...
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High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
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Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations company Groub-IB have recently identified a new piece of malware designed to steal login credentials from specialized software used to trade stocks and other securities online. ...
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The United States Coast Guard has awarded RWO’s ballast water treatment system, CleanBallast, Allternate Management System (AMS) approval. RWO says that this certificate is awarded by The United States Coast Guard (USCG) and is ...
The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 5.6% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle last week. The US exchange rate rose by 0.5%.It was a disappointing opening sale after the Easter break. Demand from all parts of ...
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