The constitution sets out that Germany's individual states decide on religious public holidays so the federal interior minister has no influence on whether there should be Muslim public holidays, the spokeswoman added.
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Japan releases PMI data next week due to public holidays.
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Japanese markets are closed for a string of public holidays.
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Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese markets were shut for public holidays.
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Markets in Thailand and Vietnam were closed for public holidays.
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The Kuwait and Oman markets were closed for public holidays.
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The Kuwaiti and Omani markets were closed for public holidays.
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Both Monday and Friday in this week are public holidays.
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India and South Korea markets were closed for public holidays.
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Markets in Qatar and Bahrain were closed for public holidays.
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The markets were closed for public holidays on Monday and Tuesday.
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New Zealand, Japan and Thailand markets were shut for public holidays.
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Taiwan's financial markets were shut Monday and Tuesday for public holidays.
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Many financial markets will be closed on Friday for public holidays.
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United Arab Emirates and Omani markets were closed for public holidays.
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Markets in China remained closed for the Golden Week public holidays.
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The onshore market was closed for the Golden Week public holidays.
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Mainland Chinese markets are shut for the Golden Week public holidays.
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Markets in China and South Korea remained shut for public holidays.
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Markets in China and South Korea remain closed for public holidays.
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The Saudi Arabian and Omani were closed for public holidays on Sunday.
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Markets in South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand were shut for public holidays.
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Seoul markets were closed last week and on Monday for public holidays.
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Markets in Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan were shut for public holidays.
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Indian financial markets were shut on Tuesday and Wednesday for public holidays.
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Markets in Thailand and New Zealand are closed today for public holidays.
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China's financial markets were shut on Monday and Tuesday for public holidays.
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Markets in South Korea and China remain closed due to public holidays.
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Special public holidays were declared for Thursday and Friday following the elections.
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Indian markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday for public holidays.
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On weekends and public holidays, that cap is raised to 20183 minutes.
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Markets in mainland China and South Korea were closed for public holidays.
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Whelan used the account to send out congratulations on Russian public holidays.
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Markets in Hong Kong and South Korea are closed for public holidays.
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The daily stock trading volume was weak ahead of public holidays on Oct.
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Markets in Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand were shut for public holidays.
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Indian financial markets will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday for public holidays.
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The week-long public holidays in China started in early February this year.
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Liquidity was relatively thin with public holidays in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
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Markets in China, Hong Kong and South Korea are shut for public holidays.
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Markets in Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines were closed today for public holidays.
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Shanghai crude futures trading will resume on Monday after public holidays in China.
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Austrians enjoy 13 paid public holidays and 25 days of paid annual leave.
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Volumes dwindled in Europe with both London and U.S. markets closed for public holidays.
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Markets in Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand were closed Thursday for public holidays.
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Also pledges to raise pay for people who work on weekends and public holidays.
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Eid al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of Ramadan, and Diwali are public holidays.
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Trade was thin with public holidays in Britain and the United States on Monday.
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Markets in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong were closed for public holidays.
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Overall trade was subdued due to public holidays in Asia and the United States.
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Markets in Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong are shut Wednesday for public holidays.
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Australian and New Zealand markets are closed on Friday and Monday for public holidays.
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Police said the pair had planned to launch more bomb attacks on public holidays.
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But liquidity was relatively thin with public holidays in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
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Trade was thinned by public holidays in Japan, South Korea and the United States.
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The days do not include weekends and public holidays according to the court rules.
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Trading was subdued due to public holidays in China, the United States and Britain.
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Trading was light due to public holidays in the United States and United Kingdom.
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Markets in China, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan are shut for public holidays.
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Markets in China and Hong Kong were closed for the Lunar New Year public holidays.
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The special committee convenes after weeks of political delay and a sprinkling of public holidays.
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The finished down 20143 percent on Monday, and has been closed since for public holidays.
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Overnight, the stock markets in Japan and Hong Kong were also closed for public holidays.
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Markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines were shut for public holidays.
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United Arab Emirates markets, reopening after a long weekend due to public holidays, also climbed.
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Several markets, including South Korea and China, will be shut next week for public holidays.
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Their birthdays are public holidays in North Korea, celebrated with lavish festivals, fireworks, and pilgrimages.
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Public holidays in the United States and Britain on Monday limited participation, keeping volumes low.
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The markets in Japan, South Korea and China were closed for public holidays on Monday.
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ET. Public holidays in the United States and Britain on Monday limited participation, keeping volumes low.
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According to Riley, it's enough to entice staff in on the weekends and even public holidays.
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They have raised the minimum wage, cut crisis-time tax surcharges and reintroduced four public holidays.
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The fees range from 38 cents to $4.57, with no fees on Sundays and public holidays.
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Markets in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan are closed for public holidays.
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The party also pledges to raise pay for people who work on weekends and public holidays.
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Many markets in Europe and Latin America will be closed on Tuesday as well for public holidays.
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The expected rebound is partly due to positive calendar effects such as public holidays falling on weekends.
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We hope you've saved up some vacation days, though, because weekends and public holidays won't be covered.
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This weakness has so far been mainly linked to long public holidays, cold weather and flu epidemics.
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Trading was subdued in Asian time because China's financial markets are closed until Monday for public holidays.
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Volumes were expected to be thin as the London and New York markets were closed for public holidays.
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Europe and Asia's largest markets, Germany and China, were both shut for public holidays on Monday, limiting trade.
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In 2016, a new holiday "Mountain Day" was started, bringing Japan's number of annual public holidays to 16.
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Most of the unrest roiling Hong Kong since June has occurred at night, on weekends or public holidays.
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However, with three public holidays observed over the next eight days in Australia, the process could be delayed.
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Trading could be subdued in Asian time because China's financial markets are closed until Monday for public holidays.
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South Korea's markets will be closed during Chuseok holiday and other public holidays from Oct 2 to Oct 9.
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Trading volumes were relatively light ahead of public holidays that will close London and New York markets on Monday.
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Markets in rest of the region rose, with major indexes in Japan, India and Singapore closed for public holidays.
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His lessons range from topics including public holidays, food and the voting system to Germany's mostly liberal social norms.
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After complaints about noise and safety, its hours were first reduced and then restricted to Saturdays and public holidays.
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Trading was subdued owing to public holidays across a number of Australian states, including New South Wales and Queensland.
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One useful feature of public holidays is that workers worry less about bunking off if everyone else does the same.
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More Chinese tourists are going abroad, and that also means during important public holidays, fewer people are visiting department stores.
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Markets in Europe opened lower amid subdued trading as some exchanges in Asia and Europe were closed for public holidays.
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Of those round trips, 96 took place during Russian public holidays or between Friday lunchtime in Moscow and Monday morning.
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Liquidity was relatively thin on Monday, with China, South Korea, Hong Kong and India and markets closed for public holidays.
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You probably want to avoid Mondays, as most public holidays fall on Mondays and you get those days off anyway.
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It's fun to stroll around the bustling market, which is open Monday to Saturday and is closed on public holidays.
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Number 40 on the list, Mexico offers the fewest days off: 14 (six paid-leave days and eight public holidays).
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Of those round trips, 96 took place during Russian public holidays or between Friday lunchtime in Moscow and Monday morning.
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Trading could be subdued in Asia on Wednesday time because China's financial markets are closed until Monday for public holidays.
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Trading volumes were subdued owing to public holidays across a number of Australian states, including New South Wales and Queensland.
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In their first year at a company, employees can expect at most one day of vacation (other than public holidays).
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It is true that Americans do well in terms of public holidays; they have ten, two more than workers in Britain.
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The government said people could return to work on Thursday, following several consecutive public holidays due to the lack of electricity.
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Greenback's gains against the yen came in thin market conditions, with Japanese markets closed on Wednesday and Thursday for public holidays.
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"Public holidays may lead to better off-time but in terms of productivity and consumer behaviors there's an impact," he said.
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Here's how to turn 17 days of Australian annual leave into 43 days by maximising public holidays, weekends and annual leave.
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Trading volume was light in most markets ahead of public holidays that will close London and New York markets on Monday.
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Trading volumes are expected to be low as the New York and London markets are closed on Monday for public holidays.
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Both her children now live in the provinces with her family, visiting her sporadically at annual public holidays, when finances permit.
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Liquidity was expected to be thin on Monday, with China, South Korea, Hong Kong, India and Australia markets closed for public holidays.
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The session in Asia followed gains on Wall Street overnight as other major markets in the region remained closed for public holidays.
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Going forward he expected prices to stabilise, with fewer production days available in May when Norway has a string of public holidays.
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The new contract will require Asda staff to work in different parts of stores and different days or hours, including public holidays.
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Global markets are relatively calm on Monday, as stocks exchanges in the U.S., the U.K. and China were closed for public holidays.
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Brazil came out on top, with 30 paid leave days and 11 public holidays, giving its citizens 41 vacation days a year.
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The three days are not public holidays in China, and the order comes amid an intensifying crackdown on foreign-influenced religious activity.
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He pointed to another episode last November, when Mr. Klemp made a series of incendiary comments during a meeting about public holidays.
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"Most of the rerouted trips to the two cities were made prior to or during weekends or public holidays," the audit found.
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Workers were also told to take their vacations in December, a period when production would be low any way because of public holidays.
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)Asian markets were subdued in early trading Monday, as important parts of the region were closed for public holidays.
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Stock markets in Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia were closed on Monday due to public holidays marking Orthodox Christian Easter, though their currencies traded.
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Markets in Malaysia and South Korea are shut on Monday for public holidays, while mainland Chinese markets will be shut for Golden Week.
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Oil trading activity will be limited on Monday as public holidays in China and Germany mean Asia's and Europe's biggest markets are shut.
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Here in the U.S. that results in about a fourth of workers receiving no paid time off for either public holidays or vacations.
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The number of permits released to the market by auctions has been reduced this month due to public holidays in several European countries.
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Unlike in mainland China, December 25 and December 26 are public holidays in Hong Kong, where around 12% of the population are Christian.
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China's February PMI reading may be influenced by long Lunar New Year public holidays this year, as factories shut over the festive season.
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U.S. crude futures rose 20.6 cents to $260.81 a barrel in subdued trade as public holidays were observed in Britain and the United States.
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As a result, most public holidays are for Buddhist holiday days, but there are also holidays for important Hindu, Christian and Muslim religious events.
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"I dread seeing public holidays turn into long weekends," said Pathmalal, adding that this often led to a fall in revenue for his company.
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The national stock exchange Bursa Malaysia said trading would be suspended on Thursday and Friday in line with public holidays declared by the government.
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Whelan first posted on his VK page in November 2010 and has since published congratulations on Russian public holidays, military celebrations and other events.
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There is some reason to believe algos cause volatility, especially when trading thins and the humans overseeing them vanish, for instance during public holidays.
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Russia's MOEX index was marginally higher, led by gains in financials, while stock markets in India and South Africa were shut for public holidays.
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There is some reason to believe algos cause volatility, especially when trading thins and the humans overseeing them vanish, for instance during public holidays.
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On weekdays, minors can only play for 20183 minutes, while they may play up to three hours per day on weekends and public holidays.
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The rise in November's output confirmed economists' assumption that a 1.2 percent drop in October was caused by limited factors, namely two public holidays.
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There are 12 Poya public holidays alone in 2016, which generally sees residents wind down and the sale of alcoholic beverages, meats and fish banned.
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It's standard for employees in the U.K. to get 25 paid vacation days, and there are at least eight public holidays tagged to a weekend.
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She limited normal working hours, upsetting bosses who now have to pay more overtime, but also trimmed the number of public holidays, angering ordinary workers.
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Volumes in any one month can be distorted by the timing of public holidays, the distribution of working days and weekends, and unusual weather patterns.
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The decline was probably an anomaly caused by poor weather and the timing of public holidays, and is likely to be reversed in future months.
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In offshore trade, the Chinese yuan was steady at 7.1466 per dollar, with trade subdued as Chinese markets are closed until Monday for public holidays.
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In offshore trade, the Chinese yuan was steady at 7.1452 per dollar, with trade subdued as Chinese markets are closed until Monday for public holidays.
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Long Lunar New Year public holidays start next week in China, so the trade data may be skewed due to seasonal factors such as stockpiling.
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The Shanghai future ended at 442.5 yuan a barrel on April 27, with there being no trade on Monday and Tuesday due to public holidays.
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China, Vietnam, Taiwan and South Korea will be shut for public holidays today, while Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong will have a half-day bank holiday.
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Underpinning Asian equities, European shares hit one-month highs on Monday amid otherwise light trade with markets in London and New York closed for public holidays.
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"Due to the public holidays in May there is less production, but we don't think the current price level is sustainable over time," the producer added.
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Markets in Asia trended flat on Monday after the latest ballistic missile test by North Korea and as major markets are closed for public holidays today.
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In offshore trade, the Chinese yuan ticked up slightly to 7.1368 per dollar, with trade subdued as Chinese markets are closed until Monday for public holidays.
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Other than China, where many go on a week-long holiday, countries like Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam also celebrate the festival as public holidays.
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Hong Kong (CNN)China is taking steps to curb online gaming addiction by ordering arcades and computer cafes to deny access to minors outside public holidays.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has upset fellow members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc by proposing that Germany introduce Muslim public holidays.
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It is unclear if Chinese travelers will change their plans just days ahead of week-long Lunar New Year public holidays but APA president Motoya seems unfazed.
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Teck, which has six coal mines in Western Canada, has "a little bit" of additional capacity it could tap through overtime work and working on public holidays.
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Trade was subdued because of public holidays in Britain and the United States, where Memorial Day is seen as the traditional start of U.S. summer driving season.
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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was almost flat with Hong Kong and South Korea, as well as mainland China, closed for public holidays.
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Net profit fell 10 percent to 144 million euros as a higher tax rate, interest expenses and more public holidays took a chunk out of gross margins.
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After years of civil conflict, Sri Lanka takes the needs of its multiethnic population very seriously, with a very pleasant side-effect: 25 national public holidays a year.
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That is thanks to Moon Jae-in, South Korea's president, who decreed an extra day off to join up a series of tantalisingly close public holidays and weekends.
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The government expects gross domestic product to grow by 1.5 percent in 2020, partly because of positive calendar effects from four public holidays falling on weekends, Spiegel reported.
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The US does not give employers vacation time, and its 10 public holidays are also not guaranteed to be paid out, according to the US Department of Labor.
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Its open courtyards and surrounding empty spaces have hosted thousands of people every day, and hundreds of thousands on public holidays and on the anniversary of Ghazi's death.
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Airfare probably takes up the biggest chunk of my expenses, mainly because I'm choosing to traveling on Fridays, Sundays, and public holidays — peak times where flights are most expensive.
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Asia traded mixed on Thursday amid lingering uncertainty over key central bank policy meetings next week, while markets in China, Taiwan and South Korea were closed for public holidays.
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With Japan, South Korea and Taiwan markets closed for public holidays, investors turned their attention to China as mainland markets resumed trade after the week-long "Golden Week" holiday.
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Japanese financial markets will be closed from April 27 to May 6 as a string of public holidays are combined to celebrate Crown Prince Naruhito's enthronement on May 1.
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The government predicts economic growth to slow to 1.5 percent in 2017, partly because of extraneous effects such as more public holidays falling on normal week days, Gabriel said.
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Public holidays in North Korea and China next week could further cool activity, while plunging prices at Britain's benchmark National Balancing Point gas trading hub may undercut the Asian rally.
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There is a "legitimate secular purpose", she wrote, involving the "celebration of public holidays", and the nativity scene was drained of religious significance by the other items in its midst.
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"Nevertheless, if the market is either too volatile or too thin, as on public holidays, and our operation could cause extra volatility, we do not carry out operations," Nabiullina said.
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Analysts cautioned that data from China at the beginning of the year may be distorted by week-long Chinese New Year public holidays, which started in early February this year.
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The trade figures followed economic data released on Thursday that showed industrial output fell unexpectedly in October - a drop economists linked to public holidays that let workers take long weekends.
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Trading was subdued due to public holidays in China, the United States and Britain, but concerns lingered over whether OPEC action would be enough to stem the tide of oversupply.
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With large parts of Asia closed for public holidays, trade volumes were thin at about 490 million shares, compared with a 30-day average of a little over 600 million.
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There is no statutory minimum paid vacation or paid public holidays in the U.S. This is left to the employers and employees to negotiate as part of the employment agreement.
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Facebook has earned a reputation for releasing news about the potential misuse of its users' data late on Fridays and on the eves of public holidays, after the markets close.
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"PTVs timetabling data will also be able to keep passengers using Google Maps up to date with planned service changes and alterations during special events and public holidays," McLaughlan added.
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Trading was expected to be thinner than usual on Monday, as a handful of European markets were closed due to public holidays, including those in the U.K., Ireland, Greece and Russia.
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Analysts also caution that data from China at the beginning of the year may be distorted by week-long Chinese New Year public holidays, which started in early February this year.
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The MSCI All-Country World equity index edged higher by 0.1 percent, with trading volumes relatively light ahead of public holidays that will close London and New York markets on Monday.
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Malaysia's stock, bond and currency markets were closed on Thursday and Friday after the government declared them public holidays while the Southeast Asian nation faced a seismic change in its political landscape.
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The pan-European STOXX 22 added 20.2% with all major European indices in the black, although trading volumes were thin with markets closed for public holidays in the United States and Britain.
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Both production and demand fell in October due to week-long public holidays and a slowdown in industries that were cutting excess capacity and pollution, the bureau added in a separate statement.
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The Chinese markets were already under pressure even before this week's market sell-off as investors took profit ahead of the long Lunar New Year public holidays that start later next week.
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In the European Union workers are guaranteed by law a minimum of 20 paid days of holiday each year, with public holidays in addition to that (there is no mandatory minimum in America).
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With Easter on April 16, the first round of French presidential voting on April 23, public holidays on May 1 and the French runoff on May 7, May 13 is a possible date.
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After opposition parties led by former premier Mahathir Mohamad scored a stunning victory - which will bring the first change of government since independence in 5.03 - public holidays were declared for Thursday and Friday.
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HSBC will suspend overnight services at 19 ATM clusters in Hong Kong on weekends and public holidays, the bank said on Friday, two days after its branches and ATMs were targeted during protests.
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Two technical factors could have affected the latest industrial production data, however, including the fact that there were a lower number of available working days in November due to the timing of public holidays.
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Local volumes have remained thin during end of year trade and with markets closed for much of the week due to the Christmas and Boxing Day public holidays, and an early Christmas Eve close.
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It has some other neat tricks too, like the ability to disable alarms on public holidays or to set alarms based on your location (so you don't get woken up too early on vacation).
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"Investors knew market volatility would be low as the U.S. and Canada celebrate public holidays, and that weighed on enthusiasm in this part of the world," said David Madden, markets analyst at CMC Markets.
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That rapprochement made it somewhat easier for German federal states to negotiate with a broad range of local Islamic players and strike deals over matters like education, public holidays, ritual slaughter and so on.
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Industrial orders, output and exports fell in April, the third drop in the first four months of the year, signaling weakness that analysts mainly linked to long public holidays, cold weather and flu epidemics.
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Other possibilities included upcoming public holidays and an announcement by China's central bank that it will start issuing its bills in the former British colony which stoked speculation about a reduction in offshore yuan supplies.
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Analysts cautioned that data in January and February can be distorted by the week-long Lunar New Year public holidays, with business slowing down ahead of time and many firms scaling back operations or closing.
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On Sundays and public holidays, the monastery's small church, with the bell tower and facade, etched into the cliffs is full of people huddled in the pews or standing at the back of the vaulted interior.
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In its second-quarter earnings, Lonmin reported a 3.3 percent rise in platinum production on the year, but warned that wage negotiations and public holidays could impact production and costs during the rest of the year.
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And for the rest of the country, the party has already begun -- May 10 and May 11 have already been declared public holidays in celebration of one of the most remarkable moments in Malaysia's modern history.
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In comparison, a French or Danish worker can expect a statutory 36 days a year of paid vacation, including public holidays, compared with 28 days for workers in the U.K. and 34 for workers in Sweden.
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Japanese markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday for public holidays, leaving Wednesday as the last day for investors to unwind some of their positions ahead of the Fed's decision later in the global day.
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If they returned him to power, he said, his government would scrap income tax for the young, declare two extra public holidays and make toll roads free for a few days during the Islamic festival of Eid.
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In Bahrain, the law states that workers can take up to 49 days off a year without losing any of their salary, thanks to a combination of 30 annual paid vacation days and 19 paid public holidays.
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Asian markets rose after his victory, too, but they were helped by a strong jobs report in the United States on Friday, and the Nikkei 225 in Japan was catching up after being shut for public holidays.
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Unite Union said it first raised the issue with McDonald's in 2015, accusing the company of "stealing" annual leave from employees by not properly paying them for working public holidays and failing to provide compensation rest days.
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The team avoided collecting samples during public holidays, when higher-than-average drug use might skew the results, and tried to account for contamination of prescribed drugs that might leave the same chemical fingerprints as their illegal variants.
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On Sundays and public holidays, Mysore Palace hosts an illumination show that lights up the area in a way those who built the domes, gardens, and temples couldn't have imagined when they were erected hundreds of years ago.
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Labour has a number of plans that may affect business investment; reducing labour market flexibility, raising the minimum wage, capping executive pay in companies that bid for public contracts, higher taxes on executives, creating extra public holidays etc.
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Nearly three-quarters of employers reported higher rates of unplanned absences on Mondays, Fridays, before public holidays, or before sporting or national events during the summer, according to a survey in the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM).
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He said that while some investors look to rising consumption during the Golden Week holiday, others, foreign investors in particular, are cautious before the unprecedented 10-day public holidays, which will run from late April to early May.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The weeks before Easter are usually some of the busiest of the year for bankers, lawyers and consultants in the City of London, as clients rush to get deals done before a run of public holidays.
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Chinese statistics bureau statistician Zhao Qinghe wrote in an analysis of the data that manufacturing activity in October was hit by long national public holidays and a "complex and variable external environment" that caused "fluctuations" in demand and supply.
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Euro zone stocks steadied from a wobble on Wednesday, but with public holidays across Asia and some key data due from the world's largest economy the U.S. coming up later this week, an index of global stocks flat lined .
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" Alexander Dobrindt, a senior figure in the Christian Social Union (CSU) - the Bavarian sister party of Merkel's CDU - told the same newspaper that Germany's Christian heritage was non-negotiable, adding: "We won't consider introducing Muslim public holidays in Germany.
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Pichai said the first — and still, as he put it, experimental — use of Duplex will be to supplement Google's search services by filling in information about businesses' opening times during periods when hours might inconveniently vary, such as public holidays.
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BERLIN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - German industrial production fell unexpectedly in October, the Economy Ministry said, adding that public holidays at the start of the third-quarter that prompted many workers to take long weekends had significantly contributed to the fall.
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Theoretically, the lack of blockbuster films during one of the few major public holidays in China gives consumers even less reason to go out and spend, just as fears of a widespread epidemic are already keeping many Chinese at home.
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SEOUL, Dec 33 (Reuters) - Sales at South Korea's department stores in November dropped at their fastest pace in nearly one year amid declining consumer sentiment and due to fewer public holidays, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Thursday.
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A total of more than 30 days of vacation time allotted to workers in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom stands in stark contrast to the 10 public holidays in the U.S., which are not guaranteed to come with pay.
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Speaking on the campaign trail ahead of an election in the northern state of Lower Saxony due on Sunday, de Maiziere - a member of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) - said he was open to certain regions of Germany having Muslim public holidays.
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In Portugal, a new Socialist government backed by far-left allies in parliament announced plans last month to lift the minimum wage by 20 percent, cut value-added tax for restaurants by a whopping 10 percentage points and reintroduce four public holidays.
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As of Friday, Eskom had almost 12,000 MW of unplanned breakdowns, versus its nominal capacity of around 44,000 MW. Power cuts are expected to ease from the middle of next week, as many local businesses shut down before the Christmas and New Year public holidays.
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The lawmaker said a key reason for declaring the public holidays was so that Mahathir could announce key ministerial positions and name the new adviser before trading started on Monday in an effort to reassure global investors that his government was off to a solid start.
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He also promised to add two public holidays at the beginning of Ramadan, which starts next week, and said toll roads would be free for a period of five days starting two days before the Muslim Eid festival, which marks the end of the holy month.
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Mr. Najib waged a desperate election-eve attempt to gain support, promising this week that if his own coalition won, he would exempt everyone 26 or younger from paying taxes and declare two public holidays next week, just before the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
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The attack came just days after the National Assembly adopted a resolution to recognize Easter and the Hindu festivals of Holi and Diwali as public holidays, in what some here saw as a vital call for tolerance and others saw as offensive in a state officially built on Islam.
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BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Tangshan has ordered steel mills and other industrial companies to curb output or emissions for four days as the mid-autumn public holidays begin, according to two sources and a document seen by Reuters, continuing wider efforts to tackle air pollution.
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As of 0430 GMT on Friday, Eskom had almost 12,000 MW of unplanned breakdowns, versus its nominal capacity of around 44,000 MW. Power cuts are expected to ease from the middle of next week, as many local businesses shut down before the Christmas and New Year public holidays.
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Senior bureaucrats said Modi's top-down approach, and his orders to work on public holidays, to demand they submit details of their assets, and to clean their own workplaces at the start of a five-year cleanliness campaign in 2014, has widened the gap between the civil servants and the nation's leader.
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"Jeremy Corbyn announces that a Labour government would introduce four new public holidays, on the days of the patron saints of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland No sex please, we're Liberals"In America it appears that you have to invent a faith in order to be seen to be a serious candidate for anything.
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A business contemplating a Labour government will face the following outlook: a tax rate gradually rising to 26%, a higher tax on executive pay, higher tax rates for the company itself in high-earning industries like finance, and more restrictions on labour hiring policies (workers will get full rights from day one, no zero hours contracts, there will be "sectoral collective bargaining", a higher minimum wage, and four extra public holidays).
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