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Global Manufacturing, France Outperforms, As Spain Continues To Flounder

Well, it is not as if I relish rubbing salt into old wounds, but this quote from the latest piece by Ben Hall in Paris and Ralph Atkins in today’s Financial Times is just too good to resist. French manufacturing output rose at its fastest rate for nine years, according to a survey on Monday, confirming [...]

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Global Manufacturing, France Outperforms, As Spain Continues To Flounder

Well, it is not as if I relish rubbing salt into old wounds, but this quote from the latest piece by Ben Hall in Paris and Ralph Atkins in today's Financial Times is just too good to resist. French manufacturing output rose at its fastest rate for nine years, according to a survey on Monday, confirming that France has become the economic powerhouse of continental Europe. Purchasing managers’...

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Global Manufacturing, France Outperforms, As Spain Continues To Flounder

Well, it is not as if I relish rubbing salt into old wounds, but this quote from the latest piece by Ben Hall in Paris and Ralph Atkins in today's Financial Times is just too good to resist. French manufacturing output rose at its fastest rate for nine years, according to a survey on Monday, confirming that France has become the economic powerhouse of continental Europe. Purchasing managers’...

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Europe reaps rewards of short-time jobs

Schemes in which people work fewer hours while the government tops up their pay mean that some of the largest European economies have curbed the social costs of the severe recession, writes Ralph Atkins

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Why Libor concerns persist

Rates have fallen because the financial sector is awash with liquidity, but Libor rates could soon rise again, write David Oakley and Ralph Atkins