Business Briefs

– The number of unemployed people registered at the Manpower Employment Organisation (OAED) fell 1.4 pct in April to 704,818, compared with March, while including unemployed people not searching for job, this number totaled 815, 927 from 854,927 over the same period, respectively. –Mytilineos Group on Wednesday said turnover jumped 62 pct in the first quarter of the year, compared with the same period in 2010, reflecting strong demand in international markets and continuing works by its subsidiary METKA abroad.

– International Life on Wednesday reported after tax profits of 1.5 million euros in the first quarter of 2011, exceeding expectations, while premium production totaled 11 million euros in the January-March period, up 6.0 pct compared with the same period last year.

– Motodynamic Group announced a loss of 1.03 million euros, after tax and minorities, in the first quarter of 2011, after a loss of 443,000 euros in the corresponding period last year.