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Even if the talks were constructive, do not expect a conclusion until the 16th of the month. April to count. At the beginning of march, the two swiss-based commodity companies had given this date as the closing date, after previously targeting mid-march.

The EU commission had already given the green light for the megadeal in november 2012. The merger of the commodity giants was originally scheduled to go ahead last year. The "elephant wedding" was postponed several times due to outstanding official approvals.

Commodities trader glencore and mining group xstrata had agreed to merge in february 2012. As "glencore xstrata plc" they want to form one of the world’s largest commodity groups, with the entire value chain from mining and trading to storage and transport concentrated under one company roof. The annual turnover will then be about 200 billion dollars (156 billion euros).

In the second month of the year, 7657 people were registered as unemployed in the main-rhon region. That was 62 people or 0.8 percent fewer than in january. The unemployment rate fell from 3.2 percent in january to 3.1 percent in february. Compared to the previous year, the level of the
unemployment significantly lower. In february 2017, the number of unemployed was still 1550 more, and the unemployment rate was 3.8 percent.

Much movement

"The seasonal increase in unemployment during the winter months failed to materialize despite the cold february. The number of unemployed people has remained below the 8000 mark since april 2017.", thomas stelzer, chairman of the management board of the agency for labor schweinfurt, commented on the latest figures. Employment figures in the region remain relatively high. 2777 people were able to end their unemployment in february, 764 more than in the previous month. In turn, 2721 workers had to register as unemployed for the first time or again. This was 113 people less than in january. "Some employers in the region, faced with full order books, had tried harder to keep their employees on over the winter. The bad weather phase was used to reduce the overtime accumulated during the summer months", summed up stelzer.
Compared to the previous month, almost all groups of people benefited from the development of the labor market. Not, however, among younger people under 25 years of age. 700 people were affected by unemployment here in february. This was 23 more than in the previous month, but 183 people fewer than in the same month of the previous year. "Due to seasonal factors, a slight increase in the number of unemployed young people is not unusual. Not only trainees who have successfully completed their training, but also those who have dropped out of training or university are increasingly contacting the career counselors at the employment agency to explore possible career alternatives, explained stelzer. The increase in unemployment among men is also typical for the time of year. Men work predominantly in the jobs that are heavily affected by seasonal unemployment in the winter months. Contrary to the seasonal trend, this was only 12 more people than in the previous month, and 920 fewer than in the previous year.
The number of companies that had registered short-time work for their employees rose by six to 21 companies with 117 employees. Compared to january, about 14 more people were affected. A year ago the numbers were even higher. In february 2017, there were still 23 companies with 669 employees for which short-time work was registered. Unemployment rose slightly among people with a refugee background; nevertheless
there are significantly fewer unemployed than a year ago. In february, 577 unemployed people with a refugee background were paid in the main-rhon region. That was 7.5 percent of all registered unemployed people.

A broad, non-partisan alliance of initiatives and individuals is petitioning the bavarian state parliament for the wiesenttalbahn as an attractive local transport system from forchheim to ebermannstadt and on to french switzerland. The core demands of the petition are the introduction of a 30-minute frequency in the short term, an attractive design of the stops, optimal links between rail and bus, and in the medium term the extension of regular local rail passenger transport (SPNV) into the upper wiesent valley. The latter serves above all to relieve the city of ebermannstadt from through traffic, he said at a press conference in the "schwanenbrau.

Among the initiators are lisa badum (bundnis 90/die grunen), member of the bundestag forchheim, and christiane meyer, mayor of ebermannstadt . The citizens' initiative "pro wiesenttal ohne ostspange" (biwo) supports the action alliance, as do the verkehrsclub deutschland ( VCD ), the allgemeine deutsche fahrradclub ( ADFC ), transition forchheim, the movement okologische region frankische schweiz (bor) and the energy and climate alliance forchheim.

The alliance was also initiated by county council members christian kiehr, matthias striebich and elisabeth krause. Lisa badum , climate expert of her parliamentary group, stated: "the shift of traffic to public transport must take place much faster and more comprehensively than before. The expansion of rail as a climate-friendly and attractive alternative to motorized individual transport is one of the priority measures in the wiesent valley as well."

Local hero philipp kohlschreiber once again thrills german tennis fans in munich.

The 32-year-old davis cup player from augsburg will battle it out on sunday against shooting star dominic thiem from austria in his fifth final match for the third title at the BMW open after 2007 and 2012.

Fourth seed kohlschreiber defeated italian fabio fognini in the semifinals with astonishing ease 6:1, 6:4. "There is little to complain about. I’m a bit surprised myself by the clear results this week," said the happy winner.