Financial provider launches German business

The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to a 30-month high in February. The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose to 2.835m in the week ended 1 March, the highest since September 2005, from 2.828m the previous week, the Labor Department said.

Finance professionals believe in carbon offsetting

The Australian Defence Force plans to adopt aboriginal traditions like smoking ceremonies to boost the recruitment of indigenous people. Defence personnel minister Warren Snowdon said: “We have to have significant cultural change.”