AUSTRALIA
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
More People Working but Jobless Rate Is Up: Australian employment increased by 30,400 in November to a record 8.03 million people in the work force, the Bureau of Statistics reported, but more people looking for work nudged up the unemployment rate to 9.3%, from 9.1% in October.
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