Japan October Jobless Rate Falls to 2.5% for 2nd Straight Monthly Drop as Job Cuts Dip, Number of People Starting to Look for Work Plunges

–Employment Up on Year for 15th Straight Month, Led by Hotels, Restaurants, Communications; Construction Sheds Jobs After Recent Gains –Number of Unemployed Drops on Year for 2nd Straight Month By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japanese payrolls posted their 15th straight rise on year in October as hotels, restaurants and information communications firms hired more workers […]

Italy-Brussels Tensions Rise Over Delayed Tourism Deregulation, EU COVID Funds’ Revised Targets

By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Tensions between Rome’s rightist government and Brussels are rising over the investments of revised European post-COVID funds and a delay in deregulating key tourist services, warned opposition forces. Democrat officials are concerned that were Italy to fail in “being credible and efficient” in investing the updated post-pandemic aid, and […]