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Facebook usage in Australia going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... users and Twitter was third with 2.1 million users, according to figures released in the Adcorp June 2013 social media statistics report. But just as Facebook usage increased, LinkedIn and Twitter usage fell by 1.2% and 5% respectively. Adcorp's population ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... price index futures contract was down six points at 4,941. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the merchandise import figures for June, while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... above 6% by the end of the year. And sure enough, Mr. Oster is looking right on the money. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported only last week that the country's unemployment rate increased to 5.7% in June from 5.6% in the previous month. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 4,950. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is due to release lending finance data for May and new motor vehicle sales figures for June. In equities news, Djerriwarrh ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... share price index futures contract was up 37 points at 4,953. In economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release Housing finance figures for May. In equities news, Inabox Group, a wholesaler of telco services to small businesses ...

Women hit with double burden on retirement savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... aged care facility or do you stop working and take care of them at home?," Rimmer said. According to Equity Trustees statistics, people in an aged care facility live for about 103 weeks, while life expectancy is larger if the person lives at home. "Most ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... circumstances, which caused a plunge in the Australian dollar. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release labour force data for June. The NAB June quarter Australian residential property survey is also due ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... share price index futures contract was down 13 points at 4,781. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases overseas arrivals and departures numbers for May while the ANZ job advertisements series for June is also due ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... share price index futures contract was down 24 points at 4,765. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release May's international trade in goods and services data, along with its retail trade figures for May. Reserve ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... Rio Tinto has given up 81 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $51.09. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release job vacancy figures for the three months to May.