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"The public procurement market should be leveraged as a key instrument for promoting social value, enhancing social capital and aligning with the EU's ambitions for green and digital transformations," the former Italian prime minister wrote. Since reform of the framework in 2014, however, he pointed out that procedures have not been simplified, access for SMEs has not been improved and environmental, innovative and social aspects have only been taken into account to a limited extent. According to a recent analysis by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the public procurement market has not o...
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Washington (AFP) - US job growth was markedly below analyst expectations in April while unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, signaling that the labor market is cooling. But with the world's biggest economy adding 175,000 jobs last month according to the Department of Labor, hiring appears still resilient despite the lower reading than 315,000 in March. Analysts had expected growth of 250,000 jobs, according to Briefing.com. The jobless rate edged slightly higher from 3.8 percent in March to 3.9 percent last month. "The great American comeback continues," said US President Joe ...
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Unemployment across Europe showed little change in March, compared to February, according to Eurostat. The rate in the Eurozone remained at 6.5%, the same as in the first two months of the year and down from 6.6% in March 2023. Across the 27 countries in the EU, the rate slightly decreased to 6% from 6.1% in February. Compared to March last year, it remained unchanged. There was an estimated 13.258 million people without jobs in the EU, of whom 11.087 million in the euro area, were unemployed in March 2024. France works to find further ways to scale back on unemployment benefits UK unemploymen...
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Washington (AFP) - Hiring in the US private sector cooled in April but job growth was still higher than anticipated, boosted by the services sector, payroll firm ADP said Wednesday. Companies added 192,000 jobs last month, down slightly from a revised 208,000 in the month before, the report said. The labor market has shown resilience despite the US central bank's efforts to keep interest rates elevated and fight stubborn inflation. While higher rates raise the borrowing costs for consumers and businesses -- and can weigh on employment -- the jobs market has held up with employers reluctant to ...
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Africa’s influence on the world stage is growing. Not only does the continent play an increasing diplomatic role in the Ukraine war; its membership of, and participation in, multilateral forums such as the G20 and BRICS is growing, and it demands a place in the UN Security Council. Amid the global scramble for influence, and in another sign of Africa's new-found importance, the continent has recently received a flurry of high-level visitors. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Chinese and Russian foreign ministers Qin Gang and Sergei Lavrov, have all v...
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Five social-democrat lawmakers will visit Amazon facilities in Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands today (12 April), after representatives from the e-commerce platform were banned from entering the European Parliament following several no-shows at planned hearings. During the visits, conducted together with trade union representatives, the lawmakers will want to hear more about working conditions from employees, a press statement by union UNI Europa, which coordinated the visits, said. The Socialist and Democrats (S&D) employment and social affairs spokesperson Agnes Jongerius (the Nethe...
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Washington (AFP) - US hiring rose much more than expected last month, according to government data published Friday, increasing the chances that the Federal Reserve will remain on pause for longer as it weighs when to start cutting interest rates. The world's largest economy added 303,000 jobs in March, up from a revised 270,000 new jobs created a month earlier, the Department of Labor announced. The surge, coming seven months before the November election pitting President Joe Biden against former Republican president Donald Trump, was far above market expectations of an increase of 200,000, ...
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Washington (AFP) - US private sector hiring came in well above expectations last month, payroll firm ADP said Wednesday, with construction, financial services and manufacturing all contributing to the increase. Private sector employment rose by 184,000 in March, ADP said in a statement. This was sharply above market predictions of 150,000 new jobs, according to Briefing.com. ADP also revised up the February jobs data, from 140,000 to 155,000. The hot jobs data will be well-received by the Biden administration as it seeks to talk up the president's economic record ahead of November's preside...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Fast food workers in California on Monday hailed a pay raise that takes their minimum wage to $20 an hour, even as firms warned of likely price increases in an already expensive state. Staff flipping burgers or filling burritos at large chain restaurants will now be guaranteed one of the highest base rates in the country. "It'll help me breathe a little easier in terms of paying my rent and even buying groceries," said Angelica Hernandez, who works at a McDonald's in Los Angeles. "In all of my 19 years working in this industry... maybe 25 cents would be the max (raise) that...
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New York (AFP) - A new French cafe is hoping to break into New York's notoriously competitive food scene while also offering opportunity to people with mental and cognitive disabilities. Cafe Joyeux is an "inclusive" chain of restaurants staffed by workers with autism and Down syndrome that has made a mark in France and other European countries and is now targeting the Big Apple. The company's newest branch, Cafe Joyeux Lexington, has picked a cheery corner in the bustling Midtown business district for the company's American debut. Officially inaugurated on Thursday in parallel with World Dow...
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