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Nov 07 2009
US jobless rate hits 26-year high
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Unemployment rate topped 10 per cent in October despite fewer cuts in positions by employers [EPA]
Unemployment rate topped 10 per cent in October despite fewer cuts in positions by employers [EPA]
The latest official data shows that the unemployment rate in the United States touched 10.2 per cent in October, the highest since 1983.

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China condemns US trade action
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China has been pressing the US to grant it 'market economy' status before a 2016 deadline [EPA]
China has been pressing the US to grant it 'market economy' status before a 2016 deadline [EPA]
China has described as protectionist new US anti-dumping duties on steel pipes and demanded Washington's recognition that it is a market economy.

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German Opel workers stage strikes
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Thousands of Opel car workers in Germany have downed tools to show their anger at the decision by General Motors, the US carmaker which owns the unit, to abandon a plan to sell the operation to Magna, a Canadian group.

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German anger at GM Opel decision
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German politicians and unions have expressed anger at the decision by General Motors, the US carmaker, not to sell Opel, its European unit, after months of painstaking talks.

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UK-Chinese firms sign Iraq oil deal
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CNPC and BP hope to increase Rumaila's output to 2.85 million barrels per day [AFP]
CNPC and BP hope to increase Rumaila's output to 2.85 million barrels per day [AFP]
UK oil giant, British Petroleum and the China National Petroleum Corporation have signed Iraq's first major new oil deal since the 2003 US-led invasion.

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