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AMERICA may lead the rich world in periods of prosperity, but Europe has shown a greater talent for dealing with recession. Unemployment in the euro area has risen by 30% from its pre-crisis levels. America’s jobless rate has more than doubled. In Germany, the largest country in the euro zone...

More than half of India's employable population was without jobs during 2004-05, with urban India accounting for most number of people out of work, the government said on Friday. According to the National Sample Survey Organisation data, about 42 per cent of the population was employed during...

Jobless Claims Increase by Largest Amount Since Early August WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose last week by the largest amount since early August, providing further evidence that economy has slowed. The Labor Department said that...

India’s current manufacturing boom is not broad-based, in contrast to a similar growth performance in the 1980s. This is revealed by production and wages (or employment) data for various industry groups. In 2004-05 and 2005-06, the manufacturing sector grew at the rate of about 9 per cent...