Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,307.20	-80.41	-0.52%
S&P 500	1,655.35	-13.81	-0.83%
Nasdaq	3,463.30	-38.82	-1.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,307.20

-80.41

-0.52%

S&P 500

1,655.35

-13.81

-0.83%

Nasdaq

3,463.30

-38.82

-1.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,835.01	+13.36	0.47%
FTSE 100	6,840.27	+36.40	0.53%
DAX	8,530.89	+58.69	0.69%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,835.01

+13.36

0.47%

FTSE 100

6,840.27

+36.40

0.53%

DAX

8,530.89

+58.69

0.69%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,601.00	-26.25	-0.17%
Hang Seng	22,870.60	-390.52	-1.68%
S&P/ASX 200	5,074.00	-91.37	-1.77%

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Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,601.00

-26.25

-0.17%

Hang Seng

22,870.60

-390.52

-1.68%

S&P/ASX 200

5,074.00

-91.37

-1.77%

French Labor Minister Wants Fewer Hired on Temporary Contracts

By Carol Matlack - 2012-09-10T06:36:43Z

French employers should hire more workers on a permanent basis, rather than on temporary contracts that have become prevalent in recent years, Labor Minister Michel Sapin said in an interview on France 2 television.

Reforms are needed to ensure that permanent work contracts are “the rule,” he said, without giving specific proposals, adding that unemployment will start to decline by end of 2013.

The government plans to raise 20 billion euros ($25.6 billion) in taxes and to cut spending by 10 billion euros as part of a recovery plan, and not austerity measures, Sapin told the tv station.

To contact the reporter on this story: Carol Matlack in Paris at cmatlack@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Vidya Root at vroot@bloomberg.net

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