13/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - The number of persons employed in the Euro area (EA13) rose by 0.3% (407 000 persons) during the third quarter of 2007, according to Eurostat. During the same period, the number of persons employed in the EU27 grew also by 0.3% (668 000 persons). In the second quarter of 2007, growth rates were +0.6% in the Euro area and +0.5% in the EU27. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment grew by 1.9% in the Euro area and by 1.7% in the EU27 in the...