luke brown has more details. >> still queuing up the door at this employment office in madrid, yet to feel a sharp fall in the jobless numbers, official figures indicate people applying fell by thement biggest number and over a decade, a cause for some optimism. >> we have seen the unemployment never go down. i think this year will be positive. >> for the entire year, nearly 100 50,000 people left the cues of job seekers, taking the total to 4.7 million. for the government, it is vindication for its tough austerity measures as well as reforms in the labor market. >> if these figures reflect improvement, this trend started in may 2012. >> reinforcing the optimism, spain's borrowing rate hit its lowest level since 2010 as the economy finally emerged from its two-year recession with growth of .1%. that, though, is little compensation for many spanish jobseekers. >> the data show that only 6.5% of the figures that have been .iven today are permanent jobs of those, only half are full- time ones. >> with spain's unemployment 26%, theing at almost recovery remains fragile. soughtment by ikea

luke brown has been fineding out. >> 2 million socks like these roll off this production line each yeart that's only 10% of this company's total output. the rest is made in china, turkey, and italy. in all 116 employees working in this factory, the socks have been made for 150 years. for the owners, it's investment in technology that is crucial today. >> this machine doubles up the loading and the stitching. we calculate that saves 10% in time and we gain 10% in productivity. >> made in france label for these socks is seen as a guarantee of higher quality for the export market. the factory bosses want to double production in france and the government promises to cut red tape and payroll taxes are welcome. >> it's needed. it could persuade us to accelerate bringing jobs back to france. using french workers is part of our efforts to develop products which have something extra. >> cutting payroll charges is a eystone of francois hollande's plan. they pay one of the highest rates in the world. in paris, this chicarito shoe shop has been making its own footwear for five years employing four

luke arduni. police say he is 5' 10, between 150 and 170 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes and the number 42 tattooedre, the overcast skies in san jose this morning. mainly dry for you today, possibility of just a few scattered showers into the afternoon. lining up the future cast model in a moment to show you when you can expect those few scattered showers in your neighborhood. right now, we're seeing some returns over areas along the sierra, so rain and snow perhaps developing there. over the far north edge of the sonoma county, seeing some here as well along the coastline, stretching inland. north of santa rosa, but seeing a few pockets pop up now and again over roanoke park, petaluma, maybe not hitting the ground just yet. again, will be over the next half hour to hour. clover dale, maybe a few sprinkles over your area, along highway 101. let me show you what i'm talking about here. this model, doing pretty good at picking up just the northern edge of sonoma county, maybe a few scattered showers. getting into 10:00, 10:30, begins to slide south, so along the coastline, down to about the golden ga