Bailed-out Portugal’s jobless rate hits new record

Bailed-out Portugal’s jobless rate hits new record

LISBON, Portugal (AP)Portugal’s jobless rate jumped to a record 14 percent at the end of last year, the national statistics agency reported Thursday in the latest grim sign of the bailed-out country’s worsening economic problems.

The unemployment rate

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Portugal wins German support for bailout changes

Portugal wins German support for bailout changes

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s attempts to get some breathing space in its austerity and reform program appears to have won the support of Germany’s finance minister.

Portugal’s promises to introduce a raft of tax hikes, pay cuts and other

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