USA: Employment growing but less than expected
The recent labour market figures are, on the whole, positive. Unemployment has fallen from 7% to 6.7% and the number of people in search of work is also down. However, the growth in the number of jobs is slowing. In December 2013, the Establishment Survey reported the number of jobs in the non-agricultural sector to be up by 74,000, compared with 241,000 in November – and much less than the expected 196,000. The numbers in work increased by 87,000 in the private sector, compared with a fall of 13,000 in the public sector. Source: infoMercatiEsteri.
Turkey: B2B meetings with Italian enterprises on 30 January.
The President of Turkey, Abdullah Gul, and Ali Babacan, the Deputy Premier and Minister for the Economy and Finance, are visiting Italy, accompanied by about 100 Turkish enterprises. To coincide with the visit, Network Globale, Rome Chamber of Commerce’s Internationalisation Agency, and Unioncamere Lazio are organising a day of meetings in Villa Miani. The event, scheduled for 30 January, will open with a plenary session attended by Barbacan, Gul, Rifat Hisarciklioglu (President of the Turkish Confederation of Chambers of Commerce, the TOBB), Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, the Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, and Aurelio Regina, President of Network Globale. The day will continue with thematic meetings on infrastructure, energy and business opportunities, and with a session of meetings between Italian businesses and their Turkish counterparts. Source: Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor
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