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Infosys to hire 10,000 US workers in 2 years

  Bloomberg India’s Infosys Ltd. said it plans to hire 10,000 Americans in the next two years, following criticism from the Trump administration that the company and other outsourcing firms are unfairly taking jobs away from US workers. Infosys, which employs about 200,000 people around the world, will expand its local hiring in the US while adding four hubs to ...

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Euro-area factories expand at fastest pace in six years

  Bloomberg Euro-area factories expanded output at the fastest pace since 2011 as the currency bloc’s economy continued to gather momentum. A gauge of manufacturing activity rose to 56.7 in April from 56.2 the previous month, IHS Markit reported. An April 21 preliminary estimate was for an increase to 56.8. With the European Central Bank showing little hurry to end ...

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Italian joblessness up as more seek work

  Bloomberg Italy’s unemployment rate unexpectedly increased in March as the number of people looking for a job rose and the pace of economic growth could not satisfy their demand. Joblessness climbed to 11.7 percent from 11.5 percent in February, statistics agency Istat said in Rome. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 12 analysts called for a reading ...

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