Aldi UKs December Sales Up 26 as Shoppers Seek Savings

December sales top 1.4 billion pounds Highlights strong sales of fresh meat, desserts, cheese Pledges lowest UK grocery prices in 2023 39;no matter what39; LONDON, Jan 3 Reuters The British arm of German discount supermarket group Aldi said its sales in December rose 26 compared to the previous year, reflecting the opening of new stores […]
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Startups Spring from Ashes of Big Tech Purge

Mass tech layoffs spawn new wave of startups Earlystage VC funding at around record levels Echoes of dotcom crash that fueled Facebook, others Jan 3 Reuters Nic Szerman lost his job at Meta Platforms in November, just two months after joining fulltime, falling victim to a sweeping 13 reduction of its workforce as the advertising market […]
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German Unemployment Falls in December

BERLIN, Jan 3 Reuters German unemployment fell in December, Labour Office figures showed on Tuesday, with the labour market overall being only moderately affected by the war in Ukraine last year. The Federal Labour Office said the number of people out of work decreased by 13,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to 2.52 million. Analysts polled […]
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Spains December Jobless Falls to 15Year Low

Jan 3 Reuters The number of people registering as jobless in Spain fell slightly in December from a month earlier, ending 2022 at a 15year low, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday. The number of jobless fell by 1.52, or by 43,727 people, leaving 2.84 million people out of work. It is the […]
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