06/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Economic confidence in December at three-year high. The index measuring economic confidence in the euro area, published by the European Commission on Thursday 6 January continued to increase in December 2010, reaching its highest level for more than three years. The index rose by 1.1 points to 106.2. It has continued to rise since May of last year, when it stood at 98.4 points. There is a similar trend in the EU27, where the index increased by 1.0 point to 106.1...