24/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - According to estimates published on Wednesday 24 February by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, the euro area (EA16) industrial new orders index rose by 0.8%, after +2.7% in November. In the EU27 new orders increased by 0.6% in December 2009, after +2.4% in November. Excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment, for which changes tend to be more volatile, industrial new orders fell by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU27 in...