(PTI): Britain’s jobless rate has risen to 7.6 percent of the work force in May, the highest rate in 12 years, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. UK’s unemployment soared by 281,000 to 2.38 million in the three months to May, the highest since January 1997, after a record increase in joblessness over [...]
Britain’s jobless rate highest in 12 years: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Published in July 16th, 2009
Posted by The Business Time in Business
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“Saudi Arabia will allow Israeli bombers to use its airspace for an aerial attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure”: Mossad Director
Published in July 6th, 2009
(PTI): Saudi Arabia will allow Israeli bombers to use its airspace for an aerial attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, diplomatic sources say. Director of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, has assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Saudi airspace would be available for Israel in case it plans to move forward with a long-threatened military foray
“Obama Administration miscalculated the severity of the economic situation”: US Vice President Joe Biden
Published in July 6th, 2009
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(PTI): US Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama Administration miscalculated the severity of the economic situation, insisting that the stimulus package will be promising. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday Biden said that the administration fully supports the stimulus package and believes it could generate more jobs
Jordanians protest to ban on the import of Israeli agricultural products
Published in July 6th, 2009
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(PTI): Jordanian police attack demonstrators who demand a ban on the import of Israeli agricultural products which they say supports Jewish settlements. The demonstrators held a sit-in on Sunday in front of the Agricultural Ministry to protest the import of Israeli vegetables and fruits. Jordanians say buying Israeli produce helps Jewish settlers
N. Korean series of missiles not for peace: UN Secretary General
Published in July 6th, 2009
(PTI): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses concern over a series of missile launches by North Korea, saying such moves are ‘unhelpful’ for peace in the troubled peninsula. Ban told reporters in Geneva
Another dramatic turn in Mumbai attack case
Published in July 4th, 2009
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(PTI): An eye witness says Pakistani gunmen Mohammed Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismael used him as a ‘human shield’ to escape police at Mumbai’s Cama Hospital. Chandrakant Tikhe, who works as generator operator and liftman at the hospital told Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam at a special court hearing the Mumbai case on Friday that on November [...]
