BUSINESS BRIEFING / INTERNATIONAL
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Europe’s economy contracted at the fastest pace in at least 13 years in the first quarter as companies cut output and jobs to survive the worst global slump in more than six decades.
Gross domestic product in the 16-member euro region fell 2.5% from the fourth quarter, the biggest decline since the data were first compiled in 1995.
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